Developers and operations teams
Object Storage: How to Create a Bucket/Container and Upload Files
Create an object storage container and upload application assets, backups, or logs.
8 min read · Updated 2026-04-01
Prerequisites
- • Object storage access enabled for your project
- • API credentials or console access to manage containers
- • Defined naming convention for buckets/containers
Implementation workflow
This runbook focuses on a reliable sequence for provisioning and validating the service through the cloud console.
- Open Storage > Object Storage and create a new container.
- Choose the access policy appropriate for private or public use cases.
- Upload files through the UI or S3-compatible tooling.
- Organize object prefixes for application, backup, and archive data.
- Confirm object accessibility and metadata from an authorized client.
Validation and operator checks
After deployment, verify connectivity, security boundaries, and backup posture before promoting workloads to production.
Operator tips
- • Keep backup containers private and scoped with dedicated credentials.
- • Use predictable prefix structure to simplify lifecycle policy targeting.
- • Enable server-side encryption controls for sensitive object classes.