In this article, I will show you steps for Installing InfluxDb and Telegraf. If there is any query please write in the comment box and I will be happy to answer.
Table of Contents
InfluxDB Key Features
- Custom high-performance datastore written especially for time series data.
- InfluxDB is written entirely in Go Language. It compilies into a single binary with no external dependencies.
- InfluxDB provides simple, high performing write and query HTTP APIs
- It is Expressive SQL-like query language tailored to easily query aggregated data.
- Retention policies efficiently auto-expire stale data
Telegraf Key Features
- Telegraf is Written in Go Language. It compiles into a single binary with no external dependencies.
- Telegraf has minimal memory footprint.
- Telegraf contains wide number of plugins for many popular services
InfluxDB and Telegraf Architecture
Steps for Installing InfluxDB on CentOS
Let’s add the required Influxdb repository in the repository by running the following command.
cat <<EOF | sudo tee /etc/yum.repos.d/influxdb.repo
[influxdb]
name = InfluxDB Repository - RHEL \$releasever
baseurl = https://repos.influxdata.com/rhel/\$releasever/\$basearch/stable
enabled = 1
gpgcheck = 1
gpgkey = https://repos.influxdata.com/influxdb.key
EOF
Installing and Starting InfluxDB
sudo yum install influxdb
sudo service influxdb start
Update Repository to Install Telegraf on CentOS
cat <<EOF | sudo tee /etc/yum.repos.d/influxdb.repo
[influxdb]
name = InfluxDB Repository - RHEL \$releasever
baseurl = https://repos.influxdata.com/rhel/\$releasever/\$basearch/stable
enabled = 1
gpgcheck = 1
gpgkey = https://repos.influxdata.com/influxdb.key
EOF
Installing and Starting Telegraf Service
sudo yum install telegraf
sudo service telegraf start
Conclusion
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Is this for Centos 8 and InfluxDB2 ? Or in general for all versions ?
It is influxDB 1.8
InfluxDB2 is changed a bit when compared to InfluxDB 1.8