Object versioning in GCP - Mini Project: Build & Apply

Enable Object Versioning on a Google Cloud Storage Bucket

📖 Scenario: You are managing files in a Google Cloud Storage bucket for a small company. To protect against accidental deletion or overwriting of files, you want to enable object versioning on the bucket. This way, older versions of files are kept automatically.

🎯 Goal: Enable object versioning on an existing Google Cloud Storage bucket using the Google Cloud SDK (gcloud) commands and configuration.

📋 What You'll Learn

Use the exact bucket name my-company-data

Enable object versioning on the bucket

Verify the versioning status in the bucket configuration

Use gcloud commands and configuration files

💡 Why This Matters

🌍 Real World

Object versioning helps protect important files from accidental deletion or overwrites by keeping older versions automatically.

💼 Career

Cloud engineers and administrators often enable versioning on storage buckets to ensure data durability and recovery options.

1

Create a Google Cloud Storage bucket named my-company-data

Use the gcloud command to create a new storage bucket called my-company-data in the us-central1 region.

GCP

# Use gcloud to create the bucket
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Use gcloud storage buckets create with the bucket name and location flags.

2

Set a variable for the bucket name

Create a shell variable called BUCKET_NAME and assign it the value my-company-data.

GCP

gcloud storage buckets create my-company-data --location=us-central1
# Set BUCKET_NAME variable
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Use BUCKET_NAME=my-company-data to set the variable.

3

Enable object versioning on the bucket

Use the gcloud command to enable object versioning on the bucket using the variable BUCKET_NAME.

GCP

gcloud storage buckets create my-company-data --location=us-central1
BUCKET_NAME=my-company-data
# Enable versioning on the bucket
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Use gcloud storage buckets update $BUCKET_NAME --versioning=enabled to enable versioning.

4

Verify that object versioning is enabled

Use the gcloud command to describe the bucket $BUCKET_NAME and confirm that versioning is enabled by checking the output for versioning.enabled: true.

GCP

gcloud storage buckets create my-company-data --location=us-central1
BUCKET_NAME=my-company-data
gcloud storage buckets update $BUCKET_NAME --versioning=enabled
# Describe the bucket to verify versioning
# Your code here

Need a hint?

Use gcloud storage buckets describe $BUCKET_NAME and look for versioning.enabled: true in the output.