influx template validate

  • influx CLI 2.0.1+
  • InfluxDB 2.0.1+

The influx template validate command validates the provided InfluxDB template.

Usage

1. influx template validate [flags]

Flags

Flag Description Input Type
-e —encoding Template encoding string
-f —file Path to template file (supports HTTP(S) URLs or file paths) stringArray
-h —help Help for the validate command
-R —recurse Recurse through files in the directory specified in -f, —file

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

Validate InfluxDB Templates:

Validate an InfluxDB template from a local file
1. influx template validate --file /path/to/template.yml
Validate InfluxDB templates from multiple files
1. influx template validate \
2. --file /path/to/template1.yml \
3. --file /path/to/template2.yml
Validate an InfluxDB template from a URL
1. influx template validate --file https://example.com/path/to/template.yml
Validate all InfluxDB templates in a directory
1. influx template validate \
2. --file /path/to/template/dir/ \
3. --recurse
Specify the encoding of the InfluxDB template to validate
1. influx template validate \
2. --file /path/to/template \
3. --encoding json