Working with Amazon S3 Buckets

Amazon S3 Buckets Overview

Every file you upload to Amazon S3 is stored in a bucket. A bucket is the top-level container for your files.

Before you can upload files to Amazon S3, you must create at least one bucket.

For buckets in the shared global namespace, names must be unique across all AWS accounts and Regions within an AWS partition. Choose a name that is relevant to you or your business and unlikely to conflict with another bucket name.

By default, an AWS account can create up to 10,000 general purpose buckets. You can request an increase to as many as 1,000,000 buckets through the AWS Service Quotas console. Each bucket can contain any number of files.

Buckets cannot be nested; you cannot create a bucket inside another bucket.

For current bucket quotas, naming rules, and other limitations, see the Amazon S3 User Guide: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/userguide/BucketRestrictions.html

Buckets in CS Browser

In CS Browser, buckets are displayed in the left-hand panel:

Bucket operations are available from the Buckets menu and the bucket context menu: