---
title: influx telegrafs create
description: The influx telegrafs create command creates a new Telegraf configuration in InfluxDB using a provided Telegraf configuration file.
url: https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/cloud/reference/cli/influx/telegrafs/create/
estimated_tokens: 1708
product: InfluxDB Cloud (TSM)
version: cloud
---

# influx telegrafs create

-   influx CLI 2.0.0+

The `influx telegrafs create` command creates a Telegraf configuration in InfluxDB using a provided Telegraf configuration file.

## Usage

```sh
influx telegrafs create [flags]
```

## Flags

| 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 |
| -d | --description | Telegraf configuration description | string |  |
| -f | --file | Path to Telegraf configuration | string |  |
| -h | --help | Help for the create command |  |  |
|  | --hide-headers | Hide table headers |  | INFLUX_HIDE_HEADERS |
|  | --json | Output data as JSON |  | INFLUX_OUTPUT_JSON |
| -n | --name | Telegraf configuration name | string |  |
| -o | --org | Organization name (mutually exclusive with --org-id) | string | INFLUX_ORG |
|  | --org-id | Organization ID (mutually exclusive with --org) | string | INFLUX_ORG_ID |
|  | --skip-verify | Skip TLS certificate verification |  | INFLUX_SKIP_VERIFY |
| -t | --token | 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 Telegraf configuration

```sh
influx telegrafs create \
  --name "Example configuration name" \
  --description "Example Telegraf configuration description" \
  --file /path/to/telegraf.conf
```

##### Create a Telegraf configuration via stdin

```sh
cat /path/to/telegraf.conf | influx telegrafs create \
  --name "Example configuration name" \
  --description "Example Telegraf configuration description" \
```

#### Related

-   [Telegraf configurations](/influxdb/cloud/tools/telegraf-configs/)
-   [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)