🧪 Lab 6: Cloud Storage Management (AWS S3)

Course: CompTIA Cloud+ CV0-004
Objective: Learn to provision and manage cloud storage resources using AWS S3, configure access, and enable lifecycle policies.

🎯 Goals

Create and configure an S3 bucket
Upload and manage files
Set up access policies
Enable versioning and lifecycle rules

🪣 Part 1: Create an S3 Bucket

Navigate to S3 in the AWS Console
Click Create bucket
Bucket name: cloudplus-storage-lab
Region: Same as EC2
Uncheck Block all public access (if testing public access)
Leave other defaults → Create bucket

✅ Checkpoint: You now have an S3 bucket created.

📁 Part 2: Upload and Manage Files

Click your bucket → Upload
Add files or folders from your local machine
Click Upload

To verify: - Click on uploaded object - Copy the Object URL - Paste in browser (if public access allowed)

✅ Checkpoint: File successfully uploaded and viewable.

🔐 Part 3: Bucket Policies and Access Control

Go to Permissions tab in your bucket
Add a bucket policy like this (update your bucket name):

{
  "Version": "2012-10-17",
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Sid": "PublicReadGetObject",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Principal": "*",
      "Action": "s3:GetObject",
      "Resource": "arn:aws:s3:::cloudplus-storage-lab/*"
    }
  ]
}

✅ Checkpoint: Your bucket is now publicly accessible for GET requests.

🔄 Part 4: Enable Versioning and Lifecycle

Go to Properties tab
Scroll to Bucket Versioning → Enable
Go to Lifecycle Rules → Create rule
Name: delete-old-versions
Apply to all objects
Add transition/delete rule: Delete previous versions after 30 days