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 accessigble by the 1Gateway machine.
Installation
1 - Login
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 |
| URI Scheme | http / https | Protocol to use |
Database name | Any string | InfluxDB database name |
| Authentication | Any string | Credentials defined for the Jira connection |
| Quote field values | true / false | If true, quotes the values of the InfluxDB fields. Set to true if there might be special characters in the fields values. |
| Quote tag values | true / false | If true, quotes the values of the InfluxDB tags. Set to true if there might be special characters in the tags values. |
| Bulk size | Any integer | How many messages to send in a transaction. Default is 100 |
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