mc version enable — MinIO Object Storage for Linux (original) (raw)

Table of Contents

Syntax
- Parameters
- Global Flags
Example
- Enable Bucket Versioning
Behavior
- Bucket Versioning with Existing Data
- S3 Compatibility

Syntax

The mc version enable command enables versioning on the specified bucket.

EXAMPLE

The following command enables versioning for the mybucket bucket on the myminio MinIO deployment:

mc version enable myminio/mybucket

SYNTAX

The command has the following syntax:

mc [GLOBALFLAGS] version enable ALIAS
--exclude-folders
--excluded-prefixes

Brackets [] indicate optional parameters.
Parameters sharing a line are mutually dependent.
Parameters separated using the pipe | operator are mutually exclusive.

Copy the example to a text editor and modify as-needed before running the command in the terminal/shell.

Parameters

ALIAS

Required

The alias of a MinIO deployment and the full path to the bucket for which to enable versioning. For example:

mc version enable myminio/mybucket

--exclude-folders

Optional

Disable versioning on all folders (objects whose name ends with /) in the specified bucket.

--excluded-prefixes

Optional

Disable versioning on objects matching a list of prefixes, up to 10. The list of prefixes match all objects containing the specified strings in their prefix or name, similar to a regular expression of the form prefix*. To match objects by prefix only, use prefix/*.

For example, the following command excludes any objects containing _test or _temp in their prefix or name from versioning:

mc version enable --excluded-prefixes "_test, _temp" myminio/mybucket

Global Flags

This command supports any of the global flags.

Example

Enable Bucket Versioning

Use mc version enable to enable versioning for a bucket:

mc version enable ALIAS/PATH

Replace ALIAS with the alias of a configured MinIO deployment.
Replace PATH with the bucket on which to enable versioning.