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title: "Get-VBOAmazonS3Bucket"
description: "This cmdlet returns the VBOAmazonS3Bucket object that contains an array of Amazon buckets for the following Amazon services: Amazon S3 S3 Compatible"
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# Get-VBOAmazonS3Bucket

## Short Description
Returns Amazon S3 buckets.

## Syntax

This cmdlet provides the following parameter sets:

<ul class="syntax-sets">
  <li>
    <p><code>AmazonS3AwsParameterSet</code></p>

```
Get-VBOAmazonS3Bucket -AmazonS3ConnectionSettings <VBOAmazonS3ConnectionSettings> [-Name <String>]
 [-RegionId <String>] [<CommonParameters>]
```
  </li>
  <li>
    <p><code>AmazonS3CompatibleParameterSet</code></p>

```
Get-VBOAmazonS3Bucket -AmazonS3CompatibleConnectionSettings <VBOAmazonS3CompatibleConnectionSettings>
 [-Name <String>] [<CommonParameters>]
```
  </li>
</ul>

## Detailed Description
This cmdlet returns the [`VBOAmazonS3Bucket`](vboamazons3bucket.md) object that contains an array of Amazon buckets for the following Amazon services:

- Amazon S3
- S3 Compatible

## Parameters

<table style="width:100%;" class="Blue_Table">
      <tr style="vertical-align:top">
        <th style="width:20%;">
          <p>Parameter</p>
        </th>
        <th style="width:20%;">
          <p>Description</p>
        </th>
        <th style="width:20%;">
          <p>Type</p>
        </th>
        <th style="width:10%;">
          <p>Required</p>
        </th>
        <th style="width:10%;">
          <p>Position</p>
        </th>
        <th style="width:10%;">
          <p>Accept Pipeline Input</p>
        </th>
      </tr>
      <tr style="vertical-align:top">
        <td>
          <p class="Table_Text_Bold"><span class="Table_Text_Bold">AmazonS3CompatibleConnectionSettings</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies an active session with S3 Compatible object storage repository. The cmdlet will return an array of Amazon S3 buckets for this S3 Compatible object storage repository.</p><p>Accepts the <a href="vboamazons3compatibleconnectionsettings.md"><code>VBOAmazonS3CompatibleConnectionSettings</code></a> object.</p><p>To create this object, run the <a href="new-vboamazons3compatibleconnectionsettings.md"><code>New-VBOAmazonS3CompatibleConnectionSettings</code></a> cmdlet.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><a href="vboamazons3compatibleconnectionsettings.md"><code>VBOAmazonS3CompatibleConnectionSettings</code></a></p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>True</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>Named</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>False</p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr style="vertical-align:top">
        <td>
          <p class="Table_Text_Bold"><span class="Table_Text_Bold">AmazonS3ConnectionSettings</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies an active session with Amazon S3 object storage repository. The cmdlet will return an array of Amazon S3 buckets for this Amazon S3 object storage repository.</p><p>Accepts the <a href="vboamazons3connectionsettings.md"><code>VBOAmazonS3ConnectionSettings</code></a> object.</p><p>To create this object, run the <a href="new-vboamazons3connectionsettings.md"><code>New-VBOAmazonS3ConnectionSettings</code></a> cmdlet.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><a href="vboamazons3connectionsettings.md"><code>VBOAmazonS3ConnectionSettings</code></a></p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>True</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>Named</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>False</p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr style="vertical-align:top">
        <td>
          <p class="Table_Text_Bold"><span class="Table_Text_Bold">Name</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies a name of the Amazon S3 bucket. The cmdlet will return the bucket with this name.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><code>String</code></p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>False</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>Named</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>False</p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr style="vertical-align:top">
        <td>
          <p class="Table_Text_Bold"><span class="Table_Text_Bold">RegionId</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies a region of Amazon S3 object storage repository.</p><p>For example, <em>us-east-1</em>.</p><p>For more information, see <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/Concepts.RegionsAndAvailabilityZones.html">this Amazon article</a>.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><code>String</code></p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>False</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>Named</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>False</p>
        </td>
      </tr>
    </table>

`<CommonParameters>`

This cmdlet supports Microsoft PowerShell common parameters. For more information on common parameters, see the [About Common Parameters](http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkID=113216) section of Microsoft Learn.

## Output Object
The cmdlet returns the [`VBOAmazonS3Bucket`](vboamazons3bucket.md) object that contains an array of Amazon S3 buckets.

## Examples

::: example
### Example 1: Getting Amazon S3 Buckets

This example shows how to get Amazon S3 buckets.

```
$account = Get-VBOAmazonS3Account -Id 26e61916-0257-4a05-8f65-204628d2ed7a
$connection = New-VBOAmazonS3ConnectionSettings -Account $account -RegionType Global
Get-VBOAmazonS3Bucket -AmazonS3ConnectionSettings $connection -RegionId eu-north-1
```

Perform the following steps:

1. Run the [`Get-VBOAmazonS3Account`](get-vboamazons3account.md) cmdlet. Specify the `Id` parameter value. Save the result to the `$account` variable.
2. Run the [`New-VBOAmazonS3ConnectionSettings`](new-vboamazons3connectionsettings.md) cmdlet. Set the `$account` variable as the `Account` parameter value. Specify the `RegionType` parameter value. Save the result to the `$connection` variable.
3. Run the `Get-VBOAmazonS3Bucket` cmdlet. Set the `$connection` variable as the `AmazonS3ConnectionSettings` parameter value. Specify the `RegionId` parameter value.

:::

::: example
### Example 2: Getting S3 Compatible Buckets

This example shows how to get S3 Compatible buckets.

```
$account = Get-VBOAmazonS3CompatibleAccount -Id 26e61916-0257-4a05-8f65-204628d2ed7a
$connection = New-VBOAmazonS3CompatibleConnectionSettings -Account $account -ServicePoint "172.17.186.13:9000"
Get-VBOAmazonS3Bucket -AmazonS3CompatibleConnectionSettings $connection
```

Perform the following steps:

1. Run the [`Get-VBOAmazonS3CompatibleAccount`](get-vboamazons3compatibleaccount.md) cmdlet. Specify the `Id` parameter value. Save the result to the `$account` variable.
2. Run the [`New-VBOAmazonS3CompatibleConnectionSettings`](new-vboamazons3compatibleconnectionsettings.md) cmdlet. Specify the necessary parameters. Save the result to the `$connection` variable.
3. Run the `Get-VBOAmazonS3Bucket` cmdlet. Set the `$connection` variable as the `AmazonS3CompatibleConnectionSettings` parameter value.

:::

## Related Commands

- [`Get-VBOAmazonS3Account`](get-vboamazons3account.md)
- [`Get-VBOAmazonS3CompatibleAccount`](get-vboamazons3compatibleaccount.md)
- [`New-VBOAmazonS3ConnectionSettings`](new-vboamazons3connectionsettings.md)
- [`New-VBOAmazonS3CompatibleConnectionSettings`](new-vboamazons3compatibleconnectionsettings.md)