influxdb Installation Guide Installation Guide

influxdb is a free and open-source time series database. InfluxDB is designed for high-performance time series data storage and retrieval, serving as an open-source alternative to proprietary solutions like AWS Timestream or Azure Time Series Insights

Hardware Requirements:

CPU: 2+ cores recommended

RAM: 2GB minimum (8GB+ for production)

Storage: 10GB+ for data

Network: HTTP/HTTPS API access

Operating System:

Linux: Any modern distribution (RHEL, Debian, Ubuntu, CentOS, Fedora, Arch, Alpine, openSUSE)

macOS: 10.14+ (Mojave or newer)

Windows: Windows Server 2016+ or Windows 10

FreeBSD: 11.0+

Network Requirements:

Port 8086 (default influxdb port)

Port 8088 for RPC

Dependencies:

See official documentation for specific requirements

System Access: root or sudo privileges required

This guide supports installation on:

RHEL 8/9 and derivatives (CentOS Stream, Rocky Linux, AlmaLinux)

Debian 11/12

Ubuntu 20.04/22.04/24.04 LTS

Arch Linux (rolling release)

Alpine Linux 3.18+

openSUSE Leap 15.5+ / Tumbleweed

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 15+

macOS 12+ (Monterey and later)

FreeBSD 13+

Windows 10/11/Server 2019+ (where applicable)

bash

# Install EPEL repository if needed
sudo dnf install -y epel-release

# Install influxdb
sudo dnf install -y influxdb

# Enable and start service
sudo systemctl enable --now influxdb

# Configure firewall
sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=8086/tcp
sudo firewall-cmd --reload

# Verify installation
influx --version

bash

# Update package index
sudo apt update

# Install influxdb
sudo apt install -y influxdb

# Enable and start service
sudo systemctl enable --now influxdb

# Configure firewall
sudo ufw allow 8086

# Verify installation
influx --version

bash

# Install influxdb
sudo pacman -S influxdb

# Enable and start service
sudo systemctl enable --now influxdb

# Verify installation
influx --version

bash

# Install influxdb
apk add --no-cache influxdb

# Enable and start service
rc-update add influxdb default
rc-service influxdb start

# Verify installation
influx --version

bash

# Install influxdb
sudo zypper install -y influxdb

# Enable and start service
sudo systemctl enable --now influxdb

# Configure firewall
sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=8086/tcp
sudo firewall-cmd --reload

# Verify installation
influx --version

bash

# Using Homebrew
brew install influxdb

# Start service
brew services start influxdb

# Verify installation
influx --version

bash

# Using pkg
pkg install influxdb

# Enable in rc.conf
echo 'influxdb_enable="YES"' >> /etc/rc.conf

# Start service
service influxdb start

# Verify installation
influx --version

bash

# Using Chocolatey
choco install influxdb

# Or using Scoop
scoop install influxdb

# Verify installation
influx --version

bash

# Create configuration directory
sudo mkdir -p /etc/influxdb

# Set up basic configuration
# See official documentation for detailed configuration options

# Test configuration
influx --version

bash

# Enable service
sudo systemctl enable influxdb

# Start service
sudo systemctl start influxdb

# Stop service
sudo systemctl stop influxdb

# Restart service
sudo systemctl restart influxdb

# Check status
sudo systemctl status influxdb

# View logs
sudo journalctl -u influxdb -f

bash

# Enable service
rc-update add influxdb default

# Start service
rc-service influxdb start

# Stop service
rc-service influxdb stop

# Restart service
rc-service influxdb restart

# Check status
rc-service influxdb status

bash

# Enable in /etc/rc.conf
echo 'influxdb_enable="YES"' >> /etc/rc.conf

# Start service
service influxdb start

# Stop service
service influxdb stop

# Restart service
service influxdb restart

# Check status
service influxdb status

bash

# Using Homebrew services
brew services start influxdb
brew services stop influxdb
brew services restart influxdb

# Check status
brew services list | grep influxdb

powershell

# Start service
net start influxdb

# Stop service
net stop influxdb

# Using PowerShell
Start-Service influxdb
Stop-Service influxdb
Restart-Service influxdb

# Check status
Get-Service influxdb

See the official documentation for advanced configuration options.

nginx

upstream influxdb_backend {
    server 127.0.0.1:8086;
}

server {
    listen 80;
    server_name influxdb.example.com;
    return 301 https://$server_name$request_uri;
}

server {
    listen 443 ssl http2;
    server_name influxdb.example.com;

    ssl_certificate /etc/ssl/certs/influxdb.example.com.crt;
    ssl_certificate_key /etc/ssl/private/influxdb.example.com.key;

    location / {
        proxy_pass http://influxdb_backend;
        proxy_set_header Host $host;
        proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
    }
}

apache

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName influxdb.example.com
    Redirect permanent / https://influxdb.example.com/
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:443>
    ServerName influxdb.example.com
    
    SSLEngine on
    SSLCertificateFile /etc/ssl/certs/influxdb.example.com.crt
    SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/ssl/private/influxdb.example.com.key
    
    ProxyRequests Off
    ProxyPreserveHost On
    
    ProxyPass / http://127.0.0.1:8086/
    ProxyPassReverse / http://127.0.0.1:8086/
</VirtualHost>

haproxy

frontend influxdb_frontend
    bind *:80
    bind *:443 ssl crt /etc/ssl/certs/influxdb.pem
    redirect scheme https if !{ ssl_fc }
    default_backend influxdb_backend

backend influxdb_backend
    balance roundrobin
    server influxdb1 127.0.0.1:8086 check

bash

# Set appropriate permissions
sudo chown -R influxdb:influxdb /etc/influxdb
sudo chmod 750 /etc/influxdb

# Configure firewall
sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=8086/tcp
sudo firewall-cmd --reload

# Enable SELinux policies (if applicable)
sudo setsebool -P httpd_can_network_connect on

See official documentation for database configuration requirements.

bash

# Basic system tuning
echo 'net.core.somaxconn = 65535' | sudo tee -a /etc/sysctl.conf
echo 'net.ipv4.tcp_max_syn_backlog = 65535' | sudo tee -a /etc/sysctl.conf
sudo sysctl -p

bash

# Check service status
sudo systemctl status influxdb

# View logs
sudo journalctl -u influxdb -f

# Monitor resource usage
top -p $(pgrep influxdb)

bash

#!/bin/bash
# Basic backup script
BACKUP_DIR="/backup/influxdb"
DATE=$(date +%Y%m%d_%H%M%S)

mkdir -p "$BACKUP_DIR"
tar -czf "$BACKUP_DIR/influxdb-backup-$DATE.tar.gz" /etc/influxdb /var/lib/influxdb

echo "Backup completed: $BACKUP_DIR/influxdb-backup-$DATE.tar.gz"

bash

# Stop service
sudo systemctl stop influxdb

# Restore from backup
tar -xzf /backup/influxdb/influxdb-backup-*.tar.gz -C /

# Start service
sudo systemctl start influxdb

1. Service won't start:

bash

# Check logs
sudo journalctl -u influxdb -n 100
sudo tail -f /var/log/influxdb/influxdb.log

# Check configuration
influx --version

# Check permissions
ls -la /etc/influxdb

2. Connection issues:

bash

# Check if service is listening
sudo ss -tlnp | grep 8086

# Test connectivity
telnet localhost 8086

# Check firewall
sudo firewall-cmd --list-all

3. Performance issues:

bash

# Check resource usage
top -p $(pgrep influxdb)

# Check disk I/O
iotop -p $(pgrep influxdb)

# Check connections
ss -an | grep 8086

yaml

version: '3.8'
services:
  influxdb:
    image: influxdb:latest
    ports:
      - "8086:8086"
    volumes:
      - ./config:/etc/influxdb
      - ./data:/var/lib/influxdb
    restart: unless-stopped

Maintenance

bash

# RHEL/CentOS/Rocky/AlmaLinux
sudo dnf update influxdb

# Debian/Ubuntu
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade influxdb

# Arch Linux
sudo pacman -Syu influxdb

# Alpine Linux
apk update && apk upgrade influxdb

# openSUSE
sudo zypper update influxdb

# FreeBSD
pkg update && pkg upgrade influxdb

# Always backup before updates
tar -czf /backup/influxdb-pre-update-$(date +%Y%m%d).tar.gz /etc/influxdb

# Restart after updates
sudo systemctl restart influxdb

Regular Maintenance

bash

# Log rotation
sudo logrotate -f /etc/logrotate.d/influxdb

# Clean old logs
find /var/log/influxdb -name "*.log" -mtime +30 -delete

# Check disk usage
du -sh /var/lib/influxdb

Official Documentation: https://docs.influxdb.org/

GitHub Repository: https://github.com/influxdb/influxdb

Community Forum: https://forum.influxdb.org/

Best Practices Guide: https://docs.influxdb.org/best-practices

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Note: This guide is part of the HowToMgr collection. Always refer to official documentation for the most up-to-date information.

1. Prerequisites

2. Supported Operating Systems

3. Installation

RHEL/CentOS/Rocky Linux/AlmaLinux

Debian/Ubuntu

Arch Linux

Alpine Linux

openSUSE/SLES

macOS

FreeBSD

Windows

Initial Configuration

Basic Configuration

5. Service Management

systemd (RHEL, Debian, Ubuntu, Arch, openSUSE)

OpenRC (Alpine Linux)

rc.d (FreeBSD)

launchd (macOS)

Windows Service Manager

Advanced Configuration

Reverse Proxy Setup

nginx Configuration

Apache Configuration

HAProxy Configuration

Security Configuration

Basic Security Setup

Database Setup

Performance Optimization

System Tuning

Monitoring

Basic Monitoring

9. Backup and Restore

Backup Script

Restore Procedure

6. Troubleshooting

Common Issues

Integration Examples

Docker Compose Example

Maintenance

Update Procedures

Regular Maintenance

Additional Resources