Google Cloud Object Storage

Terms

• Project - GCE project
• Bucket - Container for the objects we store in GCE
• Objects - The files

Usage

To create a bucket:

gsutil mb gs://tinybucket9922

# mb - make bucket
# gs://tinybucket9922 is the bucket name. We choose this

Move files to bucket

# Select the project
gcloud config set project <project_id>

# Move local file to bucket
gsutil mv <local_file> <bucket_name>

# Example. Not that this removes the local file
gsutil mv README.md gs://tinybucket9922

# Show bucket size
gsutil du gs://tinybucket9922

Once files are moved to GCE you can browse and manage the file at http://cloud.google.com. Select the project > Storage > Cloud Storage > Storage Browser