---
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: 2160
product: InfluxDB Cloud Serverless
version: cloud-serverless
---

# influx replication create

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 ? |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| -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.
    
    ```sh
    $ influx remote list
    ID			        Name		Org ID
    0ooxX0xxXo0x 	    myremote    [...]
    ```
    
3. Create the replication:
    
    ```sh
    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/)