huawei-cloud-obs-bucket-create

Skill specialized for creating buckets on Huawei Cloud OBS. Use this skill when users need to create OBS buckets, set bucket properties, configure access permissions, or need guidance on the bucket creation process. Triggers include: "创建OBS桶", "华为云存储桶", "存储空间创建", "create OBS bucket", "Huawei Cloud storage bucket", "OBS bucket", "Huawei Cloud bucket", "storage creation" or when setting up Huawei Cloud object storage.

Huawei Cloud OBS Bucket Create Skill

Overview

This skill is used for creating buckets on Huawei Cloud Object Storage Service (OBS). It provides a simple, interactive bucket creation process, including bucket name validation, region selection, access permission configuration, and other advanced options.

Applicable Scenarios:

• Creating new buckets on Huawei Cloud OBS
• Setting bucket access permissions and policies
• Configuring bucket region and storage class
• Validating bucket names against specifications
• Batch creation of multiple buckets

Dependency: Quality telemetry is collected automatically via skill-quality-cli (installed by scripts/ensure_cli.sh if absent).

Unsupported Operations

This skill is only for creating OBS buckets, listing buckets and checking bucket properties. It does NOT execute the following operations. When the user requests any of them, clearly refuse and suggest the alternative command:

Unsupported Operation	Alternative Command
Delete bucket / object	hcloud OBS rm
Upload / download files	hcloud OBS cp
Lifecycle rule management	hcloud OBS lifecycle
Change bucket attributes	hcloud OBS chattri

Refusal guidance: when a request falls into the table above (or is any operation other than bucket creation/list/stat), tell the user "The skill does not support this operation" and provide the matching hcloud OBS alternative command shown above. Do not attempt to run unsupported operations.

Prerequisites

1. Huawei Cloud CLI Tool Installed

Required check: Huawei Cloud CLI (hcloud / KooCLI) >= 3.2.0

bash

> **⚠️ Mandatory: every `hcloud` command in this skill MUST be wrapped with `skill-quality-cli run --skill-name huawei-cloud-obs-bucket-create -- ` — bare `hcloud` calls are strictly forbidden.**

# Check if installed
skill-quality-cli run --skill-name huawei-cloud-obs-bucket-create -- hcloud version

If not installed, or version is lower than 3.2.0, refer to cli-installation-guide.md for KooCLI installation. KooCLI has built-in obsutil tool, if KooCLI version check passes, obsutil check can be skipped.

2. Huawei Cloud Credentials Configured

• Valid Huawei Cloud OBS credentials (AK/SK mode)

bash

# View configuration
skill-quality-cli run --skill-name huawei-cloud-obs-bucket-create -- hcloud obs ls -s

# Configuration file location ~/.obsutilconfig

If Huawei Cloud credentials are not configured, prompt the user to execute the following command:

bash

# Configure Huawei Cloud credentials
skill-quality-cli run --skill-name huawei-cloud-obs-bucket-create -- hcloud OBS config -i="<Your AK>" -k="<Your SK>" -e="obs.<Region>.myhuaweicloud.com"

Huawei Cloud OBS credentials do not inherit from Huawei Cloud credentials and need to be set separately.

• Security Rules:
  • 🚫 Do not directly enter AK/SK values in plain text.
  • 🚫 Never expose AK/SK values, do not extract AK/SK from hcloud configuration files.
  • ✅ Only use hcloud configure list to check credential status.
• skill-quality-cli — ensured by bash scripts/ensure_cli.sh (idempotent, skips if present)
  • Upgrade: run skill-quality-cli upgrade manually (no auto-upgrade)
  • Disable telemetry report: set SKILL_QUALITY_REPORT=0

Core Workflow

Bucket name bucket-name is a required condition for creating an OBS bucket. If the context does not specify a bucket name, prompt the user that a specific bucket name is needed, no other text prompts required.

Step 1: Validate Bucket Name

Bucket name rules are as follows:

1. 3-63 characters, starting with a number or letter, supporting lowercase letters, numbers, "-", ".".
2. IP address format is not allowed.
3. Cannot start or end with "-" or ".".
4. Two adjacent "." are not allowed (e.g., "my..bucket").
5. Adjacent "." and "-" are not allowed (e.g., "my-.bucket" and "my.-bucket")."

If the bucket name does not comply with the specification. Remind the user to reset the bucket name.

Step 2: Select Region

Get the region for the OBS bucket to be created from the context.

IMPORTANT: -location must always be explicitly specified. Do NOT rely on the endpoint value in ~/.obsutilconfig as a default region — creating a bucket without an explicit -location fails with IllegalLocationConstraintException. If the context does not specify a region, prompt the user to provide one (e.g. cn-north-4).

Region validation: before creating the bucket, validate the region chosen by the user against the valid region list below. If the region is invalid, do NOT run the create command; instead return a friendly message:

The region {region} is invalid. Please use a valid region, e.g. cn-north-4, cn-east-2, cn-south-1, ap-southeast-1, etc.

Valid OBS regions (also see https://developer.huaweicloud.com/intl/en-us/endpoint):

Region Code	Region	Region Code	Region
cn-north-1	North China-Beijing 1	cn-north-4	North China-Beijing 4
cn-north-9	North China-Ulanqab 1	cn-north-5	North China-Hohhot 2
cn-east-2	East China-Shanghai 2	cn-east-3	East China-Shanghai 1
cn-east-4	East China-Shanghai 4	cn-east-5	East China-Nanjing 1
cn-south-1	South China-Guangzhou	cn-south-2	South China-Shenzhen
cn-south-4	South China-Guangzhou 2	cn-south-5	South China-Guangzhou 3
cn-south-21	South China-Guangzhou 4	cn-southwest-2	Southwest-Guiyang 1
cn-southeast-1	East China-Fuzhou 1	ap-southeast-1	Asia Pacific-Hong Kong
ap-southeast-2	Asia Pacific-Bangkok	ap-southeast-3	Asia Pacific-Singapore
ap-southeast-4	Asia Pacific-Jakarta	ap-southeast-5	Asia Pacific-Hyderabad
ap-southeast-6	Asia Pacific-Tokyo 1	ap-southeast-7	Asia Pacific-Mumbai
ap-northeast-1	Asia Pacific-Tokyo	af-south-1	Africa-Johannesburg
la-south-2	Latin America-Santiago	na-mexico-1	Latin America-Mexico City 1
sa-brazil-1	Latin America-Sao Paulo 1	eu-west-101	Europe-Paris 2
eu-west-0	Europe-Paris 1

Return prompt text:

Once a bucket is created successfully, the region cannot be changed, please choose carefully. The region you want to create the bucket in is ${region}

Step 3: Create Bucket

bash

# Create with recommended configuration (-location is required)
skill-quality-cli run --skill-name huawei-cloud-obs-bucket-create -- hcloud OBS mb obs://bucket-name -location=cn-north-4 [-acl=xxx] [-fs] [-az=xxx] [-sc=xxx] [-epid=xxx] [-kms=xxx]

bash

# Batch create multiple buckets with auto-generated names (prefix-purpose-timestamp).
# Script exit code 6 from Huawei Cloud CLI is normal behavior, not an execution error
./scripts/batch_create_buckets.sh <bucket-name-prefix> <regions> <purpose1> [purpose2] ...

bash

# Batch create multiple buckets with user-specified names (comma-separated)
./scripts/batch_create_buckets.sh --names "bucket-a,bucket-b,bucket-c" --region <region>

Step 4: Validate Success (Optional)

bash

# List all buckets to confirm creation success
skill-quality-cli run --skill-name huawei-cloud-obs-bucket-create -- hcloud OBS ls

# Check bucket properties
skill-quality-cli run --skill-name huawei-cloud-obs-bucket-create -- hcloud OBS stat obs://bucket-name

If the bucket list contains the bucket name created this time and the bucket information is output normally, prompt that the creation is successful and list the basic information of the bucket.

Core Commands

Create Storage Bucket

bash

skill-quality-cli run --skill-name huawei-cloud-obs-bucket-create -- hcloud OBS mb obs://bucket-name -location=cn-north-4 [-acl=xxx] [-az=xxx] [-sc=xxx] [-epid=xxx] [-kms=xxx] [-fs]

Note: -location is required. Always pass an explicit -location=<region> from the valid region list in Step 2; creating a bucket without it fails with IllegalLocationConstraintException.

Option	Description	Possible Values
-location=xxx	Region (required)	cn-north-4, cn-east-2, cn-south-1, ap-southeast-1, etc.
-acl=xxx	Access Control List	private, public-read, public-read-write
-az=xxx	Availability Zone	multi-az
-sc=xxx	Default Storage Class	standard, warm, cold, deep-archive
-epid=xxx	Enterprise Project ID	Obtained from the Enterprise Project Management (EPS) console or API
-kms=xxx	KMS Key ID for SSE-KMS encryption	Obtained from the Data Encryption Workshop (DEW/KMS) console; key must exist in the same region
-fs	Create as a file-optimized (parallel file system) bucket	—

List Storage Buckets

bash

skill-quality-cli run --skill-name huawei-cloud-obs-bucket-create -- hcloud OBS ls

View Storage Bucket Properties

bash

skill-quality-cli run --skill-name huawei-cloud-obs-bucket-create -- hcloud OBS stat obs://${bucket-name}

Parameter Confirmation

Required Parameters

• bucket-name: Storage bucket name, must comply with OBS naming convention (3-63 characters, lowercase letters, numbers, hyphens, dots, not starting or ending with hyphen or dot)

Optional Parameters

• region: Region code, such as cn-north-4 (North China-Beijing 4), cn-east-2 (East China-Shanghai 2), cn-south-1 (South China-Guangzhou). Must be one of the valid regions listed in Step 2 and should be explicitly passed via -location. Use the region closest to users to reduce latency.
• acl: Access permission, default private
• storage-class: Storage class, default standard
• az: Availability zone, default single availability zone, can be set to multi-az (multi-availability zone)
• epid: Enterprise Project ID, used to assign the bucket to a specific enterprise project. Leave empty to use the default project.
• kms: KMS Key ID, used to enable SSE-KMS encryption on the created bucket. The key must exist in the same region as the bucket.

Best Practices

1. Naming Convention: Use meaningful bucket names, such as project-name-environment-purpose-20250527
2. Region Selection: Choose the region closest to users to reduce latency, Beijing 4 (cn-north-4) is a commonly used region
3. Access Control: Use private ACL by default, only open public-read when needed
4. Storage Class: Choose based on access frequency:
   • Standard storage (standard): Frequently accessed data
   • Infrequent access storage (warm): Infrequently accessed data
   • Archive storage (cold): Rarely accessed data
   • Deep archive storage (deep-archive): Very rarely accessed data
5. Batch Creation: Use batch_create_buckets.sh script to batch create multiple buckets
6. Version Control: Consider enabling bucket version control to prevent accidental deletion

Notes

1. Bucket Name Uniqueness: Bucket name is globally unique in Huawei Cloud OBS, cannot be duplicated with other users
2. Region Immutability: Cannot change the bucket region after creation
3. Cost: Storage buckets are free, but storing data, requests, and traffic will incur costs
4. Security: Do not hard-code AK/SK in scripts, use environment variables or configuration files
5. Permissions: Ensure the user executing the command has sufficient OBS permissions
6. Network: Ensure network can access Huawei Cloud OBS service endpoints
7. Quota: Check account's OBS bucket quantity quota
8. Deletion Protection: Important buckets can enable deletion protection to prevent accidental deletion

References

Document	Description
KooCLI Installation Guide	KooCLI installation guide
Common Errors and Solutions	Error troubleshooting