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doctl databases resize

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Usage 

doctl databases resize <database-cluster-id> [flags]

Aliases 

rs

Description

Resizes the specified database cluster.

You must specify the desired number of nodes and size of the nodes. For example:

doctl databases resize ca9f591d-9999-5555-a0ef-1c02d1d1e352 --num-nodes 2 --size db-s-16vcpu-64gb

Database nodes cannot be resized to smaller sizes due to the risk of data loss.

For PostgreSQL and MySQL clusters, you can also provide a disk size in MiB to scale the storage up to 15 TB, depending on your plan. You cannot reduce the storage size of a cluster.

Example

The following example resizes a PostgreSQL or MySQL database to have two nodes, 16 vCPUs, 64 GB of memory, and 2048 GiB of storage space:

doctl databases resize ca9f591d-9999-5555-a0ef-1c02d1d1e352 --num-nodes 2 --size db-s-16vcpu-64gb --storage-size-mib 2048000 --wait true

Flags

Option Description
--help, -h Help for this command
--num-nodes The number of nodes in the database cluster. Valid values are 1-3. In addition to the primary node, up to two standby nodes may be added for high availability. (required)
Default: 0
--size The size of the nodes in the database cluster, for example db-s-1vcpu-1gb indicates a 1 CPU, 1GB node. For a list of available size slugs, visit: /reference/api/reference/databases/ (required)
--storage-size-mib The amount of disk space allocated to the cluster. Applicable for PostgreSQL and MySQL clusters. Each plan size has a default value but can be increased in increments up to a maximum amount. For ranges, visit: https://www.digitalocean.com/pricing/managed-databases
Default: 0
--wait Boolean that specifies whether to wait for the resize to complete before returning control to the terminal
Default: false
Command Description
doctl databases Display commands that manage databases

Global Flags

Option Description
--access-token, -t API V2 access token
--api-url, -u Override default API endpoint
--config, -c Specify a custom config file
Default:
    --context Specify a custom authentication context name
    --http-retry-max Set maximum number of retries for requests that fail with a 429 or 500-level error
    Default: 5
    --http-retry-wait-max Set the minimum number of seconds to wait before retrying a failed request
    Default: 30
    --http-retry-wait-min Set the maximum number of seconds to wait before retrying a failed request
    Default: 1
    --interactive Enable interactive behavior. Defaults to true if the terminal supports it (default false)
    Default: false
    --output, -o Desired output format [text|json]
    Default: text
    --trace Show a log of network activity while performing a command
    Default: false
    --verbose, -v Enable verbose output
    Default: false

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