Working With Amazon S3 Lifecycle Configurations

In this lesson, we will discuss AWS S3 Lifecycle configurations, a tool to automate the movement and deletion of content through S3 storage classes. If you’re looking for information on how to create Lifecycle configurations, this is the lesson for you!

Learning Objectives

• What a Lifecycle configuration is
• Why Lifecycle configurations are beneficial 
• How to create a Lifecycle configuration
• The limitations of Lifecycle configurations

Intended Audience

This lesson has been created for those looking to better manage their storage lifecycle and S3 storage costs or those already planning on implementing or using Lifecycle configurations that may need more information on how they work.

Prerequisites

To get the most from this lesson, you should have a strong understanding of S3, including knowledge of storage classes, multipart uploads, object versioning, object tags, and prefixes. Familiarity with XML and JSON will help you understand some of the practical parts of this lesson. For more information on the S3 service, check out existing content here: Deep Dive: Amazon S3.