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

Flag Description Input type Maps to ?
-c —active-config CLI configuration to use for command string
—bucket-id ID of the bucket to back up from (mutually exclusive with —bucket) string
-b —bucket Name of the bucket to back up from (mutually exclusive with —bucket-id) string
—compression By default, gzip argument enables compression on downloaded files. Set to none to disable compression. string
—configs-path Path to influx CLI configurations (default ~/.influxdbv2/configs) string INFLUX_CONFIGS_PATH
-h —help Help for the backup command
—hide-headers Hide table headers (default false) INFLUX_HIDE_HEADERS
—host HTTP address of InfluxDB (default: http://localhost:8086) string INFLUX_HOST
—http-debug Inspect communication with InfluxDB servers. string
—json Output data as JSON (default false) INFLUX_OUTPUT_JSON
-o —org Organization name (mutually exclusive with —org-id) string INFLUX_ORG
—org-id Organization ID (mutually exclusive with —org) string INFLUX_ORG_ID
—skip-verify Skip TLS certificate verification string INFLUX_SKIP_VERIFY
-t —token API token string INFLUX_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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