PERL Net::Amazon::S3 BucketAlreadyExists: The requested bucket name is not available

Question

my $bucketname = "test"; my $bucket = $s3->add_bucket( { bucket => "$bucketname" } )     or die $s3->err . ": " . $s3->errstr; 

Running this code gives me this error.

BucketAlreadyExists: The requested bucket name is not available. The bucket namespace is shared by all users of the system. Please select a different name and try again.

The bucket does not exist. I am not sure what's wrong.

Thanks

Answer 1

S3 buckets are a global namespace, and so it's very possible that someone else took the same bucket before you could get it. It's also possible that due to internal replication delays or other such issues, a previously-deleted bucket is not yet available for re-use.

In this particular case, "test" is a VERY generic bucket name. I'm sure everyone and their dog is trying to use it - and when I try LISTing it, I get a AllAccessDisabled error. It looks like the S3 team has disabled the "test" bucket specifically because too many people try to use it as their bucket name.

So, in short, you need to pick a unique bucket name - one that NOBODY else is using.