An object with the name of the retention configuration and the retention period in days. The object stores the configuration for data retention in Config.
RetentionConfiguration is a JSON Structure definition published by Amazon Config, describing 2 properties, of which 2 are required. It conforms to the https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/# meta-schema.
{
"$schema": "https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/#",
"$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/amazon-config/refs/heads/main/json-structure/config-retention-configuration-structure.json",
"name": "RetentionConfiguration",
"description": "An object with the name of the retention configuration and the retention period in days. The object stores the configuration for data retention in Config.",
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"Name": {
"allOf": [
{
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/RetentionConfigurationName"
},
{
"description": "The name of the retention configuration object."
}
]
},
"RetentionPeriodInDays": {
"allOf": [
{
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/RetentionPeriodInDays"
},
{
"description": "<p>Number of days Config stores your historical information.</p> <note> <p>Currently, only applicable to the configuration item history.</p> </note>"
}
]
}
},
"required": [
"Name",
"RetentionPeriodInDays"
]
}
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