# Viewing metadata table configurations
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If you've created a metadata table configuration for a general purpose bucket, you can view information about the configuration, such as whether an inventory table has been enabled, or whether journal table record expiration has been enabled. You can also view the status of your journal and inventory tables. 

You can view your metadata table configuration for a general purpose bucket by using the Amazon S3 console, the AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI), the AWS SDKs, or the Amazon S3 REST API.

## View a metadata table configuration
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### Using the S3 console
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**To view a metadata table configuration**

1. Sign in to the AWS Management Console and open the Amazon S3 console at [https://console.aws.amazon.com/s3/](https://console.aws.amazon.com/s3/).

1. In the left navigation pane, choose **General purpose buckets**.

1. Choose the general purpose bucket that contains the metadata table configuration that you want to view.

1. On the bucket's details page, choose the **Metadata** tab. 

1. On the **Metadata** tab, scroll down to the **Metadata configuration** section. In the **Journal table** and **Inventory table** sections, you can view various information for these configurations, such as their Amazon Resource Names (ARNs), the status of your tables, and whether you've enabled journal table record expiration or an inventory table.

### Using the AWS CLI
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To run the following commands, you must have the AWS CLI installed and configured. If you don’t have the AWS CLI installed, see [Install or update to the latest version of the AWS CLI](https://docs.aws.amazon.com//cli/latest/userguide/getting-started-install.html) in the *AWS Command Line Interface User Guide*.

Alternatively, you can run AWS CLI commands from the console by using AWS CloudShell. AWS CloudShell is a browser-based, pre-authenticated shell that you can launch directly from the AWS Management Console. For more information, see [What is CloudShell?](https://docs.aws.amazon.com//cloudshell/latest/userguide/welcome.html) and [Getting started with AWS CloudShell](https://docs.aws.amazon.com//cloudshell/latest/userguide/getting-started.html) in the *AWS CloudShell User Guide*.

**To view a metadata table configuration by using the AWS CLI**

To use the following example command, replace the `user input placeholders` with your own information. 

1. Use the following command to view the metadata table configuration for your general purpose bucket (for example, `amzn-s3-demo-bucket`):

   ```
   aws s3api get-bucket-metadata-configuration \
   --bucket amzn-s3-demo-bucket \
   --region us-east-2
   ```

1. View the output of this command to see the status of your metadata table configuration. For example:

   ```
   {
       "GetBucketMetadataConfigurationResult": {
           "MetadataConfigurationResult": {
               "DestinationResult": {
                   "TableBucketType": "aws",
                   "TableBucketArn": "arn:aws:s3tables:us-east-2:111122223333:bucket/aws-managed-s3-111122223333-us-east-2",
                   "TableNamespace": "b_general-purpose-bucket-name"
               },
               "JournalTableConfigurationResult": {
                   "TableStatus": "ACTIVE",
                   "TableName": "journal",
                   "TableArn": "arn:aws:s3tables:us-east-2:111122223333:bucket/aws-managed-s3-111122223333-us-east-2/table/0f01234c-fe7a-492f-a4c7-adec3864ea85",
                   "EncryptionConfiguration": {
                       "SseAlgorithm": "AES256"
                   },
                   "RecordExpiration": {
                       "Expiration": "ENABLED",
                       "Days": 10
                   }
               },
               "InventoryTableConfigurationResult": {
                   "ConfigurationState": "ENABLED",
                   "TableStatus": "BACKFILL_COMPLETE",
                   "TableName": "inventory",
                   "TableArn": "arn:aws:s3tables:us-east-2:111122223333:bucket/aws-managed-s3-111122223333-us-east-2/table/e123456-b876-4e5e-af29-bb055922ee4d",
                   "EncryptionConfiguration": {
                       "SseAlgorithm": "AES256"
                   }
               }
           }
       }
   }
   ```

### Using the REST API
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You can send REST requests to view a metadata table configuration. For more information, see [https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/API/API_GetBucketMetadataTableConfiguration.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/API/API_GetBucketMetadataTableConfiguration.html).

**Note**  
You can use the V2 `GetBucketMetadataConfiguration` API operation with V1 or V2 metadata table configurations. However, if you try to use the V1 `GetBucketMetadataTableConfiguration` API operation with V2 configurations, you will receive an HTTP `405 Method Not Allowed` error.

### Using the AWS SDKs
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You can use the AWS SDKs to view a metadata table configuration in Amazon S3. For information, see the [list of supported SDKs](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/API/API_GetBucketMetadataTableConfiguration.html#API_GetBucketMetadataTableConfiguration_SeeAlso).