--- title: influx replication create description: Create an InfluxDB replication stream. url: https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb3/cloud-serverless/reference/cli/influx/replication/create/ estimated_tokens: 2145 publisher: InfluxData canonical: https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb3/cloud-serverless/reference/cli/influx/replication/create/ date: '2025-04-02T15:54:32-06:00' lastmod: '2025-04-02T15:54:32-06:00' --- > [!Important] > Replication remotes and replication streams can only be configured for InfluxDB OSS. The `influx replication create` command creates a new InfluxDB replication stream. ## Usage ``` influx replication create [command options] [arguments...] ``` ## Flags |Flag| | Description |Input type|Maps to [?](/influxdb/cloud-serverless/reference/cli/influx/#view-mapped-environment-variables)| |----|------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |`-n`| `--name` | Replication stream name | string | | |`-d`| `--description` | Replication stream description | string | | | | `--org-id` | Local organization ID | string | `INFLUX_ORG_ID` | |`-o`| `--org` | Local organization name | string | `INFLUX_ORG` | | | `--remote-id` | Remote connection ID to replicate data to | string | | | | `--local-bucket-id` | Local bucket ID to replicate data from | string | | | | `--remote-bucket` |Remote bucket name to replicate data to (mutually exclusive with `--remote-bucket-id`)| string | | | | `--remote-bucket-id` |Remote bucket ID to replicate data to (mutually exclusive with `--remote-bucket-name`)| string | | | | `--max-queue-bytes` | Max queue size in bytes (default: `67108860`) | integer | | | | `--drop-non-retryable-data` | Drop data when a non-retryable error is encountered | | | | |`--no-drop-non-retryable-data`| Do not drop data when a non-retryable error is encountered | | | | | `--max-age` | Specify a maximum age (in seconds) for data before it is dropped | integer | | | | `--host` | InfluxDB HTTP address (default `http://localhost:8086`) | string | `INFLUX_HOST` | | | `--skip-verify` | Skip TLS certificate verification | | `INFLUX_SKIP_VERIFY` | | | `--configs-path` | Path to `influx` CLI configurations (default `~/.influxdbv2/configs`) | string | `INFLUX_CONFIGS_PATH` | |`-c`| `--active-config` | CLI configuration to use for command | string | | | | `--http-debug` | Inspect communication with InfluxDB servers | string | | | | `--json` | Output data as JSON (default `false`) | | `INFLUX_OUTPUT_JSON` | | | `--hide-headers` | Hide table headers (default `false`) | | `INFLUX_HIDE_HEADERS` | |`-t`| `--token` | InfluxDB API token | string | `INFLUX_TOKEN` | ## Examples #### Authentication credentials The examples below assume your InfluxDB **host**, **organization**, and **token** are provided by either the [active `influx` CLI configuration](/influxdb/cloud-serverless/reference/cli/influx/#provide-required-authentication-credentials) or by environment variables (`INFLUX_HOST`, `INFLUX_ORG`, and `INFLUX_TOKEN`). If you do not have a CLI configuration set up or the environment variables set, include these required credentials for each command with the following flags: * `--host`: [InfluxDB host](/influxdb/cloud-serverless/reference/urls/) * `-o, --org` or `--org-id`: InfluxDB organization name or ID * `-t, --token`: InfluxDB API token ### Create a replication stream 1. [Create a remote connection](/influxdb3/cloud-serverless/reference/cli/influx/remote/create/), if you haven’t already. 2. Use `influx remote list` to get the ID for the remote you want to replicate data to. ``` $ influx remote list ID Name Org ID 0ooxX0xxXo0x myremote [...] ``` 3. Create the replication: ``` influx replication create \ --name myreplication --local-bucket example-local-bucket --remote-bucket example-remote-bucket --remote-id 0ooxX0xxXo0x ``` #### Related * [influx remote](/influxdb3/cloud-serverless/reference/cli/influx/remote/) | Flag | | Description | Input type | Maps to ? | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Flag | | Description | Input type | Maps to ? | | -n | --name | Replication stream name | string | | | -d | --description | Replication stream description | string | | | | --org-id | Local organization ID | string | INFLUX_ORG_ID | | -o | --org | Local organization name | string | INFLUX_ORG | | | --remote-id | Remote connection ID to replicate data to | string | | | | --local-bucket-id | Local bucket ID to replicate data from | string | | | | --remote-bucket | Remote bucket name to replicate data to (mutually exclusive with --remote-bucket-id ) | string | | | | --remote-bucket-id | Remote bucket ID to replicate data to (mutually exclusive with --remote-bucket-name ) | string | | | | --max-queue-bytes | Max queue size in bytes (default: 67108860 ) | integer | | | | --drop-non-retryable-data | Drop data when a non-retryable error is encountered | | | | | --no-drop-non-retryable-data | Do not drop data when a non-retryable error is encountered | | | | | --max-age | Specify a maximum age (in seconds) for data before it is dropped | integer | | | | --host | InfluxDB HTTP address (default http://localhost:8086 ) | string | INFLUX_HOST | | | --skip-verify | Skip TLS certificate verification | | INFLUX_SKIP_VERIFY | | | --configs-path | Path to influx CLI configurations (default ~/.influxdbv2/configs ) | string | INFLUX_CONFIGS_PATH | | -c | --active-config | CLI configuration to use for command | string | | | | --http-debug | Inspect communication with InfluxDB servers | string | | | | --json | Output data as JSON (default false ) | | INFLUX_OUTPUT_JSON | | | --hide-headers | Hide table headers (default false ) | | INFLUX_HIDE_HEADERS | | -t | --token | InfluxDB API token | string | INFLUX_TOKEN |