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This page describes requirements for creating buckets with domain names and discusses verification methods for domain owners. To learn how to create a bucket, see the Create buckets guide. For general information on bucket naming, see the bucket naming guidelines.
Requirements for domain-named bucketsCloud Storage considers bucket names that contain dots to be domain names. As such, a bucket containing a dot in its name must:
bucket..example.com is not valid because it contains two dots in a row)..com.Examples of valid domain-named buckets include example.com, buckets.example.com, and www.example.co.uk.
To create a bucket that uses a domain name, you must establish that you are authorized to use the domain name. People authorized to use a domain name include:
Site owners cannot create the bucket when a domain owner exists. This allows the domain owners to tightly control who can create domain-named buckets.
For example, say you have an IT staff member who owns the website that uses http://reports.example.com. Once they go through verification of that site, they can create buckets such as reports.example.com and annual.reports.example.com. However, if you later verify that you own the domain example.com, only you can then create these buckets. Since you verified the domain example.com, you can also create the bucket example.com. As the site owner, your IT staff member can no longer create buckets.
If your project intends to have a domain-named bucket, the team member creating the bucket must demonstrate that they are authorized to create a bucket in the given domain. When you intend to host your domain's content in a Cloud Storage bucket, the recommended verification method is to verify domain ownership.
Cloud Storage uses the Search Console to verify domain ownership.
To verify domain ownership:
Open Search Console. You must be signed in with the user account that you will use to manage ownership of your domain.
Note: If you have previously verified a property in Search Console, click the drop-down associated with the previous property's name, and click Add property.In the Domain pane, enter the domain or sub-domain that you want to verify, and click Continue.
Note: Generally, the domain you verify should be the root-level that you own, without any prefixes such aswww. An example of a root-level domain is example.com.Follow the instructions that appear in the pane Verify domain ownership via DNS record.
Once you have verified domain ownership, you can add additional delegated owners, who can also create buckets under the verified domain name. These owners can include service accounts.
To add delegated owners to your domain:
See the Search Console help page for information on topics including:
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Last updated 2025-08-07 UTC.
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