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List databases

Use the influxctl database list command to list databases in your InfluxDB cluster.

  1. If you haven’t already, download and install the influxctl CLI.

  2. Run influxctl database list with the following:

influxctl database list --format table
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Output formats

The influxctl database list command supports two output formats: table and json. By default, the command outputs the list of databases formatted as a table. For easier programmatic access to the command output, include --format json with your command to format the database list as JSON.

Example output

+---------------+------------------+------------+-----------------------+
| DATABASE NAME | RETENTION PERIOD | MAX TABLES | MAX COLUMNS PER TABLE |
+---------------+------------------+------------+-----------------------+
| mydb1         | infinite         |        500 |                   250 |
| mydb2         | infinite         |        500 |                   200 |
| mydb3         | 24h              |        100 |                   200 |
+---------------+------------------+------------+-----------------------+
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[
  {
    "account_id": "0x0x0x00-0Xx0-00x0-x0X0-00x00XX0Xx0X",
    "cluster_id": "X0x0xxx0-0XXx-000x-00x0-0X000Xx00000",
    "database_name": "mydb1",
    "retention_period_ns": 0,
    "max_tables": 500,
    "max_columns_per_table": 250
  },
  {
    "account_id": "0x0x0x00-0Xx0-00x0-x0X0-00x00XX0Xx0X",
    "cluster_id": "X0x0xxx0-0XXx-000x-00x0-0X000Xx00000",
    "database_name": "mydb2",
    "retention_period_ns": 0,
    "max_tables": 500,
    "max_columns_per_table": 200
  },
  {
    "account_id": "0x0x0x00-0Xx0-00x0-x0X0-00x00XX0Xx0X",
    "cluster_id": "X0x0xxx0-0XXx-000x-00x0-0X000Xx00000",
    "database_name": "mydb3",
    "retention_period_ns": 86400000000000,
    "max_tables": 100,
    "max_columns_per_table": 200
  },
]
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