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Updated on 2024-03-04 GMT+08:00

What Are the Application Scenarios of Lifecycle Management?

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).
  • Transition documents that are seldom accessed to the Warm or Cold storage class or delete them.

If you want to delete a large number of objects from a bucket, you can configure a lifecycle rule to automatically delete the expired objects. Table 1 lists the parameters for configuring such a lifecycle rule on OBS Console.

Table 1 Parameters for deletion upon expiration

Parameter

Value

Status

Enable

Rule Name

Example: rule-delete

Applies To

You can apply the deletion rule to the entire bucket or to objects that share the same name prefix in the bucket.

Current Version

Expiration Time

Days: 1

Historical Version

Expiration Time

Days: 1

One day later, objects in the bucket are successfully deleted based on the rule. If you do not need this lifecycle rule, you can disable it or delete it.