Why S3 matters for object storage in AWS - See It in Action

Why S3 matters for object storage

📖 Scenario: You are working for a small company that wants to store and manage files like photos, videos, and documents in the cloud. You need to set up a simple storage system that is reliable, scalable, and easy to use.

🎯 Goal: Build a basic AWS S3 bucket configuration to understand why S3 is important for object storage and how to create and configure a bucket.

📋 What You'll Learn

Create an S3 bucket with a specific name

Set the bucket to block all public access for security

Enable versioning on the bucket to keep track of changes

Add a tag to the bucket for identification

💡 Why This Matters

🌍 Real World

Companies use S3 to store files safely and access them from anywhere. Blocking public access and enabling versioning helps protect data and track changes.

💼 Career

Knowing how to configure S3 buckets is essential for cloud engineers and developers working with AWS storage solutions.

1

Create an S3 bucket

Create an AWS S3 bucket named my-company-storage using the AWS CLI command aws s3api create-bucket with the region us-east-1.

AWS

# Use the AWS CLI command to create the bucket named my-company-storage
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Use the aws s3api create-bucket command with the --bucket and --region options.

2

Block all public access

Configure the bucket my-company-storage to block all public access by applying the public access block settings using the AWS CLI command aws s3api put-public-access-block.

AWS

aws s3api create-bucket --bucket my-company-storage --region us-east-1
# Add command to block all public access on the bucket
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Use aws s3api put-public-access-block with all four block options set to true.

3

Enable versioning on the bucket

Enable versioning on the bucket my-company-storage using the AWS CLI command aws s3api put-bucket-versioning with the status set to Enabled.

AWS

aws s3api create-bucket --bucket my-company-storage --region us-east-1
aws s3api put-public-access-block --bucket my-company-storage --public-access-block-configuration BlockPublicAcls=true,IgnorePublicAcls=true,BlockPublicPolicy=true,RestrictPublicBuckets=true
# Add command to enable versioning on the bucket
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Use aws s3api put-bucket-versioning with Status=Enabled.

4

Add a tag to the bucket

Add a tag to the bucket my-company-storage with the key Project and value CloudStorage using the AWS CLI command aws s3api put-bucket-tagging.

AWS

aws s3api create-bucket --bucket my-company-storage --region us-east-1
aws s3api put-public-access-block --bucket my-company-storage --public-access-block-configuration BlockPublicAcls=true,IgnorePublicAcls=true,BlockPublicPolicy=true,RestrictPublicBuckets=true
aws s3api put-bucket-versioning --bucket my-company-storage --versioning-configuration Status=Enabled
# Add command to tag the bucket with Project=CloudStorage
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Use aws s3api put-bucket-tagging with the correct tag key and value.