Use Cases

With lifecycle configuration, certain predefined actions can be automatically performed when a rule is applied to objects. For example:

• Transition: transitions objects to the STANDARD_IA, INTELLIGENT_TIERING, ARCHIVE or DEEP_ARCHIVE storage class after a specified time of period.
• Expiration: automatically delete objects after their specified expiration time.

For more information, see Lifecycle Overview and Elements of Lifecycle Configuration.

Directions

Via the COS Console

You can configure the lifecycle in the COS Console. For more information, see Lifecycle Management in Console Guide.

Via REST API

You can configure and manage the lifecycle of objects in a bucket through the REST API as described in the following API documentations:

• PUT Bucket lifecycle
• GET Buket lifecycle
• DELETE Bucket lifecycle

Via the SDK

You can directly call the lifecycle method in the SDK. For more information, see the SDK documentation for the corresponding programming language below:

• SDK for Android
• SDK for C
• SDK for C++
• SDK for .NET
• SDK for Go
• SDK for iOS
• SDK for Java
• SDK for JavaScript
• SDK for Node.js
• SDK for PHP
• SDK for Python