Creating a bucket

You can create a new bucket to store and organize objects within your storage component. Buckets serve as the primary containers for your data.

To create a bucket:

From the navigation pane, select S3 > Buckets.
Click Create Bucket.
In the Name field, enter a name for your bucket. Bucket names can include only lowercase letters, numbers, periods, and hyphens.
(Optional) If data-at-rest encryption (DARE) is enabled on your system, you’ll see the Enable Encryption toggle. Use this option to encrypt the data in your bucket.
For example, you might enable encryption if your bucket will store sensitive information, such as customer records or financial data, to ensure it’s protected from unauthorized access.
(Optional) Policies control who can access a bucket and what actions they’re allowed to perform. Select your preferred policy tab:
- Expiration Lifecycle: Lets you define when objects expire. For more info, see Expiration lifecycle policy.
- Object Lock: Places a lock on objects, preventing their deletion. For more info, see Object lock policy.
(Optional) Rules are conditions within a policy that specify how objects in a bucket are managed, such as lifecycle actions or filters. To add them to your selected policy:
1. Click Add Rule.
2. To apply the rule to all objects in a bucket, click All Objects. Alternatively, click Filter objects
3. Select from the following actions:
  - Expire current version of objects: Permanently removes the current version of an object after a specified number of days from its creation or on a chosen date. The default is 365 days.
  - Permanently delete previous versions: Permanently removes previous versions of an object after a specified number of days from when they became previous versions or on a chosen date. The default is 30 days.
  - Delete incomplete multi-part uploads: Removes partial multi-part uploads that are not successfully completed within a specified number of days.
  - Delete expired object delete markers: Removes delete markers that no longer have any previous object versions associated with them.
4. Click Save.
When you are finished configuring your bucket, click Create.
To view your new bucket, select it by clicking its name from the Name column or by clicking View.