diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ksm/helpers/KsmBucketArgs.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ksm/helpers/KsmBucketArgs.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1ef64d0c33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ksm/helpers/KsmBucketArgs.java
@@ -0,0 +1,227 @@
+/**
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * <p>
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * <p>
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.hadoop.ksm.helpers;
+
+import java.util.LinkedList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.apache.hadoop.fs.StorageType;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocolPB.PBHelperClient;
+import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.protocol.proto
+    .KeySpaceManagerProtocolProtos.BucketInfo;
+import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.protocol.proto
+    .KeySpaceManagerProtocolProtos.OzoneAclInfo;
+
+import com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
+
+/**
+ * A class that encapsulates Bucket Arguments.
+ */
+public final class KsmBucketArgs {
+  /**
+   * Name of the volume in which the bucket belongs to.
+   */
+  private final String volumeName;
+  /**
+   * Name of the bucket.
+   */
+  private final String bucketName;
+  /**
+   * ACL's that are to be added for the bucket.
+   */
+  private List<OzoneAclInfo> addAcls;
+  /**
+   * ACL's that are to be removed from the bucket.
+   */
+  private List<OzoneAclInfo> removeAcls;
+  /**
+   * Bucket Version flag.
+   */
+  private boolean isVersionEnabled;
+  /**
+   * Type of storage to be used for this bucket.
+   * [RAM_DISK, SSD, DISK, ARCHIVE]
+   */
+  private StorageType storageType;
+
+  /**
+   * Private constructor, constructed via builder.
+   * @param volumeName - Volume name.
+   * @param bucketName - Bucket name.
+   * @param addAcls - ACL's to be added.
+   * @param removeAcls - ACL's to be removed.
+   * @param isVersionEnabled - Bucket version flag.
+   * @param storageType - Storage type to be used.
+   */
+  private KsmBucketArgs(String volumeName, String bucketName,
+      List<OzoneAclInfo> addAcls, List<OzoneAclInfo> removeAcls,
+      boolean isVersionEnabled, StorageType storageType) {
+    this.volumeName = volumeName;
+    this.bucketName = bucketName;
+    this.addAcls = addAcls;
+    this.removeAcls = removeAcls;
+    this.isVersionEnabled = isVersionEnabled;
+    this.storageType = storageType;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Returns the Volume Name.
+   * @return String.
+   */
+  public String getVolumeName() {
+    return volumeName;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Returns the Bucket Name.
+   * @return String
+   */
+  public String getBucketName() {
+    return bucketName;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Returns the ACL's that are to be added.
+   * @return List<OzoneAcl>
+   */
+  public List<OzoneAclInfo> getAddAcls() {
+    return addAcls;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Returns the ACL's that are to be removed.
+   * @return List<OzoneAcl>
+   */
+  public List<OzoneAclInfo> getRemoveAcls() {
+    return removeAcls;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Returns true if bucket version is enabled, else false.
+   * @return isVersionEnabled
+   */
+  public boolean getIsVersionEnabled() {
+    return isVersionEnabled;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Returns the type of storage to be used.
+   * @return StorageType
+   */
+  public StorageType getStorageType() {
+    return storageType;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Returns new builder class that builds a KsmBucketArgs.
+   *
+   * @return Builder
+   */
+  public static Builder newBuilder() {
+    return new Builder();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Builder for KsmBucketArgs.
+   */
+  public static class Builder {
+    private String volumeName;
+    private String bucketName;
+    private List<OzoneAclInfo> addAcls;
+    private List<OzoneAclInfo> removeAcls;
+    private boolean isVersionEnabled;
+    private StorageType storageType;
+
+    Builder() {
+      addAcls = new LinkedList<>();
+      removeAcls = new LinkedList<>();
+    }
+
+    public Builder setVolumeName(String volume) {
+      this.volumeName = volume;
+      return this;
+    }
+
+    public Builder setBucketName(String bucket) {
+      this.bucketName = bucket;
+      return this;
+    }
+
+    public Builder addAddAcl(OzoneAclInfo acl) {
+      this.addAcls.add(acl);
+      return this;
+    }
+
+    public Builder addRemoveAcl(OzoneAclInfo acl) {
+      this.removeAcls.add(acl);
+      return this;
+    }
+
+    public Builder setIsVersionEnabled(boolean versionFlag) {
+      this.isVersionEnabled = versionFlag;
+      return this;
+    }
+
+    public Builder setStorageType(StorageType storage) {
+      this.storageType = storage;
+      return this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Constructs the KsmBucketArgs.
+     * @return instance of KsmBucketArgs.
+     */
+    public KsmBucketArgs build() {
+      Preconditions.checkNotNull(volumeName);
+      Preconditions.checkNotNull(bucketName);
+      Preconditions.checkNotNull(isVersionEnabled);
+      return new KsmBucketArgs(volumeName, bucketName, addAcls, removeAcls,
+          isVersionEnabled, storageType);
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Creates BucketInfo protobuf from KsmBucketArgs.
+   */
+  public BucketInfo getProtobuf() {
+    return BucketInfo.newBuilder()
+        .setVolumeName(volumeName)
+        .setBucketName(bucketName)
+        .addAllAddAcls(addAcls)
+        .addAllRemoveAcls(removeAcls)
+        .setIsVersionEnabled(isVersionEnabled)
+        .setStorageType(PBHelperClient.convertStorageType(storageType))
+        .build();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Parses BucketInfo protobuf and creates KsmBucketArgs.
+   * @param bucketInfo
+   * @return instance of KsmBucketArgs
+   */
+  public static KsmBucketArgs getFromProtobuf(BucketInfo bucketInfo) {
+    return new KsmBucketArgs(
+        bucketInfo.getVolumeName(),
+        bucketInfo.getBucketName(),
+        bucketInfo.getAddAclsList(),
+        bucketInfo.getRemoveAclsList(),
+        bucketInfo.getIsVersionEnabled(),
+        PBHelperClient.convertStorageType(
+            bucketInfo.getStorageType()));
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ksm/protocol/KeyspaceManagerProtocol.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ksm/protocol/KeySpaceManagerProtocol.java
similarity index 92%
rename from hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ksm/protocol/KeyspaceManagerProtocol.java
rename to hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ksm/protocol/KeySpaceManagerProtocol.java
index 546b6c3a70..cd5d0c93d6 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ksm/protocol/KeyspaceManagerProtocol.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ksm/protocol/KeySpaceManagerProtocol.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
  */
 package org.apache.hadoop.ksm.protocol;
 
+import org.apache.hadoop.ksm.helpers.KsmBucketArgs;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ksm.helpers.KsmVolumeArgs;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@
 /**
  * Protocol to talk to KSM.
  */
-public interface KeyspaceManagerProtocol {
+public interface KeySpaceManagerProtocol {
 
   /**
    * Creates a volume.
@@ -94,4 +95,12 @@ List<KsmVolumeArgs> listVolumeByUser(String userName, String prefix, String
    */
   List<KsmVolumeArgs> listAllVolumes(String prefix, String
       prevKey, long maxKeys) throws IOException;
+
+  /**
+   * Creates a bucket.
+   * @param args - Arguments to create Bucket.
+   * @throws IOException
+   */
+  void createBucket(KsmBucketArgs args) throws IOException;
+
 }
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ksm/protocolPB/KeySpaceManagerProtocolClientSideTranslatorPB.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ksm/protocolPB/KeySpaceManagerProtocolClientSideTranslatorPB.java
index beb8b067ee..da13426b6b 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ksm/protocolPB/KeySpaceManagerProtocolClientSideTranslatorPB.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ksm/protocolPB/KeySpaceManagerProtocolClientSideTranslatorPB.java
@@ -22,8 +22,15 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceAudience;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ipc.ProtobufHelper;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ipc.ProtocolTranslator;
+import org.apache.hadoop.ksm.helpers.KsmBucketArgs;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ksm.helpers.KsmVolumeArgs;
-import org.apache.hadoop.ksm.protocol.KeyspaceManagerProtocol;
+import org.apache.hadoop.ksm.protocol.KeySpaceManagerProtocol;
+import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.protocol.proto
+    .KeySpaceManagerProtocolProtos.BucketInfo;
+import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.protocol.proto
+    .KeySpaceManagerProtocolProtos.CreateBucketRequest;
+import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.protocol.proto
+    .KeySpaceManagerProtocolProtos.CreateBucketResponse;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.protocol.proto
     .KeySpaceManagerProtocolProtos.CreateVolumeRequest;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.protocol.proto
@@ -38,12 +45,12 @@
 import java.util.List;
 
 /**
- *  The client side implementation of KeyspaceManagerProtocol.
+ *  The client side implementation of KeySpaceManagerProtocol.
  */
 
 @InterfaceAudience.Private
 public final class KeySpaceManagerProtocolClientSideTranslatorPB
-    implements KeyspaceManagerProtocol, ProtocolTranslator, Closeable {
+    implements KeySpaceManagerProtocol, ProtocolTranslator, Closeable {
 
   /**
    * RpcController is not used and hence is set to null.
@@ -199,6 +206,32 @@ public List<KsmVolumeArgs> listAllVolumes(String prefix, String prevKey, long
     return null;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Creates a bucket.
+   *
+   * @param args - Arguments to create Bucket.
+   * @throws IOException
+   */
+  @Override
+  public void createBucket(KsmBucketArgs args) throws IOException {
+    CreateBucketRequest.Builder req =
+        CreateBucketRequest.newBuilder();
+    BucketInfo bucketInfo = args.getProtobuf();
+    req.setBucketInfo(bucketInfo);
+
+    final CreateBucketResponse resp;
+    try {
+      resp = rpcProxy.createBucket(NULL_RPC_CONTROLLER,
+          req.build());
+    } catch (ServiceException e) {
+      throw ProtobufHelper.getRemoteException(e);
+    }
+    if (resp.getStatus() != Status.OK) {
+      throw new IOException("Bucket creation failed, error: "
+          + resp.getStatus());
+    }
+  }
+
   /**
    * Return the proxy object underlying this protocol translator.
    *
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ksm/protocolPB/KeySpaceManagerProtocolPB.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ksm/protocolPB/KeySpaceManagerProtocolPB.java
index 1490008d67..8b960a949a 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ksm/protocolPB/KeySpaceManagerProtocolPB.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ksm/protocolPB/KeySpaceManagerProtocolPB.java
@@ -19,15 +19,16 @@
 
 import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceAudience;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ipc.ProtocolInfo;
-import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.protocol.proto.KeySpaceManagerProtocolProtos.KeyspaceManagerService;
+import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.protocol.proto
+    .KeySpaceManagerProtocolProtos.KeySpaceManagerService;
 
 /**
  * Protocol used to communicate with KSM.
  */
 @ProtocolInfo(protocolName =
-    "org.apache.hadoop.ozone.protocol.KeyspaceManagerProtocol",
+    "org.apache.hadoop.ozone.protocol.KeySpaceManagerProtocol",
     protocolVersion = 1)
 @InterfaceAudience.Private
 public interface KeySpaceManagerProtocolPB
-    extends KeyspaceManagerService.BlockingInterface {
+    extends KeySpaceManagerService.BlockingInterface {
 }
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/proto/KeySpaceManagerProtocol.proto b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/proto/KeySpaceManagerProtocol.proto
index 4ce7275a5e..ca3d0222b2 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/proto/KeySpaceManagerProtocol.proto
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/proto/KeySpaceManagerProtocol.proto
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ Ozone key space manager. Ozone KSM manages the namespace for ozone.
 This is similar to Namenode for Ozone.
 */
 
+import "hdfs.proto";
 import "Ozone.proto";
 
 enum Status {
@@ -44,8 +45,11 @@ enum Status {
     VOLUME_ALREADY_EXISTS = 5;
     USER_NOT_FOUND = 6;
     USER_TOO_MANY_VOLUMES = 7;
-    ACCESS_DENIED = 8;
-    INTERNAL_ERROR = 9;
+    BUCKET_NOT_FOUND = 8;
+    BUCKET_NOT_EMPTY = 9;
+    BUCKET_ALREADY_EXISTS = 10;
+    ACCESS_DENIED = 11;
+    INTERNAL_ERROR = 12;
 }
 
 
@@ -154,10 +158,42 @@ message ListVolumeResponse {
     repeated VolumeInfo volumeInfo = 2;
 }
 
+message BucketInfo {
+    required string volumeName = 1;
+    required string bucketName = 2;
+    repeated OzoneAclInfo addAcls = 3;
+    repeated OzoneAclInfo removeAcls = 4;
+    required bool isVersionEnabled = 5 [default = false];
+    optional StorageTypeProto storageType = 6 [default = DISK];
+}
+
+message OzoneAclInfo {
+    enum OzoneAclType {
+        USER = 1;
+        GROUP = 2;
+        WORLD = 3;
+    }
+    enum OzoneAclRights {
+        READ = 1;
+        WRITE = 2;
+        READ_WRITE = 3;
+    }
+    required OzoneAclType type = 1;
+    required string name = 2;
+    required OzoneAclRights rights = 3;
+}
+
+message CreateBucketRequest {
+    required BucketInfo bucketInfo = 1;
+}
+
+message CreateBucketResponse {
+    required Status status = 1;
+}
 /**
  The KSM service that takes care of Ozone namespace.
 */
-service KeyspaceManagerService {
+service KeySpaceManagerService {
 
     /**
         Creates a Volume.
@@ -193,4 +229,10 @@ service KeyspaceManagerService {
     */
     rpc listVolumes(ListVolumeRequest)
         returns (ListVolumeResponse);
+
+    /**
+        Creates a Bucket.
+    */
+    rpc createBucket(CreateBucketRequest)
+        returns(CreateBucketResponse);
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/OzoneConsts.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/OzoneConsts.java
index 5f960b2171..2ecd67d3d9 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/OzoneConsts.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/OzoneConsts.java
@@ -93,6 +93,11 @@ public enum Versioning {NOT_DEFINED, ENABLED, DISABLED}
   public static final String OZONE_HANDLER_DISTRIBUTED = "distributed";
   public static final String OZONE_HANDLER_LOCAL = "local";
 
+  /**
+   * Ozone metadata key delimiter.
+   */
+  public static final String DB_KEY_DELIMITER = "/";
+
   private OzoneConsts() {
     // Never Constructed
   }
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/ksm/BucketManager.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/ksm/BucketManager.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b9dd551d7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/ksm/BucketManager.java
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+/**
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with this
+ * work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF
+ * licenses this file to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * <p>
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * <p>
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,WITHOUT
+ * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+ * License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under
+ * the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.hadoop.ozone.ksm;
+
+import org.apache.hadoop.ksm.helpers.KsmBucketArgs;
+import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.ksm.exceptions.KSMException;
+
+/**
+ * BucketManager handles all the bucket level operations.
+ */
+public interface BucketManager {
+  /**
+   * Creates a bucket.
+   * @param args - KsmBucketArgs for creating bucket.
+   */
+  void createBucket(KsmBucketArgs args) throws KSMException;
+}
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/ksm/BucketManagerImpl.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/ksm/BucketManagerImpl.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b0368ea0f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/ksm/BucketManagerImpl.java
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+/**
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with this
+ * work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF
+ * licenses this file to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * <p>
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * <p>
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,WITHOUT
+ * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+ * License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under
+ * the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.hadoop.ozone.ksm;
+
+import com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSUtil;
+import org.apache.hadoop.ksm.helpers.KsmBucketArgs;
+import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.ksm.exceptions.KSMException;
+import org.iq80.leveldb.DBException;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+import static org.apache.hadoop.ozone.OzoneConsts.DB_KEY_DELIMITER;
+
+/**
+ * KSM bucket manager.
+ */
+public class BucketManagerImpl implements BucketManager {
+  private static final Logger LOG =
+      LoggerFactory.getLogger(BucketManagerImpl.class);
+
+  /**
+   * MetadataManager is used for accessing KSM MetadataDB and ReadWriteLock.
+   */
+  private final MetadataManager metadataManager;
+
+  /**
+   * Constructs BucketManager.
+   * @param metadataManager
+   */
+  public BucketManagerImpl(MetadataManager metadataManager){
+    this.metadataManager = metadataManager;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * MetadataDB is maintained in MetadataManager and shared between
+   * BucketManager and VolumeManager. (and also by KeyManager)
+   *
+   * BucketManager uses MetadataDB to store bucket level information.
+   *
+   * Keys used in BucketManager for storing data into MetadataDB
+   * for BucketInfo:
+   * {volume/bucket} -> bucketInfo
+   *
+   * Work flow of create bucket:
+   *
+   * -> Check if the Volume exists in metadataDB, if not throw
+   * VolumeNotFoundException.
+   * -> Else check if the Bucket exists in metadataDB, if so throw
+   * BucketExistException
+   * -> Else update MetadataDB with VolumeInfo.
+   */
+
+  /**
+   * Creates a bucket.
+   * @param args - KsmBucketArgs.
+   */
+  @Override
+  public void createBucket(KsmBucketArgs args) throws KSMException {
+    Preconditions.checkNotNull(args);
+    metadataManager.writeLock().lock();
+    String volumeNameString = args.getVolumeName();
+    String bucketNameString = args.getBucketName();
+    try {
+      //bucket key: {volume/bucket}
+      String bucketKeyString = volumeNameString +
+          DB_KEY_DELIMITER + bucketNameString;
+
+      byte[] volumeName = DFSUtil.string2Bytes(volumeNameString);
+      byte[] bucketKey = DFSUtil.string2Bytes(bucketKeyString);
+
+      //Check if the volume exists
+      if(metadataManager.get(volumeName) == null) {
+        LOG.error("volume: {} not found ", volumeNameString);
+        throw new KSMException("Volume doesn't exist",
+            KSMException.ResultCodes.FAILED_VOLUME_NOT_FOUND);
+      }
+      //Check if bucket already exists
+      if(metadataManager.get(bucketKey) != null) {
+        LOG.error("bucket: {} already exists ", bucketNameString);
+        throw new KSMException("Bucket already exist",
+            KSMException.ResultCodes.FAILED_BUCKET_ALREADY_EXISTS);
+      }
+      metadataManager.put(bucketKey, args.getProtobuf().toByteArray());
+
+      LOG.info("created bucket: {} in volume: {}", bucketNameString,
+          volumeNameString);
+    } catch (DBException ex) {
+      LOG.error("Bucket creation failed for bucket:{} in volume:{}",
+          volumeNameString, bucketNameString, ex);
+      throw new KSMException(ex.getMessage(),
+          KSMException.ResultCodes.FAILED_INTERNAL_ERROR);
+    } finally {
+      metadataManager.writeLock().unlock();
+    }
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/ksm/KSMMetrics.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/ksm/KSMMetrics.java
index c75c8fcf01..359ddba837 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/ksm/KSMMetrics.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/ksm/KSMMetrics.java
@@ -29,9 +29,11 @@
 public class KSMMetrics {
   // KSM op metrics
   private @Metric MutableCounterLong numVolumeCreates;
+  private @Metric MutableCounterLong numBucketCreates;
 
   // Failure Metrics
   private @Metric MutableCounterLong numVolumeCreateFails;
+  private @Metric MutableCounterLong numBucketCreateFails;
 
   public KSMMetrics() {
   }
@@ -47,17 +49,36 @@ public void incNumVolumeCreates() {
     numVolumeCreates.incr();
   }
 
+  public void incNumBucketCreates() {
+    numBucketCreates.incr();
+  }
+
   public void incNumVolumeCreateFails() {
     numVolumeCreates.incr();
   }
 
+  public void incNumBucketCreateFails() {
+    numBucketCreateFails.incr();
+  }
+
   @VisibleForTesting
   public long getNumVolumeCreates() {
     return numVolumeCreates.value();
   }
 
+  @VisibleForTesting
+  public long getNumBucketCreates() {
+    return numBucketCreates.value();
+  }
+
   @VisibleForTesting
   public long getNumVolumeCreateFails() {
     return numVolumeCreateFails.value();
   }
+
+  @VisibleForTesting
+  public long getNumBucketCreateFails() {
+    return numBucketCreateFails.value();
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/ksm/KeySpaceManager.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/ksm/KeySpaceManager.java
index 2ffeee7683..2578a9aced 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/ksm/KeySpaceManager.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/ksm/KeySpaceManager.java
@@ -23,13 +23,14 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSUtil;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ipc.ProtobufRpcEngine;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ipc.RPC;
+import org.apache.hadoop.ksm.helpers.KsmBucketArgs;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ksm.helpers.KsmVolumeArgs;
-import org.apache.hadoop.ksm.protocol.KeyspaceManagerProtocol;
+import org.apache.hadoop.ksm.protocol.KeySpaceManagerProtocol;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ksm.protocolPB.KeySpaceManagerProtocolPB;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.OzoneClientUtils;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.OzoneConfiguration;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.protocolPB
-    .KeyspaceManagerProtocolServerSideTranslatorPB;
+    .KeySpaceManagerProtocolServerSideTranslatorPB;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.scm.StorageContainerManager;
 import org.apache.hadoop.util.StringUtils;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@
 import static org.apache.hadoop.ozone.ksm.KSMConfigKeys
     .OZONE_KSM_HANDLER_COUNT_KEY;
 import static org.apache.hadoop.ozone.protocol.proto
-    .KeySpaceManagerProtocolProtos.KeyspaceManagerService
+    .KeySpaceManagerProtocolProtos.KeySpaceManagerService
     .newReflectiveBlockingService;
 import static org.apache.hadoop.util.ExitUtil.terminate;
 
@@ -54,13 +55,15 @@
  * Ozone Keyspace manager is the metadata manager of ozone.
  */
 @InterfaceAudience.LimitedPrivate({"HDFS", "CBLOCK", "OZONE", "HBASE"})
-public class KeySpaceManager implements KeyspaceManagerProtocol {
+public class KeySpaceManager implements KeySpaceManagerProtocol {
   private static final Logger LOG =
       LoggerFactory.getLogger(KeySpaceManager.class);
 
   private final RPC.Server ksmRpcServer;
   private final InetSocketAddress ksmRpcAddress;
+  private final MetadataManager metadataManager;
   private final VolumeManager volumeManager;
+  private final BucketManager bucketManager;
   private final KSMMetrics metrics;
 
   public KeySpaceManager(OzoneConfiguration conf) throws IOException {
@@ -71,7 +74,7 @@ public KeySpaceManager(OzoneConfiguration conf) throws IOException {
         ProtobufRpcEngine.class);
 
     BlockingService ksmService = newReflectiveBlockingService(
-        new KeyspaceManagerProtocolServerSideTranslatorPB(this));
+        new KeySpaceManagerProtocolServerSideTranslatorPB(this));
     final InetSocketAddress ksmNodeRpcAddr = OzoneClientUtils.
         getKsmAddress(conf);
     ksmRpcServer = startRpcServer(conf, ksmNodeRpcAddr,
@@ -79,7 +82,9 @@ public KeySpaceManager(OzoneConfiguration conf) throws IOException {
         handlerCount);
     ksmRpcAddress = updateListenAddress(conf,
         OZONE_KSM_ADDRESS_KEY, ksmNodeRpcAddr, ksmRpcServer);
-    volumeManager = new VolumeManagerImpl(this, conf);
+    metadataManager = new MetadataManagerImpl(conf);
+    volumeManager = new VolumeManagerImpl(metadataManager, conf);
+    bucketManager = new BucketManagerImpl(metadataManager);
     metrics = KSMMetrics.create();
   }
 
@@ -185,7 +190,7 @@ private static InetSocketAddress updateListenAddress(OzoneConfiguration conf,
   public void start() {
     LOG.info(buildRpcServerStartMessage("KeyspaceManager RPC server",
         ksmRpcAddress));
-    volumeManager.start();
+    metadataManager.start();
     ksmRpcServer.start();
   }
 
@@ -195,7 +200,7 @@ public void start() {
   public void stop() {
     try {
       ksmRpcServer.stop();
-      volumeManager.stop();
+      metadataManager.stop();
     } catch (IOException e) {
       LOG.info("Key Space Manager stop failed.", e);
     }
@@ -221,8 +226,13 @@ public void join() {
    */
   @Override
   public void createVolume(KsmVolumeArgs args) throws IOException {
-    metrics.incNumVolumeCreates();
-    volumeManager.createVolume(args);
+    try {
+      metrics.incNumVolumeCreates();
+      volumeManager.createVolume(args);
+    } catch (Exception ex) {
+      metrics.incNumVolumeCreateFails();
+      throw ex;
+    }
   }
 
   /**
@@ -317,4 +327,21 @@ public List<KsmVolumeArgs> listAllVolumes(String prefix, String prevKey, long
       maxKeys) throws IOException {
     return null;
   }
+
+  /**
+   * Creates a bucket.
+   *
+   * @param args - Arguments to create Bucket.
+   * @throws IOException
+   */
+  @Override
+  public void createBucket(KsmBucketArgs args) throws IOException {
+    try {
+      metrics.incNumBucketCreates();
+      bucketManager.createBucket(args);
+    } catch (Exception ex) {
+      metrics.incNumBucketCreateFails();
+      throw ex;
+    }
+  }
 }
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/ksm/MetadataManager.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/ksm/MetadataManager.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..71269b2a21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/ksm/MetadataManager.java
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+/**
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with this
+ * work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF
+ * licenses this file to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * <p>
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * <p>
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,WITHOUT
+ * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+ * License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under
+ * the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.hadoop.ozone.ksm;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.concurrent.locks.Lock;
+
+/**
+ * KSM metadata manager interface.
+ */
+public interface MetadataManager {
+  /**
+   * Start metadata manager.
+   */
+  void start();
+
+  /**
+   * Stop metadata manager.
+   */
+  void stop() throws IOException;
+
+  /**
+   * Returns the read lock used on Metadata DB.
+   * @return readLock
+   */
+  Lock readLock();
+
+  /**
+   * Returns the write lock used on Metadata DB.
+   * @return writeLock
+   */
+  Lock writeLock();
+
+  /**
+   * Returns the value associated with this key.
+   * @param key - key
+   * @return value
+   */
+  byte[] get(byte[] key);
+
+  /**
+   * Puts a Key into Metadata DB.
+   * @param key   - key
+   * @param value - value
+   */
+  void put(byte[] key, byte[] value);
+
+  /**
+   * Performs a batch Put to Metadata DB.
+   * Can be used to do multiple puts atomically.
+   * @param list - list of Map.Entry
+   */
+  void batchPut(List<Map.Entry<byte[], byte[]>> list) throws IOException;
+
+}
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/ksm/MetadataManagerImpl.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/ksm/MetadataManagerImpl.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f4b0440684
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/ksm/MetadataManagerImpl.java
@@ -0,0 +1,133 @@
+/**
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with this
+ * work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF
+ * licenses this file to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * <p>
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * <p>
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,WITHOUT
+ * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+ * License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under
+ * the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.hadoop.ozone.ksm;
+
+import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.OzoneConfiguration;
+import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.OzoneConsts;
+import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.web.utils.OzoneUtils;
+import org.apache.hadoop.utils.LevelDBStore;
+import org.iq80.leveldb.Options;
+import org.iq80.leveldb.WriteBatch;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.concurrent.locks.Lock;
+import java.util.concurrent.locks.ReadWriteLock;
+import java.util.concurrent.locks.ReentrantReadWriteLock;
+
+import static org.apache.hadoop.ozone.OzoneConsts.KSM_DB_NAME;
+import static org.apache.hadoop.ozone.ksm.KSMConfigKeys
+    .OZONE_KSM_DB_CACHE_SIZE_DEFAULT;
+import static org.apache.hadoop.ozone.ksm.KSMConfigKeys
+    .OZONE_KSM_DB_CACHE_SIZE_MB;
+
+/**
+ * KSM metadata manager interface.
+ */
+public class MetadataManagerImpl implements  MetadataManager {
+
+  private final LevelDBStore store;
+  private final ReadWriteLock lock;
+
+
+  public MetadataManagerImpl(OzoneConfiguration conf) throws IOException {
+    File metaDir = OzoneUtils.getScmMetadirPath(conf);
+    final int cacheSize = conf.getInt(OZONE_KSM_DB_CACHE_SIZE_MB,
+        OZONE_KSM_DB_CACHE_SIZE_DEFAULT);
+    Options options = new Options();
+    options.cacheSize(cacheSize * OzoneConsts.MB);
+    File ksmDBFile = new File(metaDir.getPath(), KSM_DB_NAME);
+    this.store = new LevelDBStore(ksmDBFile, options);
+    this.lock = new ReentrantReadWriteLock();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Start metadata manager.
+   */
+  @Override
+  public void start() {
+
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Stop metadata manager.
+   */
+  @Override
+  public void stop() throws IOException {
+    if (store != null) {
+      store.close();
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Returns the read lock used on Metadata DB.
+   * @return readLock
+   */
+  @Override
+  public Lock readLock() {
+    return lock.readLock();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Returns the write lock used on Metadata DB.
+   * @return writeLock
+   */
+  @Override
+  public Lock writeLock() {
+    return lock.writeLock();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Returns the value associated with this key.
+   * @param key - key
+   * @return value
+   */
+  @Override
+  public byte[] get(byte[] key) {
+    return store.get(key);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Puts a Key into Metadata DB.
+   * @param key   - key
+   * @param value - value
+   */
+  @Override
+  public void put(byte[] key, byte[] value) {
+    store.put(key, value);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Performs a batch Put to Metadata DB.
+   * Can be used to do multiple puts atomically.
+   * @param list - list of Map.Entry
+   */
+  @Override
+  public void batchPut(List<Map.Entry<byte[], byte[]>> list)
+      throws IOException {
+    WriteBatch batch = store.createWriteBatch();
+    list.forEach(entry -> batch.put(entry.getKey(), entry.getValue()));
+    try {
+      store.commitWriteBatch(batch);
+    } finally {
+      store.closeWriteBatch(batch);
+    }
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/ksm/VolumeManager.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/ksm/VolumeManager.java
index e5bb4bd82e..6c2f0a316f 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/ksm/VolumeManager.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/ksm/VolumeManager.java
@@ -24,15 +24,6 @@
  * KSM volume manager interface.
  */
 public interface VolumeManager {
-  /**
-   * Start volume manager.
-   */
-  void start();
-
-  /**
-   * Stop volume manager.
-   */
-  void stop() throws IOException;
 
   /**
    * Create a new volume.
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/ksm/VolumeManagerImpl.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/ksm/VolumeManagerImpl.java
index 1e63127a38..ff0d087797 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/ksm/VolumeManagerImpl.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/ksm/VolumeManagerImpl.java
@@ -20,32 +20,21 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSUtil;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ksm.helpers.KsmVolumeArgs;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.OzoneConfiguration;
-import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.OzoneConsts;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.ksm.exceptions.KSMException;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.protocol.proto
     .KeySpaceManagerProtocolProtos.VolumeList;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.protocol.proto
     .KeySpaceManagerProtocolProtos.VolumeInfo;
-import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.web.utils.OzoneUtils;
-import org.apache.hadoop.utils.LevelDBStore;
 import org.iq80.leveldb.DBException;
-import org.iq80.leveldb.Options;
-import org.iq80.leveldb.WriteBatch;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
-import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.AbstractMap;
 import java.util.LinkedList;
 import java.util.List;
-import java.util.concurrent.locks.ReadWriteLock;
-import java.util.concurrent.locks.ReentrantReadWriteLock;
+import java.util.Map;
 
-import static org.apache.hadoop.ozone.OzoneConsts.KSM_DB_NAME;
-import static org.apache.hadoop.ozone.ksm
-    .KSMConfigKeys.OZONE_KSM_DB_CACHE_SIZE_DEFAULT;
-import static org.apache.hadoop.ozone.ksm
-    .KSMConfigKeys.OZONE_KSM_DB_CACHE_SIZE_MB;
 import static org.apache.hadoop.ozone.ksm
     .KSMConfigKeys.OZONE_KSM_USER_MAX_VOLUME_DEFAULT;
 import static org.apache.hadoop.ozone.ksm
@@ -60,9 +49,7 @@ public class VolumeManagerImpl implements VolumeManager {
   private static final Logger LOG =
       LoggerFactory.getLogger(VolumeManagerImpl.class);
 
-  private final KeySpaceManager ksm;
-  private final LevelDBStore store;
-  private final ReadWriteLock lock;
+  private final MetadataManager metadataManager;
   private final int maxUserVolumeCount;
 
   /**
@@ -70,30 +57,13 @@ public class VolumeManagerImpl implements VolumeManager {
    * @param conf - Ozone configuration.
    * @throws IOException
    */
-  public VolumeManagerImpl(KeySpaceManager ksm, OzoneConfiguration conf)
-      throws IOException {
-    File metaDir = OzoneUtils.getScmMetadirPath(conf);
-    final int cacheSize = conf.getInt(OZONE_KSM_DB_CACHE_SIZE_MB,
-        OZONE_KSM_DB_CACHE_SIZE_DEFAULT);
-    Options options = new Options();
-    options.cacheSize(cacheSize * OzoneConsts.MB);
-    File ksmDBFile = new File(metaDir.getPath(), KSM_DB_NAME);
-    this.ksm = ksm;
-    this.store = new LevelDBStore(ksmDBFile, options);
-    lock = new ReentrantReadWriteLock();
+  public VolumeManagerImpl(MetadataManager metadataManager,
+      OzoneConfiguration conf) throws IOException {
+    this.metadataManager = metadataManager;
     this.maxUserVolumeCount = conf.getInt(OZONE_KSM_USER_MAX_VOLUME,
         OZONE_KSM_USER_MAX_VOLUME_DEFAULT);
   }
 
-  @Override
-  public void start() {
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public void stop() throws IOException {
-    store.close();
-  }
-
   /**
    * Creates a volume.
    * @param args - KsmVolumeArgs.
@@ -101,10 +71,11 @@ public void stop() throws IOException {
   @Override
   public void createVolume(KsmVolumeArgs args) throws IOException {
     Preconditions.checkNotNull(args);
-    lock.writeLock().lock();
-    WriteBatch batch = store.createWriteBatch();
+    metadataManager.writeLock().lock();
+    List<Map.Entry<byte[], byte[]>> batch = new LinkedList<>();
     try {
-      byte[] volumeName = store.get(DFSUtil.string2Bytes(args.getVolume()));
+      byte[] volumeName = metadataManager.
+          get(DFSUtil.string2Bytes(args.getVolume()));
 
       // Check of the volume already exists
       if(volumeName != null) {
@@ -114,7 +85,8 @@ public void createVolume(KsmVolumeArgs args) throws IOException {
 
       // Next count the number of volumes for the user
       String dbUserName = "$" + args.getOwnerName();
-      byte[] volumeList  = store.get(DFSUtil.string2Bytes(dbUserName));
+      byte[] volumeList  = metadataManager
+          .get(DFSUtil.string2Bytes(dbUserName));
       List prevVolList;
       if (volumeList != null) {
         VolumeList vlist = VolumeList.parseFrom(volumeList);
@@ -128,26 +100,25 @@ public void createVolume(KsmVolumeArgs args) throws IOException {
         throw new KSMException(ResultCodes.FAILED_TOO_MANY_USER_VOLUMES);
       }
 
-      // Commit the volume information to leveldb
+      // Commit the volume information to metadataManager
       VolumeInfo volumeInfo = args.getProtobuf();
-      batch.put(DFSUtil.string2Bytes(args.getVolume()),
-                                     volumeInfo.toByteArray());
+      batch.add(new AbstractMap.SimpleEntry<>(
+          DFSUtil.string2Bytes(args.getVolume()), volumeInfo.toByteArray()));
 
       prevVolList.add(args.getVolume());
       VolumeList newVolList = VolumeList.newBuilder()
               .addAllVolumeNames(prevVolList).build();
-      batch.put(DFSUtil.string2Bytes(dbUserName), newVolList.toByteArray());
-      store.commitWriteBatch(batch);
+      batch.add(new AbstractMap.SimpleEntry<>(
+          DFSUtil.string2Bytes(dbUserName), newVolList.toByteArray()));
+      metadataManager.batchPut(batch);
       LOG.info("created volume:{} user:{}",
                                   args.getVolume(), args.getOwnerName());
     } catch (IOException | DBException ex) {
-      ksm.getMetrics().incNumVolumeCreateFails();
       LOG.error("Volume creation failed for user:{} volname:{}",
                                 args.getOwnerName(), args.getVolume(), ex);
       throw ex;
     } finally {
-      store.closeWriteBatch(batch);
-      lock.writeLock().unlock();
+      metadataManager.writeLock().unlock();
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/ksm/exceptions/KSMException.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/ksm/exceptions/KSMException.java
index 1a1b3a941a..e1b90c37b9 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/ksm/exceptions/KSMException.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/ksm/exceptions/KSMException.java
@@ -98,6 +98,8 @@ public KSMException.ResultCodes getResult() {
   public enum ResultCodes {
     FAILED_TOO_MANY_USER_VOLUMES,
     FAILED_VOLUME_ALREADY_EXISTS,
+    FAILED_VOLUME_NOT_FOUND,
+    FAILED_BUCKET_ALREADY_EXISTS,
     FAILED_INTERNAL_ERROR
   }
 }
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/protocolPB/KSMPBHelper.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/protocolPB/KSMPBHelper.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3797bfa1b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/protocolPB/KSMPBHelper.java
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+/**
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.hadoop.ozone.protocolPB;
+
+import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.web.request.OzoneAcl;
+import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.protocol.proto
+    .KeySpaceManagerProtocolProtos.OzoneAclInfo;
+import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.protocol.proto
+    .KeySpaceManagerProtocolProtos.OzoneAclInfo.OzoneAclType;
+import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.protocol.proto
+    .KeySpaceManagerProtocolProtos.OzoneAclInfo.OzoneAclRights;
+
+/**
+ * Utilities for converting protobuf classes.
+ */
+public final class KSMPBHelper {
+
+  private KSMPBHelper() {
+    /** Hidden constructor */
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Returns protobuf's OzoneAclInfo of the current instance.
+   * @return OzoneAclInfo
+   */
+  public static OzoneAclInfo convertOzoneAcl(OzoneAcl acl) {
+    OzoneAclInfo.OzoneAclType aclType;
+    switch(acl.getType()) {
+    case USER:
+      aclType = OzoneAclType.USER;
+      break;
+    case GROUP:
+      aclType = OzoneAclType.GROUP;
+      break;
+    case WORLD:
+      aclType = OzoneAclType.WORLD;
+      break;
+    default:
+      throw new IllegalArgumentException("ACL type is not recognized");
+    }
+    OzoneAclInfo.OzoneAclRights aclRights;
+    switch(acl.getRights()) {
+    case READ:
+      aclRights = OzoneAclRights.READ;
+      break;
+    case WRITE:
+      aclRights = OzoneAclRights.WRITE;
+      break;
+    case READ_WRITE:
+      aclRights = OzoneAclRights.READ_WRITE;
+      break;
+    default:
+      throw new IllegalArgumentException("ACL right is not recognized");
+    }
+
+    return OzoneAclInfo.newBuilder().setType(aclType)
+        .setName(acl.getName())
+        .setRights(aclRights)
+        .build();
+  }
+}
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/protocolPB/KeyspaceManagerProtocolServerSideTranslatorPB.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/protocolPB/KeySpaceManagerProtocolServerSideTranslatorPB.java
similarity index 77%
rename from hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/protocolPB/KeyspaceManagerProtocolServerSideTranslatorPB.java
rename to hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/protocolPB/KeySpaceManagerProtocolServerSideTranslatorPB.java
index aa52c17b37..85eca042f5 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/protocolPB/KeyspaceManagerProtocolServerSideTranslatorPB.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/protocolPB/KeySpaceManagerProtocolServerSideTranslatorPB.java
@@ -18,11 +18,16 @@
 
 import com.google.protobuf.RpcController;
 import com.google.protobuf.ServiceException;
+import org.apache.hadoop.ksm.helpers.KsmBucketArgs;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ksm.helpers.KsmVolumeArgs;
-import org.apache.hadoop.ksm.protocol.KeyspaceManagerProtocol;
+import org.apache.hadoop.ksm.protocol.KeySpaceManagerProtocol;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ksm.protocolPB.KeySpaceManagerProtocolPB;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.ksm.exceptions.KSMException;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.ksm.exceptions.KSMException.ResultCodes;
+import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.protocol.proto
+    .KeySpaceManagerProtocolProtos.CreateBucketRequest;
+import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.protocol.proto
+    .KeySpaceManagerProtocolProtos.CreateBucketResponse;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.protocol.proto
     .KeySpaceManagerProtocolProtos.CreateVolumeRequest;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.protocol.proto
@@ -56,19 +61,19 @@
 /**
  * This class is the server-side translator that forwards requests received on
  * {@link org.apache.hadoop.ksm.protocolPB.KeySpaceManagerProtocolPB} to the
- * KeyspaceManagerService server implementation.
+ * KeySpaceManagerService server implementation.
  */
-public class KeyspaceManagerProtocolServerSideTranslatorPB implements
+public class KeySpaceManagerProtocolServerSideTranslatorPB implements
     KeySpaceManagerProtocolPB {
-  private final KeyspaceManagerProtocol impl;
+  private final KeySpaceManagerProtocol impl;
 
   /**
    * Constructs an instance of the server handler.
    *
    * @param impl KeySpaceManagerProtocolPB
    */
-  public KeyspaceManagerProtocolServerSideTranslatorPB(
-      KeyspaceManagerProtocol impl) {
+  public KeySpaceManagerProtocolServerSideTranslatorPB(
+      KeySpaceManagerProtocol impl) {
     this.impl = impl;
   }
 
@@ -131,4 +136,28 @@ public ListVolumeResponse listVolumes(
       throws ServiceException {
     return null;
   }
+
+  @Override
+  public CreateBucketResponse createBucket(
+      RpcController controller, CreateBucketRequest
+      request) throws ServiceException {
+    CreateBucketResponse.Builder resp =
+        CreateBucketResponse.newBuilder();
+    try {
+      impl.createBucket(KsmBucketArgs.getFromProtobuf(
+          request.getBucketInfo()));
+      resp.setStatus(Status.OK);
+    } catch (KSMException ksmEx) {
+      if (ksmEx.getResult() ==
+          ResultCodes.FAILED_VOLUME_NOT_FOUND) {
+        resp.setStatus(Status.VOLUME_NOT_FOUND);
+      } else if (ksmEx.getResult() ==
+          ResultCodes.FAILED_BUCKET_ALREADY_EXISTS) {
+        resp.setStatus(Status.BUCKET_ALREADY_EXISTS);
+      }
+    } catch(IOException ex) {
+      resp.setStatus(Status.INTERNAL_ERROR);
+    }
+    return resp.build();
+  }
 }
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/web/storage/DistributedStorageHandler.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/web/storage/DistributedStorageHandler.java
index e96d3d10cd..7a9bd4e9da 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/web/storage/DistributedStorageHandler.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/web/storage/DistributedStorageHandler.java
@@ -18,20 +18,29 @@
 
 package org.apache.hadoop.ozone.web.storage;
 
-import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.ozone.protocol.proto.ContainerProtos.ChunkInfo;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.ozone.protocol.proto.ContainerProtos.GetKeyResponseProto;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.ozone.protocol.proto.ContainerProtos.KeyData;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.ozone.protocol.proto
+    .ContainerProtos.ChunkInfo;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.ozone.protocol.proto
+    .ContainerProtos.GetKeyResponseProto;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.ozone.protocol.proto
+    .ContainerProtos.KeyData;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.DatanodeInfo;
-import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.datanode.fsdataset.LengthInputStream;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.server.datanode.fsdataset
+    .LengthInputStream;
+import org.apache.hadoop.ksm.helpers.KsmBucketArgs;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ksm.helpers.KsmVolumeArgs;
-import org.apache.hadoop.ksm.protocolPB.KeySpaceManagerProtocolClientSideTranslatorPB;
+import org.apache.hadoop.ksm.protocolPB
+    .KeySpaceManagerProtocolClientSideTranslatorPB;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.OzoneConfiguration;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.OzoneConsts;
+import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.OzoneConsts.Versioning;
+import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.protocolPB.KSMPBHelper;
 import org.apache.hadoop.scm.container.common.helpers.Pipeline;
 import org.apache.hadoop.scm.ScmConfigKeys;
 import org.apache.hadoop.scm.XceiverClientManager;
 import org.apache.hadoop.scm.protocol.LocatedContainer;
-import org.apache.hadoop.scm.protocolPB.StorageContainerLocationProtocolClientSideTranslatorPB;
+import org.apache.hadoop.scm.protocolPB
+    .StorageContainerLocationProtocolClientSideTranslatorPB;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.web.exceptions.OzoneException;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.web.handlers.BucketArgs;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.web.handlers.KeyArgs;
@@ -59,7 +68,6 @@
 
 import static org.apache.hadoop.ozone.web.storage.OzoneContainerTranslation.*;
 import static org.apache.hadoop.scm.storage.ContainerProtocolCalls.getKey;
-import static org.apache.hadoop.scm.storage.ContainerProtocolCalls.putKey;
 
 /**
  * A {@link StorageHandler} implementation that distributes object storage
@@ -167,22 +175,38 @@ public VolumeInfo getVolumeInfo(VolumeArgs args)
   @Override
   public void createBucket(final BucketArgs args)
       throws IOException, OzoneException {
-    String containerKey = buildContainerKey(args.getVolumeName(),
-        args.getBucketName());
-    XceiverClientSpi xceiverClient = acquireXceiverClient(containerKey);
-    try {
-      BucketInfo bucket = new BucketInfo();
-      bucket.setVolumeName(args.getVolumeName());
-      bucket.setBucketName(args.getBucketName());
-      bucket.setAcls(args.getAddAcls());
-      bucket.setVersioning(args.getVersioning());
-      bucket.setStorageType(args.getStorageType());
-      KeyData containerKeyData = fromBucketToContainerKeyData(
-          xceiverClient.getPipeline().getContainerName(), containerKey, bucket);
-      putKey(xceiverClient, containerKeyData, args.getRequestID());
-    } finally {
-      xceiverClientManager.releaseClient(xceiverClient);
+    KsmBucketArgs.Builder builder = KsmBucketArgs.newBuilder();
+    args.getAddAcls().forEach(acl ->
+        builder.addAddAcl(KSMPBHelper.convertOzoneAcl(acl)));
+    args.getRemoveAcls().forEach(acl ->
+        builder.addRemoveAcl(KSMPBHelper.convertOzoneAcl(acl)));
+    builder.setVolumeName(args.getVolumeName())
+        .setBucketName(args.getBucketName())
+        .setIsVersionEnabled(getBucketVersioningProtobuf(
+            args.getVersioning()))
+        .setStorageType(args.getStorageType());
+    keySpaceManagerClient.createBucket(builder.build());
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Converts OzoneConts.Versioning enum to boolean.
+   *
+   * @param version
+   * @return corresponding boolean value
+   */
+  private boolean getBucketVersioningProtobuf(
+      Versioning version) {
+    if(version != null) {
+      switch(version) {
+      case ENABLED:
+        return true;
+      case NOT_DEFINED:
+      case DISABLED:
+      default:
+        return false;
+      }
     }
+    return false;
   }
 
   @Override
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/ksm/TestBucketManagerImpl.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/ksm/TestBucketManagerImpl.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5bd9ec67d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/ksm/TestBucketManagerImpl.java
@@ -0,0 +1,138 @@
+/**
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with this
+ * work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF
+ * licenses this file to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * <p>
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * <p>
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,WITHOUT
+ * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+ * License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under
+ * the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.hadoop.ozone.ksm;
+
+import org.apache.hadoop.fs.StorageType;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSUtil;
+import org.apache.hadoop.ksm.helpers.KsmBucketArgs;
+import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.ksm.exceptions.KSMException;
+import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.ksm.exceptions
+    .KSMException.ResultCodes;
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Rule;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.rules.ExpectedException;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.mockito.Mockito;
+import org.mockito.invocation.InvocationOnMock;
+import org.mockito.runners.MockitoJUnitRunner;
+import org.mockito.stubbing.Answer;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.concurrent.locks.ReadWriteLock;
+import java.util.concurrent.locks.ReentrantReadWriteLock;
+
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.any;
+
+/**
+ * Tests BucketManagerImpl, mocks MetadataManager for testing.
+ */
+@RunWith(MockitoJUnitRunner.class)
+public class TestBucketManagerImpl {
+  @Rule
+  public ExpectedException thrown = ExpectedException.none();
+
+  private MetadataManager getMetadataManagerMock(String... volumesToCreate)
+      throws IOException {
+    MetadataManager metadataManager = Mockito.mock(MetadataManager.class);
+    Map<String, byte[]> metadataDB = new HashMap<>();
+    ReadWriteLock lock = new ReentrantReadWriteLock();
+
+    Mockito.when(metadataManager.writeLock()).thenReturn(lock.writeLock());
+    Mockito.when(metadataManager.readLock()).thenReturn(lock.readLock());
+    Mockito.doAnswer(
+        new Answer<Void>() {
+          @Override
+          public Void answer(InvocationOnMock invocation) throws Throwable {
+            metadataDB.put(DFSUtil.bytes2String(
+                (byte[])invocation.getArguments()[0]),
+                (byte[])invocation.getArguments()[1]);
+            return null;
+          }
+        }).when(metadataManager).put(any(byte[].class), any(byte[].class));
+
+    Mockito.when(metadataManager.get(any(byte[].class))).thenAnswer(
+        (InvocationOnMock invocation) ->
+            metadataDB.get(DFSUtil.bytes2String(
+                (byte[])invocation.getArguments()[0]))
+    );
+    for(String volumeName : volumesToCreate) {
+      byte[] dummyVolumeInfo = DFSUtil.string2Bytes(volumeName);
+      metadataDB.put(volumeName, dummyVolumeInfo);
+    }
+    return metadataManager;
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testCreateBucketWithoutVolume() throws IOException {
+    thrown.expectMessage("Volume doesn't exist");
+    MetadataManager metaMgr = getMetadataManagerMock();
+    try {
+      BucketManager bucketManager = new BucketManagerImpl(metaMgr);
+      KsmBucketArgs bucketArgs = KsmBucketArgs.newBuilder()
+          .setVolumeName("sampleVol")
+          .setBucketName("bucketOne")
+          .setStorageType(StorageType.DISK)
+          .setIsVersionEnabled(false)
+          .build();
+      bucketManager.createBucket(bucketArgs);
+    } catch(KSMException ksmEx) {
+      Assert.assertEquals(ResultCodes.FAILED_VOLUME_NOT_FOUND,
+          ksmEx.getResult());
+      throw ksmEx;
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testCreateBucket() throws IOException {
+    MetadataManager metaMgr = getMetadataManagerMock("sampleVol");
+    BucketManager bucketManager = new BucketManagerImpl(metaMgr);
+    KsmBucketArgs bucketArgs = KsmBucketArgs.newBuilder()
+        .setVolumeName("sampleVol")
+        .setBucketName("bucketOne")
+        .setStorageType(StorageType.DISK)
+        .setIsVersionEnabled(false)
+        .build();
+    bucketManager.createBucket(bucketArgs);
+    //TODO: Use BucketManagerImpl#getBucketInfo to verify creation of bucket.
+    Assert.assertNotNull(metaMgr
+        .get(DFSUtil.string2Bytes("sampleVol/bucketOne")));
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testCreateAlreadyExistingBucket() throws IOException {
+    thrown.expectMessage("Bucket already exist");
+    MetadataManager metaMgr = getMetadataManagerMock("sampleVol");
+    try {
+      BucketManager bucketManager = new BucketManagerImpl(metaMgr);
+      KsmBucketArgs bucketArgs = KsmBucketArgs.newBuilder()
+          .setVolumeName("sampleVol")
+          .setBucketName("bucketOne")
+          .setStorageType(StorageType.DISK)
+          .setIsVersionEnabled(false)
+          .build();
+      bucketManager.createBucket(bucketArgs);
+      bucketManager.createBucket(bucketArgs);
+    } catch(KSMException ksmEx) {
+      Assert.assertEquals(ResultCodes.FAILED_BUCKET_ALREADY_EXISTS,
+          ksmEx.getResult());
+      throw ksmEx;
+    }
+  }
+}
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