influxdb_retention_policy – Manage InfluxDB retention policies
influxdb_retention_policy – Manage InfluxDB retention policies
New in version 2.1.
Synopsis
- Manage InfluxDB retention policies
Requirements
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
- python >= 2.6
- influxdb >= 0.9
- requests
Parameters
Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments |
---|---|---|
database_name - / required |
Name of the database. | |
default - / required |
Sets the retention policy as default retention policy | |
duration - / required |
Determines how long InfluxDB should keep the data | |
hostname - |
Default: "localhost" |
The hostname or IP address on which InfluxDB server is listening. Since version 2.5, defaulted to localhost. |
password - |
Default: "root" |
Password that will be used to authenticate against InfluxDB server. Alias
|
policy_name - / required |
Name of the retention policy | |
port - |
Default: 8086 |
The port on which InfluxDB server is listening |
proxies - added in 2.5 |
HTTP(S) proxy to use for Requests to connect to InfluxDB server. | |
replication - / required |
Determines how many independent copies of each point are stored in the cluster | |
retries - added in 2.5 |
Default: 3 |
Number of retries client will try before aborting.
|
ssl - added in 2.5 |
Use https instead of http to connect to InfluxDB server. | |
timeout - added in 2.5 |
Number of seconds Requests will wait for client to establish a connection. | |
udp_port - added in 2.5 |
Default: 4444 |
UDP port to connect to InfluxDB server. |
use_udp - added in 2.5 |
Use UDP to connect to InfluxDB server. | |
username - |
Default: "root" |
Username that will be used to authenticate against InfluxDB server. Alias
|
validate_certs - added in 2.5 |
Default: "yes" |
If set to This should only set to |
Examples
# Example influxdb_retention_policy command from Ansible Playbooks
- name: create 1 hour retention policy
influxdb_retention_policy:
hostname: "{{influxdb_ip_address}}"
database_name: "{{influxdb_database_name}}"
policy_name: test
duration: 1h
replication: 1
ssl: yes
validate_certs: yes
- name: create 1 day retention policy
influxdb_retention_policy:
hostname: "{{influxdb_ip_address}}"
database_name: "{{influxdb_database_name}}"
policy_name: test
duration: 1d
replication: 1
- name: create 1 week retention policy
influxdb_retention_policy:
hostname: "{{influxdb_ip_address}}"
database_name: "{{influxdb_database_name}}"
policy_name: test
duration: 1w
replication: 1
- name: create infinite retention policy
influxdb_retention_policy:
hostname: "{{influxdb_ip_address}}"
database_name: "{{influxdb_database_name}}"
policy_name: test
duration: INF
replication: 1
ssl: no
validate_certs: no
Status
- This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
- This module is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]
Authors
- Kamil Szczygiel (@kamsz)
© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
© 2018–2019 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.7/modules/influxdb_retention_policy_module.html