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influxd - InfluxDB daemon	The influxd daemon starts and runs all the processes necessary for InfluxDB to function.	influxd cli	v2_0_ref name parent influxd Command line tools	102

The influxd daemon starts and runs all the processes necessary for InfluxDB to function.

Usage

influxd [flags]
influxd [command]

Commands

Command	Description
generate	Generate time series data sets using TOML schema.
inspect	Inspect on-disk database data.
run	Start the influxd server (default)
version	Output the current version of InfluxDB

Flags

Flag	Description	Input type
--assets-path	Override default assets by serving from a specific directory (developer mode)	string
--bolt-path	Path to boltdb database (default ~/.influxdbv2/influxd.bolt)	string
--e2e-testing	Add /debug/flush endpoint to clear stores; used for end-to-end tests (default false)
--engine-path	Path to persistent engine files (default ~/.influxdbv2/engine)	string
-h, --help	Help for influxd
--http-bind-address	Bind address for the REST HTTP API (default :9999)	string
--log-level	Supported log levels are debug, info, and error (default info)	string
--reporting-disabled	Disable sending telemetry data to https://telemetry.influxdata.com
--secret-store	Data store for secrets (bolt or vault) (default bolt)	string
--session-length	TTL in minutes for newly created sessions (default 60)	integer
--session-renew-disabled	Disables automatically extending session TTL on request
--store	Data store for REST resources (bolt or memory) (default bolt)	string
--tls-cert	Path to TLS certificate file	string
--tls-key	Path to TLS private key file	string
--tracing-type	Supported tracing types (log or jaeger)	string
--vault-addr	Address of the Vault server (example: https://127.0.0.1:8200/)	string
--vault-cacert	Path to a PEM-encoded CA certificate file	string
--vault-capath	Path to a directory of PEM-encoded CA certificate files	string
--vault-client-cert	Path to a PEM-encoded client certificate	string
--vault-client-key	Path to an unencrypted, PEM-encoded private key which corresponds to the matching client certificate	string
--vault-max-retries	Maximum number of retries when encountering a 5xx error code (default 2)	integer
--vault-client-timeout	Vault client timeout (default 60s)	duration
--vault-skip-verify	Skip certificate verification when communicating with Vault
--vault-tls-server-name	Name to use as the SNI host when connecting to Vault via TLS	string
--vault-token	Vault authentication token	string