Is it possible to transfer an S3 bucket from one account to another?
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Hi there,
There’s no built-in way to transfer a Spaces bucket (I believe that it is the same for AWS S3 as well) directly between accounts. But you can copy the contents using tools like rclone, aws s3 sync, or s3cmd.
DigitalOcean has a guide on this process here:
If you’d like to see native support for this in DigitalOcean, consider upvoting this idea:
- Bobby
Neither AWS S3 nor DigitalOcean Spaces offer a built-in, one-click way to transfer a bucket (including its name, configuration, or ownership) between accounts.
You can use rclone or s3cmd to copy the content of the spaces.
DigitalOcean has a guide on this process here:
Regards
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