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

Usage

influx [flags]
influx [command]

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Store your InfluxDB authentication token

To avoid having to pass your InfluxDB authentication token with each influx command, use one of the following methods to store your token:

1. Set the INFLUX_TOKEN environment variable using your token.

   export INFLUX_TOKEN=oOooYourAuthTokenOoooOoOO==
   

2. Store your token in ~/.influxdbv2/credentials. The content of the credentials file should be only your token.

If you set up InfluxDB using the CLI, InfluxDB stores your token in the credentials files automatically.

See View tokens for information about retrieving authentication tokens. {{% /note %}}

Commands

Command	Description
apply	Apply an InfluxDB template
auth	Authorization management commands
backup	Back up data
bucket	Bucket management commands
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
repl	Interactive REPL (read-eval-print-loop)
secret	Manage secrets
setup	Create default username, password, org, bucket, etc.
stacks	Manage InfluxDB stacks
task	Task management commands
telegrafs	Telegraf configuration management commands
template	Summarize and validate an InfluxDB template
transpile	Manually transpile an InfluxQL query to Flux
user	User management commands
write	Write points to InfluxDB

Mapped environment variables

Some influx CLI flags are mapped to environment variables. Mapped flags get the value of the environment variable. To override environment variables, set the flag explicitly in your command.

Flags

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