Now that we have a good understanding of storage classes, let's take a look at how to actually create a bucket. We will also learn how to copy files into our bucket and change the storage policy of an object.
We have two options to create a bucket—either through a console or using gsutil. We will learn more about gsutil in Chapter 14, Google Cloud Management Options, but for the context of this chapter, it's enough for you to know that it is a dedicated command-line tool that will make RESTful API calls to your Cloud Storage service. Let's look at how to create a bucket from the console by going through the following steps:
- Browse to STORAGE from the navigation menu select Storage | Browser:
- Click on Create ...
