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# s3_lifecycle – Manage s3 bucket lifecycle rules in AWS

- Synopsis

- Requirements

- Parameters

- Notes

- Examples

- Status

## Synopsis

- Manage s3 bucket lifecycle rules in AWS

## Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

- boto

- python >= 2.6

- python-dateutil

## Parameters

Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments
--- | --- | ---
aws_access_key string |  | AWS access key. If not set then the value of the AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID, AWS_ACCESS_KEY or EC2_ACCESS_KEY environment variable is used. aliases: ec2_access_key, access_key
aws_secret_key string |  | AWS secret key. If not set then the value of the AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY, AWS_SECRET_KEY, or EC2_SECRET_KEY environment variable is used. aliases: ec2_secret_key, secret_key
debug_botocore_endpoint_logs boolean added in 2.8 | Choices: no ← yes | Use a botocore.endpoint logger to parse the unique (rather than total) "resource:action" API calls made during a task, outputing the set to the resource_actions key in the task results. Use the aws_resource_action callback to output to total list made during a playbook. The ANSIBLE_DEBUG_BOTOCORE_LOGS environment variable may also be used.
ec2_url string |  | Url to use to connect to EC2 or your Eucalyptus cloud (by default the module will use EC2 endpoints). Ignored for modules where region is required. Must be specified for all other modules if region is not used. If not set then the value of the EC2_URL environment variable, if any, is used.
expiration_date - |  | Indicates the lifetime of the objects that are subject to the rule by the date they will expire. The value must be ISO-8601 format, the time must be midnight and a GMT timezone must be specified.
expiration_days - |  | Indicates the lifetime, in days, of the objects that are subject to the rule. The value must be a non-zero positive integer.
name - / required |  | Name of the s3 bucket
noncurrent_version_expiration_days - added in 2.6 |  | Delete noncurrent versions this many days after they become noncurrent
noncurrent_version_storage_class - added in 2.6 | Choices: glacier ← onezone_ia standard_ia | Transition noncurrent versions to this storage class
noncurrent_version_transition_days - added in 2.6 |  | Transition noncurrent versions this many days after they become noncurrent
noncurrent_version_transitions - added in 2.6 |  | A list of transition behaviors to be applied to noncurrent versions for the rule. Each storage class may be used only once. Each transition behavior contains these elements transition_days storage_class
prefix - |  | Prefix identifying one or more objects to which the rule applies. If no prefix is specified, the rule will apply to the whole bucket.
profile string |  | Uses a boto profile. Only works with boto >= 2.24.0.
purge_transitions boolean added in 2.6 | Choices: no yes ← | "Whether to replace all the current transition(s) with the new transition(s). When false, the provided transition(s) will be added, replacing transitions with the same storage_class. When true, existing transitions will be removed and replaced with the new transition(s)
region string |  | The AWS region to use. If not specified then the value of the AWS_REGION or EC2_REGION environment variable, if any, is used. See http://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/rande.html#ec2_region aliases: aws_region, ec2_region
rule_id - |  | Unique identifier for the rule. The value cannot be longer than 255 characters. A unique value for the rule will be generated if no value is provided.
security_token string |  | AWS STS security token. If not set then the value of the AWS_SECURITY_TOKEN or EC2_SECURITY_TOKEN environment variable is used. aliases: access_token
state - | Choices: present ← absent | Create or remove the lifecycle rule
status - | Choices: enabled ← disabled | If 'enabled', the rule is currently being applied. If 'disabled', the rule is not currently being applied.
storage_class - | Choices: glacier ← onezone_ia standard_ia | The storage class to transition to. Currently there are two supported values - 'glacier', 'onezone_ia', or 'standard_ia'. The 'standard_ia' class is only being available from Ansible version 2.2.
transition_date - |  | Indicates the lifetime of the objects that are subject to the rule by the date they will transition to a different storage class. The value must be ISO-8601 format, the time must be midnight and a GMT timezone must be specified. If transition_days is not specified, this parameter is required."
transition_days - |  | Indicates when, in days, an object transitions to a different storage class. If transition_date is not specified, this parameter is required.
transitions - added in 2.6 |  | A list of transition behaviors to be applied to the rule. Each storage class may be used only once. Each transition behavior may contain these elements transition_days transition_date storage_class
validate_certs boolean | Choices: no yes ← | When set to "no", SSL certificates will not be validated for boto versions >= 2.6.0.

## Notes

Note

- If specifying expiration time as days then transition time must also be specified in days

- If specifying expiration time as a date then transition time must also be specified as a date

- If parameters are not set within the module, the following environment variables can be used in decreasing order of precedence `AWS_URL` or `EC2_URL`, `AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID` or `AWS_ACCESS_KEY` or `EC2_ACCESS_KEY`, `AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY` or `AWS_SECRET_KEY` or `EC2_SECRET_KEY`, `AWS_SECURITY_TOKEN` or `EC2_SECURITY_TOKEN`, `AWS_REGION` or `EC2_REGION`

- Ansible uses the boto configuration file (typically ~/.boto) if no credentials are provided. See https://boto.readthedocs.io/en/latest/boto_config_tut.html

- `AWS_REGION` or `EC2_REGION` can be typically be used to specify the AWS region, when required, but this can also be configured in the boto config file

## Examples

    # Note: These examples do not set authentication details, see the AWS Guide for details.

    # Configure a lifecycle rule on a bucket to expire (delete) items with a prefix of /logs/ after 30 days
    - s3_lifecycle:
        name: mybucket
        expiration_days: 30
        prefix: /logs/
        status: enabled
        state: present

    # Configure a lifecycle rule to transition all items with a prefix of /logs/ to glacier after 7 days and then delete after 90 days
    - s3_lifecycle:
        name: mybucket
        transition_days: 7
        expiration_days: 90
        prefix: /logs/
        status: enabled
        state: present

    # Configure a lifecycle rule to transition all items with a prefix of /logs/ to glacier on 31 Dec 2020 and then delete on 31 Dec 2030.
    # Note that midnight GMT must be specified.
    # Be sure to quote your date strings
    - s3_lifecycle:
        name: mybucket
        transition_date: "2020-12-30T00:00:00.000Z"
        expiration_date: "2030-12-30T00:00:00.000Z"
        prefix: /logs/
        status: enabled
        state: present

    # Disable the rule created above
    - s3_lifecycle:
        name: mybucket
        prefix: /logs/
        status: disabled
        state: present

    # Delete the lifecycle rule created above
    - s3_lifecycle:
        name: mybucket
        prefix: /logs/
        state: absent

    # Configure a lifecycle rule to transition all backup files older than 31 days in /backups/ to standard infrequent access class.
    - s3_lifecycle:
        name: mybucket
        prefix: /backups/
        storage_class: standard_ia
        transition_days: 31
        state: present
        status: enabled

    # Configure a lifecycle rule to transition files to infrequent access after 30 days and glacier after 90
    - s3_lifecycle:
        name: mybucket
        prefix: /logs/
        state: present
        status: enabled
        transitions:
          - transition_days: 30
            storage_class: standard_ia
          - transition_days: 90
            storage_class: glacier

## Status

- This module is guaranteed to have backward compatible interface changes going forward. [stableinterface]

- This module is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]

### Authors

- Rob White (@wimnat)

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