Database & Retention Policies

Database: The default database is “winccoa”.

Retention Policies: Each configured archive group for the InfluxDB® backend maps 1:1 to a retention policy. The name of the retention policy is the “Group Name” as configured in the GUI.

The retention period of all retention policies in the database is infinite. This is to prevent InfluxDB® from deleting the retention policies on its own. Instead, the user-specific retention period is used in the backend to check if a shard in such a retention period has expired. If so, the backend backups the shard before it is deleted.