Configure versioning

Enable versioning

• Enable versioning when you create a bucket
  1. Log on to the OSS console.
  2. On the Overview page, click Create Bucket in the upper-right corner.
  3. In the Create Bucket panel, configure parameters.

     Set Versioning to Enable. For more information about how to configure other parameters, see Create buckets.

  4. Click OK.
• Enable versioning for an existing bucket
  1. Log on to the OSS console.
  2. In the left-side navigation pane, click Buckets. On the Buckets page, click the name of the bucket for which you want to enable versioning.
  3. Choose Redundancy for Fault Tolerance > Versioning.

     You can also click Buckets in the left-side navigation pane and turn on Versioning for the corresponding bucket.

  4. Click Configure. Then, click Enabled.

     You can also suspend versioning for a versioned bucket to stop generating new object versions. If a new version is added to an object in a versioning-suspended bucket, OSS specifies a version ID of null for the new version and retains the previous versions of the object.

  5. Click Save.

Recover previous versions

You can recover a specified previous version of an object as the current version.

1. Log on to the OSS console.
2. In the left-side navigation pane, click Buckets. On the Buckets page, click the name of the bucket that contains the previous version you want to recover.
3. Click Files. In the upper-right corner, set Display Previous Versions to Show.
4. Click Restore in the Actions column corresponding to the previous version that you want to recover.
   OSS recovers the previous version as the current version of the object.

Download previous versions

You can download a previous version of an object.

1. Log on to the OSS console.
2. In the left-side navigation pane, click Buckets. On the Buckets page, click the name of the bucket that contains the previous version you want to download.
3. Click Files. In the upper-right corner, set Display Previous Versions to Show.
4. Click the object version you want to download. In the panel that appears, click Download on the right side of Signed URL.
5. Select the location where you want to store the version and click Save.

Delete previous versions

We recommend that you delete previous versions that you no longer need in a timely manner to minimize storage costs.

1. Log on to the OSS console.
2. In the left-side navigation pane, click Buckets. On the Buckets page, click the name of the bucket that contains the previous version you want to delete.
3. Click Files. In the upper-right corner, set Display Previous Versions to Show.
4. Click Completely Delete in the Actions column corresponding to the previous version you want to delete.
   To delete multiple unnecessary previous versions, select the previous versions you want to delete and choose Batch Operation > Completely Delete.
5. Click OK.