influx setup

influx setup

influx CLI 2.0.0+
InfluxDB 2.0.0+
Updated in CLI v2.0.3

The influx setup command walks through the initial InfluxDB OSS setup process, creating a default user, organization, and bucket.

The Operator token created in the InfluxDB setup process has full read and write access to all organizations in the database.

Usage

influx setup [flags]

Flags

Flag		Description	Data type	Maps to ?
`-c`	`—active-config`	CLI configuration to use for command	string
`-b`	`—bucket`	Primary bucket name	string
	`—configs-path`	Path to `influx` CLI configurations (default `~/.influxdbv2/configs`)	string	`INFLUX_CONFIGS_PATH`
`-f`	`—force`	Skip confirmation prompt
`-h`	`—help`	Help for the `setup` command
	`—host`	HTTP address of InfluxDB (default `http://localhost:8086`)	string	`INFLUX_HOST`
	`—http-debug`	Inspect communication with InfluxDB servers.	string
`-o`	`—org`	Primary organization name	string
`-p`	`—password`	Password for primary user	string
`-r`	`—retention`	Duration bucket will retain data (0 is infinite, default is 0)	duration
	`—skip-verify`	Skip TLS certificate verification		`INFLUX_SKIP_VERIFY`
`-t`	`—token`	Token for admin user (auto-generated by default)	string	`INFLUX_TOKEN`
`-u`	`—username`	Primary username	string

Valid --retention units are nanoseconds (ns), microseconds (us or µs), milliseconds (ms), seconds (s), minutes (m), hours (h), days (d), and weeks (w).

Examples

Start interactive InfluxDB setup

influx setup

Set up InfluxDB with all required information and skip confirmation

influx setup \
  --org example-org \
  --bucket example-bucket \
  --username example-user \
  --password ExAmPl3PA55W0rD \
  --force

get-started

influx setup

influx setup

Usage

Flags

Examples

Start interactive InfluxDB setup

Set up InfluxDB with all required information and skip confirmation

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