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influx - InfluxDB command line interface

The influx command line interface (CLI) includes commands to manage many aspects of InfluxDB, including buckets, organizations, users, tasks, etc.

InfluxDB OSS and influx CLI versions

Beginning with InfluxDB 2.1, the influx CLI is packaged and versioned separately from InfluxDB. InfluxDB and influx CLI versions may differ, but compatibility is noted for each command.

Download and install the influx CLI

macOS Linux Windows

Do one of the following:

Use Homebrew

brew install influxdb-cli

If you used Homebrew to install InfluxDB 2.7, the influxdb-cli formula was downloaded as a dependency and should already be installed. If installed, influxdb-cli will appear in the output of the following command:

brew list | grep influxdb-cli

Manually download and install

  1. Download the influx CLI package.

    influx CLI v2.7.3 (macOS)

  2. Unpackage the downloaded package.

    Do one of the following:

    • Double-click the downloaded package file in Finder.

    • Run the following command in a macOS command prompt application such Terminal or iTerm2:

      # Unpackage contents to the current working directory
tar zxvf ~/Downloads/influxdb2-client-2.7.3-darwin-amd64.tar.gz

  3. (Optional) Place the binary in your $PATH.

    # (Optional) Copy the influx binary to your $PATH
sudo cp ~/Downloads/influxdb2-client-2.7.3-darwin-amd64/influx /usr/local/bin/

    If you do not move the influx binary into your $PATH, prefix the executable ./ to run it in place.

  4. (macOS Catalina and newer) Authorize the influx binary.

    macOS requires downloaded binaries to be signed by registered Apple developers. When you first attempt to run influx, macOS will prevent it from running. To authorize the influx binary:

    1. Attempt to run an influx command.
    2. Open System Preferences and click Security & Privacy.
    3. Under the General tab, there is a message about influx being blocked. Click Open Anyway.

  1. Download the influx CLI package.

    Download the influx CLI package from your browser or from the command line.

    Download from your browser

    influx CLI v2.7.3 (amd64) influx CLI v2.7.3 (arm)

    Download from the command line

    # amd64
wget https://dl.influxdata.com/influxdb/releases/influxdb2-client-2.7.3-linux-amd64.tar.gz

# arm
wget https://dl.influxdata.com/influxdb/releases/influxdb2-client-2.7.3-linux-arm64.tar.gz

  2. Unpackage the downloaded package.

    Note: The following commands are examples. Adjust the filenames, paths, and utilities if necessary.

    # amd64
tar xvzf path/to/influxdb2-client-2.7.3-linux-amd64.tar.gz

# arm
tar xvzf path/to/influxdb2-client-2.7.3-linux-arm64.tar.gz

  3. (Optional) Place the unpackaged influx executable in your system $PATH.

    # amd64
sudo cp influxdb2-client-2.7.3-linux-amd64/influx /usr/local/bin/

# arm
sudo cp influxdb2-client-2.7.3-linux-arm64/influx /usr/local/bin/

    If you do not move the influx binary into your $PATH, prefix the executable ./ to run it in place.

We recommend running influx CLI commands in Powershell. Command Prompt is not fully compatible.

  1. Download the influx CLI package.

    influx CLI v2.7.3 (Windows)

  2. Expand the downloaded archive.

    Expand the downloaded archive into C:\Program Files\InfluxData\ and rename it if desired.

    > Expand-Archive .\influxdb2-client-2.7.3-windows-amd64.zip -DestinationPath 'C:\Program Files\InfluxData\'
> mv 'C:\Program Files\InfluxData\influxdb2-client-2.7.3-windows-amd64' 'C:\Program Files\InfluxData\influx'

  3. Grant network access to the influx CLI.

    When using the influx CLI for the first time, Windows Defender displays the following message:

    Windows Defender Firewall has blocked some features of this app.

    To grant the influx CLI the required access, do the following:

    1. Select Private networks, such as my home or work network.
    2. Click Allow access.

Provide required authentication credentials

To avoid having to pass your InfluxDB host, API token, and organization with each command, store them in an influx CLI configuration (config). influx commands that require these credentials automatically retrieve these credentials from the active config.

Use the influx config create command to create an influx CLI config and set it as active:

influx config create --config-name <config-name> \
  --host-url http://localhost:8086 \
  --org <your-org> \
  --token <your-auth-token> \
  --active

For more information about managing CLI configurations, see the influx config documentation.

Credential precedence

There are three ways to provide the necessary credentials to the influx CLI, which uses the following precedence when retrieving credentials:

  1. Command line flags (--host, --org -o, --token -t)
  2. Environment variables (INFLUX_HOST, INFLUX_ORG, INFLUX_TOKEN)
  3. CLI configuration file

Usage

influx [flags]
influx [command]

Commands

Command Description
apply Apply an InfluxDB template
auth API token management commands
backup Back up data (InfluxDB OSS only)
bucket Bucket management commands
bucket-schema Manage InfluxDB bucket schemas (InfluxDB Cloud only)
completion Generate completion scripts
config Configuration management commands
dashboards List dashboards
delete Delete points from InfluxDB
export Export resources as a template
help Help about any command
org Organization management commands
ping Check the InfluxDB /health endpoint
query Execute a Flux query
restore Restore backup data (InfluxDB OSS only)
scripts Scripts management commands (InfluxDB Cloud only)
secret Manage secrets
setup Create default username, password, org, bucket, etc. (InfluxDB OSS only)
stacks Manage InfluxDB stacks
task Task management commands
telegrafs Telegraf configuration management commands
template Summarize and validate an InfluxDB template
user User management commands
v1 Work with the v1 compatibility API
version Print the influx CLI version
write Write points to InfluxDB

Flags

Flag Description
-h --help Help for the influx command

Flag patterns and conventions

The influx CLI uses the following patterns and conventions:

Mapped environment variables

influx CLI flags mapped to environment variables are listed in the Mapped to column of the Flags table in each command documentation. Mapped flags inherit the value of the environment variable. To override environment variables, set the flag explicitly in your command.

View mapped environment variables

Shorthand and longhand flags

Many influx CLI flags support both shorthand and longhand forms.

  • shorthand: a shorthand flag begins with a single hyphen followed by a single letter (for example: -c).
  • longhand: a longhand flag starts with two hyphens followed by a multi-letter, hyphen-spaced flag name (for example: --active-config).

Commands can use both shorthand and longhand flags in a single execution.

Flag input types

influx CLI flag input types are listed in each the table of flags for each command. Flags support the following input types:

string

Text string, but the flag can be used only once per command execution.

stringArray

Single text string, but the flag can be used multiple times per command execution.

integer

Sequence of digits representing an integer value.

duration

Length of time represented by an integer and a duration unit (1ns, 1us, 1µs, 1ms, 1s, 1m, 1h, 1d, 1w).

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