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Use InfluxDB CLIs

This page documents an earlier version of InfluxDB. InfluxDB v2.6 is the latest stable version.

Use the influx and influxd command line interfaces (CLIs) to interact with and manage InfluxDB.

influx CLI

Use the influx CLI to interact with and manage your InfluxDB instance. Write and query data, generate InfluxDB templates, export data, manage organizations and users, and more.

For more information, see the influx reference documentation.

influxd CLI

Use the influxd CLI to start the InfluxDB OSS server and manage the InfluxDB storage engine. Restore data, rebuild the time series index (TSI), assess the health of the underlying storage engine, and more.

For more information, see the influxd reference documentation.


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Linux Package Signing Key Rotation

All signed InfluxData Linux packages have been resigned with an updated key. If using Linux, you may need to update your package configuration to continue to download and verify InfluxData software packages.

For more information, see the Linux Package Signing Key Rotation blog post.

State of the InfluxDB Cloud (IOx) documentation

The new documentation for InfluxDB Cloud backed by InfluxDB IOx is a work in progress. We are adding new information and content almost daily. Thank you for your patience!

If there is specific information you’re looking for, please submit a documentation issue.