Restore data

    The influx restore command only restores data to InfluxDB OSS, not InfluxDB Cloud.

    1. Stop the influxd server.

    2. Use the command and specify the path to the backup directory in the first argument.

    Recover from a failed restore

    If the restoration process fails, InfluxDB preserves existing data in a tmp directory in the (default is ).

    1. Remove the .tmp extensions from each of the copied files.
    2. Restart the server.

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