- Amazon S3 data is stored in buckets.
- It’s a folder where you can read, write and delete objects from.
- You can store multiple objects in the bucket, but each object is limited to 5 TB.
- You can assign granular permissions to the different users, like giving them access for Create, Retrieve and Delete permissions to your buckets and files under them.
Create Amazon S3 bucket
- You can create S3 bucket using AWS web console and also using CLI
- You can create max 100 buckets in your AWS account.
- Go to S3 service and click “Create Bucket”
Step1: Name and region
- Enter bucket name (It should be unique across all the regions)
- Choose Region (Near to you, so that it reduces latency), but it can be accessed from anywhere.
- “Block all public access” will be by default checked, so it means any content inside this bucket will not be accessible from outside.
- You can click “Create bucket” and skip other steps.
Step2: Configure options
- Click the “Versioning” option, if you want to enable versioning for the bucket.
Step3: Set permissions
- Here you can give public access to the specific users.
Step4: Review
- On this step, you can review all bucket details and options selected using previous steps.
- Click “Create bucket” button.