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Manipulating object life-cycle via JSON file

For those who do not intend to use Web Console. Life-cycle management can also be handled by gsutil command line using a JSON file to pass life-cycle configurations.

1. Write your lifecycle configurations for GCS bucket in a JSON file as following:

{"lifecycle": { "rule": [ { "action": { "type": "SetStorageClass", "storageClass": "NEARLINE" }, "condition": { "age": 365, "matchesStorageClass": ["MULTI_REGIONAL", "STANDARD", "DURABLE_REDUCED_AVAILABILITY"] } }, { "action": { "type": "SetStorageClass", "storageClass": "COLDLINE" }, "condition": { "age": 1095, "matchesStorageClass": ["NEARLINE"] } }]}}

2. Run the gsutil lifecycle set command as following.

gsutil lifecycle set [JSON file] gs://[YOUR CLOUD ...