Install InfluxDB

To install InfluxDB, do one of the following:

• Install using Homebrew
• Manually download and install for macOS

Install using Homebrew

brew update
brew install influxdb

Manually download and install for macOS

1. In your browser or your terminal, download the InfluxDB package.

   InfluxDB v2 (macOS)

   # Download using cURL
   curl --location -O \
   "https://download.influxdata.com/influxdb/releases/influxdb2-2.7.10_darwin_amd64.tar.gz"
   

2. Recommended:: Verify the integrity of the download–for example, enter the following command in your terminal:

# Use 2 spaces to separate the checksum from the filename
echo "
964e1de641a43a0e1743aa5ead243e935a05631ba0bc570fb8bff486542173c1
  influxdb2-2.7.10_darwin_amd64.tar.gz" \
| shasum --algorithm 256 --quiet --check -

Replace the following:

• 964e1de641a43a0e1743aa5ead243e935a05631ba0bc570fb8bff486542173c1: the SHA checksum from the downloads page

3. Unpackage the InfluxDB binary.

   Do one of the following:

   • In Finder, double-click the downloaded package file.
   • In your terminal (for example, Terminal or iTerm2), use tar to unpackage the file–for example, enter the following command to extract it into the current directory:

   # Unpackage contents to the current working directory
   tar zxvf ./influxdb2-2.7.10_darwin_amd64.tar.gz
   

4. Optional: Place the influxd binary in your $PATH–for example, copy the binary to /usr/local/bin:

   # (Optional) Copy the influxd binary to your $PATH
   sudo cp influxdb2-2.7.10/influxd /usr/local/bin/
   

   With the influxd binary in your $PATH (/usr/local/bin), you can enter influxd in your terminal to start the server.

   If you choose not to move the influxd binary into your $PATH, enter the path to the binary to start the server–for example:

   ./influxdb2-2.7.10/influxd
   

chmod 0750 ~/.influxdbv2

To install InfluxDB on Linux, do one of the following:

• Install InfluxDB as a service with systemd
• Manually download and install the influxd binary

Install InfluxDB as a service with systemd

1. Choose the InfluxData key-pair for your OS version.

2. Run the command for your OS version to install the InfluxData key, add the InfluxData repository, and install influxdb.

   Before running the command, replace the checksum and key filename with the key-pair from the preceding step.

   # Ubuntu and Debian
   # Add the InfluxData key to verify downloads and add the repository
   curl --silent --location -O \
   https://repos.influxdata.com/influxdata-archive.key
   echo "943666881a1b8d9b849b74caebf02d3465d6beb716510d86a39f6c8e8dac7515  influxdata-archive.key" \
   | sha256sum --check - && cat influxdata-archive.key \
   | gpg --dearmor \
   | tee /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/influxdata-archive.gpg > /dev/null \
   && echo 'deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/influxdata-archive.gpg] https://repos.influxdata.com/debian stable main' \
   | tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/influxdata.list
   # Install influxdb
   sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install influxdb2
   

   # RedHat and CentOS
   # Add the InfluxData key to verify downloads
   curl --silent --location -O \
   https://repos.influxdata.com/influxdata-archive.key \
   && echo "943666881a1b8d9b849b74caebf02d3465d6beb716510d86a39f6c8e8dac7515  influxdata-archive.key" \
   | sha256sum --check - && cat influxdata-archive.key \
   | gpg --dearmor \
   | tee /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-influxdata > /dev/null
   
   # Add the InfluxData repository to the repository list.
   cat <<EOF | tee /etc/yum.repos.d/influxdata.repo
   [influxdata]
   name = InfluxData Repository - Stable
   baseurl = https://repos.influxdata.com/stable/${basearch}/main
   enabled = 1
   gpgcheck = 1
   gpgkey = file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-influxdata
   EOF
   
   # Install influxdb
   sudo yum install influxdb2
   

3. Start the InfluxDB service:

   sudo service influxdb start
   

   Installing the InfluxDB package creates a service file at /lib/systemd/system/influxdb.service to start InfluxDB as a background service on startup.

4. To verify that the service is running correctly, restart your system and then enter the following command in your terminal:

   sudo service influxdb status
   

   If successful, the output is the following:

   ● influxdb.service - InfluxDB is an open-source, distributed, time series database
      Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/influxdb.service; enabled; vendor preset: enable>
      Active: active (running)
   

For information about where InfluxDB stores data on disk when running as a service, see File system layout.

Pass configuration options to the service

You can use systemd to customize InfluxDB configuration options and pass them to the InfluxDB service.

1. Edit the /etc/default/influxdb2 service configuration file to assign configuration directives to influxd command line flags–for example, add one or more <ENV_VARIABLE_NAME>=<COMMAND_LINE_FLAG> lines like the following:

   ARG1="--http-bind-address :8087"
   ARG2="--storage-wal-fsync-delay=15m"
   

2. Edit the /lib/systemd/system/influxdb.service file to pass the variables to the ExecStart value:

   ExecStart=/usr/bin/influxd $ARG1 $ARG2
   

Manually download and install the influxd binary

If necessary, adjust the example file paths and utilities for your system.

1. In your browser or your terminal, download the InfluxDB binary for your system architecture (AMD64 or ARM).

   InfluxDB v2 (amd64) InfluxDB v2 (arm)

   # Use curl to download the amd64 binary.
   curl --location -O \
   https://download.influxdata.com/influxdb/releases/influxdb2-2.7.10_linux_amd64.tar.gz
   

   # Use curl to download the arm64 binary.
   curl --location -O \
   https://download.influxdata.com/influxdb/releases/influxdb2-2.7.10_linux_arm64.tar.gz
   

2. Choose the InfluxData key-pair for your OS version.

3. Recommended:: Verify the authenticity of the downloaded binary–for example, enter the following command in your terminal.

   Before running the command for your system, replace https://repos.influxdata.com/influxdata-archive.key with the key URL from the preceding step.

   # amd64
   # Download and import the key
   curl --silent --location https://repos.influxdata.com/influxdata-archive.key \
   | gpg --import - 2>&1 \
   | grep 'InfluxData Package Signing Key <[email protected]>' \
   &&
   # Download and verify the binary's signature file
   curl --silent --location "https://download.influxdata.com/influxdb/releases/influxdb2-2.7.10_linux_amd64.tar.gz.asc" \
   | gpg --verify - influxdb2-2.7.10_linux_amd64.tar.gz \
   2>&1 | grep 'InfluxData Package Signing Key <[email protected]>'
   

   # arm64
   # Download and import the key
   curl --silent --location https://repos.influxdata.com/influxdata-archive.key \
   | gpg --import - 2>&1 \
   | grep 'InfluxData Package Signing Key <[email protected]>' \
   &&
   # Download and verify the binary's signature file
   curl --silent --location "https://download.influxdata.com/influxdb/releases/influxdb2-2.7.10_linux_arm64.tar.gz.asc" \
   | gpg --verify - influxdb2-2.7.10_linux_arm64.tar.gz \
   2>&1 | grep 'InfluxData Package Signing Key <[email protected]>'
   

   If successful, the output is similar to the following:

   gpg: Good signature from "InfluxData Package Signing Key <[email protected]>" [unknown]
   

4. Extract the downloaded binary–for example, enter the following command for your system:

   # amd64
   tar xvzf ./influxdb2-2.7.10_linux_amd64.tar.gz
   

   # arm64
   tar xvzf ./influxdb2-2.7.10_linux_arm64.tar.gz
   

5. Optional: Place the extracted influxd executable binary in your system $PATH.

   # amd64
   sudo cp ./influxdb2-2.7.10/usr/bin/influxd /usr/local/bin/
   

   # arm64
   sudo cp ./influxdb2-2.7.10/usr/bin/influxd /usr/local/bin/
   

   If you choose to not move the influxd binary into your $PATH, enter the path to the binary to start the server–for example:

   ./influxdb2-2.7.10/usr/bin/influxd
   

chmod 0750 ~/.influxdbv2

System requirements

• Windows 10
• 64-bit AMD architecture
• Powershell or Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)

InfluxDB v2 (Windows)

Expand the downloaded archive into C:\Program Files\InfluxData\ and rename the files if desired.

Expand-Archive .\influxdb2-2.7.10-windows.zip -DestinationPath 'C:\Program Files\InfluxData\'
mv 'C:\Program Files\InfluxData\influxdb2-2.7.10' 'C:\Program Files\InfluxData\influxdb'

$acl = Get-Acl "C:\Users\<username>\.influxdbv2"
$accessRule = New-Object System.Security.AccessControl.FileSystemAccessRule("everyone","Read","Deny")
$acl.SetAccessRule($accessRule)
$acl | Set-Acl "C:\Users\<username>\.influxdbv2"

Install and set up InfluxDB in a container

The following steps show how to use the Docker CLI to set up and run InfluxDB. but you can also use Docker Compose.

The following guide uses Docker mounted volumes to persist InfluxDB configuration and data. Persisting your data to a file system outside the container ensures that your data isn’t deleted if you delete the container.

1. Install Docker Desktop for your system.

2. Start a Docker container from the influxdb Docker Hub image–for example, in your terminal, enter the docker run influxdb:2 command with command line flags for initial setup options and file system mounts.

If you don’t specify InfluxDB initial setup options, you can set up manually later using the UI or CLI in a running container.

docker run \
 --name influxdb2 \
 --publish 8086:8086 \
 --mount type=volume,source=influxdb2-data,target=/var/lib/influxdb2 \
 --mount type=volume,source=influxdb2-config,target=/etc/influxdb2 \
 --env DOCKER_INFLUXDB_INIT_MODE=setup \
 --env DOCKER_INFLUXDB_INIT_USERNAME=
ADMIN_USERNAME
 \
 --env DOCKER_INFLUXDB_INIT_PASSWORD=
ADMIN_PASSWORD
 \
 --env DOCKER_INFLUXDB_INIT_ORG=
ORG_NAME
 \
 --env DOCKER_INFLUXDB_INIT_BUCKET=
BUCKET_NAME
 \
 influxdb:2

The command passes the following arguments:

• --publish 8086:8086: Exposes the InfluxDB UI and HTTP API on the host’s 8086 port.

• --mount type=volume,source=influxdb2-data,target=/var/lib/influxdb2: Creates a volume named influxdb2-data mapped to the InfluxDB data directory to persist data outside the container.

• --mount type=volume,source=influxdb2-config,target=/etc/influxdb2: Creates a volume named influxdb2-config mapped to the InfluxDB configuration directory to make configurations available outside the container.

• --env DOCKER_INFLUXDB_INIT_MODE=setup: Environment variable that invokes the automated setup of the initial organization, user, bucket, and token when creating the container.

• --env DOCKER_INFLUXDB_INIT_<SETUP_OPTION>: Environment variables for initial setup options–replace the following with your own values:

  • ADMIN_USERNAME: The username for the initial user–an admin user with an API Operator token.
  • ADMIN_PASSWORD: The password for the initial user.
  • ORG_NAME: The name for the initial organization.
  • BUCKET_NAME: The name for the initial bucket.

If successful, the command starts InfluxDB initialized with the user, organization, bucket, and Operator token, and logs to stdout.

You can view the Operator token in the /etc/influxdb2/influx-configs file and use it to authorize creating an All Access token.

To run the InfluxDB container in detached mode, include the --detach flag in the docker run command.

For more InfluxDB configuration options, see the influxdb Docker Hub image documentation.

Run InfluxDB CLI commands in a container

When you start a container using the influxdb Docker Hub image, it also installs the influx CLI in the container. With InfluxDB setup and running in the container, you can use the Docker CLI docker exec command to interact with the influx and influxd CLIs inside the container.

Syntax

docker exec -it <CONTAINER_NAME> <CLI_NAME> <COMMAND>`

Examples

# List CLI configurations
docker exec -it influxdb2 influx config ls

# View the server configuration
docker exec -it influxdb2 influx server-config
# Inspect server details
docker exec -it influxdb2 influxd inspect -d

Manage files in mounted volumes

To copy files, such as the InfluxDB server config.yml file, between your local file system and a volume, use the docker container cp command.

Install InfluxDB in a Kubernetes cluster

The instructions below use minikube or kind, but the steps should be similar in any Kubernetes cluster. InfluxData also makes Helm charts available.

1. Install minikube or kind.

2. Start a local cluster:

   # with minikube
   minikube start
   

   # with kind
   kind create cluster
   

3. Apply the sample InfluxDB configuration by running:

   kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/influxdata/docs-v2/master/static/downloads/influxdb-k8-minikube.yaml
   

   This creates an influxdb Namespace, Service, and StatefulSet. A PersistentVolumeClaim is also created to store data written to InfluxDB.

   Important: always inspect YAML manifests before running kubectl apply -f <url>!

4. Ensure the Pod is running:

   kubectl get pods -n influxdb
   

5. Ensure the Service is available:

   kubectl describe service -n influxdb influxdb
   

   You should see an IP address after Endpoints in the command’s output.

6. Forward port 8086 from inside the cluster to localhost:

   kubectl port-forward -n influxdb service/influxdb 8086:8086
   

Requirements

To run InfluxDB on Raspberry Pi, you need:

• a Raspberry Pi 4+ or 400
• a 64-bit operating system. Recommended:: a 64-bit version of Ubuntu of Ubuntu Desktop or Ubuntu Server compatible with 64-bit Raspberry Pi.

Install Linux binaries

Follow the Linux installation instructions to install InfluxDB on a Raspberry Pi.

Monitor your Raspberry Pi

Use the InfluxDB Raspberry Pi template to easily configure collecting and visualizing system metrics for the Raspberry Pi.

Monitor 32-bit Raspberry Pi systems

If you have a 32-bit Raspberry Pi, use Telegraf to collect and send data to:

• InfluxDB OSS, running on a 64-bit system
• InfluxDB Cloud with a Free Tier account
• InfluxDB Cloud with a paid Usage-Based account with relaxed resource restrictions.

To start InfluxDB, run the influxd daemon:

influxd

(macOS Catalina and newer) Authorize the influxd binary

macOS requires downloaded binaries to be signed by registered Apple developers. Currently, when you first attempt to run influxd, macOS will prevent it from running.

To manually authorize the influxd binary, follow the instructions for your macOS version to allow downloaded applications.

Run InfluxDB on macOS Ventura

1. Follow the preceding instructions to attempt to start influxd.
2. Open System Settings and click Privacy & Security.
3. Under the Security heading, there is a message about “influxd” being blocked, click Allow Anyway.
4. When prompted, enter your password to allow the setting.
5. Close System Settings.
6. Attempt to start influxd.
7. A prompt appears with the message “macOS cannot verify the developer of “influxd”…”". Click Open.

Run InfluxDB on macOS Catalina

1. Attempt to start influxd.
2. Open System Preferences and click Security & Privacy.
3. Under the General tab, there is a message about influxd being blocked. Click Open Anyway.

We are in the process of updating the build process to ensure released binaries are signed by InfluxData.

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If InfluxDB was installed as a systemd service, systemd manages the influxd daemon and no further action is required. If the binary was manually downloaded and added to the system $PATH, start the influxd daemon with the following command:

influxd

In Powershell, navigate into C:\Program Files\InfluxData\influxdb and start InfluxDB by running the influxd daemon:

cd -Path 'C:\Program Files\InfluxData\influxdb'
./influxd

To use the Docker CLI to start an existing container, enter the following command:

docker start influxdb2

Replace influxdb2 with the name of your container.

To start a new container, follow instructions to install and set up InfluxDB in a container.

To start InfluxDB using Kubernetes, follow instructions to install InfluxDB in a Kubernetes cluster.