Initialize an InfluxDB stack

This page documents an earlier version of InfluxDB. InfluxDB v2.7 is the latest stable version. View this page in the v2.7 documentation.

InfluxDB automatically creates a new stack each time you apply an InfluxDB template without providing a stack ID. To manually create or initialize a new stack, use the influx stacks init command.

Initialize a stack when applying a template

To automatically create a new stack when applying an InfluxDB template don’t provide a stack ID. InfluxDB applies the resources in the template to a new stack and provides the stack ID the output.

1. influx apply \
2. -o example-org \
3. -f path/to/template.yml

Manually initialize a new stack

Use the influx stacks init command to create or initialize a new InfluxDB stack.

Provide the following:

  • Organization name or ID
  • Stack name
  • Stack description
  • InfluxDB template URLs
1. # Syntax
2. influx stacks init \
3. -o <org-name> \
4. -n <stack-name> \
5. -d <stack-description \
6. -u <package-url>

8. # Example
9. influx stacks init \
10. -o example-org \
11. -n "Example Stack" \
12. -d "InfluxDB stack for monitoring some awesome stuff" \
13. -u https://example.com/template-1.yml \
14. -u https://example.com/template-2.yml