Buckets

Last updated Apr 21, 2026 With object storage, all of your objects are stored in buckets. Buckets do not contain folders that group the individual files, but instead, buckets have a flat structure which simplifies the way you access and retrieve the objects in your bucket.

Learn more about bucket level operations from the items below.

• Create new buckets
• Public buckets
• Configure CORS
• Data Access Logs
• Local uploads
• Delete buckets
• Bucket locks
• Event notifications
• Object lifecycles
• Storage classes

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