Google App Engine deleted default GCS bucket. Is there a way to restore it?

Question

I was deleting some files from the default bucket of my application and I accidentally deleted also the bucket itself using gsutil rm command.

Is there a way to restore/recreate/bring it back ? I would like to continue to use the free quota and not enable billing.

What I tried to do so far is that (but I'm not sure it is correct). I first enable billing just to re-create a bucket with the same name: xxx.appspot.com. In order to be able to do that I verified that I'm the owner of the domain. I setup the default acl to give my app OWNER access using the service account. Then I disabled the billing again.

Is the bucket considered like the default bucket create by app engine cloud storage integration and use the free quota tier ?

Answer 1

It looks like the App Engine settings Cloud Console page no longer has functionality to restore the default GAE buckets. Instead you can perform the restore via the gcloud instructions below:

The default (<project_id>.appspot.com) and staging (staging.<project_id>.appspot.com) buckets can be recreated by a project Owner/Editor running gcloud beta app repair. The Google Container Registry (GCR) bucket (<region>.artifacts.<project_id>.appspot.com) will be recreated upon next app engine deployment or image push to GCR in that region.

Answer 2

Just login to your Cloud Console Dashboard, go to AppEngine and select settings then Create Default Bucket.

I deleted mine severally and recreated it again!

Answer 3

No there is no way to restore a deleted bucket or object inside a bucket. DELETE operation comes under strong global consistency. Keep in mind that you can use Google Cloud Storage only after enabling billing for your project. It's not free.