From f5c219f5a25262613fa4875023695e958f18cc64 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: rawtaz Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2022 13:22:38 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] doc: Add note about using rclone for Google Drive It wasn't clear that Google Cloud Storage and Google Drive are two different services and that one should use the rclone backend for the latter. This commit adds a note with this information. --- doc/030_preparing_a_new_repo.rst | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/030_preparing_a_new_repo.rst b/doc/030_preparing_a_new_repo.rst index f0da69d28..fd079ac21 100644 --- a/doc/030_preparing_a_new_repo.rst +++ b/doc/030_preparing_a_new_repo.rst @@ -518,6 +518,10 @@ established. Google Cloud Storage ******************** +.. note:: Google Cloud Storage is not the same service as Google Drive - to use + the latter, please see :ref:`other-services` for instructions on using + the rclone backend. + Restic supports Google Cloud Storage as a backend and connects via a `service account`_. For normal restic operation, the service account must have the @@ -575,6 +579,8 @@ established. .. _create a service account key: https://cloud.google.com/storage/docs/authentication#generating-a-private-key .. _default authentication material: https://developers.google.com/identity/protocols/application-default-credentials +.. _other-services: + Other Services via rclone *************************