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InfluxDB is a time series database and application development platform that supports various programming languages and is optimized for storing and querying time series data. It offers three versions: Open Source, InfluxCloud, and InfluxEnterprise, catering to different user needs. The document also covers the data model, query language (InfluxQL and Flux), and the advantages of using InfluxDB for real-time data monitoring and visualization.

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influxdb-introduction

InfluxDB is a time series database and application development platform that supports various programming languages and is optimized for storing and querying time series data. It offers three versions: Open Source, InfluxCloud, and InfluxEnterprise, catering to different user needs. The document also covers the data model, query language (InfluxQL and Flux), and the advantages of using InfluxDB for real-time data monitoring and visualization.

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InfluxDB

Introduction to InfluxDB

KIT – Die Forschungsuniversität in der Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft www.kit.edu


Components of monitoring architecture

Data collection Data storage Data visualization

Queries the datasource


push data and it returns data

Logstash Beats

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Agenda
What is InfluxDB?
Time Series Data and Databases
Data model of InfluxDB
Query languge flux

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What is InfluxDB
InfluxDB, released in 2013, is a time series database

evolved into a time series application development platform

InfluxDB includes the InfluxDB User Interface (InfluxDB UI) and Flux

used for server monitoring, financial applications, customer facing IoT and many other
applications.

InfluxData Inc. → https://www.influxdata.com

written in Go programming language, also called Golang

supports many programming languages like Java, JavaScript, Perl, PHP, Python...

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InfluxDB versions
InfluxData offers three different versions

InfluxDB: Open Source

InfluxCloud: fully customised and has a web-based user interface for the
data ingestion and visualization

InfluxEnterprise: installed on the server within a corporate network. It


provides maintenance agreements and special access controls for the
business customers

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What are Time Series?

Time series data is a sequence of data points indexed in time order.

Data points typically consist of successive measurements made from the


same source and are used to track changes over time.

Examples: weather data, monitoring data, Stock prices...


everything that can be viewed over time!

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What are Time-Series Databases

A time series database is defined as a database system optimised to


provide the time series data and its storage in association with the value
and time

Times series databases can ingest millions of data points per second,
resulting in high-level performance

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Why use InfluxDB

storing large amounts of data


faster than traditional databases for time series data
Real-time data and parallel incoming data possible
Includes UI dashboards to see the data such as Chronograf, Grafana
It is easy to build, easy to share templates via influxdb templates
InfluxDB is a storage, ingest, query, and visualisation platform that you
can access through a unified API

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Write data to Influx
InfluxDB provides many different options for ingesting or writing data,
including the following

Influx user interface


InfluxDB HTTP API
Influx Cli
Telegraf
InfluxDB client libraries

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Data model

Bucket: Named location where time series data is stored


A bucket can contain multiple measurements.

Measurements: Logical grouping for time series data.


A measurement contains multiple tags and fields.

– Tag values → describe/identify the data points


– Field values → the actual measured values
– Timestamp → the time of the measurement

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Data model example

name of the
Fields value(s) timestamp
measurement Tag values(s)

Temperatur,place=room1,sensor=1 temp=24.5 159345356

Temperatur,place=room2,sensor=1 temp=20,5 159345350


Temperatur,place=room2 temp=20,5 159345350
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Query Language
InfluxQL
for the first version of InfluxDB
SQL-like query language

Flux
Since version 1.8
a functional data scripting language designed for querying, processing,
writing, analyzing, and acting on data
based on JavaScript
published by InfluxData on GitHub as an open-source project

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Flux Query
A Flux query does the following:

- Retrieves a specified amount of data from a source.


- Filters data based on time or column values.
- Processes and shapes data into expected results.
- Returns the result.
from(bucket: "example-bucket")
|> range(start: -1d)
|> filter(fn: (r) => r._measurement == "example-measurement")
|> mean()
|> yield(name: "_results")

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Flux Query
When querying InfluxDB with Flux, there are three primary functions:

from(): Queries data from an InfluxDB bucket.

range(): Filters data based on time bounds. Flux requires


“bounded” queries - queries limited to a specific time range.

filter(): Filters data based on column values.


multiple filters possible

More functions: https://docs.influxdata.com/flux/v0.x/stdlib

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Examples of time ranges
Query a time range relative to now

from(bucket: "example-bucket")
|> range(start: -12h)

Query an absolute time range


from(bucket: "example-bucket")
|> range(start: 2021-05-22T23:30:00Z, stop: 2021-05-23T00:00:00Z)

Query an absolute time range using Unix timestamps


from(bucket: "example-bucket")
|> range(start: 1621726200, stop: 1621728000)

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Links
https://www.influxdata.com/products/influxdb-overview/

Dokumentation:
https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/v2.6/

Free courses:
https://university.influxdata.com/catalog/

InfluxData community
https://community.influxdata.com

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