A simple tool to dump and restore InfluxDB timeseries. This is NOT a replacement for InfluxDB's backup and restore feature as this tool is very naive and was made more to restore data from an InfluxDB instance to another for testing and/or debugging purposes.
If you have Go installed on your computer:
go install github.com/alexferl/influxcat
If you don't have Go installed, download the latest release binary from here.
View available commands and help:
$ influxcat
A tool to dump and restore InfluxDB timeseries
Usage:
influxcat [command]
Available Commands:
dump Dumps a timeseries from a database
help Help about any command
restore Restores a timeseries into a database
version Prints the version number
Flags:
-a, --addr string addr should be of the form "http://host:port" (default "http://localhost:8086")
-c, --config string config file (default is $HOME/.influxcat.yaml)
-d, --database string database is the InfluxDB database, required
-h, --help help for influxcat
-p, --password string password is the InfluxDB password, optional
-s, --series string series is the InfluxDB timeseries, required
-u, --username string username is the InfluxDB username, optional
Use "influxcat [command] --help" for more information about a command.
Dumping a timeseries to a file:
$ influxcat dump -d mydb -s myts data.json
done dumping mydb.myts (1337 rows)
Restoring a timeseries from a file (the target database has to exist):
$ influxcat restore -d mydb -s myts data.json
finished restoring mydb.myts (1337 rows)