Manage databases with InfluxDB 3 Explorer
InfluxDB 3 Explorer lets you manage databases in your InfluxDB 3 Core instance or InfluxDB 3 Enterprise cluster.
Using InfluxDB 3 Explorer to manage a database in InfluxDB 3 requires that Explorer is running in admin mode and that the token used in the InfluxDB 3 server configuration is an admin token.
To manage databases, navigate to Manage Databases in Explorer. This page provides a list of databases in the connected InfluxDB 3 server that contains the database name, retention period, and number of tables (which includes system tables).
Create a database
On the Manage Databases page, click + Create New.
Provide a Database name. For information about naming restrictions, see InfluxDB 3 naming restrictions.
(Optional) Specify a Retention Period for the database. This determines how long InfluxDB retains data (based on timestamp) in the database before expiring and removing the data. If no retention period is specified, InfluxDB does not expire data in the database.
Set the following:
- Retention Period: The number of time units to retain data.
- Unit: The unit of time to use in the retention period definition.
Click Create Database.
Delete a database
- On the Manage Databases page, click .
- Confirm that you want to delete the database.
Deleting a database is a destructive action and cannot be undone.
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