influx bucket update

  • influx CLI 2.0.0+
  • InfluxDB 2.0.0+

The influx bucket update command updates information associated with buckets in InfluxDB.

Usage

  1. influx bucket update [flags]

Flags

FlagDescriptionInput typeMaps to ?
-c—active-configCLI configuration to use for commandstring
—configs-pathPath to influx CLI configurations (default ~/.influxdbv2/configs)stringINFLUX_CONFIGS_PATH
-d—descriptionBucket descriptionstring
-h—helpHelp for the update command
—hide-headersHide table headers (default false)INFLUX_HIDE_HEADERS
—hostHTTP address of InfluxDB (default http://localhost:8086)stringINFLUX_HOST
—http-debugInspect communication with InfluxDB servers.string
-i—id(Required) Bucket IDstring
—jsonOutput data as JSON (default false)INFLUX_OUTPUT_JSON
-n—nameNew bucket namestringINFLUX_BUCKET_NAME
-r—retentionNew duration bucket will retain dataduration
—shard-group-durationCustom shard group duration for the bucket (OSS only)string
—skip-verifySkip TLS certificate verificationINFLUX_SKIP_VERIFY
-t—tokenAPI tokenstringINFLUX_TOKEN

Retention periods

The minimum retention period is one hour. Valid --retention units:

  • nanoseconds (ns)
  • microseconds (us or µs)
  • milliseconds (ms)
  • seconds (s)
  • minutes (m)
  • hours (h)
  • days (d)
  • weeks (w)

Examples

Authentication credentials

The examples below assume your InfluxDB host, organization, and token are provided by the active influx CLI configuration. If you do not have a CLI configuration set up, use the appropriate flags to provide these required credentials.

Update the name of a bucket
  1. influx bucket update \
  2. --id 06c86c40a9f36000 \
  3. --name new-bucket-name
Update the retention period of a bucket
  1. influx bucket update \
  2. --id 06c86c40a9f36000 \
  3. --retention 90d
Update the shard group duration of a bucket

Custom shard group durations are only supported in InfluxDB OSS. The shard group duration must be shorter than the buckets retention period.

  1. influx bucket update \
  2. --id 06c86c40a9f36000 \
  3. --shard-group-duration 2d