**To create a lifecycle policy preview** This example creates a lifecycle policy preview defined by ``policy.json` for a repository called ``project-a/amazon-ecs-sample`` in the default registry for an account. Command:: aws ecr start-lifecycle-policy-preview --repository-name "project-a/amazon-ecs-sample" --lifecycle-policy-text "file://policy.json" JSON file format:: { "rules": [ { "rulePriority": 1, "description": "Expire images older than 14 days", "selection": { "tagStatus": "untagged", "countType": "sinceImagePushed", "countUnit": "days", "countNumber": 14 }, "action": { "type": "expire" } } ] } Output:: { "registryId": "<aws_account_id>", "repositoryName": "project-a/amazon-ecs-sample", "lifecyclePolicyText": "{\n \"rules\": [\n {\n \"rulePriority\": 1,\n \"description\": \"Expire images older than 14 days\",\n \"selection\": {\n \"tagStatus\": \"untagged\",\n \"countType\": \"sinceImagePushed\",\n \"countUnit\": \"days\",\n \"countNumber\": 14\n },\n \"action\": {\n \"type\": \"expire\"\n }\n }\n ]\n}\n", "status": "IN_PROGRESS" }