Playing with S3 Versioning

This guide provides step-by-step instructions on how to use S3 versioning.

Hafeez Baig
36 steps
4 minutes

Amazon Web Services

Refer to the following guide to learn how to use IAM in the cloud\ <https://scribehow.com/shared/Creating_an_IAM_User_and_User_Group_in_AWS_Management_Console__hWNiiXlcRJKFqYZZEJD-cg>

Sign in to **AWS Management Console** as an **IAM User** **Pre-requisite** - Ensure you have selected the AWS region closest to your location\ For this guide, we will be using us-east-2 (Ohio) as a preferred choice

Type **S3** in the search bar and click on **S3** to view the S3 Dashboard

**What is Amazon S3?** Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) is a scalable object storage service provided by Amazon Web Services (AWS). It is designed to store and retrieve any amount of data from anywhere on the web. S3 offers high availability, durability, and security for data storage needs.

On the S3 dashboard, select the bucket with the Name **my-aws-bucket-in28minutes**

Refer to the following guide to learn how to create S3 Bucket<https://scribehow.com/shared/Creating_an_S3_Bucket_and_Exploring_the_UI__0TFMdpbkQvS6jOisdkQjeA>

Click on the **Properties** tab

Scroll to the **Bucket Versioning** section

**What is Bucket Versioning?** Bucket versioning in cloud storage refers to the functionality of maintaining past versions of objects (files) stored within a bucket. When enabled, it creates a history for each object, keeping track of uploads, modifications, and even deletions.

Click on the **Edit** button on the right side

**Edit Bucket Versioning** wizard will open, choose the **Enable** option for **Bucket Versioning** and scroll the page and click on **Save changes** button

Bucket Versioning has been successfully modified.

Scroll to the **Bucket Versioning** section, you can see that the Bucket Versioning is now Enabled

**What is Bucket Versioning in AWS?** Bucket versioning in Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) is a feature that allows you to keep multiple versions of an object in the same S3 bucket. When versioning is enabled for a bucket, every time you upload a new version of an object with the same key (name), S3 will retain both the new and old versions.

On the same page click on the **Objects** tab

Click on the **2030/** folder

Click on the **Upload** button on the right side

Upload wizard will open, Scroll to the **Files and folders** section and click on the **Add files** button

**Files and Folder** upload wizard will open, select the **course0.png** file to upload and click on the **Open** button

You can view the course0.png in **Files and folders** section in the management console

Scroll the page and click on the **Upload** button

The upload to S3 bucket was successful, click on the **Close** button on the right side

On the **2030/** folder wizard click on the **course0.png** file

**course0.png** wizard will open, click on the **Versions** tab to view the versions of the object. Here you can view the Versions of the course0.png file

On the right side of the same page you can view the time and date of the versions

Go back to the **my-aws-bucket-in28minutes** wizard and click on the **Properties** tab

Scroll to the **Bucket Versioning** section

**What is Bucket Versioning?** Bucket Versioning is a feature offered by Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) that allows you to keep multiple versions of an object in a bucket. With versioning enabled, you can preserve, retrieve, and restore every version of every object stored in your S3 bucket, providing an added layer of protection against accidental deletion or overwrite.

Click on the **Edit** button on the right side

Choose the **Suspend** option under the **Bucket Versioning**

Scroll to the Alert section and checkbox the acknowledge alert and click on **Save changes** button

Successfully edited Bucket Versioning

On the **my-aws-bucket-in28minutes** wizard, under the Objects tab click on the **2030/** folder

**2030/** folder wizard will open, click on the **11/** folder

**11/** wizard will open, click on the **Upload** button on the right side

**Upload** wizard will open. Under the **Files and folders** section, click on the **Add files** button

**Files and Folder** upload wizard will open, select the **course1.png** and click on the **Open** button

Scrol the page and click **Upload** button

Upload succeeded

On the top right corner click on the **Close** button

On the **11/** wizard, click on the **course1.png** file

**course1.png** file will open, click on the **Versions** tab to view the versions of the object. Here you can view the Versions of the course1.png file

Congratulations on successfully configuring logging for S3 access requests! Good job!

Playing with S3 Versioning

This guide provides step-by-step instructions on how to use S3 versioning.

Hafeez Baig
36 steps
4 minutes

Amazon Web Services

Refer to the following guide to learn how to use IAM in the cloud\ <https://scribehow.com/shared/Creating_an_IAM_User_and_User_Group_in_AWS_Management_Console__hWNiiXlcRJKFqYZZEJD-cg>

Type **S3** in the search bar and click on **S3** to view the S3 Dashboard

On the S3 dashboard, select the bucket with the Name **my-aws-bucket-in28minutes**

Refer to the following guide to learn how to create S3 Bucket<https://scribehow.com/shared/Creating_an_S3_Bucket_and_Exploring_the_UI__0TFMdpbkQvS6jOisdkQjeA>

Click on the **Properties** tab

Scroll to the **Bucket Versioning** section

Click on the **Edit** button on the right side

**Edit Bucket Versioning** wizard will open, choose the **Enable** option for **Bucket Versioning** and scroll the page and click on **Save changes** button

Bucket Versioning has been successfully modified.

Scroll to the **Bucket Versioning** section, you can see that the Bucket Versioning is now Enabled

On the same page click on the **Objects** tab

Click on the **2030/** folder

Click on the **Upload** button on the right side

Upload wizard will open, Scroll to the **Files and folders** section and click on the **Add files** button

**Files and Folder** upload wizard will open, select the **course0.png** file to upload and click on the **Open** button

You can view the course0.png in **Files and folders** section in the management console

Scroll the page and click on the **Upload** button

The upload to S3 bucket was successful, click on the **Close** button on the right side

On the **2030/** folder wizard click on the **course0.png** file

**course0.png** wizard will open, click on the **Versions** tab to view the versions of the object. Here you can view the Versions of the course0.png file

On the right side of the same page you can view the time and date of the versions

Go back to the **my-aws-bucket-in28minutes** wizard and click on the **Properties** tab

Scroll to the **Bucket Versioning** section

Click on the **Edit** button on the right side

Choose the **Suspend** option under the **Bucket Versioning**

Scroll to the Alert section and checkbox the acknowledge alert and click on **Save changes** button

Successfully edited Bucket Versioning

On the **my-aws-bucket-in28minutes** wizard, under the Objects tab click on the **2030/** folder

**2030/** folder wizard will open, click on the **11/** folder

**11/** wizard will open, click on the **Upload** button on the right side

**Upload** wizard will open. Under the **Files and folders** section, click on the **Add files** button

**Files and Folder** upload wizard will open, select the **course1.png** and click on the **Open** button

Scrol the page and click **Upload** button

Upload succeeded

On the top right corner click on the **Close** button

On the **11/** wizard, click on the **course1.png** file

**course1.png** file will open, click on the **Versions** tab to view the versions of the object. Here you can view the Versions of the course1.png file

Congratulations on successfully configuring logging for S3 access requests! Good job!