Index - Influxdb — ContextQMD

The influx setup command walks through the initial InfluxDB OSS setup process, creating a default user, organization, and bucket.

{{% note %}} The Operator token created in the InfluxDB setup process has full read and write access to all organizations in the database. {{% /note %}}

Usage

influx setup [flags]

Flags

Flag		Description	Data type	{{< cli/mapped >}}
`-c`	`--active-config`	CLI configuration to use for command	string
`-b`	`--bucket`	Primary bucket name	string
	`--configs-path`	Path to `influx` CLI configurations (default `~/.influxdbv2/configs`)	string	`INFLUX_CONFIGS_PATH`
`-f`	`--force`	Skip confirmation prompt
`-h`	`--help`	Help for the `setup` command
	`--host`	HTTP address of InfluxDB (default `http://localhost:8086`)	string	`INFLUX_HOST`
	`--http-debug`	Inspect communication with InfluxDB servers.	string
`-o`	`--org`	Primary organization name	string
`-p`	`--password`	Password for primary user	string
`-r`	`--retention`	Duration bucket will retain data (0 is infinite, default is 0)	duration
	`--skip-verify`	Skip TLS certificate verification		`INFLUX_SKIP_VERIFY`
`-t`	`--token`	Token for admin user (auto-generated by default)	string	`INFLUX_TOKEN`
`-u`	`--username`	Primary username	string

{{% note %}} Valid --retention units are nanoseconds (ns), microseconds (us or µs), milliseconds (ms), seconds (s), minutes (m), hours (h), days (d), and weeks (w). {{% /note %}}

Examples

Set up InfluxDB interactively with prompts for required information

influx setup

Set up InfluxDB with all required information and skip confirmation

influx setup \
  --org example-org \
  --bucket example-bucket \
  --username example-user \
  --password ExAmPl3PA55W0rD \
  --force