How to sync files to Google Coldline Storage
Creating a storage bucket
- Open the Cloud Storage browser:
- Click on "Create bucket":
- Name your bucket: Specify here the bucket name (all lowercase, numbers and “-“ or “_”)
- Note: Do not specify sensitive information on the bucket name since it is searchable via DNS
- Choose a default storage class: Select Coldline
- Location: Select a close location, such as Europe-west2 (London)
- Choose how to control access to objects: Leave the default settings
- Advanced settings: Leave the default settings (Google-managed key)
- Click on Create
Google Cloud SDK installation phase
- Login to a machine using privileged account
- Install Google Cloud SDK tools.
- Linux (Debian / Ubuntu):
- Linux (CentOS / RedHat):
- Windows:
- Run the following from command prompt to initialize the Cloud SDK:
- gcloud init --console-only
- Select a GCP project from the list
- Select a default Compute region and zone