gsutil

gsutil is part of Google Cloud SDK allow you to work with Google Cloud Storage.

Configure

Before you can use gsutil, run

gcloud auth login

You will be given a special URL, open the link in browser, login to your google cloud account. Then you get a code, copy and paste it in terminal.

Now you are authenticated. Next you need to tell gcloud which project to use by running

gcloud config set project PROJECT_ID

Google Cloud

Create a Bucket

root@india:~# gsutil mb gs://backup-india
Creating gs://backup-india/...
root@india:~#

List all Buckets

root@india:~# gsutil ls
gs://backup-india/
gs://credible-tesla-182607.appspot.com/
gs://staging.credible-tesla-182607.appspot.com/
root@india:~#

To sync everything in a folder

gsutil rsync -r /path/to/folder/ gs://BUCKET_NAME/

-r == recursively.

Everything inside /path/to/folder/ will be synced to specified bucket. To speed up, you can use -m option.

gsutil -m rsync -r /home/indiamed/public_html/ gs://backup-india/site-files/

To list all files in a bucket, run

gsutil ls gs://bucket-name/

To copy files to a bucket, run

gsutil cp *.* gs://bucket-name/

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