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

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

(Prerequisite) Setting Up the Amazon CLI

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

    Installing the Amazon Command Line Interface

    Configuring the Amazon Command Line Interface

  2. Verify your Amazon 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 Amazon Web Services account ID.

      aws glacier list-vaults --account-id 123456789012

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

      aws configure list

Example: Retrieving Vault Metadata Using the Amazon 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