InfluxDB Sender

Description

The Influx Database sender allows metrics to be sent from 1Gateway into a defined database in InfluxDB (version 1.8) through an HTTP POST. The messages will appear as measurement in the timeseries database.

Prerequisites

InfluxDB database listening on an HTTP port.

Installation

Make sure you have the Plugin zip file that has been provided to you with the installation files.

Login to 1gateway, and make sure you are in "Advanced mode". If this is the first time you log in, the default user and password are both 'admin' (without the quotes).

2 - System Maintenance

Click on the menu icon and choose the option "System maintenance"

3 - Upload file

In the System maintenance view you can either drag and drop the downloaded zip file or select it by clicking the "choose file" button.

Configuration

Open the main menu and click on "New plugin"

Select the plugin you want to configure. Use the Filter field if needed.

Field name	Supported values	Description
InfluxDB server	Valid ip address or hostname	InfluxDB server
Port number	Valid port number	InfluxDB port number
Database name	Any string	InfluxDB database name
Bulk size	Any integer	How many messages to send in a transaction. Default is 10