influx template

• influx CLI 2.0.1+
• InfluxDB 2.0.1+

The influx template command summarizes the specified InfluxDB template. The command returns information about all resources included in the template.

Usage

influx template [flags]
influx template [command]

Subcommands

Flags

Examples

Authentication credentials

The examples below assume your InfluxDB host, organization, and token are provided by the active influx CLI configuration. If you do not have a CLI configuration set up, use the appropriate flags to provide these required credentials.

Summarize InfluxDB Templates:

• from a local file
• from multiple files
• from a URL
• from a directory
• using a specific encoding

Summarize an InfluxDB template from a local file

influx template --file /path/to/template.yml

Summarize InfluxDB templates from multiple files

influx template \
  --file /path/to/template1.yml \
  --file /path/to/template2.yml

Summarize an InfluxDB template from a URL

influx template --file https://example.com/path/to/template.yml

Summarize all InfluxDB templates in a directory

influx template \
  --file /path/to/template/dir/ \
  --recurse

Specify the encoding of the InfluxDB template to summarize

influx template \
  --file /path/to/template \
  --encoding json

Related

• InfluxDB templates
• influx CLI—Provide required authentication credentials
• influx CLI—Flag patterns and conventions

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