The following command configures a data retrieval policy for the in-use account:: aws glacier set-data-retrieval-policy --account-id - --policy file://data-retrieval-policy.json ``data-retrieval-policy.json`` is a JSON file in the current folder that specifies a data retrieval policy:: { "Rules":[ { "Strategy":"BytesPerHour", "BytesPerHour":10737418240 } ] } Amazon Glacier requires an account ID argument when performing operations, but you can use a hyphen to specify the in-use account. The following command sets the data retrieval policy to ``FreeTier`` using inline JSON:: aws glacier set-data-retrieval-policy --account-id - --policy '{"Rules":[{"Strategy":"FreeTier"}]}' See `Set Data Retrieval Policy`_ in the *Amazon Glacier API Reference* for details on the policy format. .. _`Set Data Retrieval Policy`: http://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonglacier/latest/dev/api-SetDataRetrievalPolicy.html