S3 Buckets Lifecycle Configuration

01 Sign in to the AWS Management Console.

02 Navigate to Amazon S3 console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/s3/.

03 Click on the name of the S3 bucket that you want to examine to access the bucket configuration settings.

04 Select the Management tab from the console menu to access the management settings available for the selected bucket.

05 In the Lifecycle rules section, search for existing lifecycle configuration rules. If there are no rules listed in the Lifecycle rules section or the status of the existing rule(s) is set to Disabled, the S3 lifecycle configuration is not enabled for the selected Amazon S3 bucket.

06 Repeat steps no. 3 – 5 to determine the S3 lifecycle configuration status for other Amazon S3 buckets available within your AWS cloud account.

01 Run list-buckets command (OSX/Linux/UNIX) using custom query filters to list the names of all Amazon S3 buckets available in your AWS cloud account:

aws s3api list-buckets
	--query 'Buckets[*].Name'

02 The command output should return the names of your S3 buckets:

[
  "cc-prod-web-data",
  "cc-project5-logs"
]

03 Run get-bucket-lifecycle-configuration command (OSX/Linux/UNIX) using the name of the Amazon S3 bucket that you want to examine as the identifier parameter to describe the lifecycle configuration rules defined for the selected S3 bucket:

aws s3api get-bucket-lifecycle-configuration
  --bucket cc-prod-web-data
  --query 'Rules'

04 The command output should return the requested configuration information:

1. If get-bucket-lifecycle-configuration command output returns the NoSuchLifecycleConfiguration error message, as shown in the output example below, there are no lifecycle rules defined for the bucket, therefore the S3 lifecycle configuration is not enabled for the selected Amazon S3 bucket:
   An error occurred (NoSuchLifecycleConfiguration) when calling the GetBucketLifecycleConfiguration operation: The lifecycle configuration does not exist
   

2. If get-bucket-lifecycle-configuration command output returns one or more lifecycle rules but the "Status" of these rules is set to "Disabled", as shown in the output example below, the S3 lifecycle configuration is not enabled for the selected Amazon S3 bucket:
   [
     {
       "ID": "cc-transition-to-standard-ia",
       "Filter": {},
       "Status": "Disabled",
       "Transitions": [
         {
           "Days": 30,
           "StorageClass": "STANDARD_IA"
         }
       ]
     }
   ]
   

05 Repeat steps no. 3 and 4 to determine the S3 lifecycle configuration status for other Amazon S3 buckets available in your AWS cloud account.

01 CloudFormation template (JSON):

{
  "AWSTemplateFormatVersion": "2010-09-09",
  "Description": "Set Lifecycle Configuration",
  "Resources": {
    "S3Bucket": {
      "Properties": {
        "BucketName": "cc-prod-web-data",
        "AccessControl": "Private",
        "LifecycleConfiguration": {
          "Rules": [
            {
              "Id": "cc-transition-access-log-data",
              "Prefix": "log",
              "Status": "Enabled",
              "ExpirationInDays": 365,
              "Transitions": [
                {
                  "TransitionInDays": 30,
                  "StorageClass": "STANDARD_IA"
                },
                {
                  "TransitionInDays": 60,
                  "StorageClass": "GLACIER"
                }
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      },
      "Type": "AWS::S3::Bucket"
    }
  }
}

02 CloudFormation template (YAML):

AWSTemplateFormatVersion: '2010-09-09'
Description: Set Lifecycle Configuration
Resources:
  S3Bucket:
  Properties:
    BucketName: cc-prod-web-data
    AccessControl: Private
    LifecycleConfiguration:
      Rules:
      - Id: cc-transition-access-log-data
        Prefix: log
        Status: Enabled
        ExpirationInDays: 365
        Transitions:
        - TransitionInDays: 30
          StorageClass: STANDARD_IA
        - TransitionInDays: 60
          StorageClass: GLACIER
  Type: AWS::S3::Bucket

01 Terraform configuration file (.tf):

terraform {
  required_providers {
    aws = {
      source = "hashicorp/aws"
      version = "~> 3.27"
    }
  }

  required_version = ">= 0.14.9"
}

provider "aws" {
  profile = "default"
  region = "us-east-1"
}

resource "aws_s3_bucket" "data-bucket" {
  bucket = "cc-prod-web-data"
  acl = "private"

  lifecycle_rule {
    id = "cc-transition-access-log-data"
    enabled = true

    prefix = "log/"

    tags = {
      rule = "log"
      autoclean = "true"
    }

    transition {
      days = 30
      storage_class = "STANDARD_IA"
    }

    transition {
      days = 60
      storage_class = "GLACIER"
    }

    expiration {
      days = 365
    }
  }

}

01 Sign in to the AWS Management Console.

02 Navigate to Amazon S3 console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/s3/.

03 Click on the name of the S3 bucket that you want to reconfigure.

04 Select the Management tab from the console menu to access the management settings available for the selected bucket.

05 In the Lifecycle rules section, choose Create lifecycle rule to set up a new lifecycle configuration rule.

06 On the Create lifecycle rule setup page, perform the following actions:

1. For Lifecycle rule name, provide a unique name for your new lifecycle configuration rule.
2. Under Choose a rule scope, select This rule applies to all objects in the bucket, then select the I acknowledge that this rule will apply to all objects in the bucket checkbox to confirm the option. If you want the new rule to apply to specific objects, you must use a filter to identify those objects. In this case, choose Limit the scope of this rule using one or more filters.
3. For Lifecycle rule actions, perform the following actions:
   • Select Transition current versions of objects between storage classes and:
     • Choose Standard-IA from the Storage class transitions dropdown list, then enter 30 in the Days after object creation box. This will transition your objects to the S3 Standard-IA storage class 30 days after creation.
     • Choose Add transition, select Glacier from the Storage class transitions dropdown list, then enter 60 in the Days after object creation box. This will transition your S3 objects to the Glacier storage class 60 days after creation. Select I acknowledge that this lifecycle rule will increase the one-time lifecycle request cost if it transitions small objects for Transitioning small objects to Glacier or Glacier Deep Archive will increase costs.
   • Select Expire current versions of objects and enter 365 in the Number of days after object creation box to enable Amazon S3 to delete your objects a year after creation.
4. Review the rule configuration details listed in the Timeline summary section.
5. Choose Create rule to save your S3 lifecycle configuration rule.

07 Repeat steps no. 3 – 6 to enable S3 lifecycle configuration for other Amazon S3 buckets available in your AWS cloud account.

01 Run put-bucket-lifecycle-configuration command (OSX/Linux/UNIX) using the name of the Amazon S3 bucket that you want to reconfigure as the identifier parameter, to enable S3 lifecycle configuration for the selected Amazon S3 bucket by creating a new lifecycle rule that moves all the objects within the specified bucket to Standard-IA and Glacier storage classes 30 and 60 days after creation, and deletes the S3 objects a year after creation (if successful, the command does not produce an output):

aws s3api put-bucket-lifecycle-configuration
  --bucket cc-prod-web-data
  --lifecycle-configuration '{
  "Rules": [
    {
      "ID": "cc-transition-access-log-data",
      "Status": "Enabled",
      "Filter": {},
      "Expiration": {
        "Days": 365
      },
      "Transitions": [
        {
          "Days": 30,
          "StorageClass": "STANDARD_IA"
        },
        {
          "Days": 60,
          "StorageClass": "GLACIER"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}'

02 Repeat step no. 1 to enable S3 lifecycle configuration for other Amazon S3 buckets available within your AWS cloud account.