Preview Retention Policy by Policy Model

Description: Provides an estimated count and total size of archive candidates based on the provided retention policy model.

Note

This Cold Storage feature is available only for Artifactory Enterprise and Enterprise+ users.

Since: Artifactory 7.27.3

Security: Requires an admin user

Usage: POST /api/retention/archive/policies/preview

Produces: application/json

Consumes: text/plain

Sample Request:

POST /api/retention/archive/policies/preview

Sample Request:

{
    "key": "dfsdf", 
    "aqlQuery": "",
    "description": "",
    "cronExp": "",
    "enabled": true,
    "expirationTimeInMonths": 0,
    "durationInMinutes": 0,
    "nextExecutionTime": null,
    "skipTrashcan": false,
    "packageRetention": true,
    "packageSearchCriteriaForm": {
        "packageType": "generic",
        "packageRepos": [
            "example-repo-local"
        ],
        "componentName": "",
        "version": ""
    }
}

Request Parameters:

Parameters	Type	Description	Required/Optional
`packageRetention`	boolean	Determines whether the archive policy works on packages (`true`) or artifacts (`false`). The default value is `false`.	Required
`key`	string	Unique policy key that identifies the policy.	Required
`enabled`	boolean	Enable/disable policy. If disabled, policy execution is blocked.	Optional
`cronExp`	string	The Cron expression for scheduling the policy.	Optional
`aqlQuery`	string	Search for artifacts to be archived using Artifactory Query Language (AQL). This can be used instead of `searchCriteriaForm` to include/exclude artifacts in the retention policy. The AQL query can be to: Include or exclude a repository, inner path, or artifact name (one or many) Include or exclude associated properties (one or many) Include an age Last downloaded before configurable X (weeks, months, years) Deployed before configurable X (weeks, months, years) Note You may run AQL queries only on the Item domain. Other primary domains, such as Build, Entry, Promotion, and Release are not supported.	Required if `searchCriteriaForm` is not provided. Note `aqlquery` cannot be used for packages.
`searchCriteriaForm`	object	This can be used instead of `aqlQuery` to include/exclude artifacts in the retention policy.	Required if `aqlQuery` is not provided
`packageType`	string	The type of package	Required
`packageRepos`	string	A list of repositories to which the policy applies	Required
`description`	string	Description for the policy.	Optional
`durationInMinutes`	long	The maximum duration (in minutes) for policy execution. If policy execution exceeds this period, it is stopped.	Optional
`expirationTimeInMonths`	long	The expiration period (in months) that it takes for archived artifacts to be cleaned up from the Cold instance.	Optional
`skipTrashcan`	boolean	Prevent the transfer of the artifacts to the trash can repository, and allow the artifacts to be deleted by a full GC cleanup.Browsing ArtifactsManaging Disk Space Usage Default value is `false`.	Optional

Sample Response:

{
  "count" : 10, //archive candidates count 
  "totalSize" : 80  //total size in bytes
}

Status:

200: Success