Man page - influxd-restore(1)

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INFLUXD-RESTORE

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
SEE ALSO
BUGS
AUTHORS
COPYRIGHT

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NAME

influxd-restore - Restores databases or specific shards to an InfluxDB OSS instance from the specified PATH. Complete documentation for the '-portable' restore method described here, and the deprecated legacy restore format, is located here: https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/latest/administration/backup_and_restore/

SYNOPSIS

influxd restore -portable [options] PATH

DESCRIPTION

Uses backup copies from the specified PATH to restore databases or specific shards from InfluxDB OSS or InfluxDB Enterprise to an InfluxDB OSS instance.

OPTIONS

Note: Restore using the -portable option consumes files in an improved Enterprise-compatible format that includes a file manifest.

-portable

Required to activate the portable restore mode. If not specified, the legacy restore mode is used.

-host <host:port>

InfluxDB OSS host to connect to where the data will be restored. Defaults to 127.0.0.1:8088 .

-db <db_name>

Name of database to be restored from the backup (InfluxDB OSS or InfluxDB Enterprise)

-newdb <newdb_name>

Name of the InfluxDB OSS database into which the archived data will be imported on the target system. Optional. If not given, then the value of -db <db_name> is used. The new database name must be unique to the target system.

-rp <rp_name>

Name of retention policy from the backup that will be restored. Optional. Requires that -db <db_name> is specified.

-newrp <newrp_name>

Name of the retention policy to be created on the target system. Optional. Requires that -rp <rp_name> is set. If not given, the -rp <rp_name> value is used.

-shard <shard_id>

Identifier of the shard to be restored. Optional. If specified, then -db <db_name> and -rp <rp_name> are required.

PATH Path to directory containing the backup files.

SEE ALSO

influxd-backup (1)

BUGS

Report bugs to the GitHub issue tracker https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb .

AUTHORS

InfluxDB is written and maintained by InfluxData https://influxdata.com .

COPYRIGHT

InfluxDB is released under the MIT license.

This man page is released under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

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