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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]

{{% note %}}

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.

   Note: 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
auth	Authorization management commands
bucket	Bucket management commands
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)
setup	Create default username, password, org, bucket, etc.
task	Task management commands
user	User management commands
write	Write points to InfluxDB

Flags

Flag	Description	Input type
-h, --help	Help for the influx command
--host	HTTP address of InfluxDB (default http://localhost:9999)	string
--local	Run commands locally against the filesystem
-t, --token	API token to be used throughout client calls	string