Signing in to HYCU for Google Cloud

After successfully subscribing to HYCU for Google Cloud, you can sign in to the HYCU for Google Cloud web user interface.

Prerequisites

  • Your has at least the Viewer (roles/viewer) role granted on at least one Google Cloud project that is linked to the billing account of a HYCU for Google Cloud subscription.

  • The Google Cloud projects with instances, applications, and buckets that you plan to protect are linked to the assigned billing account.

  • In Google Cloud, the Compute Engine default service account must be present on the project that you plan to protect. If this service account is not available, you must set up an alternative service account in the following format:
    hycu-<projectNumber>@<projectId>.iam.gserviceaccount.com

  • In Google Compute Engine, your has the following roles granted on the projects with instances, applications, and buckets that you plan to protect:

    • Compute Admin (roles/compute.admin)

    • Service Account User (roles/iam.serviceAccountUser)

  • In the Google Cloud Storage service, your has the Storage Admin (roles/storage.admin) role granted on the projects whose targets you plan to use for storing data.

  • The Cloud Pub/Sub API is enabled on the Google Cloud projects with instances, applications, and buckets that you plan to protect. For instructions, see Google Cloud documentation.

  • You are using a supported web browser. For a list of supported web browsers, see the HYCU for Google Cloud Compatibility Matrix.

For details, see Google and Google Cloud documentation.

Procedure

  1. Open a web browser and go to the HYCU Data Protection as a Service for Google Cloud webpage.

  2. Click Next.

  3. On the sign‑in webpage, click Sign in with Google.

  4. Specify or select the email address of your . If you are not signed in with that account yet, enter the password, and then click Next.

  5. Review the listed actions for which HYCU for Google Cloud must be granted permissions in scope of access to your . If you consent to grant the permissions, click Allow.

    HYCU for Google Cloud requires these permissions for determining which Google Cloud projects are linked to the billing account of the subscription, for accessing Google Compute Engine instances and their disks during backup and restore, for accessing Google Cloud Storage buckets to store your backup data, and so on. The permission for sending you notifications related to your subscription by email is implied.

    n Note  You can revoke permissions for HYCU for Google Cloud to access your any time. For instructions, see “Preventing account access”.

After you sign in to the HYCU for Google Cloud web user interface, the Dashboard panel appears, and you can start establishing your data protection environment and protecting data.

i Important  You are automatically signed out of the HYCU for Google Cloud web user interface after 15 minutes of inactivity and any unsaved changes are lost.

To sign out manually, click  <EmailAddress> to open the Session menu, and then click Sign Out.