minio/docs/lifecycle

Object Lifecycle Configuration Quickstart Guide

Enable object lifecycle configuration on buckets to setup automatic deletion of objects after a specified number of days or a specified date.

1. Prerequisites

• Install MinIO - MinIO Quickstart Guide.
• Install AWS Cli - Installing AWS Command Line Interface

2. Enable bucket lifecycle configuration

1. Create a bucket lifecycle configuration which expires the objects under the prefix uploads/2015 on 2020-01-01T00:00:00.000Z date and the objects under temporary-uploads/ after 7 days. Generate it as shown below:

$ cat >bucket-lifecycle.json << EOF
{
    "Rules": [
        {
            "Expiration": {
                "Date": "2020-01-01T00:00:00.000Z"
            },
            "ID": "Delete very old messenger pictures",
            "Filter": {
                "Prefix": "uploads/2015/"
            },
            "Status": "Enabled"
        },
        {
            "Expiration": {
                "Days": 7
            },
            "ID": "Delete temporary uploads",
            "Filter": {
                "Prefix": "temporary-uploads/"
            },
            "Status": "Enabled"
        }
    ]
}
EOF

2. Enable bucket lifecycle configuration using aws-cli:

$ export AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID="your-access-key"
$ export AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY="your-secret-key"
$ aws s3api put-bucket-lifecycle-configuration --bucket your-bucket --endpoint-url http://minio-server-address:port --lifecycle-configuration file://bucket-lifecycle.json

Explore Further

• MinIO | Golang Client API Reference
• Object Lifecycle Management