InfluxDB

Configuration

/etc/influxdb/influxdb.conf

[http]
  auth-enabled = true

Management

Create a new user and database

influx
> CREATE USER admin WITH PASSWORD 'adminpass' WITH ALL PRIVILEGES
> exit

influx -username admin -password adminpass
> set password for admin = 'newpass'
>
> create database mmap_nmon
> create user mon with password 'thisispassword'
> grant all on mmap_nmon to mon

# In the shell
influx -username admin -password thisispass

# In the InfluxDB CLI
> auth
username:
password

InfluxQL

> show databases
name: databases
name
----
_internal
nmon_reports
nmon2influxdb_log

> show users
user  admin
----  -----
admin true
mon   false

> use nmon_reports
Using database nmon_reports
> show measurements
name: measurements
name
----
CPU_ALL
DISKAVGRIO
DISKAVGWIO
DISKBSIZE
DISKBUSY
DISKREAD
DISKREADSERV
DISKRIO
DISKRXFER
DISKSERV
...

Verify the account

curl -G http://localhost:8086/query -u mon:thisispassword --data-urlencode "q=SHOW DATABASES"
{"results":[{"statement_id":0,"series":[{"name":"databases","columns":["name"],"values":[["mmap_nmon"]]}]}]}

Services

systemctl start influxdb
systemctl enable influxdb