Creating a Bucket

Procedure

1. In the upper right corner of the OBS Console homepage, click Create Bucket.
2. Configure bucket parameters.

   Table 1 Bucket parameters

   Parameter	Description
   Region	Geographic area where a bucket resides. For low network latency and quick resource access, select the nearest region. Once the bucket is created, its region cannot be changed.
   Bucket Name	Name of the bucket. A bucket name must be unique across all accounts and regions. Once a bucket is created, its name cannot be changed. According to the globally applied DNS naming rules, an OBS bucket name: Must be unique across all accounts and regions. Must be 3 to 63 characters long. Only lowercase letters, digits, hyphens (-), and periods (.) are allowed. Cannot start or end with a period (.) or hyphen (-), and cannot contain two consecutive periods (..) or contain a period (.) and a hyphen (-) adjacent to each other. Cannot be formatted as an IP address. NOTE: When you access OBS through HTTPS using virtual hosted-style URLs, if the bucket name contains a period (.), the certificate verification will fail. To work around this issue, you are advised not to use periods (.) in bucket names.
   Storage Class	Storage classes of a bucket. Different storage classes meet different requirements for storage performance and costs. The Standard storage class is for storing a large number of hot files or small files that are frequently accessed (multiple times per month on average) and require fast retrieval. The Warm storage class is for storing data that is less frequently accessed (less than 12 times per year on average) and requires quick retrieval. The Cold storage class is for archiving data that is rarely accessed (once a year on average) and has no requirements for quick retrieval. For details, see Storage Classes Overview.
   Bucket Policy	Controls read and write permissions for buckets. Private: Only users granted permissions by the ACL can access the bucket. Public Read: Anyone can read objects in the bucket. Public Read and Write: Anyone can read, write, or delete objects in the bucket.
   Default Encryption	After the default encryption is enabled for a bucket, all objects uploaded to the bucket are encrypted. The obs/default key is used for encryption by default. You can also click Create KMS Key to create a key on the KMS console. Then select the created key on OBS Console for KMS encryption. If the default encryption is enabled for a bucket, uploaded objects are automatically encrypted.
   Enterprise Project	You can add a bucket to an enterprise project for unified management. Create an enterprise project on the enterprise project page. The default enterprise project is named default. On the Enterprise Project Management page, create an enterprise project, create a user group, add a user to the user group, and add the user group to the enterprise project. By doing so, the user inherits the permissions of the user group to operate authorized buckets and objects in the enterprise project. NOTE: Only an enterprise account can configure enterprise projects. OBS Viewer and OBS Operator are the fine-grained authorizations of the enterprise project user group in OBS.
   Tags	Optional. Tags are used to identify and classify buckets in OBS. Each tag is represented by a key-value pair. For more information, see Tag Overview.

3. Click Create Now.

Related Operations

After the bucket is created, you can change its storage class by performing the following steps:

1. In the bucket list on OBS Console, select the target bucket and click Change Storage Class on the right.
2. Select the desired storage class and click OK.
   

   • Changing the storage class of a bucket does not change the storage class of existing objects in the bucket.
   • An object inherits the bucket storage class by default, if no other storage class is specified for the object upon its upload. When the bucket storage class is changed, newly uploaded objects inherit the new bucket storage class by default.