influx backup

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

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

Usage

  1. influx backup [flags] path

Flags

FlagDescriptionInput typeMaps to ?
-c—active-configCLI configuration to use for commandstring
—bucket-idID of the bucket to back up from (mutually exclusive with —bucket)string
-b—bucketName of the bucket to back up from (mutually exclusive with —bucket-id)string
—compressionBy default, gzip argument enables compression on downloaded files. Set to none to disable compression.string
—configs-pathPath to influx CLI configurations (default ~/.influxdbv2/configs)stringINFLUX_CONFIGS_PATH
-h—helpHelp for the backup command
—hide-headersHide table headers (default false)INFLUX_HIDE_HEADERS
—hostHTTP address of InfluxDB (default: http://localhost:8086)stringINFLUX_HOST
—http-debugInspect communication with InfluxDB servers.string
—jsonOutput data as JSON (default false)INFLUX_OUTPUT_JSON
-o—orgOrganization name (mutually exclusive with —org-id)stringINFLUX_ORG
—org-idOrganization ID (mutually exclusive with —org)stringINFLUX_ORG_ID
—skip-verifySkip TLS certificate verificationstringINFLUX_SKIP_VERIFY
-t—tokenAPI tokenstringINFLUX_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:

Back up all data to a directory
  1. influx backup /path/to/backup/dir/
Back up all data to the current working directory
  1. influx backup ./
Back up a specific bucket to a directory
  1. influx backup --bucket example-bucket /path/to/backup/dir/

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