distribute:influx

InfluxDB

This type of distribution sends incoming data to an InfluxDB server to be recorded.

Type Name

The type name to use in your configuration is influx.

Configuration

The following configuration options are accepted…

Name	Notes	Purpose
hostname	Required	The full path to your API endpoint, including /api/v2/write.
bucket	Required	The name of the bucket to publish to
headers		Any headers - including your Auth header - to send
query		A map containing any additional parameters to send

NOTE - The example below removes spaces from names before they are added to InfluxDB. This is not required.

{
		"type": "influx",		
		"config": {
			"hostname": "https://<influx address>/api/v2/write",
			"headers": {
				"Authorization": "Token <token>"
			},
                        "bucket": "measurements",
         		"table": "values"
		},
		"replace": {
			" ": "",
			"-": ""
		}
	}

Notes

When being written, the tag is taken from the asset name and the value from the property name. For example, a point with the name Main Pump.Temperature would be recorded (with the configuration show above) as…

Location	Value
Bucket	measurements
Table	values
Tag	Main Pump
Value	Temperature

Suggestions

Keep the individual point names quite simple - we suggest not using options like 'fullpath'.