Manage buckets

A bucket is a named location where time series data is stored. All buckets have a retention period, a duration of time that each data point persists. InfluxDB drops all points with timestamps older than the bucket’s retention period. A bucket belongs to an organization.

The following articles provide information about managing buckets:

Create a bucket

Create buckets to store time series data in InfluxDB using the InfluxDB UI or the influx CLI.

Update a bucket

Update a bucket’s name or retention period in InfluxDB using the InfluxDB UI or the influx CLI.

View buckets

View a list of all the buckets for an organization in InfluxDB using the InfluxDB UI or the influx CLI.

Delete a bucket

Delete a bucket from InfluxDB using the InfluxDB UI or the influx CLI

Manage bucket schemas

Manage bucket schemas in InfluxDB. Optionally, ensure data written to InfluxDB follows a specific schema.

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