Creating a bucket

Content Platform for Cloud Scale S3 Console Guide

Version
2.4.x
Audience
anonymous
Part Number
MK-HCPCS009-04

To create a bucket:

  1. From the Buckets page, click + Create Bucket.
    The Create bucket page appears.
  2. In the Name field, enter a name for your bucket.
    Tip: Bucket names can only contain lowercase letters, numbers, periods, and hyphens.
  3. In the Access level section, select your required level of security.
    • Private: Only you have access to this bucket.
    • Authenticated: Lets you grant access to this bucket for any user with an account on the system.
    • Unauthenticated: Lets you grant public access to this bucket for anyone. You can choose to assign Read or Read/Write privileges.
  4. In the Bucket policies section, chose your preferred policy using the selection slider.
    • Expiration Lifecycle policy: Lets you define when objects expire.
    • Sync-to Replication: Lets you enable automatic copying of objects to remote buckets. You cannot apply both Sync-to and Sync-from replications to the same bucket.
    • Sync-from Replication: Lets you enable automatic copying of objects from remote buckets. You cannot apply both Sync-to and Sync-from replications to the same bucket.
  5. To add rules to your selected policy:
    1. On your selected policy, click Configure.
    2. On the Configure page, click + Add rule.
    3. To add the rule to a subset of your objects, click Filter objects and add tags and prefixes. Additionally, you can have the rule apply to all objects in a bucket by selecting All objects.
    4. When you are finished configuring your rule, click Done.
  6. When you are finished configuring your policy, click Create.
    You are returned to the Buckets page and a message confirming the creation of the new bucket is displayed.
  7. To view your new bucket, select it by clicking its name from the Bucket name column.
    A confirmation message appears to let you know the bucket was created successfully. The bucket page is then displayed and an overview of your bucket is provided.