Support S3 versioning #166

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opened 2021-12-06 13:35:09 +00:00 by lx · 4 comments

lx commented

2021-12-06 13:35:09 +00:00

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Do we want to support S3 versioning ? I think we mostly don't care
If we want to do it, think how to do it
Do it

- [ ] Do we want to support S3 versioning ? I think we mostly don't care - [ ] If we want to do it, think how to do it - [ ] Do it

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lx added this to the Speculative milestone 2022-01-11 19:04:59 +00:00

quentin commented

2022-01-28 20:30:29 +00:00

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Having these 2 features could enable many people to implement a backup strategy "for free", including us.

For example, currently I am investigating ways to backup Garage buckets by mirroring them on minio with s3s3mirror. By activating versioning on Minio + a lifecycle policy, it will be possible to restore any file during a given period (eg. 100 days) even if it has been wrongly deleted or modified by an operator, a faulty software or a user.

At the beginning of the development, I said it could be interesting to have a delay between the deletion of an object and its effective removal of the cluster. Such behavior can be achieved by enabling bucket versioning + adding a lifecycle policy. Having these 2 features could enable many people to implement a backup strategy "for free", including us. For example, currently I am investigating ways to backup Garage buckets by mirroring them on minio with [s3s3mirror](https://github.com/cobbzilla/s3s3mirror/). By activating versioning on Minio + a lifecycle policy, it will be possible to restore any file during a given period (eg. 100 days) even if it has been wrongly deleted or modified by an operator, a faulty software or a user.

jpds commented

2023-01-28 00:50:57 +00:00

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I have two usecases for a versioning system:

The simple backup described above, just to assist users who say "I accidentally deleted a file and I'd like it back please"
Thwarting any potential ransomware attacks that happen to figure out how to 'encrypt' files in an object store (though this would require that disabling the versioning to be additionally restricted to admin's only)

I have two usecases for a versioning system: 1. The simple backup described above, just to assist users who say "I accidentally deleted a file and I'd like it back please" 2. Thwarting any potential ransomware attacks that happen to figure out how to 'encrypt' files in an object store (though this would require that disabling the versioning to be additionally restricted to admin's only)

bernardx commented

2023-11-20 02:13:57 +00:00

Another use case for versioning is to view the document's editing history. Instead of creating multiple copies of a document, one can use versioning to view the editing history of a document.