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AWS Documentation » Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) » API Reference » Operations on Buckets » PUT Bucket object lock configuration

PUT Bucket object lock configuration

Places an Object Lock configuration on the specified bucket. The rule specified in the Object Lock configuration will be applied by default to every new object placed in the specified bucket.

Request Syntax

PUT /?object-lock HTTP/1.1
Host: <bucket-name>.s3.amazonaws.com
Date: <Thu, 15 Nov 2016 00:17:21 GMT>
Authorization: <authorization-string> (see Authenticating Requests (AWS Signature Version
		4))

<ObjectLockConfiguration>
   <ObjectLockEnabled><value></ObjectLockEnabled>
   <Rule>
      <DefaultRetention>
         <Mode><value></Mode>
         <Days><value></Days>
         <Years><value></Years>
      </DefaultRetention>
   </Rule>
</ObjectLockConfiguration>

Note

DefaultRetention requires either Days or Years. You can't specify both at the same time.

URI Request Parameters

The request does not use any URI parameters.

Request Body

For more information about the request elements that this operation uses, see ObjectLockConfiguration.

Example Request Body:

<ObjectLockConfiguration>
   <ObjectLockEnabled>Enabled</ObjectLockEnabled>
   <Rule>
      <DefaultRetention>
         <Mode>GOVERNANCE</Mode>
         <Days>30</Days>
      </DefaultRetention>
   </Rule>
</ObjectLockConfiguration>

Response Syntax 

HTTP/1.1 200

Response Elements

If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 200 response.

Related Resources

Locking Objects in the Amazon Simple Storage Service Developer Guide.