docs/source/reference/minio-mc/mc-ilm-export.rst

mc ilm export

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mc ilm export

Syntax

The mc ilm export command exports the object lifecycle management configuration for a MinIO bucket.

The mc ilm export command outputs to STDOUT by default. You can output the contents to a .json file for archival or ingestion using mc ilm import.

EXAMPLE

The following command exports the lifecycle management configuration of the mydata bucket on the myminio deployment to the mydata-lifecycle-config.json file:

mc ilm export myminio/mydata > mydata-lifecycle-config.json

SYNTAX

The command has the following syntax:

mc [GLOBALFLAGS] ilm export ALIAS > STDOUT

Parameters

ALIAS

Required The alias <alias> and full path to the bucket on the MinIO deployment for which to export object lifecycle management rules. For example:

mc ilm export myminio/mydata > bucket-lifecycle.json

Global Flags

Examples

Export the Bucket Lifecycle Management Configuration

Example

The following command exports the bucket lifecycle management configuration to the bucket-lifecycle.json file:

mc ilm export myminio/mybucket > bucket-lifecycle.json

Syntax

mc ilm export ALIAS > file.json

• Replace ALIAS with the alias <alias> of the MinIO deployment and the bucket for which to export object lifecycle management rules:

  myminio/mydata

• Replace file.json with the name of the file to which to export the lifecycle management rules.

Behavior

S3 Compatibility