influx config set

  • influx CLI 2.0.0+
  • InfluxDB 2.0.0+
  • Updated in CLI 2.5.0

The influx config set command updates information in an InfluxDB connection configuration in the configs file (by default, stored at ~/.influxdbv2/configs).

Usage

  1. influx config set [flags]

Command aliases

set , update

Flags

FlagDescriptionInput typeMaps to ?
-a—activeSet the specified connection to active
-n—config-nameName for the InfluxDB connection configuration to set or updatestring
-h—helpHelp for the set command
—hide-headersHide table headers (default false)INFLUX_HIDE_HEADERS
-u—host-urlURL for InfluxDB connection configuration to set or updatestring
—jsonOutput data as JSON (default false)INFLUX_OUTPUT_JSON
-o—orgOrganization name for the connection configurationstring
-t—tokenAPI tokenstringINFLUX_TOKEN
-p—username-password(OSS only) Username (and optionally password) to use for authentication.
Include username:password to ensure a session is automatically authenticated. Include username (without password) to prompt for a password before creating the session.string

Examples

Update a connection configuration and set it to active
  1. influx config set --active \
  2. -n config-name \
  3. -t mySuP3rS3cr3tT0keN \
  4. -o example-org
Update a connection configuration and do not set it to active
  1. influx config set \
  2. -n config-name \
  3. -t mySuP3rS3cr3tT0keN \
  4. -o example-org