# InfluxDB 2

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## [About the InfluxDB 2 category](https://community.influxdata.com/t/about-the-influxdb-2-category/8267)

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**Author:** [@noahcrowley](https://community.influxdata.com/u/noahcrowley)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 23, 2019, 6:06pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/about-the-influxdb-2-category/8267 "2019-01-23T18:06:50Z")

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For discussion about InfluxDB 2.0. You can use this category to provide feedback, ask questions, and share issues related to the upcoming 2.0 release (now in Alpha).

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## [Scattered chart doesn't appear](https://community.influxdata.com/t/scattered-chart-doesnt-appear/58729)

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**Author:** [@marekpow](https://community.influxdata.com/u/marekpow)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [September 30, 2026, 6:49pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/scattered-chart-doesnt-appear/58729 "2026-09-30T18:49:41Z")

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I have a dashboard with four charts. All have worked correctly for months. But a few days ago, the scatter chart stopped displaying points. The data supplying this chart are OK because I checked them in a simple table vi…

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## [BucketService::getBuckets() does not return all buckets for an organization (influxdb-client-php)](https://community.influxdata.com/t/bucketservice-getbuckets-does-not-return-all-buckets-for-an-organization-influxdb-client-php/34760)

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**Author:** [@theirman](https://community.influxdata.com/u/theirman)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 15, 2026, 1:36pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/bucketservice-getbuckets-does-not-return-all-buckets-for-an-organization-influxdb-client-php/34760 "2026-09-15T13:36:30Z")

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Hello everyone, I need to develop a web interface that queries our organizations/buckets in InfluxDB to provide first level information to our users. I’m developing this information in PHP 8.2 using the influxdb-client-…

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## [Error timezone.location](https://community.influxdata.com/t/error-timezone-location/58234)

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**Author:** [@JeroenVH](https://community.influxdata.com/u/JeroenVH)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 15, 2026, 9:38am UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/error-timezone-location/58234 "2026-09-15T09:38:06Z")

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I hava a task that has to create a daily total but I need to aggregate the totals in the local timezone. The task itself does not need to run in the local time zone, but the query needs to aggregate in the correct zone. …

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## [Influx crashes regularly](https://community.influxdata.com/t/influx-crashes-regularly/58696)

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**Author:** [@atticus-sullivan](https://community.influxdata.com/u/atticus-sullivan)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [August 16, 2026, 9:01am UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/influx-crashes-regularly/58696 "2026-08-16T09:01:38Z")

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Hi, since yesterday, I’m observing regularly that influxdb crashes during compaction. I then always need to identify the malformed file and remove (or move it to a backup location) it. The weird thing is that while the…

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## [Repository certificate verification failure](https://community.influxdata.com/t/repository-certificate-verification-failure/58643)

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**Author:** [@olaf.koch](https://community.influxdata.com/u/olaf.koch)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 30, 2026, 6:49am UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/repository-certificate-verification-failure/58643 "2026-07-30T06:49:00Z")

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Why has the certificate of the repository https://repos.influxdata.com an issuer name of cloudflaressl? Fehl:5 InfluxData - Package Repository stable InRelease Certificate verification failed: The certificate is NOT…

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## [Error when writing data : unexpected error writing points to database: \[shard 2613\] unexpected end of JSON input](https://community.influxdata.com/t/error-when-writing-data-unexpected-error-writing-points-to-database-shard-2613-unexpected-end-of-json-input/22883)

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**Author:** [@bevalle](https://community.influxdata.com/u/bevalle)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [June 24, 2026, 5:34pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/error-when-writing-data-unexpected-error-writing-points-to-database-shard-2613-unexpected-end-of-json-input/22883 "2026-06-24T17:34:15Z")

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We encounter problems trying to write data using the python client through our influxdb v2 instance. We need to fill a gap in data archives. The error message when I try to write data unexpected error writing points …

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## [InfluxDB v2 Changing Fields Datatype](https://community.influxdata.com/t/influxdb-v2-changing-fields-datatype/58616)

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**Author:** [@ticchioned](https://community.influxdata.com/u/ticchioned)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 19, 2026, 1:13pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/influxdb-v2-changing-fields-datatype/58616 "2026-06-19T13:13:20Z")

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I am working on a tool to help convert datatypes in InfluxDB v2 but am running into an issue that I’m hoping someone from InfluxDB or the community is able to solve. The tool begins by reading, converting, and saving th…

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## [Why is there any ERR: 401](https://community.influxdata.com/t/why-is-there-any-err-401/58577)

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**Author:** [@janvi](https://community.influxdata.com/u/janvi)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 1, 2026, 3:48pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/why-is-there-any-err-401/58577 "2026-06-01T15:48:02Z")

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just installed v2.8 but probably I did not understood the use of influx. Can anybody see my problem: jv@JamesWebb:~$ ssh jv@10.10.20.164 jv@10.10.20.164's password: Permission denied, please try again. jv@10.10.20.164'…

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## [InfluxDB Connection Refused inconsistently](https://community.influxdata.com/t/influxdb-connection-refused-inconsistently/58509)

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**Author:** [@Brian\_Mullen](https://community.influxdata.com/u/Brian_Mullen)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 20, 2026, 3:29pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/influxdb-connection-refused-inconsistently/58509 "2026-05-20T15:29:48Z")

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I set up a small server monitoring script based on the Python tutorial in the GUI. I cloned the code repo into about 10 servers. Some connect fine, some give an error: “Failed to establish a new connection: \[Errno 111\]…

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## [InfluxDB 2 token always missing last bucket in list](https://community.influxdata.com/t/influxdb-2-token-always-missing-last-bucket-in-list/58528)

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**Author:** [@t481](https://community.influxdata.com/u/t481)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 19, 2026, 11:12pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/influxdb-2-token-always-missing-last-bucket-in-list/58528 "2026-05-19T23:12:01Z")

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Hello all I’m running InfluxDB v2.9.1 and Grafana 13.0.1 I created two API Tokens for a specific list of buckets. The tokens work in Grafana but both are showing n-1 so for token 1, Grafana is showing 6 out of 7 bucke…

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## [http://localhost:8086 these is not working](https://community.influxdata.com/t/http-localhost-8086-these-is-not-working/58421)

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**Author:** [@aman](https://community.influxdata.com/u/aman)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 29, 2026, 4:56pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/http-localhost-8086-these-is-not-working/58421 "2026-04-29T16:56:56Z")

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## [CNC machine shop data collection project](https://community.influxdata.com/t/cnc-machine-shop-data-collection-project/58430)

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**Author:** [@bwalt23](https://community.influxdata.com/u/bwalt23)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 24, 2026, 6:20pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/cnc-machine-shop-data-collection-project/58430 "2026-04-24T18:20:34Z")

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My team and I are currently working on a data collection project within our machine shop. We will have 35 machines all sending data once they’re all online. We’re all very new to a project like this so looking to see if …

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## [influxDB3 writePoints InfluxDBApiHttpException](https://community.influxdata.com/t/influxdb3-writepoints-influxdbapihttpexception/58400)

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**Author:** [@tdjewell](https://community.influxdata.com/u/tdjewell)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 31, 2026, 4:01pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/influxdb3-writepoints-influxdbapihttpexception/58400 "2026-03-31T16:01:18Z")

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Sometimes when I use writePoints (java) to write a list of points, I get an InfluxDBApiHttpException. The exception occurs in the middle of the list, lets say point number 50 of 100. My question is, did points 1-49 get w…

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## [Influxdb oss inspect export-lp](https://community.influxdata.com/t/influxdb-oss-inspect-export-lp/29393)

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**Author:** [@Martin23](https://community.influxdata.com/u/Martin23)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [March 30, 2026, 12:34am UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/influxdb-oss-inspect-export-lp/29393 "2026-03-30T00:34:38Z")

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We’re using InfluxDB 2.0.8 (git: e91d41810f) build\_date: 2021-08-13T18:22:30Z and trying to migrate to influxcloud. running this command here: influxd inspect export-lp –bucket-id \[REDACTED\] –engine-path ./engine…

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## [InfluxDB could not see tags and fields](https://community.influxdata.com/t/influxdb-could-not-see-tags-and-fields/58392)

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**Author:** [@Jess\_Bo](https://community.influxdata.com/u/Jess_Bo)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 26, 2026, 2:08pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/influxdb-could-not-see-tags-and-fields/58392 "2026-03-26T14:08:07Z")

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Hi guys, first of all I really new with influxdb and node-red and I would like to send information in Json format which I used InfluxDB node to make a connection so I got a problem when I send this structure \[ { “meas…

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## [Incremental backup using rsync or lsyncd](https://community.influxdata.com/t/incremental-backup-using-rsync-or-lsyncd/58379)

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**Author:** [@HarimbolaSantatra](https://community.influxdata.com/u/HarimbolaSantatra)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [March 25, 2026, 6:07pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/incremental-backup-using-rsync-or-lsyncd/58379 "2026-03-25T18:07:17Z")

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Hello everyone, I desperately need to ensure high availability for my current setup. I have two server on two different location. InfluxDB version: V2.7 OSS on bare-metal I tried to use a cronjob which use the backup…

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## [How to parse multiple values from a single string field?](https://community.influxdata.com/t/how-to-parse-multiple-values-from-a-single-string-field/58383)

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**Author:** [@dewi-ny-je](https://community.influxdata.com/u/dewi-ny-je)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 25, 2026, 8:35am UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/how-to-parse-multiple-values-from-a-single-string-field/58383 "2026-03-25T08:35:14Z")

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Home Assistant provides day ahead electricity prices as attributes of the entity “current electricity price”, so in InfluxDB those values appear all together in the field “prices\_str” as string: (InfluxQL query for comp…

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## [Newbie cannot delete bucket via GUI and C# api](https://community.influxdata.com/t/newbie-cannot-delete-bucket-via-gui-and-c-api/39127)

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**Author:** [@MrGekko](https://community.influxdata.com/u/MrGekko)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 23, 2026, 6:36am UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/newbie-cannot-delete-bucket-via-gui-and-c-api/39127 "2026-03-23T06:36:32Z")

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Hi All, I have been playing around with InfluxDB on my NAS just to get to know how it works. I am using a test file containing 2million rows (around 150 mb csv file) and I am mainly using the c# api. Every time I run a…

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## [Best practice of stopping InfluxDB inside a docker container without stopping the container](https://community.influxdata.com/t/best-practice-of-stopping-influxdb-inside-a-docker-container-without-stopping-the-container/28455)

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**Author:** [@brimstone](https://community.influxdata.com/u/brimstone)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [March 11, 2026, 8:22pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/best-practice-of-stopping-influxdb-inside-a-docker-container-without-stopping-the-container/28455 "2026-03-11T20:22:45Z")

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I need to create a new operator token for my instance running in a docker container since I don’t have one. Following this conversation on GitHub, I got to the point, where I entered influxd recovery auth create-operat…

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## [Incremental backups through the CLI since 2.0](https://community.influxdata.com/t/incremental-backups-through-the-cli-since-2-0/18663)

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**Author:** [@Huntrontrakkr](https://community.influxdata.com/u/Huntrontrakkr)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [March 10, 2026, 10:51am UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/incremental-backups-through-the-cli-since-2-0/18663 "2026-03-10T10:51:21Z")

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I noticed that the influxDB lacks the ability to do incremental backups for 2.0+ - that is, there is no way to set a range from which backups occur any longer. I Have a use case where I’m using an Influxdb database as an…

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## [Can't import line protocol file with timestamp in influxDB UI](https://community.influxdata.com/t/cant-import-line-protocol-file-with-timestamp-in-influxdb-ui/31382)

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**Author:** [@uzma\_dev](https://community.influxdata.com/u/uzma_dev)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 5, 2026, 4:49pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/cant-import-line-protocol-file-with-timestamp-in-influxdb-ui/31382 "2026-03-05T16:49:20Z")

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I am currently using InfluxDB version 2.7.1, and I am encountering an issue while attempting to import a line protocol file named lp.txt via the user interface (UI). Here is the content of the file: myMeasurement,tag1=v…

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## [How to create a user with read only access to a bucket](https://community.influxdata.com/t/how-to-create-a-user-with-read-only-access-to-a-bucket/31342)

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**Author:** [@hpwave535](https://community.influxdata.com/u/hpwave535)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 5, 2026, 1:36pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/how-to-create-a-user-with-read-only-access-to-a-bucket/31342 "2026-03-05T13:36:02Z")

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Hi, I’m using Influx OSS 2.6. I’d like to create a new user which will have read only access to a bucket. How can I do that?

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## [Influx\_V2 historic data not being accepted from nodeRed and being overwritten to now rather than actual timestamp](https://community.influxdata.com/t/influx-v2-historic-data-not-being-accepted-from-nodered-and-being-overwritten-to-now-rather-than-actual-timestamp/58327)

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**Author:** [@Oliver\_Fernihough](https://community.influxdata.com/u/Oliver_Fernihough)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 24, 2026, 10:19am UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/influx-v2-historic-data-not-being-accepted-from-nodered-and-being-overwritten-to-now-rather-than-actual-timestamp/58327 "2026-02-24T10:19:47Z")

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Hey guys, I am wondering if anyone has any experience with nodered influxdb stack. I am calling data from a complex device, the data is called line by line from its measurement start until it catches up wiht realtime. …

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## [How to correctly query metrics from telegraf inputs.cpu?](https://community.influxdata.com/t/how-to-correctly-query-metrics-from-telegraf-inputs-cpu/58293)

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**Author:** [@CZvacko](https://community.influxdata.com/u/CZvacko)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 17, 2026, 5:32pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/how-to-correctly-query-metrics-from-telegraf-inputs-cpu/58293 "2026-02-17T17:32:49Z")

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In windows OS, I use telegraf to read CPU metrics, with the following configuration: \[\[inputs.cpu\]\] ## Whether to report per-cpu stats or not percpu = false ## Whether to report total system cpu stats or not tot…

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## [Deleting a measurement](https://community.influxdata.com/t/deleting-a-measurement/58292)

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**Author:** [@DGR75](https://community.influxdata.com/u/DGR75)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [February 12, 2026, 7:29am UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/deleting-a-measurement/58292 "2026-02-12T07:29:09Z")

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Hello, I can delete a measurement using “influx delete --org…” Currently, I have three measurements with the same name in InfluxDB. I can’t delete them all with Influx delete. What other methods are there?

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## [My AWS ip is being blocked... 429 Too Many Requests \[IP:\]](https://community.influxdata.com/t/my-aws-ip-is-being-blocked-429-too-many-requests-ip/58271)

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**Author:** [@DRock777](https://community.influxdata.com/u/DRock777)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [February 10, 2026, 11:21am UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/my-aws-ip-is-being-blocked-429-too-many-requests-ip/58271 "2026-02-10T11:21:15Z")

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How can i get my IP Address removed from your blocklist…??

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## [Internal server error when posting data using Telegraf](https://community.influxdata.com/t/internal-server-error-when-posting-data-using-telegraf/58265)

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**Author:** [@anoppe](https://community.influxdata.com/u/anoppe)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 4, 2026, 6:07pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/internal-server-error-when-posting-data-using-telegraf/58265 "2026-02-04T18:07:51Z")

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Hi, I’m trying to ingest the data that is available via HTTP API from my OpenTherm Gateway. An example of this api’s response is: \[ {"name": "flamestatus", "value": true, "unit": "", "epoch": 1769628836}, {"name":…

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## [How to delete values based on non-existence of a tag](https://community.influxdata.com/t/how-to-delete-values-based-on-non-existence-of-a-tag/22731)

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**Author:** [@brimstone](https://community.influxdata.com/u/brimstone)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 29, 2026, 7:57pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/how-to-delete-values-based-on-non-existence-of-a-tag/22731 "2026-01-29T19:57:16Z")

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I recently added a global tag to all my Telegraf instances to be able to determine which data is sent from which instance. I use one Telegraf instance per device being polled, so I set the key of the global tag to “devic…

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## [InfluxDB2：restore failed 【Resolved】](https://community.influxdata.com/t/influxdb2-restore-failed-resolved/58262)

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**Author:** [@chen18506169954](https://community.influxdata.com/u/chen18506169954)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 29, 2026, 2:32am UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/influxdb2-restore-failed-resolved/58262 "2026-01-29T02:32:31Z")

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I used the official backup command: Influx backup – bucket id \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* Restore usage: influx restore --bucket-id \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* --new-bucket jk\_loca111l E:\\influx\_backup\\jk\_bucket There is an acti…

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