---
title: influx remote create
description: Create a new remote InfluxDB connection for replicating data.
url: https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/cloud/reference/cli/influx/remote/create/
estimated_tokens: 1561
product: InfluxDB Cloud (TSM)
version: cloud
publisher: InfluxData
canonical: https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/cloud/reference/cli/influx/remote/create/
date: '2025-04-02T15:54:32-06:00'
lastmod: '2025-04-02T15:54:32-06:00'
---

> [!Important]
> Replication remotes and replication streams can only be configured for InfluxDB OSS.

The `influx remote create` command creates a new remote InfluxDB connection for replicating data.

## Usage

```
influx remote create [command options] [arguments...]
```

## Flags

|Flag|                      |                             Description                             |Input type|Maps to [?](/influxdb/cloud/reference/cli/influx/#view-mapped-environment-variables)|
|----|----------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|----------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|    |      `--org-id`      |                           Organization ID                           |  string  |                                  `INFLUX_ORG_ID`                                   |
|`-o`|       `--org`        |                          Organization name                          |  string  |                                    `INFLUX_ORG`                                    |
|`-n`|       `--name`       |                       Remote connection name                        |  string  |                                                                                    |
|`-d`|   `--description`    |                    Remote connection description                    |  string  |                                                                                    |
|    |    `--remote-url`    |                    Remote InfluxDB instance URL                     |  string  |                                                                                    |
|    | `--remote-api-token` |                      Remote InfluxDB API token                      |  string  |                                                                                    |
|    |  `--remote-org-id`   |                   Remote InfluxDB organization ID                   |  string  |                                                                                    |
|    |`--allow-insecure-tls`|           Allows insecure TLS (self-signed certificates)            |          |                                                                                    |
|    |       `--host`       |       InfluxDB HTTP address (default `http://localhost:8086`)       |  string  |                                   `INFLUX_HOST`                                    |
|    |   `--skip-verify`    |                  Skip TLS certificate verification                  |          |                                `INFLUX_SKIP_VERIFY`                                |
|    |   `--configs-path`   |Path to `influx` CLI configurations (default `~/.influxdbv2/configs`)|  string  |                               `INFLUX_CONFIGS_PATH`                                |
|`-c`|  `--active-config`   |                CLI configuration to use for command                 |  string  |                                                                                    |
|    |    `--http-debug`    |             Inspect communication with InfluxDB servers             |  string  |                                                                                    |
|    |       `--json`       |                Output data as JSON (default `false`)                |          |                                `INFLUX_OUTPUT_JSON`                                |
|    |   `--hide-headers`   |                Hide table headers (default `false`)                 |          |                               `INFLUX_HIDE_HEADERS`                                |
|`-t`|      `--token`       |                         InfluxDB API token                          |  string  |                                   `INFLUX_TOKEN`                                   |

## Examples

#### Authentication credentials

The examples below assume your InfluxDB **host**, **organization**, and **token** are
provided by either the [active `influx` CLI configuration](/influxdb/cloud/reference/cli/influx/#provide-required-authentication-credentials) or by environment variables (`INFLUX_HOST`, `INFLUX_ORG`, and `INFLUX_TOKEN`).
If you do not have a CLI configuration set up or the environment variables set, include these required credentials for each command with the following flags:

* `--host`: [InfluxDB host](/influxdb/cloud/reference/urls/)
* `-o, --org` or `--org-id`: InfluxDB organization name or ID
* `-t, --token`: InfluxDB API token

### Create a new remote with InfluxDB Cloud

```sh
influx remote create \
  --name myremote \
  --org-id <OSS org ID> \
  --token <OSS token> \
  --remote-url <remote URL> \
  --remote-api-token <remote token> \
  --remote-org-id <remote ord ID>
```

#### Related

* [influx replication](/influxdb/cloud/reference/cli/influx/replication/)

[write](/influxdb/cloud/tags/write/)[replication](/influxdb/cloud/tags/replication/)
| Flag |  | Description | Input type | Maps to  ? |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Flag |  | Description | Input type | Maps to  ? |
|  | --org-id | Organization ID | string | INFLUX_ORG_ID |
| -o | --org | Organization name | string | INFLUX_ORG |
| -n | --name | Remote connection name | string |  |
| -d | --description | Remote connection description | string |  |
|  | --remote-url | Remote InfluxDB instance URL | string |  |
|  | --remote-api-token | Remote InfluxDB API token | string |  |
|  | --remote-org-id | Remote InfluxDB organization ID | string |  |
|  | --allow-insecure-tls | Allows insecure TLS (self-signed certificates) |  |  |
|  | --host | InfluxDB HTTP address (default  http://localhost:8086 ) | string | INFLUX_HOST |
|  | --skip-verify | Skip TLS certificate verification |  | INFLUX_SKIP_VERIFY |
|  | --configs-path | Path to  influx  CLI configurations (default  ~/.influxdbv2/configs ) | string | INFLUX_CONFIGS_PATH |
| -c | --active-config | CLI configuration to use for command | string |  |
|  | --http-debug | Inspect communication with InfluxDB servers | string |  |
|  | --json | Output data as JSON (default  false ) |  | INFLUX_OUTPUT_JSON |
|  | --hide-headers | Hide table headers (default  false ) |  | INFLUX_HIDE_HEADERS |
| -t | --token | InfluxDB API token | string | INFLUX_TOKEN |