Create a container

After you create access keys, you can create containers.

Use the access key to determine which storage account to create the container in, as access keys are associated with a single storage account.

Using the Cloud Storage Object API

When the Create, configure, and delete containers using only the Service APIs checkbox on the Container Mode Configuration page is not enabled created with Cloud Object Storage PUT bucket requests, as shown in the "Create a new bucket" section of the IBM Cloud Storage Object API Developer Guide.

Note: In PUT bucket requests in Container Mode, the IP to use is the IP address of an Accesser® Device that belongs to an access pool with the service API enabled. To use an IPv6 address, enclose the Accesser IP in square brackets: [<accesser ip>].

The location constraint field should be the provisioning code of the container vault where the container is created. The provisioning code is configured on the create or edit vault page. This parameter is NOT required if a default container vault is configured for the Accesser® Device. The default container vault can be set on the create or edit access pool page.

Using the Service API

A Service Administrator can create containers using the Service API, as shown in the "Create a new bucket" section of the IBM Cloud Storage Object API Developer Guide.

Specify container ACL, IP access control, and quota

A System Administrator can use the Service API to specify the allowedIp, deniedIp, or hardQuota for the container, as shown in either “Create a bucket” or “Update a bucket” in the IBM COS Container Configuration Service API Developer Guide .

For more information, see “Service_API->Bucket provision and configuration” section in this document for example to specify ACL, IPaccess control, or hard quota during bucket creation or metadata modification