Bucket naming rules
The following rules apply for naming buckets in vault56 cloud storage
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Bucket names must be between 3 and 63 characters long
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Bucket names can consist of only lowercase letters, numbers, dots (.), and hyphens (-)
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Bucket names must begin and end with a letter or number
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Bucket names cannot contain two adjacent periods (.)
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Bucket names cannot be formatted as an IP address
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Bucket names cannot start with the prefix xn--
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Bucket names cannot end with the suffix -s3alias
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Bucket names must be unique across all vault56 cloud storage accounts (including accounts that you do not control)
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A bucket name cannot be used by another vault56 account until it is deleted
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We recommend that you do not use dots (.) in your bucket names
Example bucket names
The following example bucket names are valid names and follow our recommended naming conventions:
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examplebucket
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images-from-april-2021
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documents-for-deliveries
The following example bucket names are valid but not recommended:
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mywebsite.com
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files.mywebsite.com
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an.example.bucket
The following example buckets are not valid:
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my_example_documents (contains underscores)
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MyExampleDocuments (contains uppercase letters)
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my-example-documents- (ends with a hyphen)