With Google Cloud Storage, the life cycle management of objects becomes simple and immediate. The life cycle of an object is the time between the creation of an object and its destruction. The rules for the duration of the object vary significantly between the programming platforms. In the case of archived objects we refer to the time in which the object remains stored in the space assigned to it.
The life cycle of a bucket can be managed through its configuration. The configuration contains a set of rules that apply to all objects in the bucket. The action specified on the object is performed when the object meets the criteria of one of the rules.
To enable life cycle for a bucket using the Google Cloud Console:
- Go to Open the Google Cloud Platform Console and click on the Cloud Storage browser; the following window is opened:
- In this window, examine...