Deleting a lifecycle policy

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Management console

CLI

Terraform

API

In the management console, select the folder with the registry.
Navigate to Container Registry.
Select the registry and click the row with its name.
Select the repository and click the row with its name.
In the left-hand panel, click Lifecycle.
Click for the policy in question and select Delete.
In the window that opens, click Delete.

If you do not have the Yandex Cloud CLI yet, install and initialize it.

Delete the policy by specifying its ID:
```
yc container repository lifecycle-policy delete <policy_ID>
```
To find out the policy ID, get a list of lifecycle policies in the repository or registry.

Make sure the policy has been deleted:

yc container repository lifecycle-policy list --repository-name crp2hlbs67tj********/ubuntu

Result:

+----+------+---------------+--------+---------+-------------+
| ID | NAME | REPOSITORY ID | STATUS | CREATED | DESCRIPTION |
+----+------+---------------+--------+---------+-------------+
+----+------+---------------+--------+---------+-------------+

If you do not have Terraform yet, install it and configure the Yandex Cloud provider.

To manage infrastructure using Terraform under a service account or user accounts (a Yandex account, a federated account, or a local user), authenticate using the appropriate method.

Open the configuration file and delete the section describing the policy:

Example of a policy description in the Terraform configuration

resource "yandex_container_repository_lifecycle_policy" "my_lifecycle_policy" {
  name          = "best-policy"
  status        = "active"
  repository_id = "crpfvi6o4ra7********"

  rule {
    description   = "rule for applying policy"
    untagged      = true
    tag_regexp    = ".*"
    retained_top  = 1
    expire_period = "48h"
  }
}

Apply the changes:
1. In the terminal, navigate to the configuration file directory.
2. Make sure the configuration is correct using this command:
```
terraform validate
```
  If the configuration is valid, you will get this message:
```
Success! The configuration is valid.
```
3. Run this command:
```
terraform plan
```
  You will see a list of resources and their properties. No changes will be made at this step. Terraform will show any errors in the configuration.
4. Apply the configuration changes:
```
terraform apply
```
5. Type yes and press Enter to confirm the changes.

This will delete the lifecycle policy from the specified repository. You can check that the policy has been deleted using the management console or this CLI command:

yc container repository lifecycle-policy list --registry-id <registry_ID>

To delete a policy, use the Delete method for the LifecyclePolicyService resource. Specify the policy ID in the lifecycle_policy_id parameter.

You can get the list of policies using the List method for the LifecyclePolicyService resource.

Deleting a lifecycle policy

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