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title: Replicate to InfluxDB 3 Cloud
description: Set up EDR to replicate data from InfluxDB 3 Enterprise to InfluxDB 3 Cloud.
url: https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb3/enterprise/edr/replicate/to-cloud/
estimated_tokens: 481
product: InfluxDB 3 Enterprise
version: enterprise
publisher: InfluxData
canonical: https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb3/enterprise/edr/replicate/to-cloud/
date: '2026-10-05T22:59:41-05:00'
lastmod: '2026-10-05T22:59:41-05:00'
---

* EDR 1.0.0

Use EDR to replicate data from InfluxDB 3 Enterprise to[InfluxDB 3 Cloud](/influxdb3/cloud/). This guide covers only what’s
different when Cloud is the destination—auth and endpoint. For shared
configuration (token store, `historic_fill`, scope, bandwidth scheduling),
see [Configuration file reference](/influxdb3/enterprise/edr/reference/config-file/).

## Direct mode: write straight to InfluxDB 3 Cloud

When the destination does not run an EDR agent, EDR replicates directly to a
plain InfluxDB v3 write endpoint:

```yaml
downstream:
  name: "cloud-influx"
  address: "https://cloud.influxdata.com"
  auth_token: "cloud-api-token"
  mode: direct
```

In direct mode:

* There is no `/connect` handshake.
* Health checks use the destination’s `GET /health`.
* No topology is propagated to the destination.
* Auth failures and schema conflicts are handled identically to
  agent-to-agent mode.
* The `pt` wire encoding is not available—direct mode always uses `lp`(Line Protocol).

Replace `cloud-api-token` with a token-store entry containing an InfluxDB 3
Cloud API token with write access to the target database. See[Manage tokens](/influxdb3/enterprise/edr/manage-tokens/).

## Compatibility

EDR’s agent-to-agent compatibility matrix (protocol version negotiation,
storage-format preflight) applies to hops between two `influxdb3-edr`agents. A direct-mode connection to InfluxDB 3 Cloud doesn’t negotiate an
agent protocol version—the InfluxDB 3 write API itself governs
compatibility. See[Compatibility](/influxdb3/enterprise/edr/reference/compatibility/) for the full
agent-to-agent and agent-to-InfluxDB compatibility matrices.

## Next

* [Size WAL retention](/influxdb3/enterprise/edr/size-wal-retention/) on the
  source Enterprise instance to cover your expected outage windows.
* [Monitor EDR](/influxdb3/enterprise/edr/monitor/) to watch replication health
  and lag to Cloud.