Hello @irwige ,
Welcome!
Yes I agree Flux is difficult at first, I wasn’t a fan of it when I started with it either. Now I get annoyed when having to write InfluxQL. That being said InfluxQL will be supported in the future. Read more about the future of InfluxDB here:
You can use the Influx CLI with cloud.
Here’s an example:
Here’s documentation on upgrading from 1.x to 2.x
Here’s a thread with good info on migration to Cloud
