Data retention / Archive storage

Configure object storage before enabling archive-before-delete.

Archive exports use Active Storage and write compressed JSONL objects. Configure storage on both web and worker processes.

Environment

Use S3-compatible storage for durable archives.

shell
ACTIVE_STORAGE_SERVICE=amazon
AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=
AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=
AWS_REGION=us-east-1
AWS_S3_BUCKET=
LOGISTER_ARCHIVE_PREFIX=telemetry
# Optional:
# LOGISTER_ARCHIVE_STORAGE_SERVICE=amazon
# AWS_S3_ENDPOINT=
# AWS_S3_FORCE_PATH_STYLE=true

Object shape

Archives are compressed JSONL.

Example key
telemetry/ingest_events/project=PROJECT_UUID/year=2026/month=06/day=20/20260620T180000Z-1000-1999.jsonl.gz

Each line includes archive_version, record_type, exported_at, and the original row attributes.