Creating an Object Storage instance in the console for InstructLab

1. Navigate to the Object Storage in the console.
2. Click Create an instance.
3. Choose a plan.
4. Give your instance a name, select a resource group, and enter any tags that you want to use.
5. Click Create.

Creating an Object Storage instance and bucket by using the CLI for InstructLab

To log in:

1. Log in to your IBM Cloud account from the CLI.

   ibmcloud login -a https://cloud.ibm.com --sso -r us-east
   

2. If you plan to allow InstructLab to create IBM Cloud® Object Storage Instance resources for you, target a resource group.

   ibmcloud target -g <resource_group>
   

   Example:

   ibmcloud target -g Default
   

To create Object Storage resources:

1. Run the following command to create an instance.

   ibmcloud resource service-instance-create <instance-name> cloud-object-storage <plan> global
   

2. Create a new bucket and make a note of the bucket name for later.

   ibmcloud cos bucket-create --bucket <bucket-name> [--class <class-name>] [--ibm-service-instance-id <instance-id>] [--region REGION] [--output FORMAT]