Retention

Parseable allows setting retention for each log stream. Retention is the amount of time that log data is kept in the system. Retention can be set to multiple of 1 day. Note that retention works on a stream level and each stream can have a different retention period. Also a single log stream can only have a single retention period set.

Setting up

Retention can be set via API calls to a Parseable instance. Refer the API documentation for details.

Configuration

Here is sample retention configuration, with all the available options.

[
    {
        "duration": "20d",
        "action": "delete",
        "description": "delete logs after 20 days"
    }
]

Below table explains the configuration options.

Variable Name	Required	Description
duration	Yes	Total duration for which logs should be retained. Can be multiple of 1 day, e.g. 20d.
action	Yes	Action to be taken when log data passes retention duration. Currently only delete is supported
description	No	Human friendly description of the log retention rule.