influx - InfluxDB command line interface
This page documents an earlier version of InfluxDB. InfluxDB v2.6 is the latest stable version. View this page in the v2.6 documentation.
The influx command line interface (CLI) includes commands to manage many aspects of InfluxDB,
including buckets, organizations, users, tasks, etc.
Usage
influx [flags]
influx [command]
Provide required authentication credentials
To avoid having to pass your InfluxDB host, API token, and organization
with each command, store them in an influx CLI configuration (config).
influx commands that require these credentials automatically retrieve these
credentials from the active config.
Use the influx config create command
to create an influx CLI config and set it as active:
influx config create --config-name <config-name> \
--host-url http://localhost:8086 \
--org <your-org> \
--token <your-api-token> \
--active
For more information about managing CLI configurations, see the
influx config documentation.
Commands
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
| apply | Apply an InfluxDB template |
| auth | API token management commands |
| backup | Back up data |
| bucket | Bucket management commands |
| completion | Generate completion scripts |
| config | Configuration management commands |
| dashboards | List dashboards |
| delete | Delete points from InfluxDB |
| export | Export resources as a template |
| help | Help about any command |
| org | Organization management commands |
| ping | Check the InfluxDB /health endpoint |
| query | Execute a Flux query |
| secret | Manage secrets |
| setup | Create default username, password, org, bucket, etc. |
| stacks | Manage InfluxDB stacks |
| task | Task management commands |
| telegrafs | Telegraf configuration management commands |
| template | Summarize and validate an InfluxDB template |
| user | User management commands |
| v1 | Work with the v1 compatibility API |
| version | Print the influx CLI version |
| write | Write points to InfluxDB |
Flags
| Flag | Description | |
|---|---|---|
-h | --help | Help for the influx command |
Flag patterns and conventions
The influx CLI uses the following patterns and conventions:
Mapped environment variables
influx CLI flags mapped to environment variables are listed in the Mapped to column.
Mapped flags inherit the value of the environment variable.
To override environment variables, set the flag explicitly in your command.
Shorthand and longhand flags
Many influx CLI flags support both shorthand and longhand forms.
- shorthand: a shorthand flag begins with a single hyphen followed by a single letter (for example:
-c). - longhand: a longhand flag starts with two hyphens followed by a multi-letter,
hyphen-spaced flag name (for example:
--active-config).
Commands can use both shorthand and longhand flags in a single execution.
Flag input types
influx CLI flag input types are listed in each the table of flags for each command.
Flags support the following input types:
string
Text string, but the flag can be used only once per command execution.
stringArray
Single text string, but the flag can be used multiple times per command execution.
integer
Sequence of digits representing an integer value.
duration
Length of time represented by an integer and a duration unit
(1ns, 1us, 1µs, 1ms, 1s, 1m, 1h, 1d, 1w).
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