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
Step 1: Before You Begin with S3 Glacier
Before you can start with this exercise, you must sign up for an Amazon Web Services account (if you don't already have one), and then download one of the Amazon SDKs. See the following sections for instructions.
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Set Up an Amazon Web Services account and an Administrator User
If you have not already done so, you must sign up for an Amazon Web Services account and create an administrator user in the account.
To complete the setup, follow the instructions in the following topics.
Set Up an Amazon Web Services account and Create an Administrator User
Sign up for Amazon
When you sign up for Amazon Web Services (Amazon), your Amazon Web Services account is automatically signed up for all services in Amazon, including S3 Glacier. You are charged only for the services that you use. For more information about S3 Glacier usage rates, see the Amazon S3 Glacier pricing page
If you already have an Amazon Web Services account, skip to Download the Appropriate Amazon SDK. If you don't have an Amazon Web Services account, use the following procedure to create one.
If you do not have an Amazon Web Services account, use the following procedure to create one.
To sign up for Amazon Web Services
Open http://www.amazonaws.cn/
and choose Sign Up. Follow the on-screen instructions.
Secure IAM users
After you sign up for an Amazon Web Services account, safeguard your administrative user by turning on multi-factor authentication (MFA). For instructions, see Enable a virtual MFA device for an IAM user (console) in the IAM User Guide.
To give other users access to your Amazon Web Services account resources, create IAM users. To secure your IAM users, turn on MFA and only give the IAM users the permissions needed to perform their tasks.
For more information about creating and securing IAM users, see the following topics in the IAM User Guide:
Download the Appropriate Amazon SDK
To try the getting started exercise, you must decide which programming language you want to use, and then download the appropriate Amazon SDK for your development platform.
The getting started exercise provides examples in Java and C#.
Downloading the Amazon SDK for Java
To test the Java examples in this developer guide, you need the Amazon SDK for Java. You have the following download options:
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If you are using Eclipse, you can download and install the Amazon Toolkit for Eclipse by using the update site http://www.amazonaws.cn/eclipse/
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If you are using any other IDE to create your application, download the Amazon SDK for Java
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Downloading the Amazon SDK for .NET
To test the C# examples in this developer guide, you need the Amazon SDK for .NET. You have the following download options:
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If you are using Visual Studio, you can install both the Amazon SDK for .NET and the Amazon Toolkit for Visual Studio. The toolkit provides Amazon Explorer for Visual Studio and project templates that you can use for development. To download the Amazon SDK for .NET, go to http://www.amazonaws.cn/sdkfornet
. By default, the installation script installs both the Amazon SDK and the Amazon Toolkit for Visual Studio. To learn more about the toolkit, see the Amazon Toolkit for Visual Studio User Guide. -
If you are using any other IDE to create your application, you can use the same link provided in the preceding step and install only the Amazon SDK for .NET.