influx config create

  • 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 config create command creates a InfluxDB connection configuration and stores it in the configs file (by default, stored at ~/.influxdbv2/configs).

Usage

  1. influx config create [flags]

Flags

FlagDescriptionInput typeMaps to ?
-a—activeSet the specified connection to be the active configuration.
-n—config-name(Required) Name of the new configuration.string
-h—helpHelp for the create command
—hide-headersHide table headers (default false)INFLUX_HIDE_HEADERS
-u—host-url(Required) Connection URL for the new configuration.string
—jsonOutput data as JSON (default false)INFLUX_OUTPUT_JSON
-o—orgOrganization namestring
-t—tokenAPI tokenstringINFLUX_TOKEN

Examples

Create a connection configuration and set it active
  1. influx config create --active \
  2. -n config-name \
  3. -u http://localhost:8086 \
  4. -t mySuP3rS3cr3tT0keN \
  5. -o example-org
Create a connection configuration without setting it active
  1. influx config create \
  2. -n config-name \
  3. -u http://localhost:8086 \
  4. -t mySuP3rS3cr3tT0keN \
  5. -o example-org