# LifecyclePolicySummary
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Summary information about a lifecycle policy.

## Contents
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 ** DefaultPolicy **   <a name="dlm-Type-LifecyclePolicySummary-DefaultPolicy"></a>
 **[Default policies only]** The type of default policy. Values include:  
+  `VOLUME` - Default policy for EBS snapshots
+  `INSTANCE` - Default policy for EBS-backed AMIs
Type: Boolean  
Required: No

 ** Description **   <a name="dlm-Type-LifecyclePolicySummary-Description"></a>
The description of the lifecycle policy.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 0. Maximum length of 500.  
Pattern: `[0-9A-Za-z _-]+`   
Required: No

 ** PolicyId **   <a name="dlm-Type-LifecyclePolicySummary-PolicyId"></a>
The identifier of the lifecycle policy.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 0. Maximum length of 64.  
Pattern: `policy-[a-f0-9]+`   
Required: No

 ** PolicyType **   <a name="dlm-Type-LifecyclePolicySummary-PolicyType"></a>
The type of policy. `EBS_SNAPSHOT_MANAGEMENT` indicates that the policy manages the lifecycle of Amazon EBS snapshots. `IMAGE_MANAGEMENT` indicates that the policy manages the lifecycle of EBS-backed AMIs. `EVENT_BASED_POLICY` indicates that the policy automates cross-account snapshot copies for snapshots that are shared with your account.  
Type: String  
Valid Values: `EBS_SNAPSHOT_MANAGEMENT | IMAGE_MANAGEMENT | EVENT_BASED_POLICY`   
Required: No

 ** State **   <a name="dlm-Type-LifecyclePolicySummary-State"></a>
The activation state of the lifecycle policy.  
Type: String  
Valid Values: `ENABLED | DISABLED | ERROR`   
Required: No

 ** Tags **   <a name="dlm-Type-LifecyclePolicySummary-Tags"></a>
The tags.  
Type: String to string map  
Map Entries: Maximum number of 200 items.  
Key Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 128.  
Key Pattern: `^(?!aws:)[a-zA-Z+-=._:/]+$`   
Value Length Constraints: Maximum length of 256.  
Value Pattern: `[\p{all}]*`   
Required: No

## See Also
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For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/dlm-2018-01-12/LifecyclePolicySummary) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/dlm-2018-01-12/LifecyclePolicySummary) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/dlm-2018-01-12/LifecyclePolicySummary)