influx apply

  • influx CLI 2.0.0+
  • InfluxDB 2.0.0+

The influx apply command applies InfluxDB templates. For information about finding and using InfluxDB templates, see Use InfluxDB templates.

Usage

  1. influx apply [flags]

Flags

FlagDescriptionInput TypeMaps to ?
-c—active-configCLI configuration to use for commandstring
—configs-pathPath to influx CLI configurations (default ~/.influxdbv2/configs)stringINFLUX_CONFIGS_PATH
—disable-colorDisable color in output
—disable-table-bordersDisable table borders
-e—encodingEncoding of the input streamstring
—env-refEnvironment references to provide with the template (format: —env-ref=REF_KEY=REF_VALUE)string
-f—filePath to template file (supports HTTP(S) URLs or file paths)string
—filterResources to skip when applying the template (filter by kind or resource)string
—forceIgnore warnings about destructive changes
-h—helpHelp for the apply command
—hostHTTP address of InfluxDB (default http://localhost:8086)stringINFLUX_HOST
—http-debugInspect communication with InfluxDB servers.string
—jsonOutput data as JSONINFLUX_OUTPUT_JSON
-o—orgOrganization name that owns the bucket (mutually exclusive with —org-id)stringINFLUX_ORG
—org-idOrganization ID that owns the bucket (mutually exclusive with —org)stringINFLUX_ORG_ID
-q—quietDisable output printing
-R—recurseRecurse through files in the directory specified in -f, —file
—secretSecrets to provide with the template (format: —secret=SECRET_KEY=SECRET_VALUE)string
—skip-verifySkip TLS certificate verificationINFLUX_SKIP_VERIFY
—stack-idStack ID to associate when applying the templatestring
-t—tokenAPI tokenstringINFLUX_TOKEN

Examples: how to apply a template or stack

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.

Apply a template from a file
  1. influx apply --file path/to/template.json
Apply a template from a URL
  1. influx apply --file https://raw.githubusercontent.com/influxdata/community-templates/master/docker/docker.yml
Apply a stack that has associated templates

To apply all templates associated with a stack ID to a new stack:

  1. influx apply --stack-id $STACK_ID
Apply a template to a stack
  1. influx apply --file path/to/template.json --stack-id $STACK_ID
Apply multiple template files together
  1. influx apply \
  2. --file path/to/template_1.json \
  3. --file path/to/template_2.yml
Apply a template from stdin
  1. cat template.json | influx apply --encoding json
Apply all templates in a directory
  1. influx apply --file path/to/template_directory
Recursively apply templates from a directory
  1. influx apply --recurse --file path/to/template_directory
Apply templates from multiple sources
  1. influx apply \
  2. --file path/to/template.yml
  3. --file path/to/templates_directory
  4. --file https://example.com/template.json
Apply a template, but skip resources
  1. # The following example skips all buckets and the dashboard
  2. # whose metadata.name field matches "example-dashboard".
  3. # Filter format:
  4. # --filter=kind=Bucket
  5. # --filter=resource=Label:$Label_TMPL_NAME
  6. influx apply \
  7. --file path/to/template.yml \
  8. --filter kind=Bucket \
  9. --filter resource=Dashboard:example-dashboard