Granting datalab access to another project

Question

I have Datalab running on one Google Cloud project (lets call it A), I have data sitting in another project (B). I'd like to grant Datalab access to this data.

I note that Datalab uses my projects "Compute Engine default" service account - I assume I can authorize this account in my second project (B) to grant Datalab access to the data within it. Is this considered the best practice approach and are there any other considerations I should keep in mind?

Answer 1

The right way to do is exactly what you think. Go to 'IAM and admin' -> 'Admin' then choose your service account and a role for this project.

Keep in mind that project has been created to create security on accessibility. Sometimes having replicated data is not a bad idea. Really depends on the need.