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Azure Blob storage lifecycle management


I am currently using Azure Blobs to store data for a project. I want Azure to automatically delete old entries (data points) which are older then X number of days. I have found the following documentation:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/blobs/storage-lifecycle-management-concepts?tabs=azure-portal

It essentially says that this can be done using lifecycle management and defining a new rule. However, this documentation is over 6 months old and I cannot seem to find an option to select lifecycle management and define a new rule.

Has anyone else encountered this problem or know where I can access lifecycle management for an Azure Blob as of 2020?


Solution

  • Yes, this is a feature available today, I just confirmed on a storage account. You need to make sure you are using a V2 storage account, it will not be present on a v1, or blob only storage account.