List, edit, and remove MinIO lifecycle rules with mc ilm rule ls / edit / rm
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Documented steps
List rules on a bucket (groups output into Transition, NoncurrentVersionTransition, Expiration, NoncurrentVersionExpiration sections; add --expiry or --transition to filter - mutually exclusive): mc ilm rule ls ALIAS/BUCKET
Edit a rule - must look up its --id first from ls output: mc ilm rule edit --id "<rule-id>" --expire-days 90 ALIAS/BUCKET
Disable a rule without deleting it: mc ilm rule edit --id "<rule-id>" --disable ALIAS/BUCKET
Remove a single rule: mc ilm rule rm --id "<rule-id>" ALIAS/BUCKET ; remove all rules (requires --force): mc ilm rule rm --all --force ALIAS/BUCKET
Known gotchas
--id is required for edit and rm and must be fetched from `mc ilm rule ls` first - there is no positional-name form.
Editing a transition tier does NOT migrate objects already on the old remote tier - requests keep routing to the old tier.
--all requires --force (destructive-by-default protection); --id and --all are mutually exclusive.
Disabling a rule keeps it configured but objects stop expiring/transitioning while disabled.
Docs: https://docs.min.io/aistor/reference/cli/ (mc ilm rule)
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