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  • Copying a single object
  • Copying all bucket objects to a different bucket
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Copying objects

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Updated at May 5, 2025
  • Copying a single object
  • Copying all bucket objects to a different bucket

Object Storage supports server-side copy.

If bucket encryption is disabled, objects will be copied to server-side buckets. The host running the copy command and Object Storage only exchange object keys. Since the transfer is internal to the object storage, no fee is charged for copying traffic in this case. However, you will be billed for copy requests.

If bucket objects are encrypted, they will first be copied to the host running the command and then uploaded to the target bucket.

Large objects uploaded using multipart uploads are stored in parts within the bucket. To copy these objects, you need to use the copyPart call for each part. Therefore, multipart objects cost more to copy than regular ones.

You can copy either the entire bucket contents or an individual bucket object.

To work with objects in an encrypted bucket, a user or service account must have the following roles for the encryption key in addition to the storage.configurer role:

  • kms.keys.encrypter: To read the key, encrypt and upload objects.
  • kms.keys.decrypter: To read the key, decrypt and download objects.
  • kms.keys.encrypterDecrypter: This role includes the kms.keys.encrypter and kms.keys.decrypter permissions.

For more information, see Key Management Service service roles.

Copying a single objectCopying a single object

Yandex Cloud CLI
AWS CLI

If you do not have the Yandex Cloud CLI yet, install and initialize it.

The folder specified when creating the CLI profile is used by default. To change the default folder, use the yc config set folder-id <folder_ID> command. You can specify a different folder using the --folder-name or --folder-id parameter.

  1. See the description of the CLI command for uploading an object to a bucket:

    yc storage s3api copy-object --help
    
  2. Get a list of buckets in the default folder:

    yc storage bucket list
    

    Result:

    +------------------+----------------------+-------------+-----------------------+---------------------+
    |       NAME       |      FOLDER ID       |  MAX SIZE   | DEFAULT STORAGE CLASS |     CREATED AT      |
    +------------------+----------------------+-------------+-----------------------+---------------------+
    | first-bucket     | b1gmit33ngp6******** | 53687091200 | STANDARD              | 2022-12-16 13:58:18 |
    +------------------+----------------------+-------------+-----------------------+---------------------+
    
  3. Run this command:

    yc storage s3api copy-object \
      --copy-source <source_bucket>/<object_key> \
      --bucket <target_bucket> \
      --key <object_key>
    

    Where:

    • --copy-source: Name of the source bucket and object key you need to copy.
    • --bucket: Name of the bucket to copy the object to.
    • --key: Key to use for storing the object in the bucket.

    Result:

    copy_object_result:
      etag: '"d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998********"'
      last_modified_at: "2024-10-08T14:21:41.628Z"
    request_id: 61523025********
    copy_source_version_id: "null"
    
  1. If you do not have the AWS CLI yet, install and configure it.

  2. Run this command:

    aws --endpoint-url=https://storage.yandexcloud.net/ \
      s3 cp s3://<source_bucket>/<object_key> s3://<target_bucket>/<object_key>
    

    Where:

    • --endpoint-url: Object Storage endpoint.
    • s3 cp: Command to copy objects.

    Result:

    copy: s3://<source_bucket>/<object_key> to s3://<target_bucket>/<object_key>
    

    For more information about the aws s3 cp command, see this article in the AWS CLI command reference.

Copying all bucket objects to a different bucketCopying all bucket objects to a different bucket

AWS CLI
  1. If you do not have the AWS CLI yet, install and configure it.

  2. Run this command:

    aws --endpoint-url=https://storage.yandexcloud.net/ \
      s3 cp --recursive s3:<source_bucket>/ s3:<target_bucket>/
    

    Where:

    • --endpoint-url: Object Storage endpoint.
    • s3 cp: Command to copy objects.
    • --recursive: Parameter for copying all objects from the source bucket.

    For more information about the aws s3 cp command, see this article in the AWS CLI command reference.

All objects from the source bucket will now appear in the target bucket.

Note

You can copy objects between buckets, both within the same cloud and across different clouds. To do this, make sure your service account has write permissions for both buckets.

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