Checkpoints
Create a Cloud Storage bucket
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Copy an object to a folder in the bucket (ada.jpg)
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Make your object publicly accessible
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Cloud Storage: Qwik Start - CLI/SDK
- GSP074
- Overview
- Setup and requirements
- Task 1. Create a bucket
- Task 2. Upload an object into your bucket
- Task 3. Download an object from your bucket
- Task 4. Copy an object to a folder in the bucket
- Task 5. List contents of a bucket or folder
- Task 6. List details for an object
- Task 7. Make your object publicly accessible
- Task 8. Remove public access
- Congratulations!
GSP074
Overview
Cloud Storage allows world-wide storage and retrieval of any amount of data at any time. You can use Cloud Storage for a range of scenarios including serving website content, storing data for archival and disaster recovery, or distributing large data objects to users via direct download.
In this hands-on lab you will learn how to create a storage bucket, upload objects to it, create folders and subfolders in it, and make objects publicly accessible using the Google Cloud command line.
Throughout this lab you'll be able to verify your work in the console by going to Navigation menu > Cloud Storage. You'll just need to refresh your browser after each command is run to see the new items you've created.
What you'll do
In this hands-on lab you will learn how to use Google Cloud command line to:
- Create a storage bucket
- Upload objects to the bucket
- Create folders and subfolders in the bucket
- Make objects in a storage bucket publicly accessible
Setup and requirements
Before you click the Start Lab button
Read these instructions. Labs are timed and you cannot pause them. The timer, which starts when you click Start Lab, shows how long Google Cloud resources will be made available to you.
This hands-on lab lets you do the lab activities yourself in a real cloud environment, not in a simulation or demo environment. It does so by giving you new, temporary credentials that you use to sign in and access Google Cloud for the duration of the lab.
To complete this lab, you need:
- Access to a standard internet browser (Chrome browser recommended).
- Time to complete the lab---remember, once you start, you cannot pause a lab.
How to start your lab and sign in to the Google Cloud console
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Click the Start Lab button. If you need to pay for the lab, a pop-up opens for you to select your payment method. On the left is the Lab Details panel with the following:
- The Open Google Cloud console button
- Time remaining
- The temporary credentials that you must use for this lab
- Other information, if needed, to step through this lab
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Click Open Google Cloud console (or right-click and select Open Link in Incognito Window if you are running the Chrome browser).
The lab spins up resources, and then opens another tab that shows the Sign in page.
Tip: Arrange the tabs in separate windows, side-by-side.
Note: If you see the Choose an account dialog, click Use Another Account. -
If necessary, copy the Username below and paste it into the Sign in dialog.
{{{user_0.username | "Username"}}} You can also find the Username in the Lab Details panel.
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Click Next.
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Copy the Password below and paste it into the Welcome dialog.
{{{user_0.password | "Password"}}} You can also find the Password in the Lab Details panel.
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Click Next.
Important: You must use the credentials the lab provides you. Do not use your Google Cloud account credentials. Note: Using your own Google Cloud account for this lab may incur extra charges. -
Click through the subsequent pages:
- Accept the terms and conditions.
- Do not add recovery options or two-factor authentication (because this is a temporary account).
- Do not sign up for free trials.
After a few moments, the Google Cloud console opens in this tab.
Activate Cloud Shell
Cloud Shell is a virtual machine that is loaded with development tools. It offers a persistent 5GB home directory and runs on the Google Cloud. Cloud Shell provides command-line access to your Google Cloud resources.
- Click Activate Cloud Shell at the top of the Google Cloud console.
When you are connected, you are already authenticated, and the project is set to your Project_ID,
gcloud
is the command-line tool for Google Cloud. It comes pre-installed on Cloud Shell and supports tab-completion.
- (Optional) You can list the active account name with this command:
- Click Authorize.
Output:
- (Optional) You can list the project ID with this command:
Output:
gcloud
, in Google Cloud, refer to the gcloud CLI overview guide.
Set the region
Set the project region for this lab:
Task 1. Create a bucket
The Cloud Storage utility tool, gsutil, is installed and ready to use in Google Cloud. In this lab you use gsutil
in Cloud Shell.
When you create a bucket you must follow the universal bucket naming rules, below.
Bucket naming rules
- Do not include sensitive information in the bucket name, because the bucket namespace is global and publicly visible.
- Bucket names must contain only lowercase letters, numbers, dashes (-), underscores (_), and dots (.). Names containing dots require verification.
- Bucket names must start and end with a number or letter.
- Bucket names must contain 3 to 63 characters. Names containing dots can contain up to 222 characters, but each dot-separated component can be no longer than 63 characters.
- Bucket names cannot be represented as an IP address in dotted-decimal notation (for example, 192.168.5.4).
- Bucket names cannot begin with the "goog" prefix.
- Bucket names cannot contain "google" or close misspellings of "google".
- Also, for DNS compliance and future compatibility, you should not use underscores (_) or have a period adjacent to another period or dash. For example, ".." or "-." or ".-" are not valid in DNS names.
Use the make bucket (mb
) command to make a bucket, replacing <YOUR_BUCKET_NAME>
with a unique name that follows the bucket naming rules:
This command is creating a bucket with default settings. To see what those default settings are, use the Cloud console Navigation menu > Cloud Storage, then click on your bucket name, and click on the Configuration tab.
That's it — you've just created a Cloud Storage bucket!
Note: If the bucket name is already taken, either by you or someone else, the command returns:
Creating gs://YOUR-BUCKET-NAME/...
ServiceException: 409 Bucket YOUR-BUCKET-NAME already exists.
Test completed task
Click Check my progress to verify your performed task. If you've successfully created a Cloud Storage bucket, you'll see an assessment score.
Test your understanding
Below is a multiple choice question to reinforce your understanding of this lab's concepts. Answer it to the best of your ability.
Task 2. Upload an object into your bucket
Use Cloud Shell to upload an object into a bucket.
- To download this image (ada.jpg) into your bucket, enter this command into Cloud Shell:
- Use the
gsutil cp
command to upload the image from the location where you saved it to the bucket you created:
You can see the image load into your bucket from the command line.
You've just stored an object in your bucket!
- Now remove the downloaded image:
Task 3. Download an object from your bucket
- Use the
gsutil cp
command to download the image you stored in your bucket to Cloud Shell:
If successful, the command returns:
You've just downloaded the image from your bucket.
Task 4. Copy an object to a folder in the bucket
- Use the
gsutil cp
command to create a folder calledimage-folder
and copy the image (ada.jpg) into it:
If successful, the command returns:
The image file has been copied into a new folder in your bucket.
Test completed task
Click Check my progress to verify your performed task. If you have successfully uploaded an object into a folder in your Cloud Storage bucket, you'll see an assessment score.
Task 5. List contents of a bucket or folder
- Use the
gsutil ls
command to list the contents of the bucket:
If successful, the command returns a message similar to:
That's everything currently in your bucket.
Task 6. List details for an object
- Use the
gsutil ls
command, with the-l
flag to get some details about the image file you uploaded to your bucket:
If successful, the command returns a message similar to:
Now you know the image's size and date of creation.
Task 7. Make your object publicly accessible
- Use the
gsutil acl ch
command to grant all users read permission for the object stored in your bucket:
If successful, the command returns:
Your image is now public, and can be made available to anyone.
Test completed ask
Click Check my progress to verify your performed task. If you have successfully shared an object from your storage bucket, you will see an assessment score.
Validate that your image is publicly available.
- Go to Navigation menu > Cloud Storage, then click on the name of your bucket.
You should see your image with the Public link box. Click the Copy URL and open the URL in a new browser tab.
Note: Who are you looking at? This is Ada Lovelace, credited with being the first computer programmer. She worked with mathematician and computer pioneer Charles Babbage, who proposed the Analytical Engine.
Her interest in the Analytical Engine lead to translating a paper on the machine by Italian mathematician Luigi Menabrea, adding her own extensive annotations. These notes are considered the first computer program - an algorithm designed to be carried out by the machine. She developed a vision of the capability of computers, going beyond number crunching, and examined how individuals and society relate to technology as a collaborative tool.
Citation: Ada Lovelace. (2015, October 22). Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository. Retrieved 08:01, May 31, 2022 from https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ada_Lovelace&oldid=176490980, .Test your understanding
Below is a multiple choice question to reinforce your understanding of this lab's concepts. Answer it to the best of your ability.
Task 8. Remove public access
- To remove this permission, use the command:
If successful, the command returns:
You have removed public access to this object.
- Verify that you've removed public access by clicking the Refresh button in the console. The checkmark will be removed.
Test your understanding
Below is a multiple choice question to reinforce your understanding of this lab's concepts. Answer it to the best of your ability.
Delete objects
- Use the
gsutil rm
command to delete an object - the image file in your bucket:
If successful, the command returns:
- Refresh the console. The copy of the image file is no longer stored on Cloud Storage (though the copy you made in the
image-folder/
folder still exists).
Congratulations!
You created a storage bucket, organized it by creating folders and subfolders, then uploaded objects to it. You also made objects in your bucket publicly accessible using Cloud Shell.
Next steps / Learn more
This lab is also part of a series of labs called Qwik Starts. These labs are designed to give you a little taste of the many features available with Google Cloud. Search for "Qwik Starts" in the lab catalog to find the next lab you'd like to take!
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Manual Last Updated January 26, 2024
Lab Last Tested August 11, 2023
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