InfluxDB templates in InfluxDB Cloud

To use templates in InfluxDB Cloud, you have a couple options:

• Install and customize templates directly in the Cloud UI
• Apply and manage templates using the influx CLI

Install and customize a template in the Cloud UI

1. Under Settings icon in the navigation bar.

   Settings

2. Click Templates.

3. (Optional) If you already have a template URL, you can skip this step. Click Browse Community Templates to explore templates and obtain a template URL (YAML or JSON file).

4. Enter the URL to the template’s YAML or JSON file (from the InfluxData Community Templates repository), and then click Lookup Template. The Template Installer displays the template name and the number of resources included in the template (for example, dashboards, Telegraf configurations, buckets, and more).

5. Click Install Template. A message confirms the template has been successfully installed.

6. Under Installed Templates, find the template, and do the following:

   • Click View Readme. Complete the instructions to finalize your template.

   • (Optional) To customize a template, under Installed Resources, expand the template resources, and then click a resource to update it. Update any of the following resources included in the template:

   • Buckets. Update buckets

   • Dashboards. Control dashboards

   • Labels. Edit labels

   • Checks. Update checks

   • Notification endpoints. Update notification endpoints

   • Notification rules. Update notification rules

   • Telegraf configurations. Update a Telegraf configurations

7. (Optional) Add or delete resources from the template, and then use the influx CLI to export resources to a new template (JSON or YAML file).

Apply and manage templates using the influx CLI

Use the influx CLI to apply and manage templates in your InfluxDB Cloud account. If you haven’t already, do the following:

1. Download and install influx CLI.

2. Configure the influx CLI to use your InfluxDB Cloud instance URL, organization, and tokens.

3. Use the influx CLI to use, manage, and create InfluxDB templates:

   • Use templates
   • Create templates