Buckets (CDN Object Storage)

Media Ingest and CDN Object Storage underwent end-of-life on 11/12/2018. Content may no longer be streamed via Media Ingest and content uploaded by your encoder to CDN Object Storage is no longer available. This article is still available in order to provide assistance while you migrate to a new streaming workflow.

All content within CDN Object Storage must be contained within a bucket. A bucket defines a space within CDN Object Storage to which content may be uploaded, deleted, and retrieved.

Key information:

• Information on bucket creation:
  • Multiple buckets may be created within CDN Object Storage.
  • Assign a name that consists of alphanumeric characters, dashes, and periods. All other characters, including spaces, are not allowed. Also, please make sure that length of the bucket name does not exceed 64 characters.

  • Your customer account number and a dash will be added as a prefix to the name of the new bucket.

    Syntax:

    ANThis term represents your customer account number (e.g., 0001) which can be found in the upper right-hand corner of the MCC.-BucketNameRepresents the custom name assigned to the new bucket.

    A sample bucket name for a customer with an account number of 0001 is shown below.

    0001Represents your customer account number.-MyBucket
• Uploading or deleting content within a bucket requires authentication.
• A content expiration policy may be assigned to a bucket. Expired content will be automatically deleted from the bucket.
• Buckets containing obsolete content can be deleted at any time.

• The content within a bucket can be deleted at any time.

  Typically, an encoder automatically deletes obsolete content according to its configuration.

• The contents of a bucket may be retrieved by submitting a GET request to its root directory.

  Learn more.

To create a bucket

1. Navigate to the Object Storage page.
2. Click New Bucket.
3. Specify the name that will be assigned to the new bucket.

4. Optional. Define the bucket's content expiration policy by selecting one of the following values:

   • Indefinite: Content stored within this bucket will not expire.
   • # Days: Content will expire after the specified number of days. Expired content will be automatically deleted.

   Regardless of a bucket's content expiration policy, content can be deleted at any time.

5. Click to create a bucket with the following name:

   ANThis term represents your customer account number (e.g., 0001) which can be found in the upper right-hand corner of the MCC.-BucketNameRepresents the name defined in step 3.