# Versioning

This document provides instructions to manage [<mark style="color:blue;">Versioning</mark>](https://docs.ionos.com/cloud/backup-and-storage/ionos-object-storage/settings/versioning) using the CLI. Additionally, these tasks can also be performed using the [<mark style="color:blue;">DCD</mark>](https://docs.ionos.com/cloud/backup-and-storage/settings/versioning#dcd) and [<mark style="color:blue;">API</mark>](https://api.ionos.com/docs/s3/v2/#tag/Versioning).

{% hint style="info" %}
**Prerequisites:**

* Set up the AWS CLI by following the [<mark style="color:blue;">installation instructions</mark>](https://docs.ionos.com/cloud/backup-and-storage/ionos-object-storage/s3-tools/awscli/awscli-configure).
* Make sure to consider the supported [<mark style="color:blue;">Endpoints</mark>](https://docs.ionos.com/cloud/backup-and-storage/ionos-object-storage/endpoints).
  {% endhint %}

## Commands

Get the versioning state of the bucket:

```
aws s3api get-bucket-versioning --bucket my-bucket --endpoint-url https://s3.eu-central-2.ionoscloud.com

```

Enable versioning for the bucket:

```
aws s3api put-bucket-versioning --bucket my-bucket --versioning-configuration Status=Enabled --endpoint-url https://s3.eu-central-2.ionoscloud.com

```

List object versions for the bucket:

```
aws s3api list-object-versions --bucket my-bucket --endpoint-url https://s3.eu-central-2.ionoscloud.com

```

List object versions for the object `my-object.txt`:

```
aws s3api list-object-versions --bucket my-bucket --prefix my-object.txt --endpoint-url https://s3.eu-central-2.ionoscloud.com

```


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