---
title: InfluxDB reference
description: Reference documentation for InfluxDB Cloud including importing updates, API documentation, tools, syntaxes, and more.
url: https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/cloud/reference/
estimated_tokens: 958
product: InfluxDB Cloud (TSM)
version: cloud
---

# InfluxDB reference

### [Release notes](/influxdb/cloud/reference/release-notes/)

Find important information about what’s included in new versions of InfluxData products.

### [InfluxDB key concepts](/influxdb/cloud/reference/key-concepts/)

Concepts related to InfluxDB.

### [Command line tools](/influxdb/cloud/reference/cli/)

InfluxDB provides command line tools designed to aid in managing and working with InfluxDB from the command line.

### [InfluxDB syntaxes](/influxdb/cloud/reference/syntax/)

InfluxDB uses a handful of languages and syntaxes to perform tasks such as writing, querying, processing, and deleting data.

### [InfluxDB Cloud regions](/influxdb/cloud/reference/regions/)

InfluxDB Cloud is available on multiple cloud providers and in multiple regions. Each region has a unique InfluxDB Cloud URL and API endpoint.

### [InfluxDB Cloud internals](/influxdb/cloud/reference/internals/)

```
		 <h3 id="influxdb-cloud-data-durability"><a href="/influxdb/cloud/reference/internals/durability/" target="">InfluxDB Cloud data durability</a></h3>
		
		<p>InfluxDB Cloud ensures the durability of all stored data by replicating data across multiple availability zones in a cloud region, automatically creating backups, and verifying that replicated data is consistent and readable.</p>
		
		

		

		
		

		
		
		
		 <h3 id="influxdb-cloud-security"><a href="/influxdb/cloud/reference/internals/security/" target="">InfluxDB Cloud security</a></h3>
		
		<p>InfluxDB Cloud is built on industry-standard security practices and principles.</p>
		
		

		

		
		

		
		
		
		 <h3 id="influxdb-cloud-system-buckets"><a href="/influxdb/cloud/reference/internals/system-buckets/" target="">InfluxDB Cloud system buckets</a></h3>
		
		<p>InfluxDB system buckets contain time series data used by and generated from the InfluxDB monitoring and alerting system and the task engine.</p>

```

### [Sample data](/influxdb/cloud/reference/sample-data/)

Use sample data to familiarize yourself with time series data and InfluxDB. InfluxData provides many sample time series datasets to use with InfluxDB and InfluxDB Cloud.

### [Prometheus metric parsing formats](/influxdb/cloud/reference/prometheus-metrics/)

When scraping [Prometheus-formatted metrics](https://prometheus.io/docs/concepts/data_model/) and writing them to InfluxDB Cloud, metrics are parsed and stored in InfluxDB in different formats.

### [Frequently asked questions](/influxdb/cloud/reference/faq/)

Find answers to common questions related to InfluxDB OSS.

### [Policies and procedures](/influxdb/cloud/reference/policies/)

InfluxData product policies and procedures.

### [Glossary](/influxdb/cloud/reference/glossary/)

Terms related to InfluxData products and platforms.

### [InfluxDB Cloud (TSM) service notices](/influxdb/cloud/reference/service-notices/)

Important service notices related to the InfluxDB Cloud (TSM) platform.