Welcome to our article on how to install InfluxDB on Fedora 30/29/28. InfluxDB is an open-source time series database written in Go. InfluxDB is optimized for fast, high-availability storage and retrieval of time series data for metrics analysis.
I had earlier written similar articles for CentOS 7 and Ubuntu/Debian Linux distributions:
Install InfluxDB on Ubuntu 18.04 and Debian 9
Install Grafana and InfluxDB on CentOS 7
Follow the steps given in this article to get a working InfluxDB installation on Fedora.
Step 1: Add Influxdata RPM repository
Influxdata provides the repository for installing InfluxDB on CentOS 7 / Fedora. Add it to your system like below:
Add:
cat <<EOF | sudo tee /etc/yum.repos.d/influxdb.repo [influxdb] name = InfluxDB Repository - RHEL baseurl = https://repos.influxdata.com/rhel/7/x86_64/stable/ enabled = 1 gpgcheck = 1 gpgkey = https://repos.influxdata.com/influxdb.key EOF
Step 2: Install InfluxDB on Fedora 30/29/28
Now that InfluxDB repository has been added to your system, you can proceed to install InfluxDB on Fedora 30/29/28.
sudo dnf install influxdb
When asked to import GPG key for the repository, press y key
Importing GPG key 0x2582E0C5: Userid : "InfluxDB Packaging Service <[email protected]>" Fingerprint: 05CE 1508 5FC0 9D18 E99E FB22 684A 14CF 2582 E0C5 From : https://repos.influxdata.com/influxdb.key Is this ok [y/N]: y
The version of InfluxDB installed can be confirmed using the rpmcommand:
$ rpm -qi influxdb Name : influxdb Version : 1.7.1 Release : 1 Architecture: x86_64 Install Date: Wed 21 Nov 2018 07:10:14 PM UTC Group : default Size : 105622407 License : Proprietary Signature : RSA/SHA256, Thu 15 Nov 2018 01:26:48 AM UTC, Key ID 684a14cf2582e0c5 Source RPM : influxdb-1.7.1-1.src.rpm Build Date : Thu 15 Nov 2018 12:22:46 AM UTC Build Host : 561b607543bc Relocations : / Packager : [email protected] Vendor : InfluxData URL : https://influxdata.com Summary : Distributed time-series database. Description : Distributed time-series database.
Step 3: Start and enable InfluxDB service
InfluxDB service is not started by default after installation. You need to start it manually.
sudo systemctl start influxdb
Also enable the service to start on OS boot up.
sudo systemctl enable influxdb
If the start was successful, the check on status should indicate “running”
$ sudo systemctl status influxdb
● influxdb.service - InfluxDB is an open-source, distributed, time series database
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/influxdb.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled)
Active: active (running) since Wed 2018-11-21 19:17:50 UTC; 1min 7s ago
Docs: https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/
Main PID: 11074 (influxd)
Tasks: 8 (limit: 1149)
Memory: 10.3M
CGroup: /system.slice/influxdb.service
└─11074 /usr/bin/influxd -config /etc/influxdb/influxdb.conf
Nov 21 19:17:51 fed29 influxd[11074]: ts=2018-11-21T19:17:51.321738Z lvl=info msg="Starting precreation service" log_id=0Bu>
Nov 21 19:17:51 fed29 influxd[11074]: ts=2018-11-21T19:17:51.321896Z lvl=info msg="Starting snapshot service" log_id=0Buw9k>
Nov 21 19:17:51 fed29 influxd[11074]: ts=2018-11-21T19:17:51.322058Z lvl=info msg="Starting continuous query service" log_i>
Nov 21 19:17:51 fed29 influxd[11074]: ts=2018-11-21T19:17:51.322305Z lvl=info msg="Starting HTTP service" log_id=0Buw9ktl00>
Nov 21 19:17:51 fed29 influxd[11074]: ts=2018-11-21T19:17:51.322526Z lvl=info msg="opened HTTP access log" log_id=0Buw9ktl0>
Nov 21 19:17:51 fed29 influxd[11074]: ts=2018-11-21T19:17:51.323043Z lvl=info msg="Listening on HTTP" log_id=0Buw9ktl000 se>
Nov 21 19:17:51 fed29 influxd[11074]: ts=2018-11-21T19:17:51.323352Z lvl=info msg="Starting retention policy enforcement se>
Nov 21 19:17:51 fed29 influxd[11074]: ts=2018-11-21T19:17:51.323662Z lvl=info msg="Listening for signals" log_id=0Buw9ktl000
Nov 21 19:17:51 fed29 influxd[11074]: ts=2018-11-21T19:17:51.324301Z lvl=info msg="Storing statistics" log_id=0Buw9ktl000 s>
Nov 21 19:17:51 fed29 influxd[11074]: ts=2018-11-21T19:17:51.324810Z lvl=info msg="Sending usage statistics to usage.influx
Step 4: Using InfluxDB – Basics
Some of the basics InfluxDB usage are:
1. Create a database
$ influx Connected to http://localhost:8086 version 1.7.1 InfluxDB shell version: 1.7.1 Enter an InfluxQL query > CREATE DATABASE monitoring
2. Use a Database
> SHOW DATABASES name: databases name ---- _internal monitoring > > USE monitoring
3. Show Database Measurements
> SHOW MEASUREMENTS
4. Select from a measurement
SELECT * FROM disk
You have successfully installed InfluxDB on Fedora 29 / Fedora 28. Also read How to Install Telegraf on Fedora
For Monitoring with InfluxDB, check:
Monitor Linux System with Grafana and Telegraf
How to Monitor Zimbra Server with Grafana, Influxdb and Telegraf
How to Monitor VMware ESXi with Grafana and Telegraf
