How to Update Weaviate Cluster Configurationpublic
Last verified 1 Jul 2026
DigitalOcean Managed Weaviate is a fully managed Weaviate vector database for retrieval-augmented generation, semantic search, and similarity-based AI workloads. Clusters are provisioned, secured, backed up, and patched by DigitalOcean.
You can update auto-schema and default quantization settings for an active Managed Weaviate cluster using the API.
Update Configuration Using the API
Send a PUT request to update cluster configuration:
curl -X PUT "https://api.digitalocean.com/v2/vector-databases/$CLUSTER_ID" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $DIGITALOCEAN_TOKEN" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"config": {
"enable_auto_schema": false,
"default_quantization": "pq"
}
}'| Option | Values | Description |
|---|---|---|
enable_auto_schema |
true, false |
When true, Weaviate infers property types from incoming objects. |
default_quantization |
rq, pq, bq, sq |
The default vector compression applied to new collections. |
The four quantization options are:
rq(Rotational Quantization, default): Balanced compression and recall.pq(Product Quantization): Higher compression with a small accuracy tradeoff.bq(Binary Quantization): Maximum compression and fastest search.sq(Scalar Quantization): Simple, fast encoding for moderate compression.
Existing collections keep their current settings. The new default applies only to collections created after the update.
For the full request schema, see Update a Vector Database in the API reference.