mc ilm rule edit

Parameters

ALIAS

Required

The alias and full path to the bucket on the MinIO deployment to which to modify the object lifecycle management rule. For example:

mc ilm rule edit myminio/mydata

--id

Required

The unique ID of the rule. Use mc ilm rule ls to list bucket rules and retrieve the id for the rule you want to modify.

--disable

Optional

Stop using the rule, but retain the rule for future use. Objects do not transition or expire when a rule is disabled.

--enable

Optional

Use a rule to transition or expire objects.

--prefix

Optional

Restrict the management rule to a specific bucket prefix.

For example:

mc ilm rule edit --prefix "meetingnotes/" myminio/mydata --expire-days "90"

The command modifies a rule that expires objects in the mydata bucket of the myminio ALIAS after 90 days for any object with the meetingnotes/ prefix.

--expire-all-object-versions

Optional

New in version mc: RELEASE.2024-02-24T01-33-20Z

Expire all current and noncurrent versions of an object. Use with the --expire-days option to specify the number of days after which all versions of an object should be deleted by the scanner process.

After the scanner processes this command, no versions of the object remain on the deployment.

New in version MinIO: RELEASE.2024-05-01T01-11-10Z

This flag only applies to objects that do not have a delete marker as the latest version.

--expire-days

Optional

The number of days to retain an object after being created. MinIO marks the object for deletion after the specified number of days pass.

Exercise caution when using this option, as its behavior can result in immediate expiration of uploaded objects. Any objects created after the specified expiration date are automatically eligible for expiration. Similarly, specifying a calendar date that is prior to the current system host datetime marks all objects covered by the rule for deletion. Consider immediately removing any ILM rule using this option once the specified calendar date has passed.

For versioned buckets, the expiry rule applies only to the current object version. Use the --noncurrent-expire-days option to apply expiration behavior to noncurrent object versions.

MinIO uses a scanner process to check objects against all configured lifecycle management rules. Slow scanning due to high IO workloads or limited system resources may delay application of lifecycle management rules. See Lifecycle Management Object Scanner for more information.

Mutually exclusive with the following options:

• --expire-delete-marker

--expire-delete-marker

Optional

Specify this option to direct MinIO to remove delete markers for objects with no remaining object versions. Specifically, the delete marker is the only remaining “version” of the given object.

This option is mutually exclusive with the following options:

• --tags

• --expire-days

MinIO uses a scanner process to check objects against all configured lifecycle management rules. Slow scanning due to high IO workloads or limited system resources may delay application of lifecycle management rules. See Lifecycle Management Object Scanner and Object Deletion for more information.

--noncurrent-expire-days

Optional

The number of days to retain an object version after becoming non-current (i.e. a different version of that object is now the HEAD). MinIO marks noncurrent object versions for deletion after the specified number of days pass.

This option has the same behavior as the S3 NoncurrentVersionExpiration action.

MinIO uses a scanner process to check objects against all configured lifecycle management rules. Slow scanning due to high IO workloads or limited system resources may delay application of lifecycle management rules. See Lifecycle Management Object Scanner for more information.

--noncurrent-expire-newer

Optional

The number of non-current versions of an object to retain before applying expiration. Older non-current versions beyond the specified number expire.

By default, MinIO does not retain any non-current versions when an expiration rule applies.

--noncurrent-transition-days

Optional

The number of days an object has been non-current (i.e. replaced by a newer version of that same object) after which MinIO marks the object version as eligible for transition. MinIO transitions the object to the configured remote storage tier specified to the --transition-tier once the system host datetime passes that calendar date.

This option has no effect on non-versioned buckets. Requires specifying --noncurrent-transition-tier.

This option has the same behavior as the S3 NoncurrentVersionTransition action.

MinIO uses a scanner process to check objects against all configured lifecycle management rules. Slow scanning due to high IO workloads or limited system resources may delay application of lifecycle management rules. See Lifecycle Management Object Scanner for more information.

--noncurrent-transition-tier

Optional

The remote storage tier to which MinIO transitions noncurrent objects versions. Specify a remote storage tier created by mc ilm tier add.

MinIO does not automatically migrate objects from the previously specified remote tier to the new remote tier. MinIO continues to route requests for objects stored on the old remote tier.

--tags

Optional

One or more ampersand &-delimited key-value pairs describing the object tags to which to apply the lifecycle configuration rule.

This option is mutually exclusive with the following option:

• --expire-delete-marker

--transition-days

Optional

The number of calendar days from object creation after which MinIO marks an object as eligible for transition. MinIO transitions the object to the configured remote storage tier specified to the --transition-tier.

For versioned buckets, the transition rule applies only to the current object version. Use the --noncurrent-transition-days option to apply transition behavior to noncurrent object versions.

Requires specifying --transition-tier.

MinIO uses a scanner process to check objects against all configured lifecycle management rules. Slow scanning due to high IO workloads or limited system resources may delay application of lifecycle management rules. See Lifecycle Management Object Scanner for more information.

--transition-tier

Optional

The remote storage tier to which MinIO transition objects. Specify a remote storage tier created by mc ilm tier add.

Required if specifying --transition-days.

MinIO does not automatically migrate objects from the previously specified remote tier to the new remote tier. MinIO continues to route requests for objects stored on the old remote tier.

Global Flags

This command supports any of the global flags.

Modify an Existing Lifecycle Management Rule

Use mc ilm rule edit with --id to modify an existing object expiration rule:

mc ilm rule edit ALIAS/PATH --id "RULEID" [FLAGS]

• Replace ALIAS with the alias of the S3-compatible host.

• Replace PATH with the path to the bucket on the S3-compatible host.

• Replace RULEID with the unique ID of the object lifecycle management rule. Use mc ilm rule ls to find the RULEID.

• Specify any additional flags to add or modify the lifecycle management rule. For example, specify --transition-days to override the existing transition days value for the rule.

Disable a Lifecycle Management Rule

Use mc ilm rule edit with --disable to stop using an existing management rule.

mc ilm rule edit --id "RULEID" --disable myminio/mybucket

• Replace RULEID with the unique ID of the object lifecycle management rule. Use mc ilm rule ls to find the RULEID.

• Replace myminio with the ALIAS of the deployment where the rule exists.

• Replace mybucket with the bucket for the rule.

Expire All Versions of a Deleted Object

Starting with MinIO Server RELEASE.2024-05-01T01-11-10Z, MinIO supports deleting all versions of an object that has a delete marker as its latest version. MinIO only supports this function with JSON.

To add this function, first export the rule to modify with mc ilm rule export. Modify the file you exported the rule to with additional JSON that resembles the following:

<DelMarkerObjectExpiration>
    <Days> 10 </Days>
</DelMarkerObjectExpiration>

This example JSON expires all versions of the deleted object after 10 days. Modify the value in the <Days> element to the number of days you want to wait after deleting or expiring the object.

S3 Compatibility

The mc commandline tool is built for compatibility with the AWS S3 API and is tested with MinIO and AWS S3 for expected functionality and behavior.

MinIO provides no guarantees for other S3-compatible services, as their S3 API implementation is unknown and therefore unsupported. While mc commands may work as documented, any such usage is at your own risk.