--- title: "Create Bucket Instance" url: https://docs.catalyst.zoho.com/en/sdk/python/v1/cloud-scale/stratus/create-bucket-instance/ description: "This page lists the Python SDK method to create a bucket instance." last_updated: 2026-09-08T11:07:33Z service: Cloud Scale type: general related_links: - name: "Stratus Component Help Documentation" url: /en/cloud-scale/help/stratus/introduction - name: "Create a Bucket Help Documentation" url: /en/cloud-scale/help/stratus/buckets/create-bucket/ - name: "Java SDK" url: /en/sdk/java/v1/cloud-scale/stratus/create-bucket-instance/ - name: "JavaScript SDK Documentation" url: /en/sdk/javascript/v1/cloudscale/stratus/create-bucket-instance/ - name: "iOS SDK" url: /en/sdk/ios/v2/cloud-scale/stratus/overview/ - name: "Android SDK" url: /en/sdk/android/v2/cloud-scale/stratus/create-bucket-instance/ - name: "Flutter SDK" url: /en/sdk/flutter/v2/cloud-scale/stratus/overview/ - name: "REST API" url: /en/api/code-reference/cloud-scale/stratus/get-all-buckets/#GetAllBuckets --- # Create Bucket Instance To perform bucket level operations, you need to create a bucket instance. We will refer to this component instance in various code snippets of working with [Buckets](https://docs.catalyst.zoho.com/en/cloud-scale/help/stratus/buckets/name-bucket/) in Stratus. The `stratus` reference used in the below code snippet is the [component instance](https://docs.catalyst.zoho.com/en/sdk/python/v1/cloud-scale/stratus/create-stratus-instance/). ```python bucket = stratus.bucket('bucket_name') ```