**To create a lifecycle policy** The following ``put-lifecycle-policy`` example creates a lifecycle policy for the specified repository in the default registry for an account. :: aws ecr put-lifecycle-policy \ --repository-name "project-a/amazon-ecs-sample" \ --lifecycle-policy-text "file://policy.json" Contents of ``policy.json``:: { "rules": [ { "rulePriority": 1, "description": "Expire images older than 14 days", "selection": { "tagStatus": "untagged", "countType": "sinceImagePushed", "countUnit": "days", "countNumber": 14 }, "action": { "type": "expire" } } ] } Output:: { "registryId": "<aws_account_id>", "repositoryName": "project-a/amazon-ecs-sample", "lifecyclePolicyText": "{\"rules\":[{\"rulePriority\":1,\"description\":\"Expire images older than 14 days\",\"selection\":{\"tagStatus\":\"untagged\",\"countType\":\"sinceImagePushed\",\"countUnit\":\"days\",\"countNumber\":14},\"action\":{\"type\":\"expire\"}}]}" } For more information, see `Lifecycle Policies <https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonECR/latest/userguide/LifecyclePolicies.html>`__ in the *Amazon ECR User Guide*.