---
title: influx remote update
description: Update remote InfluxDB connections used for for replicating data.
url: https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/cloud/reference/cli/influx/remote/update/
estimated_tokens: 1440
product: InfluxDB Cloud (TSM)
version: cloud
---

# influx remote update

Replication remotes and replication streams can only be configured for InfluxDB OSS.

The `influx remote update` command updates an existing InfluxDB remote connection used for replicating data.

## Usage

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

## Flags

| Flag |  | Description | Input type | Maps to ? |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| -i | --id | Remote connection ID to update | string |  |
| -n | --name | New name for the remote connection | string |  |
| -d | --description | New remote connection description | string |  |
|  | --remote-url | New remote InfluxDB URL | string |  |
|  | --remote-api-token | New remote InfluxDB API token | string |  |
|  | --remote-org-id | New remote organization ID | string |  |
|  | --allow-insecure-tls | Allows insecure TLS connections |  |  |
|  | --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 |

## Example

#### 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

### Update a remote

1. Use `influx remote list` to get the ID for the remote you want to update.
    
    ```sh
    $ influx remote list
    ID			        Name		Org ID
    0ooxX0xxXo0x 	    myremote    [...]
    ```
    
2. Use the following command to update the remote:
    
    ```sh
    influx remote update \
      --id 0ooxX0xxXo0x
      --name new-example-name
      --description new-example-description
      --remote-url http://new-example-url.com
      --remote-api-token myN3wS3crE7t0k3n==
      --remote-org-id new-example-org-id
    ```
    

#### Related

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

[write](/influxdb/cloud/tags/write/) [replication](/influxdb/cloud/tags/replication/)