# Discourse does not allow dot «.» symbol in bucket name while Amazon S3 allows it
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-does-not-allow-dot-symbol-in-bucket-name-while-amazon-s3-allows-it/29251
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [2015年五月26日 09:16 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-does-not-allow-dot-symbol-in-bucket-name-while-amazon-s3-allows-it/29251 "2015-05-26T09:16:42Z")
**Posts on this page:** 10
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### Author:  [@dmitry\_fedyuk](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dmitry_fedyuk)
#### Post date: [2015年五月26日 09:16 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-does-not-allow-dot-symbol-in-bucket-name-while-amazon-s3-allows-it/29251/1 "2015-05-26T09:16:42Z")
[Rules for Bucket Naming](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/dev/BucketRestrictions.html) from Amazon Documentation:
> Bucket names must be a series of one or more labels. Adjacent labels are separated by a single period (.).
> \<…\>
> The following examples are valid bucket names:
> \<…\>
> my.aws.bucket
Using a domain name as a bucket name is so naturally, especially for site backup, so it would be nice if Discourse will support it.
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### Author:  [@zogstrip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zogstrip)
#### Post date: [2015年五月26日 09:23 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-does-not-allow-dot-symbol-in-bucket-name-while-amazon-s3-allows-it/29251/2 "2015-05-26T09:23:17Z")
We did that because we had issues with the gem we used to communicate with S3. Now that we’ve got rid of it, I think it’s safe to loosen the check a bit.
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [2015年五月26日 11:00 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-does-not-allow-dot-symbol-in-bucket-name-while-amazon-s3-allows-it/29251/3 "2015-05-26T11:00:17Z")
Test it out, I think we may need to use a diff Api unless they fixed it in v2
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### Author:  [@zogstrip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zogstrip)
#### Post date: [2015年五月26日 14:13 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-does-not-allow-dot-symbol-in-bucket-name-while-amazon-s3-allows-it/29251/4 "2015-05-26T14:13:29Z")
Just tested it and it worked fine 😉
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### Author:  [@zogstrip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zogstrip)
#### Post date: [2015年五月26日 14:13 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-does-not-allow-dot-symbol-in-bucket-name-while-amazon-s3-allows-it/29251/5 "2015-05-26T14:13:31Z")
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### Author:  [@riking](https://meta.discourse.org/u/riking)
#### Post date: [2015年五月27日 02:00 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-does-not-allow-dot-symbol-in-bucket-name-while-amazon-s3-allows-it/29251/6 "2015-05-27T02:00:02Z")
Wait, isn’t the dot restriction because it causes HTTPS to fail?
yes, it is:
```
ssl.CertificateError: hostname 'my.bucket.s3.amazonaws.com' doesn't match either of '*.s3.amazonaws.com', 's3.amazonaws.com'
```
It’s the SSL certificate, not the gem.
edit: If discourse _isn’t_ always using SSL to talk to s3, that should be fixed. Both on server and client.
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [2015年五月27日 02:07 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-does-not-allow-dot-symbol-in-bucket-name-while-amazon-s3-allows-it/29251/7 "2015-05-27T02:07:59Z")
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [2015年五月27日 02:09 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-does-not-allow-dot-symbol-in-bucket-name-while-amazon-s3-allows-it/29251/8 "2015-05-27T02:09:40Z")
Yes I agree, we should just disallow this, its adding complexity where complexity is not needed.
If people want vanity “sexy” names then can use s3\_cdn. A solution that only works with HTTP is not really acceptable.
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### Author:  [@zogstrip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zogstrip)
#### Post date: [2015年五月27日 09:12 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-does-not-allow-dot-symbol-in-bucket-name-while-amazon-s3-allows-it/29251/9 "2015-05-27T09:12:49Z")
Thanks for figuring that one out ☀
[https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/5de955451027951600e5ad8b76fa7d38e086603d](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/5de955451027951600e5ad8b76fa7d38e086603d)
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [2015年五月27日 20:35 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-does-not-allow-dot-symbol-in-bucket-name-while-amazon-s3-allows-it/29251/10 "2015-05-27T20:35:59Z")