Update data-container

Overview

You can update your Data Containers to change their lifetime by using the update command.

Commands

$ spawnctl update data-container <ContainerName_Or_ContainerID> --lifetime <LifetimeDurationString>

Tutorial

In this tutorial we will create a Data Container with an unlimited lifetime, then update it to expire in 2 hours.

As a prerequisite you should've followed the instructions to install spawnctl and created a data image

1. Create a Data Container from a Data Image.

   $ spawnctl create data-container --image dev
   Data container 'dev-rambbomj' created!
   -> Host=instances.spawn.cc;Port=53223;User ID=<some_user_id>;Password=<some_password>;
   

2. You can verify your Data Container was properly created by running the following command.

   $ spawnctl get data-containers
   NAME          CONTAINER ID  REVISION  STATUS  MESSAGE  ENGINE      CREATED       EXPIRES AT
   dev-rambbomj  10001         rev.0     2       Running  PostgreSQL  1 minute ago  Never
   

3. Run the update command to change the lifetime of the container to expire 2 hours from now

   $ spawnctl update data-container dev-rambbomj --lifetime 2h
   Container: 'dev-rambbomj' updated!
   

4. Verify that the lifetime of the container has been updated

   $ spawnctl get data-containers
   NAME          CONTAINER ID  REVISION  STATUS  MESSAGE  ENGINE      CREATED       EXPIRES AT
   dev-rambbomj  10001         rev.0     2       Running  PostgreSQL  1 minute ago  2 hours from now