influx backup

influx backup

influx CLI 2.0.0+
InfluxDB 2.0.0+
Updated in CLI v2.0.2

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 backup command backs up data stored in InfluxDB to a specified directory.

Usage

influx backup [flags] path

Flags

Flag		Description	Input type	Maps to ?
`-c`	`—active-config`	CLI configuration to use for command	string
	`—bucket-id`	ID of the bucket to back up from (mutually exclusive with `—bucket`)	string
`-b`	`—bucket`	Name of the bucket to back up from (mutually exclusive with `—bucket-id`)	string
	`—compression`	By default, `gzip` argument enables compression on downloaded files. Set to `none` to disable compression.	string
	`—configs-path`	Path to `influx` CLI configurations (default `~/.influxdbv2/configs`)	string	`INFLUX_CONFIGS_PATH`
`-h`	`—help`	Help for the `backup` command
	`—hide-headers`	Hide table headers (default `false`)		`INFLUX_HIDE_HEADERS`
	`—host`	HTTP address of InfluxDB (default: `http://localhost:8086`)	string	`INFLUX_HOST`
	`—http-debug`	Inspect communication with InfluxDB servers.	string
	`—json`	Output data as JSON (default `false`)		`INFLUX_OUTPUT_JSON`
`-o`	`—org`	Organization name (mutually exclusive with `—org-id`)	string	`INFLUX_ORG`
	`—org-id`	Organization ID (mutually exclusive with `—org`)	string	`INFLUX_ORG_ID`
	`—skip-verify`	Skip TLS certificate verification	string	`INFLUX_SKIP_VERIFY`
`-t`	`—token`	API token	string	`INFLUX_TOKEN`

Examples

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
Back up all data to a directory
Back up all data to the current working directory
Back up a specific bucket to a directory

Back up all data to a directory

influx backup /path/to/backup/dir/

Back up all data to the current working directory

influx backup ./

Back up a specific bucket to a directory

influx backup --bucket example-bucket /path/to/backup/dir/

backup

influx backup

influx backup

Usage

Flags

Examples

Authentication credentials

Back up all data to a directory

Back up all data to the current working directory

Back up a specific bucket to a directory

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