Retention Periods Flashcards
CloudWatch Metrics default retention period
15 months (extendable to 3 years)
CloudWatch Logs default retention period
Indefinite (dependent on log group retention)
CloudTrail default retention period
90 days (extendable to 7-10 years using CloudTrail lake)
S3 object retention period
Object lifetime (no default retention; configurable)
EBS Snapshot default retention period
Manual deletion or retention policies (no default)
RDS Snapshot default retention period
Manual deletion or retention policies (no default)
Lambda function log retention period
30 days (extendable using CloudWatch Logs)
API Gateway log retention period
30 days (extendable using CloudWatch Logs)
VPC Flow Log retention period
2-365 days (configurable)