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Get started with Flux and InfluxDB

Flux is InfluxData’s functional data scripting language designed for querying, analyzing, and acting on data.

These guides walks through important concepts related to Flux and querying time series data from InfluxDB using Flux.

Tools for working with Flux

The Execute queries guide walks through the different tools available for querying InfluxDB with Flux.

Before you start

To get a basic understanding of the Flux data model and syntax, see Get started with Flux in the Flux documentation.


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The future of Flux

Flux is going into maintenance mode. You can continue using it as you currently are without any changes to your code.

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InfluxDB 3 Open Source Now in Public Alpha

InfluxDB 3 Open Source is now available for alpha testing, licensed under MIT or Apache 2 licensing.

We are releasing two products as part of the alpha.

InfluxDB 3 Core, is our new open source product. It is a recent-data engine for time series and event data. InfluxDB 3 Enterprise is a commercial version that builds on Core’s foundation, adding historical query capability, read replicas, high availability, scalability, and fine-grained security.

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