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influx backup

Works with InfluxDB OSS 2.x

The influx backup command works with InfluxDB OSS 2.x, but does not work with InfluxDB Cloud. For information about backing up data in InfluxDB Cloud, see InfluxDB Cloud durability or contact InfluxData Support.

The influx backup command backs up data stored in InfluxDB to a specified directory.

Usage

influx backup [flags] path

Flags

Flag Description Input type Maps to ?
-c --active-config CLI configuration to use for command string
--bucket-id ID of the bucket to back up from (mutually exclusive with --bucket) string
-b --bucket Name of the bucket to back up from (mutually exclusive with --bucket-id) string
--compression By default, gzip argument enables compression on downloaded files. Set to none to disable compression. string
--configs-path Path to influx CLI configurations (default ~/.influxdbv2/configs) string INFLUX_CONFIGS_PATH
-h --help Help for the backup command
--hide-headers Hide table headers (default false) INFLUX_HIDE_HEADERS
--host HTTP address of InfluxDB (default: http://localhost:8086) string INFLUX_HOST
--http-debug Inspect communication with InfluxDB servers. string
--json Output data as JSON (default false) INFLUX_OUTPUT_JSON
-o --org Organization name (mutually exclusive with --org-id) string INFLUX_ORG
--org-id Organization ID (mutually exclusive with --org) string INFLUX_ORG_ID
--skip-verify Skip TLS certificate verification string INFLUX_SKIP_VERIFY
-t --token API token string INFLUX_TOKEN

Examples

Authentication credentials

The examples below assume your InfluxDB host, organization, and token are provided by the active influx CLI configuration. If you do not have a CLI configuration set up, use the appropriate flags to provide these required credentials.

Back up all data to a directory
influx backup /path/to/backup/dir/
Back up all data to the current working directory
influx backup ./
Back up a specific bucket to a directory
influx backup --bucket example-bucket /path/to/backup/dir/

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