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Creating an S3 Bucket in AWS

Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) is a logical storage unit in AWS. An S3 bucket serves as a container for objects like files and metadata and is created within specific AWS regions. Below are the steps to create an S3 bucket:

Step 1: Sign in to AWS Management Console and Open Amazon S3 Console

Figure 1: AWS Management Console

Step 2: Create Bucket

Navigate to the Buckets page and click the “Create Bucket” button. Specify a globally unique name for your bucket in the Bucket name field.

Figure 2: Bucket Configuration Page

Step 3: Choose Region

Select the AWS Region where you want the bucket to reside.

Step 4: Configure Optional Settings

You can configure additional storage management options for the bucket, such as:

Object Ownership: Control who owns the objects in your bucket.
Block Public Access Settings: Manage public access to objects in your bucket.

Figure 3: Public access control page

Step 5: Create Bucket

Click the "Create bucket" button to finalize the creation.

Figure 4: Bucket Creation Confirmation

Step 6: Upload a File

Click the upload button to add a file to the S3 bucket.

Figure 5: Uploading file to the S3 Bucket

Step 7: Select File

Choose the file you want to upload to the S3 bucket.

Figure 6: File Select option

Step 8: Upload File

Click the upload button to proceed with uploading the selected file.

Figure 7: Uploading file

Step 9: Verify Upload

Check the upload status to ensure that the file is uploaded correctly.

Figure 8: Upload Status page

Congratulations!! You have successfully explored the features of AWS S3 and successfully created in the AP-South-1 regional server, and a file was uploaded to the created bucket.

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