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GCP Cloud Storage bucket

You will find instructions on how to build Cloud Storage buckets and the necessary permissions in this article using Google Cloud console. Users will require correct IAM permissions to follow these instructions in the GCP Console.

GCP buckets are created in the US multi-region by default, unless otherwise specified in your request.

Create a bucket

  1. In the Google Cloud console, go to the Cloud Storage Buckets page.
  2. Click Create bucket.
  3. On the Create bucket page, enter your bucket information. To go to the next step, click Continue.
  4. Name your bucket : enter a name that meets the bucket name requirements.
  5. Choose where to store your data : select a Location type and Location where the bucket data will be permanently stored.
  6. Choose a default storage class for your data : select a storage class for the bucket. The default storage class is assigned by default to all objects uploaded to the bucket.
  7. Choose how to control access to objects : select whether or not your bucket enforces public access prevention, and select an Access control model for your bucket's objects.
  8. Choose how to protect object data : configure Protection tools if desired, and select a Data encryption method.
  9. Click Create.

Permissions required

  • storage.buckets.create
  • storage.buckets.get
  • storage.buckets.update