Amazon Q Business will no longer be open to new customers starting on July 31, 2026. If you would like to use the service, please sign up prior to July 30. For capabilities similar to Q Business, explore Amazon Quick. [Learn more](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonq/latest/qbusiness-ug/qbusiness-availability-change.html).

# Connecting Amazon Q Business to Google Drive using AWS CloudFormation
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You use the [https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-resource-qbusiness-datasource.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-resource-qbusiness-datasource.html) resource to connect a data source to your Amazon Q application.

Use the [https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-resource-qbusiness-datasource.html#cfn-qbusiness-datasource-applicationid](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-resource-qbusiness-datasource.html#cfn-qbusiness-datasource-applicationid) property to provide a JSON or YAML schema with the necessary configuration details specific to your data source connector.

To learn more about AWS CloudFormation, see [What is AWS CloudFormation?](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/Welcome.html) in the *CloudFormation User Guide*.

**Topics**
+ [Google Drive New CloudFormation template](#googledrive-v2-cfn-template)

## Google Drive New CloudFormation template
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The following is the Google Drive New CloudFormation template. Copy and save this template to a file on your local drive.

For more information about CloudFormation templates, see [Working with CloudFormation templates](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/template-guide.html) in the *CloudFormation User Guide*.

```
{
  "AWSTemplateFormatVersion": "2010-09-09",
  "Description": "Template to connect Google Drive New to Amazon Q Business",
  "Parameters": {
    "ApplicationId": {
      "Type": "String",
      "Description": "Amazon Q Business Application ID"
    },
    "IndexId": {
      "Type": "String", 
      "Description": "Amazon Q Business Index ID"
    },
    "DataSourceName": {
      "Type": "String",
      "Description": "Name for the Google Drive data source"
    },
    "RoleArn": {
      "Type": "String",
      "Description": "IAM Role ARN for the data source"
    },
    "SecretArn": {
      "Type": "String",
      "Description": "AWS Secrets Manager ARN containing Google Drive credentials"
    }
  },
  "Resources": {
    "GoogleDriveV3DataSource": {
      "Type": "AWS::QBusiness::DataSource",
      "Properties": {
        "ApplicationId": {"Ref": "ApplicationId"},
        "IndexId": {"Ref": "IndexId"},
        "DisplayName": {"Ref": "DataSourceName"},
        "RoleArn": {"Ref": "RoleArn"},
        "Configuration": {
          "type": "GOOGLEDRIVEV3",
          "connectionConfiguration": {
            "secretArn": {"Ref": "SecretArn"},
            "authType": "SERVICE_ACCOUNT"
          },
          "dataEntityConfiguration": {
            "crawlMyDrive": true,
            "crawlSharedWithMe": true,
            "crawlSharedDrives": false
          },
          "accessControlConfiguration": {
            "crawlAcl": true
          },
          "filterConfiguration": {
            "maxFileSizeInMegaBytes": "50"
          },
          "crawlIdentities": false,
          "deletionProtectionConfiguration": {
            "enableDeletionProtection": true,
            "deletionProtectionThreshold": "15"
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}
```