influx org create

  • influx CLI 2.0.0+
  • InfluxDB 2.0.0+

The influx org create creates an organization in InfluxDB.

Usage

  1. influx org create [flags]

Flags

FlagDescriptionInput typeMaps to ?
-c—active-configCLI configuration to use for commandstring
—configs-pathPath to influx CLI configurations (default ~/.influxdbv2/configs)stringINFLUX_CONFIGS_PATH
-d—descriptionDescription of the organization
-h—helpHelp for the create 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
-n—name(Required) Organization namestring
—skip-verifySkip TLS certificate verificationINFLUX_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:

  • --host: InfluxDB host
  • -o, --org or --org-id: InfluxDB organization name or ID
  • -t, --token: InfluxDB API token
Create an organization
  1. influx org create --name example-org
Create an organization with a description
  1. influx org create \
  2. --name example-org \
  3. --description "Example organization description"