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influx server-config

This page documents an earlier version of InfluxDB OSS. InfluxDB 3 Core is the latest stable version.

The influx server-config command displays the InfluxDB runtime server configuration.

To display the server configuration, you must use an operator token.

Usage

influx server-config [flags]
influx server-config [command]

Examples

# Show the server configuration.
influx server-config

# Show the server configuration as YAML.
influx server-config --yaml

Flags

FlagDescription
-c--active-configCLI configuration to use for command
--configs-pathPath to influx CLI configurations (default ~/.influxdbv2/configs)
-h--helpHelp for the list command
--hide-headersHide table headers (default false)
--hostHTTP address of InfluxDB (default http://localhost:8086)
--http-debugInspect communication with InfluxDB servers
-i--idOrganization ID
--jsonOutput data as JSON (default false)
-n--nameOrganization name
--skip-verifySkip TLS certificate verification
-t--tokenAPI token
--tomlOutput configuration as TOML instead of JSON
--yamlOutput configuration as YAML instead of JSON

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