How to create an Object Storage bucket

This guide shows how to use Azion Object Storage service to create a read-only bucket and assign read-write permissions using the Console and the Azion API.

Creating a bucket

Access the Azion Console and follow the steps below:

In the side menu, click on Object Storage.
Click the + Buckets button.
Fill in the bucket name with a unique and descriptive name to identify it.
Then, select the access type (Read & Write, Read Only, or Restricted).
Click Save.

Create new bucket

Requirements

To create a bucket:

azion create edge-storage bucket

Azion CLI will present a series of interactions, so the bucket can be created. Run azion update edge-storage bucket -h for further information.

Run the following POST request in your terminal, replacing [TOKEN VALUE] with your personal token and name with the desired bucket name to create a new read-only bucket:

curl --location 'https://api.azion.com/v4/storage/buckets' --header 'Accept: application/json;' --header 'Content-Type: application/json' --header 'Authorization: Token [TOKEN VALUE]' --data '{
  "name": "my-bucket-ro",
  "edge_access": "read_only"
}'

You should receive the following response:

{
  "state": "executed",
  "data": {
    "name": "my-bucket-ro",
    "edge_access": "read_only"
  }
}

Attributing read-write permission to bucket

Requirements

To create a bucket:

azion update edge-storage bucket

Azion CLI will present a series of interactions, so the bucket can be updated. Run azion update edge-storage bucket -h for further information.

Run the following PATCH request in your terminal, replacing [TOKEN VALUE] with your personal token and bucket_name with the name of the bucket to attribute the read-write permission:

curl --location --request PATCH  'https://api.azion.com/v4/storage/buckets/<bucket_name>' --header 'Accept: application/json;' --header 'Content-Type: application/json' --header 'Authorization: Token [TOKEN VALUE]' --data '{
  "edge_access": "read_write"
}'

You should receive the following response:

{
  "state": "executed",
  "data": {
    "name": "my-bucket-ro",
    "edge_access": "read_write"
  }
}

Now, you have successfully created a bucket and attributed read-write permissions to it. You can start storing and retrieving objects from this bucket.