Question

Once you set up a bucket for cross-replication to another region, how do you initiate the cross-replication?

Answer 1

To initiate cross-replication for a bucket in Amazon S3, configure the replication settings, and enable the replication.

Step-by-step explanation:

To initiate cross-replication for a bucket in Amazon S3, you need to configure the bucket replication settings and then enable the replication.

Here are the step-by-step instructions:

1. Open the Amazon S3 console and select the source bucket.
2. Choose the ‘Management’ tab and click on ‘Replication’.
3. Click on ‘Add rule’, select the destination region and bucket.
4. Choose the replication options and network optimization, and click on ‘Next’.
5. Review the settings and click on ‘Save’.
6. To enable the cross-region replication, go to ‘Management’ > ‘Replication’ and select the rule. Choose ‘Actions’ > ‘Enable replication’.