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GCP

Automate cloud IP-Tag collection and distribution in Strata™ Cloud Manager to enable dynamic security policies for your GCP workloads.

This procedure guides you through connecting SCM to your cloud environment for IP-Tag collection.

Log in to SCM.
Select Configuration IP-Tag Collection
Onboard a cloud service provider account using manual credentials. This connects SCM to you public cloud environment, allowing SCM to discover and collect IP-Tag mappings.
1. On the IP-Tag Collection page, select Add New Cloud Account.
2. Select your cloud service provider.
3. Select Connect via Enter Credentials Manually option.
4. Enter a descriptive Name.
5. Upload your GCP service account JSON file.
6. Optional Test Connection between SCM and your Azure environment.
Click Save Configuration.
Verify the cloud service provider account connection status. A successful connection ensures that SCM can communicate with your cloud environment and begin the tag discovery process.

Configure Tag Distribution

Create a new Tag Distribution for your onboarded GCP account.
1. On the IP-Tag Collection page, choose a successfully connected cloud account.
2. Click + Distribute.
Define the scope for tag collection. Specifying regions and VPCs ensures that only relevant IP-to-tag mappings are collected, optimizing performance and data relevance for your security policies.
1. Enter a descriptive Name.
2. Enter a Polling Interval in seconds.
3. Select Regions.
Select Tag Destination folders containing the firewalls intended to receive the IP-to-tag mappings. Specify the target for tag distribution.
Save the Tag Distribution configuration. Saving the distribution settings makes them active within SCM, preparing them for deployment to your firewalls.
Push the configuration to your firewall.
1. Navigate to ConfigurationPush Config.
2. Select the relevant Admin Scope and Folder.
3. Select Push. This synchronizes the GCP integration and harvested IP-to-tag mappings from Strata Cloud Manager to your managed firewalls, enabling granular Layer 7 security policies based on real-time asset classifications.