S3 versioning in AWS - Mini Project: Build & Apply

Enable and Configure S3 Versioning

📖 Scenario: You are managing a cloud storage bucket for a small company. To protect against accidental file deletions or overwrites, you want to enable versioning on the bucket. This way, every change to a file is saved as a new version, allowing recovery if needed.

🎯 Goal: Create an AWS S3 bucket with versioning enabled using infrastructure as code. You will first define the bucket, then add a versioning configuration, and finally complete the setup to ensure versioning is active.

📋 What You'll Learn

Create an S3 bucket named exactly my-versioned-bucket

Add a versioning configuration block with status set to Enabled

Ensure the final configuration is valid and deployable

💡 Why This Matters

🌍 Real World

Versioning in S3 helps protect important files from accidental deletion or overwrites by keeping multiple versions of each object.

💼 Career

Cloud engineers and DevOps professionals often configure S3 versioning to ensure data durability and recovery options in production environments.

1

Create the S3 bucket resource

Write the Terraform code to create an AWS S3 bucket resource named my-versioned-bucket using the resource name aws_s3_bucket.my_versioned_bucket.

AWS

# Create an AWS S3 bucket resource named my_versioned_bucket with bucket name my-versioned-bucket
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Use the resource block with type aws_s3_bucket and name my_versioned_bucket. Set the bucket attribute to "my-versioned-bucket".

2

Add versioning configuration block

Add a versioning block inside the aws_s3_bucket.my_versioned_bucket resource. Set the enabled attribute to true to enable versioning.

AWS

resource "aws_s3_bucket" "my_versioned_bucket" {
  bucket = "my-versioned-bucket"
  # Add versioning block here
  # Your code here
}

Need a hint?

Inside the bucket resource, add a versioning block with enabled = true to turn on versioning.

3

Add MFA delete configuration (optional security feature)

Add the mfa_delete attribute inside the versioning block and set it to false. This disables MFA delete for simplicity in this project.

AWS

resource "aws_s3_bucket" "my_versioned_bucket" {
  bucket = "my-versioned-bucket"

  versioning {
    enabled = true
    # Add mfa_delete attribute here
    # Your code here
  }
}

Need a hint?

Inside the versioning block, add mfa_delete = false to explicitly disable MFA delete.

4

Complete the S3 bucket versioning configuration

Ensure the full Terraform resource aws_s3_bucket.my_versioned_bucket includes the bucket name my-versioned-bucket and the versioning block with enabled = true and mfa_delete = false.

AWS

# Verify the full resource configuration is complete
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Review the entire resource block to confirm all required attributes are present and correctly set.