Creating a Vault in Amazon S3 Glacier Using the AWS Command Line Interface

Follow these steps to create a vault 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: Creating a Vault Using the AWS CLI

1. Use the create-vault command to create a vault named awsexamplevault under account 111122223333.

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

   Expected output:

   
   {
       "location": "/111122223333/vaults/awsexamplevault"
   }
   						

2. Verify creation using the describe-vault command.

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