Linux/InfluxDB

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Preparing v1 access via InfluxDB 2.x

  • Create token in gui
    • "Load Data" -> "API Tokens"
  • Get Bucket ID
    • "Load Data" -> "Buckets"
  • Get Organization Name
    • "User" -> "About" -> "Organization Profile" -> "Name"


  • Access influx command line (docker exec -it influxdb sh)
  • Create v1 user
influx v1 auth create -o {orgName} --username {newuser} --password {newpass} -t {token} --read-bucket {bucketID} --write-bucket {bucketID}

Settings in Node-RED

version = 1.x
database = from previous step (e.g. mybucket)
username = from previous step
password = from previous step

Settings in Grafana

Name:            InfluxDB
Default:         true
Query Language:  InfluxQL
URL:             http://{containername}:8086
Allowed cookies: 
Timeout:

Database:        mybucket
User:            {newuser}
Password:        {newpass}
HTTP Method:     GET

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