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PutRetentionPolicy
Sets the retention of the specified log group. A retention policy allows you to configure the number of days for which to retain log events in the specified log group.
Request Syntax
{ "logGroupName": "string", "retentionInDays":number}
Request Parameters
For information about the parameters that are common to all actions, see Common Parameters.
The request accepts the following data in JSON format.
- logGroupName
-
The name of the log group.
Type: String
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 512.
Pattern:
[\.\-_/#A-Za-z0-9]+Required: Yes
- retentionInDays
-
The number of days to retain the log events in the specified log group. Possible values are: 1, 3, 5, 7, 14, 30, 60, 90, 120, 150, 180, 365, 400, 545, 731, 1827, and 3653.
Type: Integer
Required: Yes
Response Elements
If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 200 response with an empty HTTP body.
Errors
For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see Common Errors.
- InvalidParameterException
-
A parameter is specified incorrectly.
HTTP Status Code: 400
- OperationAbortedException
-
Multiple requests to update the same resource were in conflict.
HTTP Status Code: 400
- ResourceNotFoundException
-
The specified resource does not exist.
HTTP Status Code: 400
- ServiceUnavailableException
-
The service cannot complete the request.
HTTP Status Code: 500
Example
To create or update a retention policy for a log group
The following example creates a 30-day retention policy for the specified log group.
Sample Request
POST / HTTP/1.1 Host: logs.<region>.<domain> X-Amz-Date: <DATE> Authorization: AWS4-HMAC-SHA256 Credential=<Credential>, SignedHeaders=content-type;date;host;user-agent;x-amz-date;x-amz-target;x-amzn-requestid, Signature=<Signature> User-Agent: <UserAgentString> Accept: application/json Content-Type: application/x-amz-json-1.1 Content-Length: <PayloadSizeBytes> Connection: Keep-Alive X-Amz-Target: Logs_20140328.PutRetentionPolicy { "logGroupName": "my-log-group", "retentionInDays": 30 }
Sample Response
HTTP/1.1 200 OK x-amzn-RequestId: <RequestId> Content-Type: application/x-amz-json-1.1 Content-Length: <PayloadSizeBytes> Date: <Date>
See Also
For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:
