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Disabling compaction optimizer

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Disabling compaction optimizer - AWS Glue

You can disable automatic compaction for a particular Apache Iceberg table using AWS Glue console or AWS CLI.

Console

  1. Sign in to the AWS Management Console and open the AWS Glue console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/glue/.

  2. On the left navigation, under Data Catalog, choose Tables.

  3. From the tables list, choose the Iceberg table that you want to disable compaction.

  4. Choose the Table optimization tab on the lower section of the Tables details page.

  5. From Actions, choose Disable, and then choose Compaction.

  6. Choose Disable compaction on the confirmation message. You can re-enable compaction at a later time.

    After the you confirm, compaction is disabled and the compaction status for the table turns back to Disabled.

AWS CLI

In the following example, replace the account ID with a valid AWS account ID. Replace the database name and table name with actual Iceberg table name and the database name. Replace the roleArn with the AWS Resource Name (ARN) of the IAM role and actual name of the IAM role that has the required permissions to run compaction.

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":'false', "vpcConfiguration":{"glueConnectionName":"glue_connection_name"}}'\ 
  --type compaction
AWS API

Call UpdateTableOptimizer operation to disable compaction for a specific table.

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  1. Sign in to the AWS Management Console and open the AWS Glue console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/glue/.

  2. On the left navigation, under Data Catalog, choose Tables.

  3. From the tables list, choose the Iceberg table that you want to disable compaction.

  4. Choose the Table optimization tab on the lower section of the Tables details page.

  5. From Actions, choose Disable, and then choose Compaction.

  6. Choose Disable compaction on the confirmation message. You can re-enable compaction at a later time.

    After the you confirm, compaction is disabled and the compaction status for the table turns back to Disabled.

Related resources

AWS Glue DataBrew Developer Guide
AWS CLI commands for AWS Glue
SDKs & Tools 

Related resources

AWS Glue DataBrew Developer Guide
AWS CLI commands for AWS Glue
SDKs & Tools 
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