Get Started with Google Cloud — selected guide
Using object versioning
Twelve practical entries spanning docs, networking, storage, IAM, cost, data, workflows, and APIs
Twelve 2018–2022 introductions use small tasks to explain networking, persistent storage, access control, BigQuery queries and cost limits, object versions, sensitive-data inspection, workflow orchestration, and speech transcription.
Google Cloud Tech 9 of 12
In this collection Browse 12 summaries 9 of 12
Cloud Storage Object Versioning keeps older versions of stored objects when the live version is overwritten or deleted. The walkthrough uses a bucket of tiny-house photos to show how to retain and access those earlier versions. 00:01–01:05(opens in a new tab)
Key Points Covered
- The 2020 demonstration uses
gsutil versioningto enable, disable, and check versioning on a bucket. 00:01–01:05(opens in a new tab) - Only the newest photo is visible by default. Listing all versions reveals their generation numbers; appending one of those numbers to the object address selects that specific older version. 01:05(opens in a new tab)
Full video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExtyhPqE_Hs(opens in a new tab)