mini lab : Cloud Storage : 2 (Solution)

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Labs are timed and cannot be paused. The timer starts when you click Start Lab.
The included cloud terminal is preconfigured with the gcloud SDK.
Use the terminal to execute commands and then click Check my progress to verify your work.

Challenge scenario

You are managing a Cloud Storage bucket named BUCKET_NAME. This bucket serves multiple purposes within your organization and contains a mix of active project files, archived documents, and temporary logs. To optimize storage costs, you need to implement a lifecycle management policy that automatically aligns the storage classes of these files with their access patterns.

Design a lifecycle management policy with the following objectives:
- Active Project Files: Files within the /projects/active/ folder modified within the last 30 days should reside in Standard storage for fast access.
- Archives: Files within /archive/ modified within the last 90 days should be moved to Nearline storage. After 180 days, they should transition to Coldline storage.
- Temporary Logs: Files within /processing/temp_logs/ should be automatically deleted after 7 days.

Click Check my progress to verify the objective.

Create a lifecycle management policy

Solution of Lab

curl -LO raw.githubusercontent.com/ePlus-DEV/storage/refs/heads/main/labs/mini%20lab%20%3A%20Cloud%20Storage%20%3A%202/lab.sh
source lab.sh

Script Alternative

cat > lifecycle.json << EOF
{
    "rule": [
      {
        "action": {
          "storageClass": "NEARLINE",
          "type": "SetStorageClass"
        },
        "condition": {
          "daysSinceNoncurrentTime": 30,
          "matchesPrefix": [
            "/projects/active/"
          ]
        }
      },
      {
        "action": {
          "storageClass": "NEARLINE",
          "type": "SetStorageClass"
        },
        "condition": {
          "daysSinceNoncurrentTime": 90,
          "matchesPrefix": [
            "/archive/"
          ]
        }
      },
      {
        "action": {
          "storageClass": "COLDLINE",
          "type": "SetStorageClass"
        },
        "condition": {
          "daysSinceNoncurrentTime": 180,
          "matchesPrefix": [
            "/archive/"
          ]
        }
      },
      {
        "action": {
          "type": "Delete"
        },
        "condition": {
          "age": 7,
          "matchesPrefix": [
            "/processing/temp_logs/"
          ]
        }
      }
    ]
  }
EOF

export PROJECT_ID=$(gcloud config get-value project)

gsutil lifecycle set lifecycle.json gs://$PROJECT_ID-bucket

mini lab : Cloud Storage : 2 (Solution)

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