Policy: AWS > Logs > Log Group > Retention > Period

Set the retention period for AWS CloudWatch Log Groups.

AWS CloudWatch Log Groups can be configured with a retention period ranging from 1 day to 10 years. Setting an appropriate retention period ensures compliance with data retention requirements while optimizing storage costs.

Targets

This policy targets the following resource types:

AWS > Logs > Log Group

Primary Policy

This policy is used with the following primary policy:

AWS > Logs > Log Group > Retention

Controls

Setting this policy configures this control:

AWS > Logs > Log Group > Retention

Policy Specification

Schema Type	`string`
Default	`Never expire`
Valid Values [YAML]	`Never expire` `1 day` `3 days` `5 days` `1 week` `2 weeks` `1 month` `2 months` `3 months` `4 months` `5 months` `6 months` `12 months` `13 months` `18 months` `2 years` `3 years` `5 years` `6 years` `7 years` `8 years` `9 years` `10 years`
Examples [YAML]	`12 months`

In Your Workspace

Policy Settings by Type report

Developers

Category URI

tmod:@turbot/turbot#/control/categories/resourceExpiration

Policy Type URI

tmod:@turbot/aws-logs#/policy/types/logGroupRetentionPeriod

GraphQL

query policyType(id: "tmod:@turbot/aws-logs#/policy/types/logGroupRetentionPeriod") { … }

query policySettings(filter: "policyTypeId:'tmod:@turbot/aws-logs#/policy/types/logGroupRetentionPeriod'") { … }

query policyValues(filter: "policyTypeId:'tmod:@turbot/aws-logs#/policy/types/logGroupRetentionPeriod'") { … }

CLI

Get Policy Type

turbot graphql policy-type --id "tmod:@turbot/aws-logs#/policy/types/logGroupRetentionPeriod"

Get Policy Settings

turbot graphql policy-settings --filter "policyTypeId:tmod:@turbot/aws-logs#/policy/types/logGroupRetentionPeriod"