InfluxDB Installation

Ubuntu 14.04 Installation

Add Repo

~$ curl -sL https://repos.influxdata.com/influxdb.key | sudo apt-key add -
~$ source /etc/lsb-release
~$ echo "deb https://repos.influxdata.com/${DISTRIB_ID,,} ${DISTRIB_CODENAME} stable" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/influxdb.list

Install InfluxDB

~$ sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install influxdb -y
~$ sudo service influxdb start

Database config

Login and create a DB

~$ influx
Connected to http://localhost:8086 version 0.13.0
InfluxDB shell version: 0.13.0
> CREATE DATABASE influxdb
> SHOW DATABASES
name: databases
---------------
name
_internal
influxdb

Testing DB

~$ influxdb
> USE influxdb
> INSERT cpu,host=serverA value=0.64
> SELECT * from cpu
name: cpu
---------
time			host	value
1467318896821675352	serverA	0.64

Setting up an external write into the database. Open a new shell on the same host.

~$ curl -i -XPOST 'http://localhost:8086/write?db=statsdemo' --data-binary 'cpu,host=serverA value=`cat /proc/loadavg | cut -f1 -d" "`'