Update a bucket

Note that updating an bucket’s name will affect any assets that reference the bucket by name, including the following:

• Queries
• Dashboards
• Tasks
• Templates

If you change a bucket name, be sure to update the bucket in the above places as well.

1. In the navigation menu on the left, select Data (Load Data) > Buckets.

   Data

   Load Data

3. Click Rename.

4. Review the information in the window that appears and click I understand, let’s rename my bucket.

5. Update the bucket’s name and click Change Bucket Name.

1. In the navigation menu on the left, select Data (Load Data) > Buckets.

   Data

2. Click Settings next to the bucket you want to update.

3. Click Save Changes.

Use the influx bucket update command to update a bucket. Updating a bucket requires the following:

• The bucket ID (provided in the output of influx bucket list)
• The name or ID of the organization the bucket belongs to.

Update the name of a bucket

Update a bucket’s retention policy

Valid retention policy duration units are nanoseconds (ns), microseconds (us or ), milliseconds (ms), seconds (s), minutes (m), hours (h), days (), or weeks (w).

# Syntax
influx bucket update -i <bucket-id> -r <retention period in nanoseconds>
influx bucket update -i 034ad714fdd6f000 -r 1209600000000000