influx task update

• influx CLI 2.0.0+
• InfluxDB 2.0.0+

This page documents an earlier version of InfluxDB. InfluxDB v2.7 is the latest stable version. View this page in the v2.7 documentation.

The influx task update command updates information related to tasks in InfluxDB.

Usage

influx task update [task literal] [flags]

Flags

Example

Authentication credentials

The examples below assume your InfluxDB host, organization, and token are provided by either the active influx CLI configuration or by environment variables (INFLUX_HOST, INFLUX_ORG, and INFLUX_TOKEN). If you do not have a CLI configuration set up or the environment variables set, include these required credentials for each command with the following flags:

• --host: InfluxDB host
• -o, --org or --org-id: InfluxDB organization name or ID

• -t, --token: InfluxDB API token

• Update a task from a Flux string

• Update a task from a Flux file
• Enable a task
• Disable a task

Update a task from a Flux string

export UPDATED_FLUX_TASK='
  option task = {
    name: "Example Task",
    every: 1d
  }
  from(bucket: "example-bucket")
    |> range(start: -task.every)
    |> filter(fn: (r) => r._measurement == "m")
    |> aggregateWindow(every: 1h, fn: mean)
    |> to(bucket: "default-ds-1d", org: "my-org")
'
influx task update $UPDATED_FLUX_TASK

Update a task from a Flux file

influx task update --file /path/to/example-task.flux

Enable a task

influx task update --status active

Disable a task

influx task update --status inactive

Related

• Process data with InfluxDB tasks
• influx CLI—Provide required authentication credentials
• influx CLI—Flag patterns and conventions