Buckets and objects concept in GCP - Mini Project: Build & Apply

Buckets and objects concept

📖 Scenario: You are working on a cloud project where you need to organize files in Google Cloud Storage. You will create a storage bucket and add objects (files) to it. This is like creating a folder in your computer and putting files inside it.

🎯 Goal: Create a Google Cloud Storage bucket named my-sample-bucket and add three objects named file1.txt, file2.txt, and file3.txt to this bucket.

📋 What You'll Learn

Create a bucket named my-sample-bucket

Create a list of object names: file1.txt, file2.txt, file3.txt

Use a configuration variable to hold the bucket location as us-central1

Write code to add each object to the bucket

Add a final configuration to set the bucket's storage class to STANDARD

💡 Why This Matters

🌍 Real World

Cloud storage buckets organize and store files in the cloud, similar to folders on your computer.

💼 Career

Understanding buckets and objects is essential for managing cloud storage in roles like cloud engineer or developer.

1

Create the bucket dictionary

Create a dictionary called bucket with the key name set to the string "my-sample-bucket".

GCP

# Create a dictionary called bucket with key 'name' set to 'my-sample-bucket'
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Think of the bucket as a dictionary with a name key.

2

Create the list of objects and location config

Create a list called objects containing the strings "file1.txt", "file2.txt", and "file3.txt". Then create a variable called location and set it to the string "us-central1".

GCP

bucket = {"name": "my-sample-bucket"}
# Create a list called objects with 'file1.txt', 'file2.txt', 'file3.txt'
# Create a variable called location set to 'us-central1'
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Use a list for objects and a simple string variable for location.

3

Add objects to the bucket

Create a new key objects in the bucket dictionary and set it to an empty list. Then use a for loop with the variable obj to iterate over the objects list and append each obj to bucket["objects"].

GCP

bucket = {"name": "my-sample-bucket"}
objects = ["file1.txt", "file2.txt", "file3.txt"]
location = "us-central1"
# Add an empty list to bucket with key 'objects'
# Use a for loop with variable obj to append each object to bucket['objects']
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Think of adding files inside the bucket as adding items to a list inside the dictionary.

4

Set the bucket storage class

Add a new key storage_class to the bucket dictionary and set it to the string "STANDARD".

GCP

bucket = {"name": "my-sample-bucket"}
objects = ["file1.txt", "file2.txt", "file3.txt"]
location = "us-central1"
bucket["objects"] = []
for obj in objects:
    bucket["objects"].append(obj)
# Add key 'storage_class' with value 'STANDARD' to bucket
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Storage class is a simple key-value pair in the bucket dictionary.