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InfluxDB Cloud

Get started with InfluxDB Cloud

InfluxDB Cloud is a fully managed and hosted version of InfluxDB v2.0, the time series platform purpose-built to collect, store, process and visualize metrics and events.

See Differences between InfluxDB Cloud and InfluxDB OSS.

Start for free

Start using InfluxDB Cloud at no cost with the Free Plan. Use it as much and as long as you like within the plan’s rate-limits. Limits are designed to let you monitor 5-10 sensors, stacks or servers comfortably.

Sign up

  1. Choose one of the following:

    Subscribe through InfluxData

    To subscribe to an InfluxDB Cloud Free Plan through InfluxData, go to InfluxDB Cloud.

    • To use social sign-on, click Google or Microsoft. Note that social sign-on does not support email aliases.
    • Sign up with email by entering your name, email address, and password, then click Create Account.

    If you originally signed up with email but want to enable social sign-on, you can do so by logging in through your cloud provider as long as you use the same email address.

    Subscribe through a cloud provider

    To subscribe to an InfluxDB Cloud Usage-Based plan and pay through your Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud Platform (GCP) account:

    • AWS
      Sign in to AWS, navigate to the InfluxDB Cloud product on AWS Marketplace, and follow the prompts to subscribe. After you click Set Up Your Account, enter your credentials, and then click Start Now. All usage charges will be paid through the subscribed AWS account.

    • Microsoft
      Sign in to Microsoft Azure, navigate to the InfluxDB Cloud product on Azure Marketplace, and follow the prompts to subscribe. After you click Set Up Your Account, enter your credentials, and then click Start Now. All usage charges will be paid through the subscribed Microsoft account.

    • GCP
      Sign in to GCP, navigate to the InfluxDB Cloud product on GCP Marketplace, and follow the prompts to subscribe. After you click Set Up Your Account, enter your credentials, and then click Start Now. All usage charges will be paid through the subscribed GCP account.

      Currently, we do not support using an existing InfluxDB Cloud account to sign up for an InfluxDB Cloud plan through AWS, Microsoft, or GCP Marketplaces.

  2. If you signed up with your email address, InfluxDB Cloud requires email verification to complete the sign up process. Verify your email address by opening the email sent to the address you provided and clicking Verify Your Email.

  3. (If you subscribed through InfluxData) Choose your cloud provider.

  4. Select a provider and region for your InfluxDB Cloud instance. The following are available:

    • Amazon Web Services (AWS)
      • US West (Oregon)
      • US East (Virginia)
      • EU Frankfurt
    • Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
      • US Central (Iowa)
    • Microsoft Azure
      • West Europe (Amsterdam)
      • East US (Virginia)

    To suggest regions to add, click Let us know under Regions.

  5. Enter your company name.

  6. (If you subscribed through InfluxData) Review the terms of the agreement, and then select I have viewed and agree to InfluxDB Cloud Services Subscription Agreement and InfluxData Global Data Processing Agreement. For details on the agreements, see the InfluxDB Cloud: Services Subscription Agreement and the InfluxData Global Data Processing Agreement.

  7. Click Continue, and then choose your plan:

    • To upgrade to a Usage-Based plan, click Upgrade Now, set your limits (you may opt to receive an email when your usage exceeds the amount you enter in the Limit ($1 minimum) field). Next, enter your payment information and billing address, and then click Upgrade. A Ready To Rock confirmation appears; click Start building your team. Your plan will be upgraded and InfluxDB Cloud opens with a default organization and bucket (both created from your email address). To review your usage and billing details at any time, see how to access billing details.
    • To keep the free plan, click Keep. InfluxDB Cloud opens with a default organization and bucket (both created from your email address). To update organization and bucket names, see Update an organization and Update a bucket.
    • To upgrade to an Annual plan, click Contact Sales, enter your information, and then click Send. Our team will contact you as soon as possible.

(Optional) Download, install, and use the influx CLI

To use the influx CLI to manage and interact with your InfluxDB Cloud instance, complete the following steps:

macOS Linux

Step 1: Download influx CLI for macOS

Click the following button to download and install influx CLI for macOS.

influx CLI (macOS)

Step 2: Unpackage the influx binary

Note: The commands below are examples. Adjust the file names, paths, and utilities to your own needs.

To unpackage the downloaded archive, double click the archive file in Finder or run the following command in a macOS command prompt application such Terminal or iTerm2:

# Unpackage contents to the current working directory
tar zxvf ~/Downloads/influxdb2-client-2.0.4-darwin-amd64.tar.gz

Step 3: (Optional) Place the binary in your $PATH

If you choose, you can place influx in your $PATH or you can prefix the executable with ./ to run in place. If the binary is on your $PATH, you can run influx from any directory. Otherwise, you must specify the location of the CLI (for example, ./influxor path/to/influx).

Note: If you have the 1.x binary on your $PATH, moving the 2.0 binary to your $PATH will overwrite the 1.x binary because they have the same name.

# Copy the influx binary to your $PATH
sudo cp influxdb2-client-2.0.4-darwin-amd64/influx /usr/local/bin/

If you rename the binary, all references to influx in this documentation refer to the renamed binary.

Step 4: (macOS Catalina only) Authorize InfluxDB binaries

If running influx on macOS Catalina, you must manually authorize the influx binary in the Security & Privacy section of System Preferences.

Step 5: Set up a configuration profile

To avoid having to pass your InfluxDB authentication token with each influx command, set up a configuration profile that stores your credentials.

In a terminal, run the following command:

   # Set up a configuration profile
   influx config create -n default \
     -u https://cloud2.influxdata.com \
     -o example-org \
     -t mySuP3rS3cr3tT0keN \
     -a

This configures a new profile named default and makes the profile active so your influx CLI commands run against this instance. For more detail, see influx config.

Step 6: Learn influx CLI commands

To see all available influx commands, type influx -h or check out influx - InfluxDB command line interface.

Step 1: Download influx CLI for Linux

Click one of the following buttons to download and install the influx CLI appropriate for your chipset.

influx CLI (amd64) influx CLI (arm)

Step 2: Unpackage the influx binary

Note: The commands below are examples. Adjust the file names, paths, and utilities to your own needs.

# Unpackage contents to the current working directory
tar xvfz influxdb-client-2.0.4-linux-amd64.tar.gz

Step 3: (Optional) Place the binary in your $PATH

If you choose, you can place influx in your $PATH or you can prefix the executable with ./ to run in place. If the binary is on your $PATH, you can run influx from any directory. Otherwise, you must specify the location of the CLI (for example, ./influxor path/to/influx).

Note: If you have the 1.x binary on your $PATH, moving the 2.0 binary to your $PATH will overwrite the 1.x binary because they have the same name.

# Copy the influx and influxd binary to your $PATH
sudo cp influxdb-client-2.0.4-linux-amd64/influx /usr/local/bin/

If you rename the binary, all references to influx in this documentation refer to the renamed binary.

Step 4: Set up a configuration profile

To avoid having to pass your InfluxDB authentication token with each influx command, set up a configuration profile that stores your credentials.

In a terminal, run the following command:

   # Set up a configuration profile
   influx config create -n default \
     -u https://cloud2.influxdata.com \
     -o example-org \
     -t mySuP3rS3cr3tT0keN \
     -a

This configures a new profile named default and makes the profile active so your influx CLI commands run against this instance. For more detail, see influx config.

Step 5: Learn influx CLI commands

Sign in

Sign in to InfluxDB Cloud using your email address and password.

Sign in to InfluxDB Cloud now

Start working with your time series data

Collect and write data

Collect and write data to InfluxDB using the Telegraf plugins, the InfluxDB v2 API, the influx command line interface (CLI), the InfluxDB UI (the user interface for InfluxDB Cloud), or the InfluxDB v2 API client libraries.

Use Telegraf

Use Telegraf to quickly write data to InfluxDB Cloud. Create new Telegraf configurations automatically in the InfluxDB UI, or manually update an existing Telegraf configuration to send data to your InfluxDB Cloud instance.

For details, see Automatically configure Telegraf and Manually update Telegraf configurations.

API, CLI, and client libraries

For information about using the InfluxDB v2 API, influx CLI, and client libraries to write data, see Write data to InfluxDB.

Demo data

InfluxDB Cloud lets you add a demo data bucket for quick, free access to time series data.

Query data

Query data using Flux, the UI, and the influx command line interface. See Query data.

Process data

Use InfluxDB tasks to process and downsample data. See Process data.

Visualize data

Build custom dashboards to visualize your data. See Visualize data.

Monitor and alert

Monitor your data and sends alerts based on specified logic. See Monitor and alert.

Differences between InfluxDB Cloud and InfluxDB OSS

InfluxDB Cloud is API-compatible and functionally compatible with InfluxDB OSS 2.0. The primary differences between InfluxDB OSS 2.0 and InfluxDB Cloud are:

  • InfluxDB scrapers that collect data from specified targets are not available in InfluxDB Cloud.
  • InfluxDB Cloud instances are currently limited to a single organization.

New features in InfluxDB Cloud

  • Free Plan (rate-limited): Skip downloading and installing InfluxDB OSS 2.0 and jump into exploring InfluxDB Cloud technology. The Free Plan is designed for getting started with InfluxDB and for small hobby projects.
  • Flux support: Flux is a standalone data scripting and query language that increases productivity and code reuse. It is the primary language for working with data within InfluxDB Cloud. Flux can be used with other data sources as well, letting you work with data where it resides.
  • Unified API: Everything in InfluxDB (ingest, query, storage, and visualization) is now accessible using a unified InfluxDB v2 API that enables seamless movement between open source and cloud.
  • Integrated visualization and dashboards: Based on the pioneering Chronograf project, the new user interface (InfluxDB UI) offers quick and effortless onboarding, richer user experiences, and significantly quicker results.
  • Usage-based pricing: The Usage-based Plan offers more flexibility and ensures that you only pay for what you use.
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Select your InfluxDB Cloud region and we’ll customize code examples for you.

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For more information, see InfluxDB Cloud regions.

Cloud or OSS?

InfluxDB OSS 2.0 now generally available!

InfluxDB OSS 2.0 is now generally available and ready for production use. See the InfluxDB OSS 2.0 release notes.

For information about upgrading to InfluxDB OSS 2.0, see: