---
title: ecctl deployment update
description: Updates a deployment from a file definition, allowing certain flag overrides. updates a deployment from a file definition: Defaulting prune_orphans=false,...
url: https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3028/reference/ecctl/ecctl_deployment_update
products:
  - Elastic Cloud Control
applies_to:
  - Elastic Cloud Hosted: Generally available
  - Elastic Cloud Enterprise: Generally available
---

# ecctl deployment update
Updates a deployment from a file definition, allowing certain flag overrides.

## Synopsis

updates a deployment from a file definition: Defaulting prune_orphans=false, making the default update action safe for partial updates. To override this behavior, toggle --prune-orphans. To track the changes toggle the --track flag.
It is possible to use "--generate-update-payload" as: "ecctl deployment show --generate-update-payload …" to obtain a valid update payload from an existing deployment which can be manually edited in before it is sent as a "--file" flag argument. See "ecctl deployment show --help" for a valid example.
Read more about the deployment definition in [ECE Deployment APIs](https://www.elastic.co/docs/api/doc/cloud-enterprise/group/endpoint-deployments).
```
ecctl deployment update -f <file definition.json> [flags]
```


## Examples

```
## Same base deployment as the create example, changing cluster_topology[0].zone_count to 3.
$ cat deployment_example_update.json
{
    "resources": {
        "elasticsearch": [
            {
                "display_name": "my elasticsearch cluster",
                "ref_id": "my-es-cluster",
                "plan": {
                    "deployment_template": {
                        "id": "default"
                    },
                    "elasticsearch": {
                        "version": "6.8.4"
                    },
                    "cluster_topology": [
                        {
                            "instance_configuration_id": "data.default",
                            "memory_per_node": 1024,
                            "node_count_per_zone": 1,
                            "node_type": {
                                "data": true,
                                "ingest": true,
                                "master": true,
                                "ml": false
                            },
                            "zone_count": 3
                        }
                    ]
                }
            }
        ]
    }
}
$ ecctl deployment update f44c06c3af6f85dac05023cf243f4ab1 -f deployment_example_update.json
...
## Setting --prune-orphans, will cause any non-specified resources to be shut down.
$ ecctl deployment update f44c06c3af6f85dac05023cf243f4ab1 -f deployment_example_update.json --prune-orphans
setting --prune-orphans to "true" will cause any resources not specified in the update request to be removed from the deployment, do you want to continue? [y/n]: y
...
```


## Options

```
  -f, --file string           Partial (default) or full JSON file deployment update payload
  -h, --help                  help for update
      --hide-pruned-orphans   Hides orphaned resources that were shut down (only relevant if --prune-orphans=true)
      --prune-orphans         When set to true, it will remove any resources not specified in the update request, treating the json file contents as the authoritative deployment definition
      --skip-snapshot         Skips taking an Elasticsearch snapshot prior to shutting down the deployment
  -t, --track                 Tracks the progress of the performed task
```


## Options inherited from parent commands

```
      --api-key string        API key to use to authenticate (If empty will look for EC_API_KEY environment variable)
      --config string         Config name, used to have multiple configs in $HOME/.ecctl/<env> (default "config")
      --force                 Do not ask for confirmation
      --format string         Formats the output using a Go template
      --host string           Base URL to use
      --insecure              Skips all TLS validation
      --message string        A message to set on cluster operation
      --output string         Output format [text|json] (default "text")
      --pass string           Password to use to authenticate (If empty will look for EC_PASS environment variable)
      --pprof                 Enables pprofing and saves the profile to pprof-20060102150405
  -q, --quiet                 Suppresses the configuration file used for the run, if any
      --region string         Elastic Cloud Hosted region
      --timeout duration      Timeout to use on all HTTP calls (default 30s)
      --trace                 Enables tracing saves the trace to trace-20060102150405
      --user string           Username to use to authenticate (If empty will look for EC_USER environment variable)
      --verbose               Enable verbose mode
      --verbose-credentials   When set, Authorization headers on the request/response trail will be displayed as plain text
      --verbose-file string   When set, the verbose request/response trail will be written to the defined file
```


## See also

- [ecctl deployment](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3028/reference/ecctl/ecctl_deployment)	 - Manages deployments