Learn more about InfluxData’s time series platform. InfluxDB 2.0 OSS is generally available, and since launch, we have made updates to the product. Join Tim Hall, VP of Products, as he demonstrates the latest features in InfluxDB 2.0 Open Source.

1. Meet the Experts
December 2020
Tim Hall - VP Products

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InfluxDB OSS 2.0 is now Generally Available
As announced at InfluxDays in June:
• We completed our extended alpha/beta program and
released on Nov 10th.
We’ve just released our 2nd maintenance release
• Expanded package support including ARM64
• Minor defect fixes

3. InfluxDB 2.0

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Platform providing real-time visibility into
stacks, sensors and systems
Visualizatio
n
Alert
s
Triggers
Metric
s
Log
s
Traces
Event
s

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InfluxDB 2.0 – Changing the Game

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CommonAPI
InfluxDB 2.0 Offerings
InfluxDB 2.0 (open source)
InfluxDB Cloud 2.0 (AWS, GCS, Azure)
InfluxDB Enterprise 2.0 (on-premise/own compute)
Pay Per Use
Reserved
Capacity
Dedicated
Instance
Node Based Cloud Native
Free Tier
Single Binary
Pay Per
Use
Pre-Pay
Dedicated
Instance
Node
Based
Cloud
Native
TelegrafClientLibraries
(10languages)

7. “InfluxDB 2.0
represents the
biggest evolution
of our product.”
✔ Single binary for all time series
functions
✔ Common API across all editions of
the platform
✔ Deeper insights with new powerful
data processing language Flux
✔ Framework for composable
solutions

8. Flux
POWERFUL DATA ANALYTICS
LANGUAGE TO SEE ACROSS TIME
✔ Designed for time series analysis
✔ Easy to share, easy to extend
✔ Multi data source
✔ Open Source (MIT license)
✔ Easy to get started but powerful to scale
from(bucket:“telegraf”)
|> range(start:-1h)
|> filter(fn: (r) => r._measurement == “foo”)
|> exponentialMovingAverage(size:-10s)

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New InfluxDB 2.0 setup and walkthrough
• User Docker image
• Explore the UI
• Get data in!
• Create a new bucket and a task
Agenda

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InfluxDB 1.x OSS Upgrade to InfluxDB 2.x OSS
• Walkthrough of upgrade process
• Review Log Output
• Confirm DBRP Mapping via CLI
• Discuss Security Setup and CLI Tooling
• Create an Alert
• Leverage InfluxDB Templates
• Variables and Advanced Flux
Agenda

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Existing Setup

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InfluxDB 1.8.3
Chronograf 1.8.9
Telegraf 1.16.3
Input: System Bundle
- CPU
- Disk
- DiskIO
- Mem
- Net
- Processes
- Swap
- System
Output: InfluxDB v1
tim_admin -- admin
tim_testing -- read/write
nate_haugo -- read
telegraf_agent -- write
10 databases including
_internal and
Telegraf with 2 RPs
1 Continuous Query for
Downsampling CPU
metrics
Selective user permissions:
> show grants for nate_haugo
database privilege
-------- ---------
telegraf READ
potato READ
chronograf ALL PRIVILEGES
potatoctl READ
Connected using; nate_haugo

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Upgrade

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Upgrade
Download/install InfluxDB 2.x
Stop influxd
Run upgrade command via 2.x influxd binary
Start 2.x influxd
Additional helper script for DEB/RPM packages
No upgrade for Docker --- yet.

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Troubleshooting
Upgrade already run:
Error: file present at target path for upgraded 2.x config file
'/Users/tim/.influxdb/config.toml'
Log output: upgrade.log & continuous_queries.txt
• both located in the user’s home directory
• upgrade - contains all of the stdout log information generated
during the upgrade process
• cq - contains a dump of the continuous queries found
Too many files open -- adjust ulimit

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Upgraded Setup

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InfluxDB 2.0.x
Chronograf 1.8.9
Telegraf 1.16.3
Input: System Bundle
- CPU
- Disk
- DiskIO
- Mem
- Net
- Processes
- Swap
- System
Output: InfluxDB v1
v1 auth setup for:
● tim_admin -- admin
● tim_testing -- read/write
● nate_haugo -- read
● telegraf_agent -- write
v2 user: thall -- admin
v2 org: thall-org
10 buckets with DBRP
mappings for v1
_internal not upgraded
1 new bucket: default
no DBRP mapping
1 Continuous Query for
Downsampling CPU
metrics
Admin functions do not work:
Databases, Users, Queries

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Validate via CLI

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InfluxDB v2.0 CLI
Now includes support for managing v1 related “stuff”
• DBRP mappings
• Auth
Grab your new token, setup a config profile...and explore!

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Other Resources

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Community Forum
This is our community forum, a place for
people & users to come to for support,
share ideas, and ask questions.
community.influxdata.com

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InfluxDB Slack
We have a Slack Workspace for our
community.
Influxers and community members talk
about all things InfluxDB (TICK stack, 2.0,
Cloud, meetups, etc).
It’s a great place for us to get to know and
work with our users.
influxdata.com/slack

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Documentation
docs.influxdata.com

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Chronograf and Kapacitor Specific Docs for 2.0
https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/v2.0/tools/kapacitor/https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/v2.0/tools/chronograf/

25. Thank You