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# aptible metric_drain:create:influxdb:custom

This command lets you create a [Metric Drain](/docs/core-concepts/observability/metrics/metrics-drains/overview) to forward your container metrics to an InfluxDB database hosted outside Aptible.

> 📘 Only InfluxDB v1 destinations are supported. For InfluxDB v2, use [`aptible metric_drain:create:influxdb:customv2`](/docs/reference/aptible-cli/cli-commands/cli-metric-drain-create-influxdb-customv2).

# Synopsis

```
Usage:
  aptible metric_drain:create:influxdb:custom HANDLE [flags]

Flags:
      --db string            InfluxDB database name (required)
  -e, --env string           Environment handle (alias)
      --environment string   Environment handle (required)
      --password string      InfluxDB password (required)
      --url string           InfluxDB URL including port (required)
      --username string      InfluxDB username (required)
```