influx template validate

• influx CLI 2.0.1+
• InfluxDB 2.0.1+

The influx template validate command validates the provided InfluxDB template.

Usage

influx template validate [flags]

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.

Validate InfluxDB Templates:

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

Validate an InfluxDB template from a local file

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

Validate InfluxDB templates from multiple files

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

Validate an InfluxDB template from a URL

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

Validate all InfluxDB templates in a directory

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

Specify the encoding of the InfluxDB template to validate

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

Related

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