influx Command Examples

InfluxDB command-line client. More information: https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/v1.7/tools/shell/.

• Connect to an InfluxDB running on localhost with no credentials:

influx

• Connect with a specific username (will prompt for a password):

influx -username {{username}} -password ""

• Connect to a specific host:

influx -host {{hostname}}

• Use a specific database:

influx -database {{database_name}}

• Execute a given command:

influx -execute "{{influxql_command}}"

• Return output in a specific format:

influx -execute "{{influxql_command}}" -format {{json|csv|column}}