You cannot create a retention policy without running the CREATE DATABASE or CREATE RETENTION POLICY query command. The "retention-policy" config parameter accepts a string that describes the target retention policy, not a duration.
On Mon, Jun 20, 2016 at 9:14 PM, Michael Tidwell <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > I'm trying to make the default retention policy 60 days. > > I'll start influxdb via: influxd -config /etc/influxdb/influxdb.conf > > where influxdb.conf contains: > > [[graphite]] > > enabled = true > > # database = "graphite" > > database = "load_test" > > bind-address = ":2003" > > protocol = "tcp" > > consistency-level = "one" > > name-separator = "." > > retention-policy = "1440h0m0s" > > > I've tried making retention policy = "60d" but that didn't seem to work > either. > > > Any advice would be greatly appreciated. I am aware they I can CREATE and > ALTER the retention policy. I want to make it with the creation of the > Database. > > Thanks, > > Michael > > -- > Remember to include the InfluxDB version number with all issue reports > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "InfluxDB" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/influxdb. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/influxdb/3ea5a519-3fe1-4b4c-abaa-80739b8a6067%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/influxdb/3ea5a519-3fe1-4b4c-abaa-80739b8a6067%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Sean Beckett Director of Support and Professional Services InfluxDB -- Remember to include the InfluxDB version number with all issue reports --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "InfluxDB" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/influxdb. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/influxdb/CALGqCvPwFFCLEMr1fP_-Q0oj%2Bb8Fp%2BPpASR%3DSuuwqFYoQwM2Rw%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
