influxd-ctl backup

The influxd-ctl backup command backs up an InfluxDB Enterprise cluster's metastore and shard data at that point in time and stores the copy in the specified directory.

To back up only the cluster metastore, use the -strategy only-meta flag. Backups are incremental by default, meaning they create a copy of the metastore and shard data that have changed since the previous incremental backup. If there are no existing incremental backups, the system automatically performs a complete backup.

Backup strategies

InfluxDB Enterprise supports the following backup strategies:

• only-meta: Back up metastore data only, including users, roles, databases, continuous queries, and retention policies. This strategy does not back up shards.
• full: Back up metastore and all shard data.
• incremental: (Default) Back up metastore and shard data that has changed since the last incremental backup. If there are no existing incremental backups, the system automatically performs a full backup.

Usage

influxd-ctl backup [flags] <backup-dir>

Arguments

• backup-dir: Directory to store backup files in

Flags

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Examples

• Perform an incremental backup
• Perform a full backup
• Estimate the size of a backup
• Backup data from a specific time range
• Backup a specific shard

Perform an incremental backup

influxd-ctl backup /path/to/backup-dir

Perform a full backup

influxd-ctl backup -strategy full /path/to/backup-dir

Estimate the size of a backup

influxd-ctl backup -estimate

Backup data from a specific time range

influxd-ctl backup \
  -start 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z \
  -end 2023-06-01T00:00:00Z \
  /path/to/backup-dir

Backup a specific shard

influxd-ctl backup -shard 00 /path/to/backup-dir