Call the PutBucket operation to create a bucket.
Notes
An Alibaba Cloud account can create a maximum of 100 buckets in each region.
Each region has a corresponding endpoint. For more information about the endpoints for each region, see Endpoints.
If you call the PutBucket operation multiple times for the same bucket, the first call creates the bucket and subsequent calls modify its metadata, such as the bucket ACL. This can cause the bucket metadata to be overwritten. Proceed with caution.
From 10:00 (UTC+8) on October 13, 2025, OSS will implement a phased adjustment across all regions to enable Block Public Access by default for new buckets created using the API, OSS SDKs, or ossutil. For details about the exact times when the adjustment will take effect in each region, see [Official Announcement] Adjustment to the Public Access Blocking Configurations for Newly Created Buckets. Once Block Public Access is enabled, you cannot configure public access permissions, including public ACLs (public read and public read/write) and bucket policies that allows public access. You can disable this feature after the bucket is created if your business requires public access.
Permissions
By default, an Alibaba Cloud account has full permissions. RAM users or RAM roles under an Alibaba Cloud account do not have any permissions by default. The Alibaba Cloud account or account administrator must grant operation permissions through RAM policies or Bucket Policy.
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API |
Action |
Description |
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PutBucket |
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Creates a bucket. |
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After creating a bucket, this permission is required to modify the bucket ACL. |
Request syntax
PUT / HTTP/1.1
Host: BucketName.oss-cn-hangzhou.aliyuncs.com
Date: GMT Date
x-oss-acl: Permission
Authorization: SignatureValue
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<CreateBucketConfiguration>
<StorageClass>Standard</StorageClass>
</CreateBucketConfiguration>Request headers
Name | Type | Required | Example | Description |
x-oss-acl | String | No | private | The access control list (ACL) of the bucket. Valid values:
For more information about bucket ACLs, see Set bucket ACLs. |
x-oss-resource-group-id | String | No | rg-aek27tc**** | The ID of the resource group.
You can obtain the resource group ID on the Resource Management console or by calling the ListResourceGroups operation. For more information, see View resource groups and ListResourceGroups. |
x-oss-bucket-tagging | String | No | k1=v1&k2=v2 | Specifies the bucket tags. |
x-oss-hns-status | String | No | disabled | Specifies whether to enable the hierarchical namespace feature for the bucket. You can enable the hierarchical namespace feature only when you create a bucket. You cannot change the hierarchical namespace state of an existing bucket.
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x-oss-server-side-encryption | String | No | AES256 | Sets the default server-side encryption method. Valid values: KMS, AES256 Note In OSS ON CloudBox scenarios, only AES256 is supported. Using the KMS feature incurs a small fee for KMS API calls. For more information about the pricing, see KMS pricing. During cross-region replication, if the destination bucket has default server-side encryption enabled and the replication rule is configured with a ReplicaCMKID, the following situations apply:
For more information, see Cross-region replication with server-side encryption. |
x-oss-server-side-encryption-key-id | String | No | 9468da86-3509-4f8d-a61e-6eab1eac**** | The ID of the KMS key. This header is required only when x-oss-server-side-encryption is set to KMS. In other cases, this header must be empty. If you use OSS on CloudBox, this parameter is not supported. |
This operation also includes common request headers. For more information, see Common request headers.
Request elements
Name | Type | Required | Example | Description |
StorageClass | String | No | Standard | The storage class of the bucket. Valid values:
Parent node: CreateBucketConfiguration Child nodes: None |
DataRedundancyType | String | No | LRS | The data redundancy type of the bucket. Valid values:
Parent node: CreateBucketConfiguration Child nodes: None |
Response headers
Name | Type | Example | Description |
Location | String | /oss-example | The address of the bucket. The value is a forward slash (/) followed by the bucket name. Default value: None |
The response also includes common response headers. For more information, see Common response headers.
Examples
Create a bucket in the default resource group
PUT / HTTP/1.1 Host: oss-example.oss-cn-hangzhou.aliyuncs.com Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2025 03:15:40 GMT x-oss-acl: private Authorization: OSS4-HMAC-SHA256 Credential=LTAI********************/20250417/cn-hangzhou/oss/aliyun_v4_request,Signature=a7c3554c729d71929e0b84489addee6b2e8d5cb48595adfc51868c299c0c218e <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <CreateBucketConfiguration> <StorageClass>Standard</StorageClass> <DataRedundancyType>LRS</DataRedundancyType> </CreateBucketConfiguration>Sample response
HTTP/1.1 200 OK x-oss-request-id: 534B371674E88A4D8906**** Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2017 03:15:40 GMT Content-Length: 0 Connection: keep-alive Server: AliyunOSS Location: /oss-exampleCreate a bucket in a specific resource group
Sample request
PUT / HTTP/1.1 Host: oss-example.oss-cn-hangzhou.aliyuncs.com Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2025 03:15:40 GMT x-oss-acl: private x-oss-resource-group-id: rg-aek27tc******** Authorization: OSS4-HMAC-SHA256 Credential=LTAI********************/20250417/cn-hangzhou/oss/aliyun_v4_request,Signature=a7c3554c729d71929e0b84489addee6b2e8d5cb48595adfc51868c299c0c218e <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <CreateBucketConfiguration> <StorageClass>Standard</StorageClass> </CreateBucketConfiguration>Sample response
HTTP/1.1 200 OK x-oss-request-id: 534B371674E88A4D8906**** Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2017 03:15:40 GMT Content-Length: 0 Connection: keep-alive Server: AliyunOSS Location: /oss-example
SDK
You can call the PutBucket operation using the OSS SDKs for the following programming languages:
ossutil command-line tool
For information about the ossutil command that corresponds to the PutBucket operation, see put-bucket.
Error codes
Error code | HTTP status code | Description |
InvalidBucketName | 400 | The bucket name does not comply with the naming conventions. |
AccessDenied | 403 | The following are possible causes of the error:
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TooManyBuckets | 400 | The number of created buckets exceeds the upper limit. An Alibaba Cloud account can create a maximum of 100 buckets in the same region. |
BucketAlreadyExists | 409 |
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