Creating a Vault in Amazon S3 Glacier - Amazon S3 Glacier
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This page is only for existing customers of the S3 Glacier service using Vaults and the original REST API from 2012.

If you're looking for archival storage solutions we suggest using the S3 Glacier storage classes in Amazon S3, S3 Glacier Instant Retrieval, S3 Glacier Flexible Retrieval, and S3 Glacier Deep Archive. To learn more about these storage options, see S3 Glacier storage classes and Long-term data storage using S3 Glacier storage classes in the Amazon S3 User Guide. These storage classes use the Amazon S3 API, are available in all regions, and can be managed within the Amazon S3 console. They offer features like Storage Cost Analysis, Storage Lens, advanced optional encryption features, and more.

Creating a Vault in Amazon S3 Glacier

Creating a vault adds a vault to the set of vaults in your account. An Amazon Web Services account can create up to 1,000 vaults per Amazon Region. For a list of the Amazon Regions supported by Amazon S3 Glacier (S3 Glacier), see Regions and Endpoints in the Amazon General Reference.

When you create a vault, you must provide a vault name. The following are the vault naming requirements:

  • Names can be between 1 and 255 characters long.

  • Allowed characters are a–z, A–Z, 0–9, '_' (underscore), '-' (hyphen), and '.' (period).

Vault names must be unique within an account and the Amazon Region in which the vault is being created. That is, an account can create vaults with the same name in different Amazon Regions but not in the same Amazon Region.