Setting Object Lock retention using Batch Operations

You can use Amazon S3 Batch Operations with S3 Object Lock to manage retention for many Amazon S3 objects at once. You specify the list of target objects in your manifest and submit it to Batch Operations for completion. For more information, see S3 Object Lock retention and S3 Object Lock legal hold.

The following examples show how to create an AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) role with S3 Batch Operations permissions and update the role permissions to include the s3:PutObjectRetention permissions so that you can run S3 Object Lock retention on the objects in your manifest bucket. You must also have a CSV manifest that identifies the objects for your S3 Batch Operations job. For more information, see Specifying a manifest.

To use the following examples, replace the user input placeholders with your own information.

Using the AWS CLI

The following AWS CLI example shows how to use Batch Operations to apply S3 Object Lock retention across multiple objects.

export AWS_PROFILE='aws-user'

read -d '' retention_permissions <<EOF
{
    "Version": "2012-10-17",
    "Statement": [
        {
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action": [
                "s3:PutObjectRetention"
            ],
            "Resource": [
                "arn:aws:s3:::{{amzn-s3-demo-manifest-bucket}}/*"
            ]
        }
    ]
}
EOF

aws iam put-role-policy --role-name batch_operations-objectlock --policy-name retention-permissions --policy-document "${retention_permissions}" 

Using the AWS SDK for Java

The following AWS SDK for Java example shows how to use Batch Operations to apply S3 Object Lock retention across multiple objects.

public void allowPutObjectRetention() {
    final String roleName = "batch_operations-object-lock";

    final String retentionPermissions = "{" +
            "    \"Version\": \"2012-10-17\"," +
            "    \"Statement\": [" +
            "        {" +
            "            \"Effect\": \"Allow\"," +
            "            \"Action\": [" +
            "                \"s3:PutObjectRetention\"" +
            "            ]," +
            "            \"Resource\": [" +
            "                \"arn:aws:s3:::amzn-s3-demo-manifest-bucket*\"" +
            "            ]" +
            "        }" +
            "    ]" +
            "}";

    final AmazonIdentityManagement iam =
            AmazonIdentityManagementClientBuilder.defaultClient();

    final PutRolePolicyRequest putRolePolicyRequest = new PutRolePolicyRequest()
            .withPolicyDocument(retentionPermissions)
            .withPolicyName("retention-permissions")
            .withRoleName(roleName);

    final PutRolePolicyResult putRolePolicyResult = iam.putRolePolicy(putRolePolicyRequest);
}