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influxdb3 show plugins

The influxdb3 show plugins command lists loaded Processing Engine plugins in your InfluxDB 3 Core server.

Usage

influxdb3 show plugins [OPTIONS]

Options

OptionDescription
-H--hostHost URL of the running InfluxDB 3 Core server (default is http://127.0.0.1:8181)
--token(Required) Authentication token
--formatOutput format (pretty (default), json, jsonl, csv, or parquet)
--outputPath where to save output when using the parquet format
--tls-caPath to a custom TLS certificate authority (for testing or self-signed certificates)
-h--helpPrint help information
--help-allPrint detailed help information

Option environment variables

You can use the following environment variables to set command options:

Environment VariableOption
INFLUXDB3_HOST_URL--host
INFLUXDB3_AUTH_TOKEN--token

Output

The command returns information about loaded plugin files:

  • plugin_name: Name of a trigger using this plugin
  • file_name: Plugin filename
  • file_path: Full server path to the plugin file
  • size_bytes: File size in bytes
  • last_modified: Last modification timestamp (milliseconds since epoch)

This command queries the system.plugin_files table in the _internal database. For more advanced queries and filtering, see Query system data.

Examples

List all plugins

influxdb3 show plugins

List plugins in different output formats

You can specify the output format using the --format option:

# JSON format
influxdb3 show plugins --format json

# JSON Lines format
influxdb3 show plugins --format jsonl

# CSV format
influxdb3 show plugins --format csv

Output plugins to a Parquet file

Parquet is a binary format. Use the --output option to specify the file where you want to save the Parquet data.

influxdb3 show plugins \
  --format parquet \
  --output /Users/me/plugins.parquet

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