---
title: influx bucket
description: The influx bucket command and its subcommands manage buckets in InfluxDB.
url: https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/cloud/reference/cli/influx/bucket/
estimated_tokens: 892
product: InfluxDB Cloud (TSM)
version: cloud
publisher: InfluxData
canonical: https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/cloud/reference/cli/influx/bucket/
date: '2025-04-02T15:54:32-06:00'
lastmod: '2025-04-02T15:54:32-06:00'
---

* influx CLI 2.0.0+

The `influx bucket` command and its subcommands manage buckets in InfluxDB.

## Usage

```
influx bucket [flags]
influx bucket [command]
```

## Subcommands

|                         Subcommand                         | Description |
|------------------------------------------------------------|-------------|
|[create](/influxdb/cloud/reference/cli/influx/bucket/create)|Create bucket|
|[delete](/influxdb/cloud/reference/cli/influx/bucket/delete)|Delete bucket|
|  [list](/influxdb/cloud/reference/cli/influx/bucket/list)  |List buckets |
|[update](/influxdb/cloud/reference/cli/influx/bucket/update)|Update bucket|

## Flags

|Flag|                 |                             Description                             |Input type|Maps to [?](/influxdb/cloud/reference/cli/influx/#view-mapped-environment-variables)|
|----|-----------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|----------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|`-c`|`--active-config`|                CLI configuration to use for command                 |  string  |                                                                                    |
|    |`--configs-path` |Path to `influx` CLI configurations (default `~/.influxdbv2/configs`)|  string  |                               `INFLUX_CONFIGS_PATH`                                |
|`-h`|    `--help`     |                    Help for the `bucket` command                    |          |                                                                                    |
|    |    `--host`     |     HTTP address of InfluxDB (default `http://localhost:8086`)      |  string  |                                   `INFLUX_HOST`                                    |
|    | `--http-debug`  |            Inspect communication with InfluxDB servers.             |  string  |                                                                                    |
|    | `--skip-verify` |                  Skip TLS certificate verification                  |          |                                `INFLUX_SKIP_VERIFY`                                |
|`-t`|    `--token`    |                              API token                              |  string  |                                   `INFLUX_TOKEN`                                   |

#### Related

* [influx CLI—Provide required authentication credentials](/influxdb/cloud/reference/cli/influx/#provide-required-authentication-credentials)
* [influx CLI—Flag patterns and conventions](/influxdb/cloud/reference/cli/influx/#flag-patterns-and-conventions)

[buckets](/influxdb/cloud/tags/buckets/)
| Subcommand | Description |
| --- | --- |
| Subcommand | Description |
| create | Create bucket |
| delete | Delete bucket |
| list | List buckets |
| update | Update bucket |

| Flag |  | Description | Input type | Maps to  ? |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Flag |  | Description | Input type | Maps to  ? |
| -c | --active-config | CLI configuration to use for command | string |  |
|  | --configs-path | Path to  influx  CLI configurations (default  ~/.influxdbv2/configs ) | string | INFLUX_CONFIGS_PATH |
| -h | --help | Help for the  bucket  command |  |  |
|  | --host | HTTP address of InfluxDB (default  http://localhost:8086 ) | string | INFLUX_HOST |
|  | --http-debug | Inspect communication with InfluxDB servers. | string |  |
|  | --skip-verify | Skip TLS certificate verification |  | INFLUX_SKIP_VERIFY |
| -t | --token | API token | string | INFLUX_TOKEN |