Delete all archives in an AWS Vault

aws_glacier_delete_vault.md

AWS Glacier: Delete vault

Follow these steps to remove all archives from an AWS vault. After this is finished, you will be able to delete the vault itself through the browser console.

Step 1 / Retrieve inventory

This will create a job that collects required information about the vault.

$ aws glacier initiate-job --job-parameters '{"Type": "inventory-retrieval"}' --account-id YOUR_ACCOUNT_ID --region YOUR_REGION --vault-name YOUR_VAULT_NAME 

This can take hours or even days, depending on the size of the vault. Use the following command to check if it is ready:

aws glacier list-jobs --account-id YOUR_ACCOUNT_ID --region YOUR_REGION --vault-name YOUR_VAULT_NAME 

Copy the JobId (including the quotes) for the next step.

Step 2 / Get the ArchivesIds

The following command will result in a file listing all archive IDs, required for step 3.

$ aws glacier get-job-output --account-id YOUR_ACCOUNT_ID --region YOUR_REGION --vault-name YOUR_VAULT_NAME --job-id YOUR_JOB_ID ./output.json

Step 3 / Delete archives

Set the following parameters through environment variables:

export AWS_ACCOUNT_ID=YOUR_ACCOUNT_ID
export AWS_REGION=YOUR_REGION
export AWS_VAULT_NAME=cvast-YOUR_VAULT_NAME

Create a file with the following content and run it:

#!/bin/bash

file='./output.json'

if [[ -z ${AWS_ACCOUNT_ID} ]] || [[ -z ${AWS_REGION} ]] || [[ -z ${AWS_VAULT_NAME} ]]; then
	echo "Please set the following environment variables: "
	echo "AWS_ACCOUNT_ID"
	echo "AWS_REGION"
	echo "AWS_VAULT_NAME"
	exit 1
fi

archive_ids=$(jq .ArchiveList[].ArchiveId < $file)

for archive_id in ${archive_ids}; do
    echo "Deleting Archive: ${archive_id}"
    aws glacier delete-archive --archive-id=${archive_id} --vault-name ${AWS_VAULT_NAME} --account-id ${AWS_ACCOUNT_ID} --region ${AWS_REGION}
done

echo "Finished deleting archives"

Acknowledgement

This tutorial is based on this one: https://gist.github.com/Remiii/507f500b5c4e801e4ddc