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Amazon Data Lifecycle Manager

Amazon Data Lifecycle Manager provides an automated way to manage the lifecycle of your AWS resources. Using lifecycle policies, you can automate the creation, retention, and deletion of Amazon EBS snapshots and EBS-backed AMIs, reducing storage costs and simplifying backup management. Policies target EBS volumes and EC2 instances using tags, execute on configurable schedules, and apply flexible retention rules based on count or age.

Amazon Data Lifecycle Manager publishes 2 APIs on the APIs.io network: Lifecycle Policies API and Tags API. Tagged areas include Backup, EBS Snapshots, Lifecycle Management, Storage, and Automation.

The Amazon Data Lifecycle Manager catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 2 Spectral governance rulesets.

Amazon Data Lifecycle Manager’s developer surface includes authentication, developer portal, documentation, support, developer console, signup flow, and 20 more developer resources.

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66.7/100 exemplar ▬ flat Agent 44/100 agent ready Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
AccessFreemiumSelf serve⚡ Free to try
2 APIs 7 Features 5 Use Cases
BackupEBS SnapshotsLifecycle ManagementStorageAutomationCompliance

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Composite quality — 66.7/100 · exemplar
Contract Quality 19.7 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 8.7 / 20
Commercial Clarity 16.3 / 20
Operational Transparency 6.8 / 13
Governance 8.3 / 12
Discoverability 6.9 / 10
Agent readiness — 44/100 · agent ready
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 8 / 8
Request/Response Examples 7 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
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APIs 2

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Amazon Data Lifecycle Manager Lifecycle Policies API

Operations for managing EBS snapshot and AMI lifecycle policies

Amazon Data Lifecycle Manager Tags API

Operations for managing resource tags

Postman Collections 1

Ready-to-run Postman collections for exercising this provider's APIs.

Amazon Data Lifecycle Manager API

POSTMAN

Open Collections 1

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

Amazon Data Lifecycle Manager API

OPEN COLLECTION

Arazzo Workflows 6

Multi-step API workflows described with the Arazzo specification.

Amazon Data Lifecycle Manager Decommission Policy

Retrieve a lifecycle policy, delete it, and confirm it no longer appears in the list.

ARAZZO

Amazon Data Lifecycle Manager Disable Policy

Disable a lifecycle policy and confirm the state change by reading it back.

ARAZZO

Amazon Data Lifecycle Manager Provision Policy

Create an EBS snapshot lifecycle policy, read it back, and confirm it in the policy list.

ARAZZO

Amazon Data Lifecycle Manager Reconfigure Schedule

Read a policy, re-enable and rewrite its snapshot schedule, then confirm the change.

ARAZZO

Amazon Data Lifecycle Manager Tag Policy Resource

Add tags to a DLM resource and confirm them by listing the resource's tags.

ARAZZO

Amazon Data Lifecycle Manager Untag Policy Resource

Remove tags from a DLM resource and confirm removal by listing the resource's tags.

ARAZZO

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Amazon Data Lifecycle Manager Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Amazon Data Lifecycle Manager Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Amazon Data Lifecycle Manager Finops

FINOPS

Features 7

Notable capabilities this provider offers.

EBS Snapshot Automation

Automatically create, copy, and delete EBS snapshots on configurable schedules using tag-based targeting of volumes across AWS accounts.

AMI Lifecycle Management

Automate the creation and deregistration of Amazon Machine Images from EC2 instances on schedules to maintain a library of AMIs.

Flexible Retention Rules

Retain snapshots by count (keep the last N) or by age (keep for N days/weeks/months/years), automatically deleting older snapshots.

Tag-Based Targeting

Target EBS volumes or EC2 instances using resource tags for policy scope, enabling granular backup control without managing resource lists.

Cross-Region Copy

Configure schedules to copy snapshots to other AWS regions for disaster recovery and geographic redundancy automatically.

Fast Snapshot Restore

Enable fast snapshot restore on snapshots created by DLM policies to dramatically reduce EBS volume initialization time.

Event-Based Policies

Trigger snapshot sharing and copying workflows in response to CloudWatch Events for cross-account snapshot automation.

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Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

Amazon Data Lifecycle Manager Context

0 classes · 34 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 2

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Amazon Data Lifecycle Manager API Rules

5 rules · 4 warnings 1 info

SPECTRAL

Amazon Data Lifecycle Manager API Rules

27 rules · 13 errors 11 warnings 3 info

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 15

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

Create Lifecycle Policy Request

5 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Create Lifecycle Policy Response

1 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Create Rule

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Error

3 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Get Lifecycle Policies Response

1 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Get Lifecycle Policy Response

1 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Lifecycle Policy

7 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Lifecycle Policy Summary

5 properties

JSON SCHEMA

List Tags for Resource Response

1 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Policy Details

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Retain Rule

3 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Schedule

5 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Tag Resource Request

1 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Tag

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Update Lifecycle Policy Request

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

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JSON Structure 15

JSON Structure definitions describing this provider's data shapes.

Create Lifecycle Policy Request Structure

0 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Create Lifecycle Policy Response Structure

0 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Create Rule Structure

0 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Error Structure

0 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Get Lifecycle Policies Response Structure

0 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Get Lifecycle Policy Response Structure

0 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Lifecycle Policy Structure

0 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Lifecycle Policy Summary Structure

0 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

List Tags For Resource Response Structure

0 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Policy Details Structure

0 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Retain Rule Structure

0 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Schedule Structure

0 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Tag Resource Request Structure

0 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Tag Structure

0 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Update Lifecycle Policy Request Structure

0 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

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Examples 15

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

Create Lifecycle Policy Request Example

4 fields

EXAMPLE

Create Lifecycle Policy Response Example

1 fields

EXAMPLE

Create Rule Example

3 fields

EXAMPLE

Error Example

3 fields

EXAMPLE

Get Lifecycle Policies Response Example

1 fields

EXAMPLE

Get Lifecycle Policy Response Example

1 fields

EXAMPLE

Lifecycle Policy Example

5 fields

EXAMPLE

Lifecycle Policy Summary Example

4 fields

EXAMPLE

List Tags For Resource Response Example

1 fields

EXAMPLE

Policy Details Example

3 fields

EXAMPLE

Retain Rule Example

1 fields

EXAMPLE

Schedule Example

4 fields

EXAMPLE

Tag Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Tag Resource Request Example

1 fields

EXAMPLE

Update Lifecycle Policy Request Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

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Security Posture 4

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Amazon Data Lifecycle Manager Authentication

apiKey · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Amazon Data Lifecycle Manager Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Amazon Data Lifecycle Manager Vulnerability Disclosure

security.txt · contact published

SECURITY

Amazon Data Lifecycle Manager Trust Center

PCI DSS, HIPAA, FedRAMP, GDPR, FIPS 140

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Amazon Data Lifecycle Manager Agentic Access

8 operations · 5 acting

8 operations · 5 acting

AGENTIC

Use Cases 5

What developers build with this provider.

Automated Daily Backups

Schedule daily EBS volume snapshots with automated retention of the last 7 or 30 days of backups without manual intervention.

Compliance and Audit Retention

Meet regulatory backup retention requirements by defining long-term retention policies (monthly/yearly) for compliance snapshots.

Disaster Recovery

Automatically copy EBS snapshots to secondary AWS regions to enable cross-region disaster recovery with minimal RTO and RPO.

Golden AMI Pipeline

Automate the creation of hardened EC2 AMI images from approved instances and manage their lifecycle for deployment fleets.

Storage Cost Optimization

Reduce EBS snapshot storage costs by automatically deleting outdated snapshots based on configurable age or count retention rules.

Resources

Get Started 5

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Portal
Portal
 DeveloperPortal
DeveloperPortal
 Console
Console
 Signup
Signup
 Login
Login

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess
AgenticAccess

Design & Contract 8

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Arazzo
Arazzo
 Arazzo
Arazzo
 Arazzo
Arazzo
 Arazzo
Arazzo
 Arazzo
Arazzo
 Arazzo
Arazzo
 SpectralRules
SpectralRules
 Vocabulary
Vocabulary

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Build 2

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

PostmanWorkspace
PostmanWorkspace
 GitHubOrganization
GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 4

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

TrustCenter
TrustCenter
 VulnerabilityDisclosure
VulnerabilityDisclosure
 DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity
 Authentication
Authentication

Operate 3

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support
Support
 StatusPage
StatusPage
 Contact
Contact

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

TermsOfService
TermsOfService
 PrivacyPolicy
PrivacyPolicy

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: amazon-data-lifecycle-manager
name: Amazon Data Lifecycle Manager
description: Amazon Data Lifecycle Manager provides an automated way to manage the lifecycle of your AWS resources. Using
  lifecycle policies, you can automate the creation, retention, and deletion of Amazon EBS snapshots and EBS-backed AMIs,
  reducing storage costs and simplifying backup management. Policies target EBS volumes and EC2 instances using tags, execute
  on configurable schedules, and apply flexible retention rules based on count or age.
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/amazon-data-lifecycle-manager.png
tags:
- AWS
- Backup
- EBS Snapshots
- Lifecycle Management
- Storage
- Automation
- Compliance
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/amazon-data-lifecycle-manager/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-03-16'
modified: '2026-05-19'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: amazon-data-lifecycle-manager:amazon-data-lifecycle-manager-lifecycle-policies-api
  name: Amazon Data Lifecycle Manager Lifecycle Policies API
  description: Operations for managing EBS snapshot and AMI lifecycle policies
  humanURL: https://aws.amazon.com/ebs/data-lifecycle-manager/
  baseURL: https://dlm.amazonaws.com
  tags:
  - Lifecycle Policies
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/amazon-data-lifecycle-manager-lifecycle-policies-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/dlm/latest/APIReference/Welcome.html
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/snapshot-lifecycle.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/dlm/latest/APIReference/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/lifecycle-policy-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/policy-details-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/schedule-schema.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/amazon-data-lifecycle-manager-context.jsonld
- aid: amazon-data-lifecycle-manager:amazon-data-lifecycle-manager-tags-api
  name: Amazon Data Lifecycle Manager Tags API
  description: Operations for managing resource tags
  humanURL: https://aws.amazon.com/ebs/data-lifecycle-manager/
  baseURL: https://dlm.amazonaws.com
  tags:
  - Tags
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/amazon-data-lifecycle-manager-tags-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/dlm/latest/APIReference/Welcome.html
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/snapshot-lifecycle.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/dlm/latest/APIReference/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/lifecycle-policy-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/policy-details-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/schedule-schema.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/amazon-data-lifecycle-manager-context.jsonld
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/amazon-data-lifecycle-manager-agentic-access.yml
- type: TrustCenter
  url: security/amazon-data-lifecycle-manager-trust-center.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/amazon-data-lifecycle-manager-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/amazon-data-lifecycle-manager-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/amazon-data-lifecycle-manager-authentication.yml
- type: PostmanWorkspace
  url: https://www.postman.com/kinlaneapi/amazon-data-lifecycle-manager/overview
- type: Arazzo
  url: arazzo/amazon-data-lifecycle-manager-decommission-policy-workflow.yml
  name: Amazon Data Lifecycle Manager Decommission Policy
- type: Arazzo
  url: arazzo/amazon-data-lifecycle-manager-disable-policy-workflow.yml
  name: Amazon Data Lifecycle Manager Disable Policy
- type: Arazzo
  url: arazzo/amazon-data-lifecycle-manager-provision-policy-workflow.yml
  name: Amazon Data Lifecycle Manager Provision Policy
- type: Arazzo
  url: arazzo/amazon-data-lifecycle-manager-reconfigure-schedule-workflow.yml
  name: Amazon Data Lifecycle Manager Reconfigure Schedule
- type: Arazzo
  url: arazzo/amazon-data-lifecycle-manager-tag-policy-resource-workflow.yml
  name: Amazon Data Lifecycle Manager Tag Policy Resource
- type: Arazzo
  url: arazzo/amazon-data-lifecycle-manager-untag-policy-resource-workflow.yml
  name: Amazon Data Lifecycle Manager Untag Policy Resource
- type: Portal
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/ebs/data-lifecycle-manager/
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/ebs/data-lifecycle-manager/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/dlm/
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/service-terms/
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/privacy/
- type: Support
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/premiumsupport/
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/aws
- type: Console
  url: https://console.aws.amazon.com/ec2/v2/home#Lifecycle
- type: Signup
  url: https://portal.aws.amazon.com/billing/signup
- type: Login
  url: https://signin.aws.amazon.com/
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://health.aws.amazon.com/health/status
- type: Contact
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/contact-us/
- type: SpectralRules
  url: rules/amazon-data-lifecycle-manager-spectral-rules.yml
- type: Vocabulary
  url: vocabulary/amazon-data-lifecycle-manager-vocabulary.yaml
- type: Features
  data:
  - name: EBS Snapshot Automation
    description: Automatically create, copy, and delete EBS snapshots on configurable schedules using tag-based targeting
      of volumes across AWS accounts.
  - name: AMI Lifecycle Management
    description: Automate the creation and deregistration of Amazon Machine Images from EC2 instances on schedules to maintain
      a library of AMIs.
  - name: Flexible Retention Rules
    description: Retain snapshots by count (keep the last N) or by age (keep for N days/weeks/months/years), automatically
      deleting older snapshots.
  - name: Tag-Based Targeting
    description: Target EBS volumes or EC2 instances using resource tags for policy scope, enabling granular backup control
      without managing resource lists.
  - name: Cross-Region Copy
    description: Configure schedules to copy snapshots to other AWS regions for disaster recovery and geographic redundancy
      automatically.
  - name: Fast Snapshot Restore
    description: Enable fast snapshot restore on snapshots created by DLM policies to dramatically reduce EBS volume initialization
      time.
  - name: Event-Based Policies
    description: Trigger snapshot sharing and copying workflows in response to CloudWatch Events for cross-account snapshot
      automation.
- type: UseCases
  data:
  - name: Automated Daily Backups
    description: Schedule daily EBS volume snapshots with automated retention of the last 7 or 30 days of backups without
      manual intervention.
  - name: Compliance and Audit Retention
    description: Meet regulatory backup retention requirements by defining long-term retention policies (monthly/yearly) for
      compliance snapshots.
  - name: Disaster Recovery
    description: Automatically copy EBS snapshots to secondary AWS regions to enable cross-region disaster recovery with minimal
      RTO and RPO.
  - name: Golden AMI Pipeline
    description: Automate the creation of hardened EC2 AMI images from approved instances and manage their lifecycle for deployment
      fleets.
  - name: Storage Cost Optimization
    description: Reduce EBS snapshot storage costs by automatically deleting outdated snapshots based on configurable age
      or count retention rules.
- type: Integrations
  data:
  - name: Amazon EBS
    description: Native integration with Amazon EBS for snapshot creation, retention, and deletion of volumes across the AWS
      account.
  - name: Amazon EC2
    description: Target EC2 instances with IMAGE_MANAGEMENT policies to automate AMI creation from running or stopped instances.
  - name: Amazon CloudWatch
    description: Event-based DLM policies are triggered by Amazon CloudWatch Events for cross-account snapshot sharing scenarios.
  - name: AWS Backup
    description: Complementary to DLM, AWS Backup provides centralized backup management across multiple AWS services including
      EBS, RDS, and DynamoDB.
  - name: AWS IAM
    description: DLM uses IAM execution roles to assume permissions for creating and deleting snapshots on behalf of the lifecycle
      policy.
  - name: AWS Organizations
    description: Cross-account snapshot sharing policies use AWS Organizations to share EBS snapshots with member accounts
      automatically.
- type: Integrations
  url: https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace
integrations:
- name: Sign in
- name: Agent Mode
- name: Why AWS Marketplace?
- name: Get started in AWS Marketplace
- name: Industry
- name: Resources
- name: Become a Channel Partner
- name: Sell in AWS Marketplace
- name: Manage Your Account
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com