First create a file system where you want to store the data:
[root@myserver root]# lvcreate -L1G -n influxdb rhel
[root@myserver root]# mkfs.xfs /dev/rhel/influxdb
meta-data=/dev/rhel/influxdb isize=512 agcount=4, agsize=65536 blks
= sectsz=512 attr=2, projid32bit=1
= crc=1 finobt=0, sparse=0
data = bsize=4096 blocks=262144, imaxpct=25
= sunit=0 swidth=0 blks
naming =version 2 bsize=4096 ascii-ci=0 ftype=1
log =Internes Protokoll bsize=4096 blocks=2560, version=2
= sectsz=512 sunit=0 blks, lazy-count=1
realtime =keine extsz=4096 blocks=0, rtextents=0
[root@myserver root]# echo '/dev/mapper/rhel-influxdb /srv/influxdb xfs defaults 0 1' >>/etc/fstab
[root@myserver root]# mkdir /srv/influxdb
[root@myserver root]# mount /srv/influxdb
Download the package and unpack it:
[root@myserver root]# curl -O https://dl.power-devops.com/influxdb-1.7.7_linux_ppc64le.tar.gz
% Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current
Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed
100 46.9M 100 46.9M 0 0 41109 0 0:19:57 0:19:57 --:--:— 53488
[root@myserver root]# tar --strip-components=1 -xzf influxdb-1.7.7_linux_ppc64le.tar.gz -C /
Prepare auto-start of the service:
[root@myserver root]# cp /usr/lib/influxdb/scripts/influxdb.service /etc/systemd/system/
[root@myserver root]# systemctl daemon-reload
[root@myserver root]# systemctl enable influxdb
The next step is to configure InfluxDB. Open the file /etc/influxdb/influxdb.conf in your favourite editor and change the following values:
reporting-disabled = true
[meta]
# Where the metadata/raft database is stored
dir = "/srv/influxdb/meta"
[data]
# The directory where the TSM storage engine stores TSM files.
dir = "/srv/influxdb/data"
# The directory where the TSM storage engine stores WAL files.
wal-dir = "/srv/influxdb/wal"
A little bit security - create a separate user and a group for InfluxDB:
[root@myserver root]# useradd -c 'influxdb owner' -d /srv/influxdb -M -s /bin/bash -U influxdb
[root@myserver root]# mkdir /srv/influxdb/{meta,data,wal}
[root@myserver root]# chown -R influxdb:influxdb /srv/influxdb /var/log/influxdb
Now we are ready to start InfluxDB:
[root@myserver root]# systemctl start influxdb
[root@myserver root]# systemctl status influxdb
● influxdb.service - InfluxDB is an open-source, distributed, time series database
Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/influxdb.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled)
Active: active (running) since So 2019-06-30 10:54:01 GMT; 3s ago
Main PID: 1019 (influxd)
CGroup: /system.slice/influxdb.service
└─1019 /usr/bin/influxd -config /etc/influxdb/influxdb.conf
If you have firewalld don't forget to permit traffic on port 8086:
[root@myserver root]# firewall-cmd --add-port 8086/tcp --permanent
success
[root@myserver root# firewall-cmd --add-port 8086/tcp
success
Have fun!