Update - Influxdb — ContextQMD

[!Important] Replication remotes and replication streams can only be configured for InfluxDB OSS.

The influx remote update command updates an existing InfluxDB remote connection used for replicating data.

Usage

influx remote update [command options] [arguments...]

Flags

Flag		Description	Input type	{{< cli/mapped >}}
`-i`	`--id`	Remote connection ID to update	string
`-n`	`--name`	New name for the remote connection	string
`-d`	`--description`	New remote connection description	string
	`--remote-url`	New remote InfluxDB URL	string
	`--remote-api-token`	New remote InfluxDB API token	string
	`--remote-org-id`	New remote organization ID	string
	`--allow-insecure-tls`	Allows insecure TLS connections
	`--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`

Example

Update a remote

Use influx remote list to get the ID for the remote you want to update.

$ influx remote list
ID			        Name		Org ID
0ooxX0xxXo0x 	    myremote    [...]

Use the following command to update the remote:

influx remote update \
  --id 0ooxX0xxXo0x
  --name new-example-name
  --description new-example-description
  --remote-url http://new-example-url.com
  --remote-api-token myN3wS3crE7t0k3n==
  --remote-org-id new-example-org-id