Maintaining object immutability by automatically extending Amazon S3 Object Lock retention periods
Storage Blog
This article presents a solution to set and maintain immutability for current versions of objects in Amazon S3 indefinitely, helping fulfill compliance requirements and prevent data from being permanently deleted.
Specifically, the article covers:
- Overview of the CloudFormation-based solution that automatically extends S3 Object Lock retention periods
- How the solution works, including using S3 Inventory, Amazon Athena, CSV manifest, and S3 Batch Operations
- Solution deployment steps and configuration options
- Monitoring and "report only" mode
- Scalability and performance testing results
- Cost estimates and considerations
- Examples of different deployment scenarios
- Cleanup process for removing the solution
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