The following command applies a lifecycle configuration to the bucket ``my-bucket``:: aws s3api put-bucket-lifecycle --bucket my-bucket --lifecycle-configuration file://lifecycle.json The file ``lifecycle.json`` is a JSON document in the current folder that specifies two rules:: { "Rules": [ { "ID": "Move to Glacier after sixty days (objects in logs/2015/)", "Prefix": "logs/2015/", "Status": "Enabled", "Transition": { "Days": 60, "StorageClass": "GLACIER" } }, { "Expiration": { "Date": "2016-01-01T00:00:00.000Z" }, "ID": "Delete 2014 logs in 2016.", "Prefix": "logs/2014/", "Status": "Enabled" } ] } The first rule moves files to Amazon Glacier after sixty days. The second rule deletes files from Amazon S3 on the specified date. For information on acceptable timestamp formats, see `Specifying Parameter Values`_ in the *AWS CLI User Guide*. Each rule in the above example specifies a policy (``Transition`` or ``Expiration``) and file prefix (folder name) to which it applies. You can also create a rule that applies to an entire bucket by specifying a blank prefix:: { "Rules": [ { "ID": "Move to Glacier after sixty days (all objects in bucket)", "Prefix": "", "Status": "Enabled", "Transition": { "Days": 60, "StorageClass": "GLACIER" } } ] } .. _`Specifying Parameter Values`: http://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/cli-using-param.html