---
title: HF Buckets
icon: /images/huggingface-logo.svg
description: Set up Hugging Face Buckets credentials for the HF Buckets resource.
---

## Credentials

### 1. Create a Bucket

1. Go to https://huggingface.co/new-bucket and create a bucket
2. Note the full name in `namespace/bucket-name` form
   (e.g. `your-user/my-data`)

### 2. Create an Access Token

1. Go to https://huggingface.co/settings/tokens
2. Create a fine-grained token with **Read** (or **Write** if you need
   to upload) access to the bucket's namespace

### 3. Set Environment Variables

```bash
# .env.development
HF_BUCKET_NAME=your-user/my-data
HF_TOKEN=hf_...
```

For Python configuration, see the
[HF Buckets resource](/python/resource/hf_buckets) docs.
