UnlockRule
Unlocks a retention rule. After a retention rule is unlocked, it can be modified or deleted only after the unlock delay period expires.
Request Syntax
PATCH /rules/identifier/unlock HTTP/1.1
URI Request Parameters
The request uses the following URI parameters.
- identifier
-
The unique ID of the retention rule.
Pattern:
[0-9a-zA-Z]{11}Required: Yes
Request Body
The request does not have a request body.
Response Syntax
HTTP/1.1 200
Content-type: application/json
{
"Description": "string",
"Identifier": "string",
"LockConfiguration": {
"UnlockDelay": {
"UnlockDelayUnit": "string",
"UnlockDelayValue": number
}
},
"LockEndTime": number,
"LockState": "string",
"ResourceTags": [
{
"ResourceTagKey": "string",
"ResourceTagValue": "string"
}
],
"ResourceType": "string",
"RetentionPeriod": {
"RetentionPeriodUnit": "string",
"RetentionPeriodValue": number
},
"RuleArn": "string",
"Status": "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.
- Description
-
The retention rule description.
Type: String
Pattern:
^[\S ]{0,255}$ - Identifier
-
The unique ID of the retention rule.
Type: String
Pattern:
[0-9a-zA-Z]{11} - LockConfiguration
-
Information about the retention rule lock configuration.
Type: LockConfiguration object
- LockEndTime
-
The date and time at which the unlock delay is set to expire. Only returned for retention rules that have been unlocked and that are still within the unlock delay period.
Type: Timestamp
- LockState
-
The lock state for the retention rule.
-
locked- The retention rule is locked and can't be modified or deleted. -
pending_unlock- The retention rule has been unlocked but it is still within the unlock delay period. The retention rule can be modified or deleted only after the unlock delay period has expired. -
unlocked- The retention rule is unlocked and it can be modified or deleted by any user with the required permissions. -
null- The retention rule has never been locked. Once a retention rule has been locked, it can transition between thelockedandunlockedstates only; it can never transition back tonull.
Type: String
Valid Values:
locked | pending_unlock | unlocked -
- ResourceTags
-
Information about the resource tags used to identify resources that are retained by the retention rule.
Type: Array of ResourceTag objects
Array Members: Minimum number of 0 items. Maximum number of 50 items.
- ResourceType
-
The resource type retained by the retention rule.
Type: String
Valid Values:
EBS_SNAPSHOT | EC2_IMAGE - RetentionPeriod
-
Information about the retention period for which the retention rule is to retain resources.
Type: RetentionPeriod object
- RuleArn
-
The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the retention rule.
Type: String
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 0. Maximum length of 1011.
Pattern:
^arn:aws(-[a-z]{1,3}){0,2}:rbin:[a-z\-0-9]{0,63}:[0-9]{12}:rule/[0-9a-zA-Z]{11}{0,1011}$ - Status
-
The state of the retention rule. Only retention rules that are in the
availablestate retain resources.Type: String
Valid Values:
pending | available
Errors
For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see Common Errors.
- ConflictException
-
The specified retention rule lock request can't be completed.
HTTP Status Code: 409
- InternalServerException
-
The service could not respond to the request due to an internal problem.
HTTP Status Code: 500
- ResourceNotFoundException
-
The specified resource was not found.
HTTP Status Code: 404
- ValidationException
-
One or more of the parameters in the request is not valid.
HTTP Status Code: 400
See Also
For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:
