[New Resource]: aws_cloudwatch_retention_period

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Description

Allow configuration (override) of the default indefinite retention period. Is supported by Put/Delete APIs. Unfortunately there is no Describe

Requested Resource(s) and/or Data Source(s)

• aws_cloudwatch_retention_policy

Potential Terraform Configuration

resource "aws_cloudwatch_retention_policy" "example" {
  log_group_name = ""
  retention_in_day = 10
}

References

• https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatchLogs/latest/APIReference/API_PutRetentionPolicy.html
• https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatchLogs/latest/APIReference/API_DeleteRetentionPolicy.html

Would you like to implement a fix?

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