Preparations

Registering a HUAWEI ID

Register a HUAWEI ID and enable Huawei Cloud services.

Real-name authentication is required for migrations to regions within the Chinese mainland.

Creating Access Keys for the Source and Destination Accounts and Obtaining the Required Permissions

• Source (Google Cloud):
  Perform the following steps to generate a key file and obtain the permissions for your Google Cloud account required to list buckets, obtain bucket locations, list objects, obtain object metadata, and obtain object content.

  1. Log in to the Google Cloud console using your source account.
  2. On the console, select the project that your service account belongs to. Choose IAM & Admin > Service Accounts.
  3. On the Service accounts page, click CREATE SERVICE ACCOUNT. Enter the basic information about the account, such as the name and description.
  4. Choose Quick access > Basic > Viewer to assign the basic Viewer role to the service account.
  5. Create a key for the account. Select the key type you want, for example, JSON. Click CREATE to download a service account key file to your computer.
  6. Keep the downloaded key file secure. The file contains the credentials used for accessing Google Cloud.
• Destination (Huawei Cloud): Create an AK/SK pair for the destination account and obtain the required permissions. For more information, see Creating an Access Key (AK/SK) and Destination Permissions.

Creating a Destination OBS Bucket

Create an OBS bucket for storing the migrated data. For details, see Creating a Bucket.