Retrieving Vault Metadata in Amazon S3 Glacier Using the AWS Command Line Interface - Amazon S3 Glacier
(Prerequisite) Setting Up the AWS CLIExample: Retrieving Vault Metadata Using the AWS CLI

If you're new to archival storage in Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), we recommend that you start by learning more about the S3 Glacier storage classes in Amazon S3, S3 Glacier Instant Retrieval, S3 Glacier Flexible Retrieval, and S3 Glacier Deep Archive. For more information, see S3 Glacier storage classes and Storage classes for archiving objects in the Amazon S3 User Guide.

Retrieving Vault Metadata in Amazon S3 Glacier Using the AWS Command Line Interface

This example shows how to retrieve vault information and metadata in Amazon S3 Glacier (S3 Glacier) using the AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI).

(Prerequisite) Setting Up the AWS CLI

  1. Download and configure the AWS CLI. For instructions, see the following topics in the AWS Command Line Interface User Guide:

    Installing the AWS Command Line Interface

    Configuring the AWS Command Line Interface

  2. Verify your AWS CLI setup by entering the following commands at the command prompt. These commands don't provide credentials explicitly, so the credentials of the default profile are used.

    • Try using the help command.

      aws help

    • To get a list of S3 Glacier vaults on the configured account, use the list-vaults command. Replace 123456789012 with your AWS account ID.

      aws glacier list-vaults --account-id 123456789012

    • To see the current configuration data for the AWS CLI, use the aws configure list command.

      aws configure list

Example: Retrieving Vault Metadata Using the AWS CLI

  • Use the describe-vault command to describe a vault named awsexamplevault under account 111122223333.

    aws glacier describe-vault --vault-name awsexamplevault --account-id 111122223333