Rule - Amazon Simple Storage Service
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Rule

Specifies lifecycle rules for an Amazon S3 bucket. For more information, see Put Bucket Lifecycle Configuration in the Amazon S3 API Reference. For examples, see Put Bucket Lifecycle Configuration Examples.

Contents

Prefix

Object key prefix that identifies one or more objects to which this rule applies.

Important

Replacement must be made for object keys containing special characters (such as carriage returns) when using XML requests. For more information, see XML related object key constraints.

Type: String

Required: Yes

Status

If Enabled, the rule is currently being applied. If Disabled, the rule is not currently being applied.

Type: String

Valid Values: Enabled | Disabled

Required: Yes

AbortIncompleteMultipartUpload

Specifies the days since the initiation of an incomplete multipart upload that Amazon S3 will wait before permanently removing all parts of the upload. For more information, see Aborting Incomplete Multipart Uploads Using a Bucket Lifecycle Configuration in the Amazon S3 User Guide.

Type: AbortIncompleteMultipartUpload data type

Required: No

Expiration

Specifies the expiration for the lifecycle of the object.

Type: LifecycleExpiration data type

Required: No

ID

Unique identifier for the rule. The value can't be longer than 255 characters.

Type: String

Required: No

NoncurrentVersionExpiration

Specifies when noncurrent object versions expire. Upon expiration, Amazon S3 permanently deletes the noncurrent object versions. You set this lifecycle configuration action on a bucket that has versioning enabled (or suspended) to request that Amazon S3 delete noncurrent object versions at a specific period in the object's lifetime.

Type: NoncurrentVersionExpiration data type

Required: No

NoncurrentVersionTransition

Container for the transition rule that describes when noncurrent objects transition to the STANDARD_IA, ONEZONE_IA, INTELLIGENT_TIERING, GLACIER_IR, GLACIER, or DEEP_ARCHIVE storage class. If your bucket is versioning-enabled (or versioning is suspended), you can set this action to request that Amazon S3 transition noncurrent object versions to the STANDARD_IA, ONEZONE_IA, INTELLIGENT_TIERING, GLACIER_IR, GLACIER, or DEEP_ARCHIVE storage class at a specific period in the object's lifetime.

Type: NoncurrentVersionTransition data type

Required: No

Transition

Specifies when an object transitions to a specified storage class. For more information about Amazon S3 lifecycle configuration rules, see Transitioning Objects Using Amazon S3 Lifecycle in the Amazon S3 User Guide.

Type: Transition data type

Required: No

See Also

For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific Amazon SDKs, see the following: