influx remote create

Replication remotes and replication streams can only be configured for InfluxDB OSS.

The influx remote create command creates a new remote InfluxDB connection for replicating data.

Usage

1. influx remote create [command options] [arguments...]

Flags

Flag Description Input type Maps to ?
—org-id Organization ID string INFLUX_ORG_ID
-o —org Organization name string INFLUX_ORG
-n —name Remote connection name string
-d —description Remote connection description string
—remote-url Remote InfluxDB instance URL string
—remote-api-token Remote InfluxDB API token string
—remote-org-id Remote InfluxDB organization ID string
—allow-insecure-tls Allows insecure TLS (self-signed certificates)
—host InfluxDB HTTP address (default http://localhost:8086) string INFLUX_HOST
—skip-verify Skip TLS certificate verification INFLUX_SKIP_VERIFY
—configs-path Path to influx CLI configurations (default ~/.influxdbv2/configs) string INFLUX_CONFIGS_PATH
-c —active-config CLI configuration to use for command string
—http-debug Inspect communication with InfluxDB servers string
—json Output data as JSON (default false) INFLUX_OUTPUT_JSON
—hide-headers Hide table headers (default false) INFLUX_HIDE_HEADERS
-t —token InfluxDB 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:

  • --host: InfluxDB host
  • -o, --org or --org-id: InfluxDB organization name or ID
  • -t, --token: InfluxDB API token

Create a new remote with InfluxDB Cloud

1. influx remote create \
2. --name myremote \
3. --org-id <OSS org ID> \
4. --token <OSS token> \
5. --remote-url <remote URL> \
6. --remote-api-token <remote token> \
7. --remote-org-id <remote ord ID>

write replication