influxdb_retention_policy – Manage InfluxDB retention policies

• Synopsis
• Requirements
• Parameters
• Examples
• Status

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

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)