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Amazon Data Lifecycle Manager examples using Amazon CLI

The following code examples show you how to perform actions and implement common scenarios by using the Amazon Command Line Interface with Amazon Data Lifecycle Manager.

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The following code example shows how to use create-default-role.

Amazon CLI

To create the required IAM role for Amazon DLM

The following dlm create-default-role example creates the AmazonDataLifecycleManagerDefaultRole default role for managing snapshots.

aws dlm create-default-role \
    --resource-type snapshot

This command produces no output.

For more information, see Default service roles for Amazon Data Lifecycle Manager in the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud User Guide.

The following code example shows how to use create-lifecycle-policy.

Amazon CLI

To create a lifecycle policy

The following create-lifecycle-policy example creates a lifecycle policy that creates a daily snapshot of volumes at the specified time. The specified tags are added to the snapshots, and tags are also copied from the volume and added to the snapshots. If creating a new snapshot exceeds the specified maximum count, the oldest snapshot is deleted.

aws dlm create-lifecycle-policy \
    --description "My first policy" \
    --state ENABLED \
    --execution-role-arn arn:aws:iam::12345678910:role/AWSDataLifecycleManagerDefaultRole \
    --policy-details file://policyDetails.json

Contents of policyDetails.json:

{
    "ResourceTypes": [
        "VOLUME"
    ],
    "TargetTags": [
        {
            "Key": "costCenter",
            "Value": "115"
        }
    ],
    "Schedules":[
        {
            "Name": "DailySnapshots",
            "CopyTags": true,
            "TagsToAdd": [
                {
                    "Key": "type",
                     "Value": "myDailySnapshot"
                }
            ],
            "CreateRule": {
                "Interval": 24,
                "IntervalUnit": "HOURS",
                "Times": [
                    "03:00"
                ]
            },
            "RetainRule": {
                "Count":5
            }
        }
    ]
}

Output:

{
    "PolicyId": "policy-0123456789abcdef0"
}

The following code example shows how to use delete-lifecycle-policy.

Amazon CLI

To delete a lifecycle policy

The following example deletes the specified lifecycle policy.:

aws dlm delete-lifecycle-policy --policy-id policy-0123456789abcdef0

The following code example shows how to use get-lifecycle-policies.

Amazon CLI

To get a summary of your lifecycle policies

The following get-lifecycle-policies example lists all of your lifecycle policies.

aws dlm get-lifecycle-policies

Output:

{
    "Policies": [
        {
            "PolicyId": "policy-0123456789abcdef0",
            "Description": "My first policy",
            "State": "ENABLED"
        }
    ]
}

The following code example shows how to use get-lifecycle-policy.

Amazon CLI

To describe a lifecycle policy

The following get-lifecycle-policy example displays details for the specified lifecycle policy.

aws dlm get-lifecycle-policy \
    --policy-id policy-0123456789abcdef0

Output:

{
    "Policy": {
        "PolicyId": "policy-0123456789abcdef0",
        "Description": "My policy",
        "State": "ENABLED",
        "ExecutionRoleArn": "arn:aws:iam::123456789012:role/AWSDataLifecycleManagerDefaultRole",
        "DateCreated": "2019-08-08T17:45:42Z",
        "DateModified": "2019-08-08T17:45:42Z",
        "PolicyDetails": {
            "PolicyType": "EBS_SNAPSHOT_MANAGEMENT",
            "ResourceTypes": [
                "VOLUME"
            ],
            "TargetTags": [
              {
                  "Key": "costCenter",
                  "Value": "115"
              }
            ],
            "Schedules": [
              {
                  "Name": "DailySnapshots",
                  "CopyTags": true,
                  "TagsToAdd": [
                    {
                        "Key": "type",
                        "Value": "myDailySnapshot"
                    }
                  ],
                  "CreateRule": {
                    "Interval": 24,
                    "IntervalUnit": "HOURS",
                    "Times": [
                        "03:00"
                    ]
                  },
                  "RetainRule": {
                    "Count": 5
                  }
              }
            ]
        }
    }
}

The following code example shows how to use update-lifecycle-policy.

Amazon CLI

Example 1: To enable a lifecycle policy

The following update-lifecycle-policy example enables the specified lifecycle policy.

aws dlm update-lifecycle-policy \
    --policy-id policy-0123456789abcdef0 \
    --state ENABLED

Example 2: To disable a lifecycle policy

The following update-lifecycle-policy example disables the specified lifecycle policy.

aws dlm update-lifecycle-policy \
    --policy-id policy-0123456789abcdef0 \
    --state DISABLED

Example 3: To update the details for lifecycle policy

The following update-lifecycle-policy example updates the target tags for the specified lifecycle policy.

aws dlm update-lifecycle-policy \
    --policy-id policy-0123456789abcdef0
    --policy-details file://policyDetails.json

Contents of policyDetails.json. Other details not referenced in this file are not changed by the command.

{
    "TargetTags": [
        {
            "Key": "costCenter",
            "Value": "120"
        },
        {
            "Key": "project",
            "Value": "lima"
        }
    ]
}