docs-v2/helper-scripts

InfluxData Documentation Helper Scripts

This directory contains scripts to assist with InfluxDB documentation workflows, including release notes generation, CLI/API documentation auditing, and version management.

Directory Structure

helper-scripts/
├── common/                    # Shared scripts used across all products
├── influxdb3-monolith/       # Scripts for InfluxDB 3 Core & Enterprise
├── influxdb3-distributed/    # Scripts for InfluxDB 3 Clustered & Cloud Dedicated
├── cloud-serverless/         # Scripts for InfluxDB Cloud Serverless
└── output/                   # Generated outputs from all scripts

Product Categories

InfluxDB 3 Monolith

• Products: InfluxDB 3 Core, InfluxDB 3 Enterprise
• Deployment: Single binary deployment
• Scripts Location: influxdb3-monolith/

InfluxDB 3 Distributed

• Products: InfluxDB 3 Clustered, InfluxDB 3 Cloud Dedicated
• Deployment: Distributed/Kubernetes deployment
• Scripts Location: influxdb3-distributed/

Cloud Serverless

• Product: InfluxDB Cloud Serverless
• Deployment: Fully managed cloud service
• Scripts Location: cloud-serverless/

Common Scripts

Release Notes Generation

Release notes are generated using the unified docs CLI. See scripts/docs-cli/README.md for full documentation.

Usage:

# Using product keys (resolves paths from config)
npx docs release-notes v3.1.0 v3.2.0 --products influxdb3_core,influxdb3_enterprise

# Using direct repository paths
npx docs release-notes v3.1.0 v3.2.0 --repos ~/repos/influxdb,~/repos/enterprise

common/update-product-version.sh

Updates product version numbers in data/products.yml and related documentation files.

Usage:

./common/update-product-version.sh --product <product> --version <version>

Example:

./common/update-product-version.sh --product core --version 3.2.1

Product-Specific Scripts

InfluxDB 3 Monolith (Core & Enterprise)

See influxdb3-monolith/README.md for detailed documentation.

Key Scripts:

• audit-cli-documentation.sh - Audits CLI commands against existing documentation
• setup-auth-tokens.sh - Sets up authentication tokens for local containers

InfluxDB 3 Distributed (Clustered & Cloud Dedicated)

See influxdb3-distributed/README.md for detailed documentation.

Key Scripts:

• clustered-release-artifacts.sh - Downloads release artifacts for Clustered releases

Output Directory

All scripts write their outputs to organized subdirectories:

output/
├── release-notes/      # Generated release notes
├── cli-audit/         # CLI documentation audit reports
├── api-audit/         # API documentation audit reports
└── artifacts/         # Downloaded release artifacts

GitHub Workflow Integration

These scripts are integrated with GitHub Actions workflows:

• Workflow: .github/workflows/prepare-release.yml
• Uses: docs release-notes (unified CLI), update-product-version.sh

Quick Start

1. Clone the repository

   git clone https://github.com/influxdata/docs-v2.git
   cd docs-v2/helper-scripts
   

2. Make scripts executable

   find . -name "*.sh" -type f -exec chmod +x {} \;
   

3. Run a script

   # Generate release notes (using unified CLI)
   npx docs release-notes v3.1.0 v3.2.0 --products influxdb3_core,influxdb3_enterprise
   
   # Audit CLI documentation
   npx docs audit main --products influxdb3_core
   

Contributing

When adding new scripts:

1. Place in the appropriate product directory
2. Follow naming conventions (lowercase with hyphens)
3. Include comprehensive help text and documentation
4. Update the relevant README files
5. Test with all applicable products
6. Ensure outputs go to the output/ directory

Archived Scripts

Deprecated scripts are moved to archive/ subdirectories. These scripts are kept for reference but should not be used in active workflows.