Updated on 2024-04-16 GMT+08:00

Lifecycle Management Overview

Lifecycle management means periodically deleting objects in a bucket by configuring rules.

You may configure lifecycle rules to:
  • Periodically delete logs that are only meant to be retained for a specific period of time (a week or a month).

You can define lifecycle rules for your scenarios similar to those mentioned above to better manage your objects.

Lifecycle rules have the following key elements:

  • Prefix

    You can specify an object name prefix to apply a lifecycle rule to a set of objects. You can also apply a lifecycle rule to the entire bucket (including the objects in it).

  • Expiration time

    You can specify the number of days since the last object update after which objects meeting specified conditions are automatically expired and then deleted.