influxdb_retention_policy – 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¶
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)
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