Add a lifecycle expiration rule to a MinIO bucket with mc ilm rule add
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Documented steps
Add an expiration rule that deletes current object versions after N days: mc ilm rule add --expire-days 90 ALIAS/BUCKET
Restrict the rule to a prefix and/or tags: mc ilm rule add --expire-days 90 --prefix "meetingnotes/" --tags "type=notes" ALIAS/BUCKET
Remove expired delete markers where the marker is the only version: mc ilm rule add --expire-delete-marker ALIAS/BUCKET
See existing rules: mc ilm rule ls ALIAS/BUCKET
Known gotchas
Command reorganized: current official form is `mc ilm rule` with add/edit/export/import/ls/rm subcommands - the older `mc ilm add/remove` form is legacy.
FLAG RENAMED in current docs: use --expire-days (NOT the older --expiry-days), and --noncurrent-expire-days (NOT --noncurrent-expiration-days).
--expire-days is dangerous: a calendar date already in the past marks ALL covered objects for immediate deletion; remove the rule once its date passes.
--expire-days is mutually exclusive with --expire-delete-marker; --expire-delete-marker is mutually exclusive with --tags. Expiration applies only to the current version (use --noncurrent-expire-days for old versions).
Docs moved to https://docs.min.io/aistor/reference/cli/ (mc ilm rule add)
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