Configuring lifecycle policies

When you create an EFS file system that has the recommended settings using the AWS Management Console, the file system is automatically configured with the following default lifecycle configuration:

• Transition into IA is set to 30 days since last access.

• Transition into Archive is set to 90 days since last access.

• Transition into Standard is set to None.

You can change the default lifecycle policies when creating a file system with customized settings using the AWS Management Console or when creating a file system using the AWS CLI. Alternately, you can change the policies after the file system is created, as described in the following procedures.

Configuring lifecycle policies for an existing file system (console)

You can use the AWS Management Console to set the lifecycle policies for an existing file system.

1. Sign in to the AWS Management Console and open the Amazon EFS console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/efs/.

2. Choose File systems to display the list of file systems in your account.

3. Choose the file system on which you want to modify lifecycle policies.

4. On the file system details page, in the General section, choose Edit. The Edit page displays.

5. For Lifecycle management, configure the lifecycle policies:

   • Set Transition into IA to one of the available options. To stop moving files into IA storage, choose None.

   • Set Transition into Archive to one of the available options. To stop moving files into Archive storage, choose None.

   • Set Transition into Standard to On first access to move files that are in IA storage to standard storage when they're accessed for non-metadata operations.

     To stop moving files from IA or Archive to Standard storage on first access, select None.

6. Choose Save changes to save your changes.

Configuring lifecycle policies for an existing file system (CLI)

You can use the AWS CLI to set or modify a file system's lifecycle policies.

• Run the put-lifecycle-configuration AWS CLI command or the PutLifecycleConfiguration API command, specifying the file system ID of the file system for which you are managing lifecycle management.

  $  aws efs put-lifecycle-configuration \
  --file-system-id File-System-ID \
  --lifecycle-policies "[{\"TransitionToIA\":\"AFTER_60_DAYS\"},{\"TransitionToPrimaryStorageClass\":\"AFTER_1_ACCESS\"},{\"TransitionToArchive\":\"AFTER_90_DAYS\"}]" \
  --region us-west-2 \
  --profile adminuser
            

  You get the following response.

  {
      "LifecyclePolicies": [
          {
              "TransitionToIA": "AFTER_60_DAYS"
          },
          {
              "TransitionToPrimaryStorageClass": "AFTER_1_ACCESS"
          },
          {
              "TransitionToArchive": "AFTER_90_DAYS"
          }
      ]
  }

To stop lifecycle management for an existing file system (CLI)

• Run the put-lifecycle-configuration command specifying the file system ID of the file system for which you are stopping lifecycle management. Keep the --lifecycle-policies property empty.

  $  aws efs put-lifecycle-configuration \
  --file-system-id File-System-ID \
  --lifecycle-policies \
  --region us-west-2 \
  --profile adminuser
            

  You get the following response.

  {
      "LifecyclePolicies": []
  }