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influx stacks init

The influx stacks init command initializes an InfluxDB stack.

Usage

influx stacks init [flags]

Flags

Flag Description Input type Maps to ?
-c --active-config CLI configuration to use for command string
--configs-path Path to influx CLI configurations (default ~/.influxdbv2/configs) string INFLUX_CONFIGS_PATH
-h --help Help for the init 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 INFLUX_SKIP_VERIFY
-d --stack-description Stack description string
-n --stack-name Stack name string
-u --template-url Template URLs to associate with a stack list of strings
-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.

Initialize a stack with a name and description
influx stack init -n "Example Stack" -d "InfluxDB stack for monitoring some awesome stuff"
Initialize a stack with a name and URLs to associate with the stack
influx stack init -n "Example Stack" -u https://example.com/template-1.yml

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