Rule filters in Lifecycle Management Policies for Azure Blob Storage

Question

Is it possible to use Rule filters in Lifecycle Management Policies for Azure Blob Storage to:

• Apply a certain rule to all data in a certain folder but;
• Exclude the rule from being applied to specific folders within that parent folder based on an ID code ?

The goal is to enable archiving policies to the parent folder as default but we want some folders that can be identified by a code in their name to be excluded from archival policies.

Answer 1

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Azure Blob Storage Lifecycle Management Policies allow you to apply rules using filters such as blobTypes, prefixMatch, and blobIndexMatch. These filters help define which blobs are affected by the lifecycle management rules. However, directly excluding specific subfolders based on an ID code within their names is not natively supported by these filters.

To achieve this, you might consider implementing a custom solution using Azure Functions or Logic Apps. These tools can provide the flexibility needed to create more granular rules. If you're interested in exploring how to set up such a custom solution,

For more detailed information, you can refer to the following Microsoft documentation:

• Optimize costs by automatically managing the data lifecycle
• Configure a lifecycle management policy

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