Request Syntax URI Request Parameters Request Body Response Syntax Response Elements Errors Examples See Also

DescribeLifecycleConfiguration

Returns the current LifecycleConfiguration object for the specified Amazon EFS file system. Lifecycle management uses the LifecycleConfiguration object to identify when to move files between storage classes. For a file system without a LifecycleConfiguration object, the call returns an empty array in the response.

This operation requires permissions for the elasticfilesystem:DescribeLifecycleConfiguration operation.

Request Syntax


GET /2015-02-01/file-systems/FileSystemId/lifecycle-configuration HTTP/1.1

URI Request Parameters

The request uses the following URI parameters.

FileSystemId

The ID of the file system whose LifecycleConfiguration object you want to retrieve (String).

Length Constraints: Maximum length of 128.

Pattern: ^(arn:aws[-a-z]*:elasticfilesystem:[0-9a-z-:]+:file-system/fs-[0-9a-f]{8,40}|fs-[0-9a-f]{8,40})$

Required: Yes

Request Body

The request does not have a request body.

Response Syntax


HTTP/1.1 200
Content-type: application/json

{
   "LifecyclePolicies": [ 
      { 
         "TransitionToArchive": "string",
         "TransitionToIA": "string",
         "TransitionToPrimaryStorageClass": "string"
      }
   ]
}

Response Elements

If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 200 response.

The following data is returned in JSON format by the service.

LifecyclePolicies

An array of lifecycle management policies. EFS supports a maximum of one policy per file system.

Type: Array of LifecyclePolicy objects

Array Members: Maximum number of 3 items.

Errors

BadRequest

Returned if the request is malformed or contains an error such as an invalid parameter value or a missing required parameter.

HTTP Status Code: 400

FileSystemNotFound

Returned if the specified FileSystemId value doesn't exist in the requester's AWS account.

HTTP Status Code: 404

InternalServerError

Returned if an error occurred on the server side.

HTTP Status Code: 500

Examples

Retrieve the lifecycle configuration for a file system

The following request retrieves the LifecycleConfiguration object for the specified file system.

Sample Request


GET /2015-02-01/file-systems/fs-01234567/lifecycle-configuration HTTP/1.1
Host: elasticfilesystem.us-west-2.amazonaws.com
x-amz-date: 20181120T221118Z
Authorization: <...>

Sample Response


HTTP/1.1 200 OK
        x-amzn-RequestId: 01234567-89ab-cdef-0123-456789abcdef
        Content-Type: application/json
        Content-Length: 86
{
  "LifecyclePolicies": [
    {
        "TransitionToArchive": "AFTER_270_DAYS"
    },
    {
        "TransitionToIA": "AFTER_14_DAYS" 
    },
    {
        "TransitionToPrimaryStorageClass": "AFTER_1_ACCESS"
    }
  ]
}