Lifecycle Configuration

• Can tell S3 to transition objects to less expensive storage classes, or archive or delete them.

• Set of rules that define actions that Amazon S3 applies to a group of objects.

• Two types of actions:

  • Transition actions:

    • Define when objects transition to another storage class.

  • Expiration actions:

    • Define when objects expire.

    • S3 deletes expired objects on your behalf.

Transition:

• S3 Standard storage class to any other storage class.

• Any storage class to the S3 Glacier or S3 Glacier Deep Archive.

• S3 Standard-IA to the S3 Intelligent-Tiering or S3 One Zone-IA.

• S3 Intelligent-Tiering to the S3 One Zone-IA.

• S3 Glacier to S3 Glacier Deep Archive.

• To move object:

  • From S3 Standard to S3 Standard-IA or S3 One Zone-IA, object needs to be stored in S3 Standard for at least 30 days.

  • From S3 Standard-IA or S3 One Zone-IA or S3 Intelligent Tiering to S3 Glacier or S3 Glacier Deep Archive, object needs to be stored in S3 Standard-IA or S3 One Zone-IA or S3 Intelligent Tiering

    for at least 30 days.