Hey everyone! I was experimenting with S3Table buckets for a Lake Design, but I've decided to stick with more manageable General Purpose buckets instead. I named one of my test S3Table buckets something like "CO_NAME-lake-raw", and then I later created a General Purpose bucket with the same name. Now that I've decided to remove the unused S3Table bucket, I'm having trouble doing so. It doesn't show a delete option in the Amazon console, so I tried using the CLI with this command: aws s3 rb s3://your-bucket-name --force. However, this command seems to be applicable to all buckets. How can I ensure I'm deleting the S3Table bucket specifically and not my important General Purpose bucket? I also attempted to delete it using the ARN command, but it says the bucket isn't empty, even though it appears to be. Any advice on how to proceed would be greatly appreciated!
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You might need to check if there are any lingering resources in the S3Table bucket that are causing the deletion issue. Sometimes even if it looks empty, back-end resources can block deletion. Using the CLI, make sure to specify the S3Table command to differentiate it from your General Purpose buckets. Best of luck!
It sounds like you're having a tricky situation! Make sure to use the specific S3Tables subcommands for deletion, as AWS treats these differently from regular S3 buckets. You can check out the AWS documentation about deleting S3Tables for the precise command syntax. It's really important to differentiate those commands to avoid messing with your General Purpose bucket. Let me know if you need any more details!
Thanks for the tip! I'll dive into the S3Tables documentation for more clarity.