How to set up influxdb on kubernetes

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how to install influxdb on kubernetes

Introduction

Influxdb is a time series database. you can collect data into influxdb to show on Grafana dashboard. So I will write down I how to set up influxdb (v1, v2) on Kubernetes. But why not use Prometheus because it is a pull based time series database. If you want to collect very real-time data like business metrics clearly not suitable.

Prerequisite

Installation

First, you need to add influxdata repo into helm. 

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helm repo add influxdata https://helm.influxdata.com/

v1

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helm --namespace=$(NS) upgrade --install influxdb influxdata/influxdb -f values.yaml

v2

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helm --namespace=$(NS) upgrade --install influxdb2 influxdata/influxdb2 -f values.yaml

Configuration

v1

You can reference official documents influxdb

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helm show values influxdata/influxdb > values.yaml

v2

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helm show values influxdata/influxdb2 > values.yaml

You can change adminUser field to you want. like

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adminUser:
  organization: "my-org"
  bucket: "my-bucket"
  user: "admin"
  retention_policy: "0s"
  ## Leave empty to generate a random password and token.
  ## Or fill any of these values to use fixed values.
  password: "<<password>>"
  token: "<<token>>"