The Object Storage Service (OSS) console is a web-based platform that allows you to easily manage your OSS resources. This topic describes how to create or delete buckets, upload, download, and share files or folders by using OSS console.
Prerequisites
The purchase of an Object Storage Service (OSS) resource plan does not equate to the automatic activation of OSS. Manual activation is required, but the activation process is provided at no cost.
An Alibaba Cloud account is created. For more information, see Sign up to Alibaba Cloud.
OSS is activated. For more information, see Activate OSS.
Step1: Create a bucket
An OSS bucket is a container that stores objects.
Log on to the OSS console.
On the Buckets page, click Create Bucket.
Do not include sensitive information in the name of your bucket, for the name is visible in all regions.
In the Create Bucket panel, specify the name of the bucket and retain the default settings for other parameters.
Click OK. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the creation.
Step 2: Upload an object
After creating a bucket, you can upload objects in any format to the bucket for persistent storage.
You can upload files up to 5GB by using OSS console.
Download the sample object named exampleobject.jpg to your local computer.
On the Buckets page, click the name of the bucket that you created.
On the Objects page, click Upload Object.
Scan exampleobject.jpg that you want to upload, retain the default settings for other parameters and click Upload File.
You can view the upload progress of the file in the Upload Tasks panel. After the objects are uploaded, you can view the names, sizes, and storage classes of the uploaded objects in the directory.
Step 3: Download objects
After objects are uploaded to a bucket, you can download the objects to a local directory.
In the left-side navigation tree, choose Object Management > Objects.
Select the uploaded exampleobject.jpg, then click Download below.
Step 4: Share an object
After an object is uploaded to a bucket, you can share the URL of the object in the bucket with third-party users.
In the left-side navigation tree, choose Object Management > Objects.
On the Objects page, click the name of the uploaded example object or click View Details in the Actions column.
In the View Details panel, click Copy Object URL.
Check whether the object that you want to share contains sensitive data to prevent leakage of sensitive data.
The default validity period of a URL is 300 seconds. You must obtain a valid URL again after the validity period is exceeded.
Copy the signed URL to the address bar of a browser to access the object.
Step 5: Delete objects or buckets
Alibaba Cloud OSS uses the pay-as-you-go billing method. Fees continue to be incurred during the object retention period. To prevent additional fees from being incurred for the uploaded objects, please empty all files in the storage space first, then delete the bucket itself.
Delete objects
In the left-side navigation pane, choose Object Management > Objects.
Select the uploaded exampleobject.jpg, click Permanently Delete below.
Click OK, and the object will be permanently deleted.
Delete buckets
You can create a bucket that has the same name as the deleted bucket approximately 4 to 8 hours after the deletion.
On the Buckets page, click the name of a bucket to go to the bucket details page.
In the left-side navigation tree, click Delete Bucket.
Related operations
For details about the billing rules of OSS, see Billing.
For information about associating and managing domain names, see Domain name management.
For more information about buckets, see Buckets.
For information about how to upload, download, delete, share, and manage objects, see Features.
Block Public Access is enabled by default when you create buckets by using the OSS console. Once Block Public Access is enabled, you cannot configure public access permissions, including public ACLs (public read and public read/write) and bucket policies that allows public access. You can disable this feature after the bucket is created if your business requires public access.
For information about how to configure access control policies, see Access control.
For information about how to use the OSS console, see OSS console.
For information about how to covert the formats of uploaded videos, see Media processing.
For guidance on ensuring the confidentiality and security of data stored in OSS buckets, see Data security.
For information about how to manage and access OSS resources, see Get started with OSS SDKs.
FAQ
If you fail to upload objects to OSS or encounter other issues during the upload process, please refer to FAQ about uploading objects.
If you encounter issues such as the inability to preview shared OSS objects, download restrictions on specific objects, or other related problems, please refer to FAQ about sharing objects.
If you have questions regarding resource plans, such as the conditions under which they should be purchased or used, please refer to FAQ about resource plans.
