Backing up to Google Cloud Storage with Duplicity and Service Accounts

david@systemoverlord.com (David Tomaschik) — Mon, 23 Sep 2019 00:00:00 +0000

I wanted to use duplicity to backup to Google Cloud Storage. I looked into it briefly and found that the boto library, originally for AWS, also supports GCS, but only using authorization tokens. I’d rather use a service account, for which authorization tokens are not available.

I looked into the options and the best information I could find was a Medium post, but it also describes using authorization tokens and creating a separate GMail/Google Apps account for the access. I’d really prefer to go with a service account to avoid having to sign up another account, and to be able to use more granular ACLs for the service account.

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Backing up to Google Cloud Storage with Duplicity and Service Accounts