influxdb

Set up (the latest version of) InfluxDB in Debian-like systems.

Requirements

• software-properties-common (will be installed)
• dirmngr (will be installed)
• apt-transport-https (will be installed)
• curl (will be installed)

Variables

• influxdb_install: [default: []]: Additional packages to install

• influxdb_user: [default: influxdb]: User to run daemon as

• influxdb_group: [default: influxdb]: Group to run daemon as

• influxdb_meta_dir: [default: /var/lib/influxdb/meta]: Meta directory

• influxdb_data_dir: [default: /var/lib/influxdb/data]: Data directory

• influxdb_data_wall_dir: [default: /var/lib/influxdb/wal]: Write-ahead logging (WAL) directory

• influxdb_etc_default: [default: []]: Content (lines) of /etc/default/influxdb`

• influxdb_etc_influxdb_influxdb_conf: [see: defaults/main.yml]: Content (lines) of /etc/influxdb/influxdb.conf` (see)

• influxdb_databases_present: [default: []]: Databases to CREATE

• influxdb_databases_present.{n}.name: [required]: The name of the database

• influxdb_databases_present.{n}.duration: [optional]: Determines how long InfluxDB keeps the data (e.g. 1d, INF)

• influxdb_databases_absent: [default: [{name: test}]]: Databases to DROP

• influxdb_databases_absent.{n}.name: [required]: The name of the database

• influxdb_collectd_users: [default: []]: Collectd users

• influxdb_collectd_users.{n}.username: [required]: Username

• influxdb_collectd_users.{n}.password: [required]: Password

Dependencies

None

Example(s)

Simple

---
- hosts: all
  roles:
    - oefenweb.influxdb

Custom configuration

---
- hosts: all
  roles:
    - oefenweb.influxdb
  vars:
    influxdb_etc_influxdb_influxdb_conf:
      - |
        bind-address = "127.0.0.1:8088"
        [meta]
          dir = "{{ influxdb_meta_dir }}"
        [data]
          dir = "{{ influxdb_data_dir }}"
          wal-dir = "{{ influxdb_data_wal_dir }}"

Custom configuration with collectd users and encryption

---
- hosts: all
  roles:
    - oefenweb.influxdb
  vars:
    influxdb_etc_influxdb_influxdb_conf:
      - |
        bind-address = "127.0.0.1:8088"
        [meta]
          dir = "{{ influxdb_meta_dir }}"
        [data]
          dir = "{{ influxdb_data_dir }}"
          wal-dir = "{{ influxdb_data_wal_dir }}"
        [[collectd]]
          enabled = true
          bind-address = ":25826"
          database = "collectd"
          typesdb = "/usr/share/collectd/types.db"
          security-level = "encrypt"
          auth-file = "{{ influxdb_collectd_auth_file }}"
    influxdb_collectd_users:
      - username: foo
        password: bar

License

MIT

Author Information

• Mark van Driel
• Mischa ter Smitten

Feedback, bug-reports, requests, ...

Are welcome!