Getting access denied when following the documentation on how to copy objects between Lightsail buckets

Question

I want to copy a few objects from one Lightsail bucket to another.

Following the documentation here: https://lightsail.aws.amazon.com/ls/docs/en_us/articles/amazon-lightsail-copying-moving-bucket-objects, I added an Admin user (with the directly attached "AdministratorAccess" policy) and set up aws cli.
Listing my buckets and the objects in them works fine. However, if I try to copy an object as specified in the docs:
```
aws s3api copy-object --copy-source DOC-EXAMPLE-BUCKET/images/sailbot.jpg --key media/sailbot.jpg --bucket DOC-EXAMPLE-BUCKET
```
I get an access denied error: 
```
An error occurred (AccessDenied) when calling the CopyObject operation: Access Denied
```

Accepted Answer

Hello. Thanks for reporting this issue. To get the the copy object command to work properly you must include `--acl bucket-owner-full-control` in your command. I will work with our team to correct our documentation.

```
aws s3api copy-object --copy-source DOC-EXAMPLE-BUCKET/images/sailbot.jpg --key media/sailbot.jpg --bucket DOC-EXAMPLE-BUCKET --acl bucket-owner-full-control
```

Answer

Hi!  are you substituting your own bucket name for "DOC-EXAMPLE-BUCKET"?  The bucket you're using should be owned and setup by you as well: https://lightsail.aws.amazon.com/ls/docs/en_us/articles/buckets-in-amazon-lightsail

If you are, I would check the bucket permissions and security configuration as well: https://lightsail.aws.amazon.com/ls/docs/en_us/articles/amazon-lightsail-understanding-bucket-permissions

Getting access denied when following the documentation on how to copy objects between Lightsail buckets

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