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InfluxData Documentation that covers InfluxDB Cloud, InfluxDB OSS 2.x, InfluxDB OSS 1.x, InfluxDB Enterprise, Telegraf, Chronograf, Kapacitor, and Flux.
https://docs.influxdata.com
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Add instructions on how to access the CLI #4041

Open lwandzura opened 2 years ago

lwandzura commented 2 years ago

Customer was not sure how to install the CLI. I believe they mean "access the CLI". They were reading this doc "influx - InfluxDB command line interface": https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/v1.8/tools/influx-cli/

The instructions on how to use the CLI are here:

https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/v1.8/tools/shell/#launch-influx

To access the CLI, first launch the influxd database process and then launch influx in your terminal. Once you’ve entered the shell and successfully connected to an InfluxDB node, you’ll see the following output: $ influx Connected to http://localhost:8086 version 1.8.10 InfluxDB shell version: 1.8.10 Change InfluxDB URL Note: The versions of InfluxDB and the CLI should be identical. If not, parsing issues can occur with queries.

Add a link to the doc Using influx - InfluxDB command line interface

sanderson commented 2 years ago

Yeah, I think we just need to callout at the influx CLI is included in the InfluxDB package. If they installed InfluxDB using a package manager, it should be installed on their $PATH.

lwandzura commented 2 years ago

100% agree :-)