Manage buckets

A bucket is a named location where time series data is stored. All buckets have a retention policy, a duration of time that each data point persists. A bucket belongs to an organization.

The following articles provide information about managing buckets:

Create a bucket

Create buckets to store time series data in InfluxDB using the InfluxDB UI or the influx CLI.

Update a bucket

Update a bucket’s name or retention policy in InfluxDB using the InfluxDB UI or the influx CLI.

View buckets

View a list of all the buckets for an organization in InfluxDB using the InfluxDB UI or the influx CLI.

Delete a bucket

Delete a bucket from InfluxDB using the InfluxDB UI or the influx CLI