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The influx telegrafs create command creates a Telegraf configuration in InfluxDB using a provided Telegraf configuration file.

Usage

sh
influx telegrafs create [flags]

Flags

FlagDescriptionInput type{{< cli/mapped >}}
-c--active-configCLI configuration to use for commandstring
--configs-pathPath to influx CLI configurations (default ~/.influxdbv2/configs)stringINFLUX_CONFIGS_PATH
-d--descriptionTelegraf configuration descriptionstring
-f--filePath to Telegraf configurationstring
-h--helpHelp for the create command
--hide-headersHide table headersINFLUX_HIDE_HEADERS
--jsonOutput data as JSONINFLUX_OUTPUT_JSON
-n--nameTelegraf configuration namestring
-o--orgOrganization name (mutually exclusive with --org-id)stringINFLUX_ORG
--org-idOrganization ID (mutually exclusive with --org)stringINFLUX_ORG_ID
--skip-verifySkip TLS certificate verificationINFLUX_SKIP_VERIFY
-t--tokenAPI tokenstringINFLUX_TOKEN

Examples

{{< cli/influx-creds-note >}}

Create a Telegraf configuration
sh
influx telegrafs create \
  --name "Example configuration name" \
  --description "Example Telegraf configuration description" \
  --file /path/to/telegraf.conf
Create a Telegraf configuration via stdin
sh
cat /path/to/telegraf.conf | influx telegrafs create \
  --name "Example configuration name" \
  --description "Example Telegraf configuration description" \