---
title: How to Update Weaviate Cluster Configurationpublic
description: Update auto-schema and default quantization settings for a Managed Weaviate cluster using the API.
product: Vector Databases
url: https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/vector-databases/weaviate/how-to/update-configuration/
last_updated: "2026-06-30"
---

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# How to Update Weaviate Cluster Configuration (public)

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:

```shell
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](https://docs.digitalocean.com/reference/api/reference/vector-databases/index.html.md#vectorDatabases_update) in the API reference.