influxd generate
The influxd generate
command generates time series data direct to disk using a schema defined in a TOML file.
Important notes
influxd generate
cannot run while theinfluxd
server is running. Thegenerate
command modifies index and Time-Structured Merge Tree (TSM) data.- Use
influxd generate
for development and testing purposes only. Do not run it on a production server.
Usage
influxd generate <schema.toml> [flags]
influxd generate [subcommand]
Subcommands
Subcommand | Description |
---|---|
help-schema | Print a documented example TOML schema to stdout. |
simple | Generate simple data sets using defaults and CLI flags. |
Flags
Flag | Description | Input Type | |
---|---|---|---|
--print | Print data spec and exit | ||
--org | Organiztion name | string | |
--bucket | Bucket Name | string | |
--start-time | Start time (YYYY-MM-DDT00:00:00Z ) (default is 00:00:00 of one week ago) | string | |
--end-time | End time (YYYY-MM-DDT00:00:00Z ) (default is 00:00:00 of current day) | string | |
--clean | Clean time series data files (none , tsm or all ) (default none ) | string | |
--cpuprofile | Collect a CPU profile | string | |
--memprofile | Collect a memory profile | string | |
-h | --help | Help for the generate command |
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