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doctl projects update

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Usage 

doctl projects update <project-id> [flags]

Aliases 

u

Description

Updates information about an existing project. Use default as the to update your default project.

Example

The following example updates the project with the ID f81d4fae-7dec-11d0-a765-00a0c91e6bf6 to have the name API Project and the purpose “Backend development”:

doctl projects update f81d4fae-7dec-11d0-a765-00a0c91e6bf6 --name "API Project" --purpose "Backend development"

Flags

Option Description
--description A description of the project
--environment The environment in which your project resides. Possible enum values: Development, Staging, or Production
--format Columns for output in a comma-separated list. Possible values: ID, OwnerUUID, OwnerID, Name, Description, Purpose, Environment, IsDefault, CreatedAt, UpdatedAt.
--help, -h Help for this command
--is_default Sets the specified project as your default project
Default: false
--name The project’s name
--no-header Return raw data with no headers
Default: false
--purpose The project’s purpose
Command Description
doctl projects Manage projects and assign resources to them

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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