OSS uses the compliant retention policy (Write Once Read Many strategy) to specify the protection period of objects in a bucket. No one can modify or delete a protected object during the protection period.

Prerequisites

The compliant retention policy is in the beta testing phase. To use this policy, contact After-sales technical support.
Note For more information about the compliant retention policy, see Compliant retention policy.

Video tutorial

The following video provides a quick introduction to the compliant retention policy.

Procedure

  1. Log on to the OSS console.
  2. On the left-side bucket list, click the target bucket to open the overview page of the bucket.
  3. Click the Basic Settings tab, find the Retention Policy section, and click Configure.
  4. Click Create Policy. The Create Policy dialog box appears.
  5. Set Retention Period for the compliant retention policy. Valid values of Retention Period range from one day to 70 years.
  6. Click OK.
    After the policy is created, the status indicates "IN_PROGRESS." You can click Lock or Delete.
  7. Click Lock.
  8. In the message that appears, click OK.
    Note
    • The policy status becomes LOCKED. You cannot delete the policy or shorten the protection period. However, you can click Edit to prolong the protection period for objects.
    • During the protection period, data in the bucket is protected. If you attempt to delete or modify the data, error message The operation failed. The object has been locked. is displayed.

Calculate the expiration time for objects

You can calculate the expiration time by adding the retention period and last update time of objects in buckets. For example, bucket A is configured with the compliant retention policy in which the retention period is 10 days. The last update time of an object in the bucket is 12:00 on March 1, 2019. The object expires at 12:01 on March 11, 2019. For more information about the rules of the compliant retention policy, see Rules.