{"id":76210,"date":"2020-10-20T12:09:41","date_gmt":"2020-10-20T12:09:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.whizlabs.com\/blog\/?p=76210"},"modified":"2022-05-25T06:47:24","modified_gmt":"2022-05-25T12:17:24","slug":"create-a-lifecycle-policy-for-an-s3-bucket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.whizlabs.com\/blog\/create-a-lifecycle-policy-for-an-s3-bucket\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Create a Lifecycle Policy for an S3 Bucket?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Want to learn how to create a Lifecycle Policy for an S3 Bucket and optimize your AWS costs? Here we bring a step by step, detailed guide on how to create a lifecycle policy for an S3 bucket. Let’s dive deep and learn!\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Amazon S3 Bucket is a powerful storage tool for cloud computing. Different S3 storage classes allow you to store different types of data according to your access needs. AWS lifecycle policy actions include transitioning objects between classes, deleting or archiving them. You can create a lifecycle policy for all your S3 objects in a single bucket. These objects should use a shared tag or prefix. More so, you can have as many as 1000 policies for each S3 bucket.<\/span><\/p>\n

Creating an Amazon S3 Lifecycle Policy is one of the best AWS cost optimization best practices<\/a> that safely manages how data is stored in your S3 buckets. Using a lifecycle policy, you are instructing Amazon AWS on how to handle an object throughout its lifetime. A lifecycle policy will also let you define actions that apply to modern and legacy versions of objects. Lifecycle Policies are, therefore, crucial for cloud security, internal policy compliance, compliance with legislative requirements, and housekeeping.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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How to Create a Lifecycle Policy for an S3 Bucket<\/span><\/h2>\n

So, are you ready to reduce your AWS bills with the Amazon S3 Lifecycle Policy AWS cost optimization strategy? If yes, let’s move forward to the step-by-step guide on how to create a lifecycle policy for an S3 bucket.<\/p>\n

1. Log in to your AWS console. If you don\u2019t have an AWS account, you can sign up for a free-tier one. This gives you 12-month access to basic AWS Services that you can use to configure, test, and deploy your cloud projects.<\/span><\/p>\n

Go to the\u00a0<\/span>AWS Homepage<\/span><\/a>, Click\u00a0<\/span>My Account<\/span><\/strong>, then select\u00a0<\/span>AWS Management Console<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0under the pop-up menu.<\/span><\/p>\n

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2. Click on Services<\/strong>, and you\u2019ll be redirected to a services tab displaying several AWS services categorized by functionality.<\/p>\n

In the\u00a0<\/span>Services\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>tab, under the\u00a0<\/span>Storage\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>category, select\u00a0<\/span>S3.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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3. You will be sent to a page that lists all your S3 buckets. Select the bucket for which you\u2019d want to set lifecycle policies. This takes you to an overview tab that shows the contents of that bucket.<\/p>\n

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Quick Tip:\u00a0<\/span>Versioning<\/span><\/em>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>allows you to set different lifecycle policies for different versions of objects. To enable versioning, click on your dashboard\u2019s <\/span>Properties\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>tab, and click on the button in the\u00a0<\/span>Versioning\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>column next to the word\u00a0<\/span>Disabled.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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4. The <\/span>Management\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>tab is where you will find all you need to create a lifecycle policy for your S3 bucket. Once you have clicked on the\u00a0<\/span>Management\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>tab, click\u00a0<\/span>\u2018Add Lifecycle Rule\u2019\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>among the options presented to you.<\/span><\/p>\n

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5. Clicking on the <\/span>Add Lifecycle Rule\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>button brings up a dialog box that lets you set your rule\u2019s\u00a0<\/span>Name, Transition, Expiration,\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>and allows you to\u00a0<\/span>Review\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>all your rule\u2019s settings.<\/span><\/p>\n

On the Name and Scope<\/strong> tab, enter a relevant Rule Name which must be unique and that helps you identify the Lifecycle later by its name.<\/p>\n

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Quick Tip: <\/span><\/strong>AWS allows object tagging for easy segregation of storage. If your S3 bucket does not have any object tags, skip the\u00a0<\/span>\u2018Add filter to limit scope to prefix\/tags\u2019\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>portion. To know more about Prefix\/Tags, click here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Once you\u2019ve named your rule, click\u00a0<\/span>Next.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

6. The next page lets you configure your bucket\u2019s storage class <\/span>Transition\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>options. This lets you instruct AWS on how to transition objects between the Standard S3 class and the Standard-IA, Glacier, Deep Storage Archives, and One Zone-IA.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Quick Tip:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>Since we enabled versioning, you can set different transitions for your bucket objects’ previous and current versions.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

To add a transition to your object’s current version, click the radio button beside the words\u00a0<\/span>Current Version,\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>then click\u00a0<\/span>Add Transition.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>You can do the same for previous versions of your object and select both buttons if you’d like to apply the transition to all versions of your object.<\/span><\/p>\n

Each transition gives you five options:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n