response, err = s.client.Do(request)
	c.Assert(err, nil)
	// assert the status code of the response.
	c.Assert(response.StatusCode, http.StatusOK)

	// constructing http request to delete the bucket.
	// making an attempt to delete an non-empty bucket.
	// expected to fail.
	request, err = newTestSignedRequest(http.MethodDelete, getDeleteBucketURL(s.endPoint, bucketName),
		0, nil, s.accessKey, s.secretKey, s.signer)

	err = c.validateIDPSettings(ctx, sites)
	if err != nil {
		return madmin.ReplicateAddStatus{}, err
	}

	// For this `add` API, either all clusters must be empty or the local
	// cluster must be the only one having some buckets.
	if localHasBuckets && nonLocalPeerWithBuckets != "" {
		return madmin.ReplicateAddStatus{}, errSRInvalidRequest(errors.New("only one cluster may have data when configuring site replication"))
	}