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Customers with Virtru for Drive subscriptions have various options on how to protect their Drive content. This includes the ability to configure a Google service account for Shared Drives compatibility. This allows users to access encrypted content in any Shared Drive where they are a member.

 

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Background
Service account setup

 

Background

Virtru needs to make real-time access-based decisions around whether a user is allowed to access content within a particular Shared Drive. To do so, Virtru must utilize a “service account” from Google to make calls to the Shared Drive API. This service account needs the drive.metadata.readonly scope.

The specific calls we will be making are outlined here: Drives: list

A service account is needed because Shared Drive functions differently than My Drive with respect to how files are owned and shared. Shared Drive limits files moving into and out of the Shared Drive and is intended to support established teams with expected membership changes and user turnover. In order to support this complex flow, Virtru must determine access permissions based on Shared Drive membership at the time of each access attempt.

 

Will a service account always be needed?

Virtru has investigated the available options from Google to ensure that proper file access is maintained for Shared Drive files. With the available APIs, the service account approach outlined in this document is the best path forward. We are working in partnership with Google to ensure that Shared Drive APIs are evolving and maturing to accommodate more granular permissions.

 

Service account setup

1. As a Google Workspace admin, go to https://console.developers.google.com/iam-admin/serviceaccounts/

 

2. Select “Create Project”

 

3. Name the project, for example, Virtru for team drive then select CREATE

 

4. You will be directed to the service accounts page. Click CREATE SERVICE ACCOUNT

 

5. Enter the service account details. For the name, you can enter “virtrufordrive”. For the service account, you can enter “Team Drive Membership”. Then click CREATE AND CONTINUE

 

6. For the next step - Grant this service account access to the project - Grant this service account access to project -  select a “role”. Choose Service account > Service Account user. Then click CONTINUE

 

7. For the next step - Grant users access to this service account (optional) - Leave this one as is and hit DONE

 

8. Select the Keys section, and click ADD KEY, then Create new key

9. Select JSON key type and click CREATE

 

10. A JSON file will be downloaded. Save this so you can securely email it to Virtru (which will be explained in a later step)

 

11. Click on the newly created service account.

 

12. Select the DETAILS section. Then click Advanced Settings to set up Google Workspaces Domain-Wide Delegation

 

13. Copy the Unique ID which is also called the OAuth 2 Client ID listed inside of the "Advanced Settings"

 

14. Head to the webpage admin.google.com. Select Security > Access and Data Control > API Controls > Manage Domain Wide Delegation

 

15. Click Add New

 

16. Paste the Client ID you copied to Client ID field and add the following to One or More API Scopes: https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.metadata.readonly

Then click Authorize

 

17. Next, navigate to https://console.developers.google.com/

 

18. Click enable API Services at the top of the page

 

19. Search for "Google Drive"

 

20. Click Google Drive API in the results

 

21. Select Enable

 

22. Send a secure Virtru email (encrypted email) to support@virtru.com with the JSON file attached and let us know that you are sending this for your Virtru for Drive service account set up.

 

Using Virtru in a Shared Drive

Once Virtru has confirmed configuration of the service account, your team is ready to use Virtru in shared drives! The following includes some helpful tips: Using Virtru for Drive in shared drives