# S3 compatible (Minio) bucket name convention?

**URL:** https://forum.duplicati.com/t/s3-compatible-minio-bucket-name-convention/553
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [September 10, 2017, 8:43pm UTC](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/s3-compatible-minio-bucket-name-convention/553 "2017-09-10T20:43:22Z")
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### Author: ![kenkendk](https://forum.duplicati.com/user_avatar/forum.duplicati.com/kenkendk/32/5305_2.png) [@kenkendk](https://forum.duplicati.com/u/kenkendk)
#### Post date: [September 11, 2017, 12:49pm UTC](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/s3-compatible-minio-bucket-name-convention/553/2 "2017-09-11T12:49:40Z")

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> [@wiklander](#):
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> Why should it start with my username?
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> Is it an S3 thing, or does it affect Duplicati functionality in any way?
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> If I don’t use S3 but Minio instead, does the username need to be included?

That is an Amazon S3 specific thing. On AWS S3, all buckets are shared globally, so you need a globally unique bucket name. On your local S3 instance, this is not needed (and it is not required on AWS S3, just a convention).

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