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influxdb3 CLI

The influxdb3 CLI runs and interacts with the InfluxDB 3 Core server.

Usage

influxdb3 [GLOBAL-OPTIONS] [COMMAND]

Commands

CommandDescription
createCreate resources
deleteDelete resources
disableDisable resources
enableEnable resources
queryQuery InfluxDB 3 Core
serveRun the InfluxDB 3 Core server
showList resources
testTest plugins
updateUpdate resources
writeWrite to InfluxDB 3 Core

Global options

OptionDescription
-h--helpPrint help information
--help-allPrint detailed help information including runtime configuration options
-V--versionPrint version

For advanced global configuration options (including --num-io-threads and other runtime settings), see Configuration options.

Examples

In the examples below, replace my-host-01: with a unique identifier for your InfluxDB 3 Core server.

Run the InfluxDB 3 server

influxdb3 serve \
  --object-store file \
  --data-dir ~/.influxdb3 \
  --node-id 
my-host-01

Run the InfluxDB 3 server with custom IO threads

influxdb3 --num-io-threads=8 serve \
  --object-store file \
  --data-dir ~/.influxdb3 \
  --node-id 
my-host-01

Display short-form help for all commands

influxdb3 -h

Display long-form help for all commands

influxdb3 --help

Run the InfluxDB 3 Core server with extra verbose logging

influxdb3 serve \
  --object-store file \
  --data-dir ~/.influxdb3 \
  --node-id 
my-host-01
\
--verbose

Run InfluxDB 3 Core with debug logging using LOG_FILTER

LOG_FILTER=debug influxdb3 serve \
  --object-store file \
  --data-dir ~/.influxdb3 \
  --node-id 
my-host-01

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