Public vs Private S3 Buckets

Teradata Developer Guides

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en-US
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2026-08-18

This guide uses a public S3 bucket (public_bucket=True) for simplicity and ease of testing. In this configuration:

  • The S3 bucket is accessible publicly without requiring authentication
  • Teradata can access the data directly via S3 URLs
  • AUTHORIZATION object is NOT required
  • Ideal for tutorials, demos, and non-sensitive data

For production environments with sensitive data, you should use a private S3 bucket (public_bucket=False). To implement private bucket access: