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Get started with InfluxDB Cloud 2 Beta Sign up for and get started with InfluxDB Cloud 2 Beta. 1
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Get started with InfluxDB Cloud

{{< cloud-name >}} is a fully managed and hosted version of the InfluxDB v2 API. To get started, complete the tasks below.

{{% cloud-msg %}} The InfluxDB v2.0 alpha documentation linked to in this article also applies to {{< cloud-name "short" >}} unless otherwise specified. {{% /cloud-msg %}}

Sign up

{{% note %}} Early access to {{< cloud-name >}} is limited. Apply for access [here]({{< cloud-link >}}). {{% /note %}}

Sign up for the {{< cloud-name >}} with the link provided in the invite email.

  1. Look for an email invite from support@influxdata.com with the subject line You've been invited to beta {{< cloud-name >}}.
  2. Click Accept Invite to begin the sign up process.
  3. Provide an email id, password and follow the prompts to sign up for a Free Tier.
  4. Select the Region and click Next to create your default organization and bucket.

{{% cloud-msg %}} {{< cloud-name >}} is restricted to the us-west-2 region. {{% /cloud-msg %}}

  1. Once your organization and bucket are created, the usage page opens.

{{% note %}} Currently, this page is just a mockup with no real data. This capability will be available soon. {{% /note %}}

Log in

Log in at https://us-west-2-1.aws.cloud2.influxdata.com using the credentials created above.

Collect data

Use Telegraf to collect and write data to {{< cloud-name >}}. Create Telegraf configurations automatically in the UI or manually configure Telegraf.

For details, see Automatically configure Telegraf and Manually configure Telegraf.

Query and visualize data

Once you've set up {{< cloud-name "short" >}} to collect data with Telegraf, you can do the following:

  • Query data using Flux, the UI, and the influx command line interface. See Query data.
  • Build custom dashboards to visualize your data. See Visualize data.

{{% note %}}

Known issues and disabled features

See Known issues for information regarding all known issues in InfluxDB Cloud. {{% /note %}}