Guided Lab: Uploading, Organizing, and Managing Objects in Cloud Storage
Description
Cloud Storage stores data as objects inside buckets, making it easy to manage files such as documents, images, and application assets. Knowing how to upload, organize, and maintain these objects is a foundational skill for working with Google Cloud Storage in real-world environments.
In this guided lab, you’ll use the Google Cloud Console to upload files, create folders, move objects between folders, rename files, download objects, and delete data from a Cloud Storage bucket. This hands-on lab focuses on everyday object management tasks and helps you understand how Cloud Storage organizes data.
Prerequisites
This lab assumes you are familiar with navigating the Google Cloud Console and have basic knowledge of Cloud Storage buckets.
If you find any gaps in your knowledge, consider taking the following lab/s:
Objectives
In this lab, you will:
- Upload and download objects in a Cloud Storage bucket
- Organize objects using folders
- Rename, move, and delete objects
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Creating Cloud Storage Buckets with Different Storage Classes
1. In the Google Cloud Console, use the search bar to navigate to Cloud Storage
2. Go to the Buckets tab, then click Create or Create bucket.
3. Configure the first bucket with the following:
- Name: <your-desired-bucket-name>
- Location type: Region
- Location: us-central1
- Access control: Uniform
- Leave the remaining settings at their default values
Once done, click Create. Then tick the “Enforce public access prevention on this bucket“.
Uploading Objects and Creating Folders
1. Open the newly created bucket. Click Upload files and select one or more files from your local machine.
2. Confirm that the uploaded objects appear in the bucket.
3. While still in the Objects tab, click Create folder
4. Enter a folder name, such as documents, then click Create.
Organizing Objects (Move and Rename)
Moving an object
1. Click the three-dot icon in the same row as the object you uploaded, then click Move.
2. Choose the folder you created as the destination folder, then click Select.
3. Once you confirmed that you have chosen the correct destination folder, click Move.
4. Open the destination folder to confirm that the object was successfully transferred there.
Renaming an object
1. To rename an object, click the three-dot icon in the same row as the object, then click Rename.
2. Enter your desired new object name, then click Rename.
3. Confirm that the name of the object was successfully changed.
Downloading and Deleting Objects
Downloading an object
1. To download an object, you can either select the object then click Download in the top selection bar, or you can just click the download icon next to the three-dot icon.
2. Verify that the downloaded object opens correctly.
Downloading an object
1. To delete an object, select the object, then click Delete
2. If the soft-delete policy is enabled in your bucket, a confirmation dialog will appear. Just click Delete again, or you must type “DELETE” to confirm this action. You are allowed to restore this object within 7 days before it gets permanently deleted.
3. Confirm that the object is deleted. You can also try deleting the folder and the bucket that you created to finish this guided laboratory.
Well done! You’ve successfully uploaded, organized, and managed objects in a Cloud Storage bucket using the Google Cloud Console. This guided lab helps you understand how to perform common object operations such as creating folders, moving and renaming files, downloading data, and deleting objects. These skills are essential for managing application assets, user uploads, and shared files, and they form the foundation for more advanced Cloud Storage features you’ll explore in future labs.