# 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 / Retrive 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_ACCOUNT_ID} ]] || [[ -z ${AWS_ACCOUNT_ID} ]]; 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