Man page - influxd-run(1)

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INFLUXD-RUN(1)

NAME

influxd-run - Configure and start an InfluxDB server

SYNOPSIS

influxd [-config <path>] [-pidfile <path>] [-cpuprofile <path>] [-memprofile <path>]
influxd run [-config <path>] [-pidfile <path>] [-cpuprofile <path>] [-memprofile <path>]

DESCRIPTION

Runs the InfluxDB server.

OPTIONS

-config <path>

Sets the path to the configuration file. This defaults to the environment variable INFLUXDB_CONFIG_PATH, ~/.influxdb/influxdb.conf, or /etc/influxdb/influxdb.conf if a file is present at any of these locations. Disable the automatic loading of a configuration file by using the null device as the path (such as /dev/null on Linux or Mac OS X).

-pidfile <path>

Write process ID to a file.

-cpuprofile <path>

Write CPU profiling information to a file.

-memprofile <path>

Write memory usage information to a file.

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.

03/12/2026