---
title: influx setup
description: The influx setup command walks through the initial InfluxDB OSS setup process, creating a default user, organization, and bucket.
url: https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/cloud/reference/cli/influx/setup/
estimated_tokens: 1343
product: InfluxDB Cloud (TSM)
version: cloud
publisher: InfluxData
canonical: https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/cloud/reference/cli/influx/setup/
date: '2025-04-02T15:54:32-06:00'
lastmod: '2025-04-02T15:54:32-06:00'
---

* influx CLI 2.0.0+
* InfluxDB OSS only
* Updated in CLI v2.0.3

#### Works with InfluxDB OSS 2.x

The `influx setup` command initiates the setup process for **InfluxDB OSS 2.x** instances.  
The command does not work with **InfluxDB Cloud**.

The `influx setup` command walks through the initial InfluxDB OSS setup process,
creating a default user, organization, and bucket.

> [!Note]
> The **Operator token** created in the InfluxDB setup process has full read and write
> access to all organizations in the database.

## Usage

```
influx setup [flags]
```

## Flags

|Flag|                 |                             Description                             |Data type|Maps to [?](/influxdb/cloud/reference/cli/influx/#view-mapped-environment-variables)|
|----|-----------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|---------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|`-c`|`--active-config`|                CLI configuration to use for command                 | string  |                                                                                    |
|`-b`|   `--bucket`    |                         Primary bucket name                         | string  |                                                                                    |
|    |`--configs-path` |Path to `influx` CLI configurations (default `~/.influxdbv2/configs`)| string  |                               `INFLUX_CONFIGS_PATH`                                |
|`-f`|    `--force`    |                      Skip confirmation prompt                       |         |                                                                                    |
|`-h`|    `--help`     |                    Help for the `setup` command                     |         |                                                                                    |
|    |    `--host`     |     HTTP address of InfluxDB (default `http://localhost:8086`)      | string  |                                   `INFLUX_HOST`                                    |
|    | `--http-debug`  |            Inspect communication with InfluxDB servers.             | string  |                                                                                    |
|`-o`|     `--org`     |                      Primary organization name                      | string  |                                                                                    |
|`-p`|  `--password`   |                      Password for primary user                      | string  |                                                                                    |
|`-r`|  `--retention`  |   Duration bucket will retain data (0 is infinite, default is 0)    |duration |                                                                                    |
|    | `--skip-verify` |                  Skip TLS certificate verification                  |         |                                `INFLUX_SKIP_VERIFY`                                |
|`-t`|    `--token`    |          Token for admin user (auto-generated by default)           | string  |                                   `INFLUX_TOKEN`                                   |
|`-u`|  `--username`   |                          Primary username                           | string  |                                                                                    |

> [!Note]
> Valid `--retention` units are nanoseconds (`ns`), microseconds (`us` or `µs`),
> milliseconds (`ms`), seconds (`s`), minutes (`m`), hours (`h`), days (`d`), and weeks (`w`).

## Examples

##### Set up InfluxDB interactively with prompts for required information

```sh
influx setup
```

##### Set up InfluxDB with all required information and skip confirmation

```
influx setup \
  --org example-org \
  --bucket example-bucket \
  --username example-user \
  --password ExAmPl3PA55W0rD \
  --force  
```

#### 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)

[get-started](/influxdb/cloud/tags/get-started/)
| Flag |  | Description | Data type | Maps to  ? |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Flag |  | Description | Data type | Maps to  ? |
| -c | --active-config | CLI configuration to use for command | string |  |
| -b | --bucket | Primary bucket name | string |  |
|  | --configs-path | Path to  influx  CLI configurations (default  ~/.influxdbv2/configs ) | string | INFLUX_CONFIGS_PATH |
| -f | --force | Skip confirmation prompt |  |  |
| -h | --help | Help for the  setup  command |  |  |
|  | --host | HTTP address of InfluxDB (default  http://localhost:8086 ) | string | INFLUX_HOST |
|  | --http-debug | Inspect communication with InfluxDB servers. | string |  |
| -o | --org | Primary organization name | string |  |
| -p | --password | Password for primary user | string |  |
| -r | --retention | Duration bucket will retain data (0 is infinite, default is 0) | duration |  |
|  | --skip-verify | Skip TLS certificate verification |  | INFLUX_SKIP_VERIFY |
| -t | --token | Token for admin user (auto-generated by default) | string | INFLUX_TOKEN |
| -u | --username | Primary username | string |  |