Updating snapshot retention optimizer - Amazon Glue
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Updating snapshot retention optimizer

You can update the existing configuration of an snapshot retention optimizer for a particular Apache Iceberg table using the Amazon Glue console, Amazon CLI, or the UpdateTableOptimizer API.

Console
To update snapshot retention configuration

  1. Sign in to the Amazon Web Services Management Console and open the Amazon Glue console at https://console.amazonaws.cn/glue/.

  2. Choose Data Catalog and choose Tables. From the tables list, choose the Iceberg table you want to update the snapshot retention optimizer configuration.

  3. On the lower section of the Tables details page, select the Table optimization tab, and then choose Edit. You can also choose Edit under Optimization from the Actions menu located on the top right corner of the page.

  4. On the Edit optimization page, make the desired changes.

  5. Choose Save.

Amazon CLI

To update a snapshot retention optimizer using the Amazon CLI, you can use the following command: 

aws glue update-table-optimizer \
 --catalog-id 123456789012 \
 --database-name iceberg_db \
 --table-name iceberg_table \
 --table-optimizer-configuration '{"roleArn":"arn:aws:iam::123456789012:role/optimizer_role"","enabled":'true',"retentionConfiguration":{"icebergConfiguration":{"snapshotRetentionPeriodInDays":7,"numberOfSnapshotsToRetain":3,"cleanExpiredFiles":'true'}}}' \
 --type retention

This command updates the retention configuration for the specified table in the given catalog, database, and Region. The key parameters are:

  • snapshotRetentionPeriodInDays –The number of days to retain snapshots before expiring them. The default value is 1.

  • numberOfSnapshotsToRetain – The minimum number of snapshots to keep, even if they are older than the retention period. The default value is 5.

  • cleanExpiredFiles – A boolean indicating whether to delete expired data files after expiring snapshots. The default value is true.

    When set to true, older snapshots are removed from table metadata, and their underlying files are deleted." If this parameter is set to false, older snapshots are removed from table metadata but their underlying files remain in the storage as orphan files.

API

To update a table optimizer, you can use the UpdateTableOptimizer API. This API allows you to update the configuration of an existing table optimizer for compaction, retention, or orphan file removal. The request parameters include:

  • catalogId (required): The ID of the catalog containing the table

  • databaseName (optional): The name of the database containing the table

  • tableName (optional): The name of the table

  • type (required): The type of table optimizer (compaction, retention, or orphan_file_deletion)

  • retentionConfiguration (required): The updated configuration for the table optimizer, including role ARN, enabled status, retention configuration, and orphan file removal configuration.