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influx telegrafs create

The influx telegrafs create command creates a Telegraf configuration in InfluxDB using a provided Telegraf configuration file.

Usage

influx telegrafs create [flags]

Flags

Flag Description Input type Maps to ?
-c --active-config CLI configuration to use for command string
--configs-path Path to influx CLI configurations (default ~/.influxdbv2/configs) string INFLUX_CONFIGS_PATH
-d --description Telegraf configuration description string
-f --file Path to Telegraf configuration string
-h --help Help for the create command
--hide-headers Hide table headers INFLUX_HIDE_HEADERS
--json Output data as JSON INFLUX_OUTPUT_JSON
-n --name Telegraf configuration name string
-o --org Organization name (mutually exclusive with --org-id) string INFLUX_ORG
--org-id Organization ID (mutually exclusive with --org) string INFLUX_ORG_ID
--skip-verify Skip TLS certificate verification INFLUX_SKIP_VERIFY
-t --token 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 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
  • -o, --org or --org-id: InfluxDB organization name or ID
  • -t, --token: InfluxDB API token
Create a Telegraf configuration
influx telegrafs create \
  --name "Example configuration name" \
  --description "Example Telegraf configuration description" \
  --file /path/to/telegraf.conf
Create a Telegraf configuration via stdin
cat /path/to/telegraf.conf | influx telegrafs create \
  --name "Example configuration name" \
  --description "Example Telegraf configuration description" \

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