Install InfluxDB OSS v2

This page documents an earlier version of InfluxDB OSS. InfluxDB 3 Core is the latest stable version.

The InfluxDB v2 time series platform is purpose-built to collect, store, process and visualize metrics and events.

Download and install InfluxDB v2
Start InfluxDB
Download, install, and configure the influx CLI

Download and install InfluxDB v2

Recommended:: Before you open and install packages and downloaded files, use SHA checksum verification and GPG signature verification to ensure the files are intact and authentic.

InfluxDB installation instructions for some OS versions include steps to verify downloaded files before you install them.

For more information about SHA and GPG verifications, see the following:

Choose the InfluxData key-pair for your OS version

Verify download integrity using SHA-256

For each released binary, InfluxData publishes the SHA checksum that you can use to verify that the downloaded file is intact and hasn’t been corrupted.

To use the SHA checksum to verify the downloaded file, do the following:

In the downloads page, select the Version and Platform for your download, and then copy the SHA256: checksum value.
Compute the SHA checksum of the downloaded file and compare it to the published checksum–for example, enter the following command in your terminal:

# Use 2 spaces to separate the checksum from the filename
echo "8d7872013cad3524fb728ca8483d0adc30125ad1af262ab826dcf5d1801159cf
  influxdb2-2.8.0_linux_amd64.tar.gz" \
| sha256sum --check -

Replace the following:

8d7872013cad3524fb728ca8483d0adc30125ad1af262ab826dcf5d1801159cf: the SHA256: checksum value that you copied from the downloads page

If the checksums match, the output is the following; otherwise, an error message.

influxdb2-2.8.0_linux_amd64.tar.gz: OK

Verify file integrity and authenticity using GPG

InfluxData uses GPG (GnuPG) to sign released software and provides public key and encrypted private key (.key file) pairs that you can use to verify the integrity of packages and binaries from the InfluxData repository.

Most operating systems include gpg by default. If gpg isn’t available on your system, see GnuPG download and install instructions.

The following steps guide you through using GPG to verify InfluxDB binary releases:

Choose the InfluxData key-pair for your OS version.
Download and import the InfluxData public key.
gpg --import outputs to stderr. The following example shows how to import the key, redirect the output to stdout, and then check for the expected key name:

curl --silent --location https://repos.influxdata.com/influxdata-archive.key
 \
 | gpg --import - 2>&1 \
 | grep 'InfluxData Package Signing Key <support@influxdata.com>'

Replace the following:

https://repos.influxdata.com/influxdata-archive.key: the InfluxData private key file compatible with your OS version

If successful, the output is the following:

gpg: key 7C3D57159FC2F927: public key "InfluxData Package Signing Key <support@influxdata.com>" imported

Download the signature file for the release by appending .asc to the download URL, and then use gpg to verify the download signature–for example, enter the following in your terminal:
```
curl --silent --location \
https://download.influxdata.com/influxdb/releases/v2.8.0/influxdb2-2.8.0_darwin_amd64.tar.gz.asc \
| gpg --verify - ~/Downloads/influxdb2-2.8.0_darwin_amd64.tar.gz \
2>&1 | grep 'InfluxData Package Signing Key <support@influxdata.com>'
```
- curl --silent --location: Follows any server redirects and fetches the signature file silently (without progress meter).
- gpg --verify -: Reads the signature from stdin and uses it to verify the the downloaded influxdbv2 binary.
If successful, the output is the following:
```
gpg: Good signature from "InfluxData Package Signing Key <support@influxdata.com>" [unknown]
```

For security, InfluxData periodically rotates keys and publishes the new key pairs.

The following instructions include steps for downloading, verifying, and installing InfluxDB:

macOS Linux Windows Docker Kubernetes Raspberry Pi

To install InfluxDB, do one of the following:

Install using Homebrew
Manually download and install for macOS

We recommend using Homebrew to install InfluxDB v2 on macOS.

InfluxDB and the influx CLI are separate packages

The InfluxDB server (influxd) and the influx CLI are packaged and versioned separately.

You’ll install the influx CLI in a later step.

Install using Homebrew

brew update
brew install influxdb

Manually download and install for macOS

In your browser or your terminal, download the InfluxDB package.

InfluxDB v2 (macOS)

# Download using cURL
curl --location -O \
"https://download.influxdata.com/influxdb/releases/v2.8.0/influxdb2-2.8.0_darwin_amd64.tar.gz"

Recommended:: Verify the integrity of the download–for example, enter the following command in your terminal:

# Use 2 spaces to separate the checksum from the filename
echo "224926fd77736a364cf28128f18927dda00385f0b6872a108477246a1252ae1b
  influxdb2-2.8.0_darwin_amd64.tar.gz" \
| shasum --algorithm 256 --quiet --check -

Replace the following:

224926fd77736a364cf28128f18927dda00385f0b6872a108477246a1252ae1b: the SHA checksum from the downloads page

Unpackage the InfluxDB binary.
Do one of the following:
- In Finder, double-click the downloaded package file.
- In your terminal (for example, Terminal or iTerm2), use tar to unpackage the file–for example, enter the following command to extract it into the current directory:
```
# Unpackage contents to the current working directory
tar zxvf ./influxdb2-2.8.0_darwin_amd64.tar.gz
```
Optional: Place the influxd binary in your $PATH–for example, copy the binary to /usr/local/bin:
```
# (Optional) Copy the influxd binary to your $PATH
sudo cp influxdb2-2.8.0/influxd /usr/local/bin/
```
With the influxd binary in your $PATH (/usr/local/bin), you can enter influxd in your terminal to start the server.
If you choose not to move the influxd binary into your $PATH, enter the path to the binary to start the server–for example:
```
./influxdb2-2.8.0/influxd
```

Recommended – Set appropriate directory permissions

Both InfluxDB 1.x and 2.x have associated influxd and influx binaries. If InfluxDB 1.x binaries are already in your $PATH, run the v2 binaries in place or rename them before putting them in your $PATH. If you rename the binaries, all references to influxd and influx in this documentation refer to your renamed binaries.

To install InfluxDB on Linux, do one of the following:

Install InfluxDB as a service with systemd
Manually download and install the influxd binary

InfluxDB and the influx CLI are separate packages

The InfluxDB server (influxd) and the influx CLI are packaged and versioned separately.

You’ll install the influx CLI in a later step.

Install InfluxDB as a service with systemd

Choose the InfluxData key-pair for your OS version.

Run the command for your OS version to install the InfluxData key, add the InfluxData repository, and install influxdb.

Before running the command, replace the fingerprint and key filename with the key-pair from the preceding step.

# Ubuntu and Debian
# Add the InfluxData key to verify downloads and add the repository
curl --silent --location -O https://repos.influxdata.com/influxdata-archive.key
gpg --show-keys --with-fingerprint --with-colons ./influxdata-archive.key 2>&1 \
| grep -q '^fpr:\+24C975CBA61A024EE1B631787C3D57159FC2F927:$' \
&& cat influxdata-archive.key \
| gpg --dearmor \
| sudo tee /etc/apt/keyrings/influxdata-archive.gpg > /dev/null \
&& echo 'deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/influxdata-archive.gpg] https://repos.influxdata.com/debian stable main' \
| sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/influxdata.list
# Install influxdb
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install influxdb2

# RedHat and CentOS
# Add the InfluxData key to verify downloads
curl --silent --location -O https://repos.influxdata.com/influxdata-archive.key
gpg --show-keys --with-fingerprint --with-colons ./influxdata-archive.key 2>&1 \
| grep -q '^fpr:\+24C975CBA61A024EE1B631787C3D57159FC2F927:$' \
&& cat influxdata-archive.key \
| gpg --dearmor \
| tee /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-influxdata > /dev/null

# Add the InfluxData repository to the repository list.
cat <<EOF | tee /etc/yum.repos.d/influxdata.repo
[influxdata]
name = InfluxData Repository - Stable
baseurl = https://repos.influxdata.com/stable/\${basearch}/main
enabled = 1
gpgcheck = 1
gpgkey = file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-influxdata
EOF

# Install influxdb
sudo yum install influxdb2

Start the InfluxDB service:
```
sudo service influxdb start
```
Installing the InfluxDB package creates a service file at /lib/systemd/system/influxdb.service to start InfluxDB as a background service on startup.

To verify that the service is running correctly, restart your system and then enter the following command in your terminal:

sudo service influxdb status

If successful, the output is the following:

● influxdb.service - InfluxDB is an open-source, distributed, time series database
   Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/influxdb.service; enabled; vendor preset: enable>
   Active: active (running)

For information about where InfluxDB stores data on disk when running as a service, see File system layout.

Pass configuration options to the service

You can use systemd to customize InfluxDB configuration options and pass them to the InfluxDB service.

Edit the /etc/default/influxdb2 service configuration file to assign configuration directives to influxd command line flags–for example, add one or more <ENV_VARIABLE_NAME>=<COMMAND_LINE_FLAG> lines like the following:
```
ARG1="--http-bind-address :8087"
ARG2="--storage-wal-fsync-delay=15m"
```
Edit the /lib/systemd/system/influxdb.service file to pass the variables to the ExecStart value:
```
ExecStart=/usr/bin/influxd $ARG1 $ARG2
```

Manually download and install the influxd binary

If necessary, adjust the example file paths and utilities for your system.

In your browser or your terminal, download the InfluxDB binary for your system architecture (AMD64 or ARM).

InfluxDB v2 (amd64) InfluxDB v2 (arm)

# Use curl to download the amd64 binary.
curl --location -O \
https://download.influxdata.com/influxdb/releases/v2.8.0/influxdb2-2.8.0_linux_amd64.tar.gz

# Use curl to download the arm64 binary.
curl --location -O \
https://download.influxdata.com/influxdb/releases/v2.8.0/influxdb2-2.8.0_linux_arm64.tar.gz

Choose the InfluxData key-pair for your OS version.

Recommended:: Verify the authenticity of the downloaded binary–for example, enter the following command in your terminal.

Before running the command for your system, replace https://repos.influxdata.com/influxdata-archive.key with the key URL from the preceding step.

# amd64
# Download and import the key
curl --silent --location https://repos.influxdata.com/influxdata-archive.key \
| gpg --import - 2>&1 \
| grep 'InfluxData Package Signing Key <support@influxdata.com>' \
&&
# Download and verify the binary's signature file
curl --silent --location "https://download.influxdata.com/influxdb/releases/v2.8.0/influxdb2-2.8.0_linux_amd64.tar.gz.asc" \
| gpg --verify - influxdb2-2.8.0_linux_amd64.tar.gz \
2>&1 | grep 'InfluxData Package Signing Key <support@influxdata.com>'

# arm64
# Download and import the key
curl --silent --location https://repos.influxdata.com/influxdata-archive.key \
| gpg --import - 2>&1 \
| grep 'InfluxData Package Signing Key <support@influxdata.com>' \
&&
# Download and verify the binary's signature file
curl --silent --location "https://download.influxdata.com/influxdb/releases/v2.8.0/influxdb2-2.8.0_linux_arm64.tar.gz.asc" \
| gpg --verify - influxdb2-2.8.0_linux_arm64.tar.gz \
2>&1 | grep 'InfluxData Package Signing Key <support@influxdata.com>'

If successful, the output is similar to the following:

gpg: Good signature from "InfluxData Package Signing Key <support@influxdata.com>" [unknown]

Extract the downloaded binary–for example, enter the following command for your system:

# amd64
tar xvzf ./influxdb2-2.8.0_linux_amd64.tar.gz

# arm64
tar xvzf ./influxdb2-2.8.0_linux_arm64.tar.gz

Optional: Place the extracted influxd executable binary in your system $PATH.
```
# amd64
sudo cp ./influxdb2-2.8.0/usr/bin/influxd /usr/local/bin/
```
```
# arm64
sudo cp ./influxdb2-2.8.0/usr/bin/influxd /usr/local/bin/
```
If you choose to not move the influxd binary into your $PATH, enter the path to the binary to start the server–for example:
```
./influxdb2-2.8.0/usr/bin/influxd
```

Recommended – Set appropriate directory permissions

System requirements

Windows 10
64-bit AMD architecture
Powershell or Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)

Command line examples

Use Powershell or WSL to execute influx and influxd commands. The command line examples in this documentation use influx and influxd as if installed on the system PATH. If these binaries are not installed on your PATH, replace influx and influxd in the provided examples with ./influx and ./influxd respectively.

InfluxDB and the influx CLI are separate packages

The InfluxDB server (influxd) and the influx CLI are packaged and versioned separately.

You’ll install the influx CLI in a later step.

InfluxDB v2 (Windows)

Expand the downloaded archive into C:\Program Files\InfluxData\ and rename the files if desired.

Expand-Archive .\influxdb2-2.8.0-windows_amd64.zip -DestinationPath 'C:\Program Files\InfluxData\'
mv 'C:\Program Files\InfluxData\influxdb2-2.8.0-windows-amd64' 'C:\Program Files\InfluxData\influxdb'

Recommended – Set appropriate directory permissions

Install and set up InfluxDB in a container

The following steps show how to use the Docker CLI to set up and run InfluxDB. but you can also use Docker Compose.

The following guide uses Docker mounted volumes to persist InfluxDB configuration and data. Persisting your data to a file system outside the container ensures that your data isn’t deleted if you delete the container.

Install Docker Desktop for your system.
Start a Docker container from the influxdb Docker Hub image–for example, in your terminal, enter the docker run influxdb:2 command with command line flags for initial setup options and file system mounts.

If you don’t specify InfluxDB initial setup options, you can set up manually later using the UI or CLI in a running container.

docker run \
 --name influxdb2 \
 --publish 8086:8086 \
 --mount type=volume,source=influxdb2-data,target=/var/lib/influxdb2 \
 --mount type=volume,source=influxdb2-config,target=/etc/influxdb2 \
 --env DOCKER_INFLUXDB_INIT_MODE=setup \
 --env DOCKER_INFLUXDB_INIT_USERNAME=ADMIN_USERNAME
 \
 --env DOCKER_INFLUXDB_INIT_PASSWORD=ADMIN_PASSWORD
 \
 --env DOCKER_INFLUXDB_INIT_ORG=ORG_NAME
 \
 --env DOCKER_INFLUXDB_INIT_BUCKET=BUCKET_NAME
 \
 influxdb:2

The command passes the following arguments:

--publish 8086:8086: Exposes the InfluxDB UI and HTTP API on the host’s 8086 port.
--mount type=volume,source=influxdb2-data,target=/var/lib/influxdb2: Creates a volume named influxdb2-data mapped to the InfluxDB data directory to persist data outside the container.
--mount type=volume,source=influxdb2-config,target=/etc/influxdb2: Creates a volume named influxdb2-config mapped to the InfluxDB configuration directory to make configurations available outside the container.
--env DOCKER_INFLUXDB_INIT_MODE=setup: Environment variable that invokes the automated setup of the initial organization, user, bucket, and token when creating the container.
--env DOCKER_INFLUXDB_INIT_<SETUP_OPTION>: Environment variables for initial setup options–replace the following with your own values:
- ADMIN_USERNAME: The username for the initial user–an admin user with an API Operator token.
- ADMIN_PASSWORD: The password for the initial user.
- ORG_NAME: The name for the initial organization.
- BUCKET_NAME: The name for the initial bucket.

If successful, the command starts InfluxDB initialized with the user, organization, bucket, and Operator token, and logs to stdout.

You can view the Operator token in the /etc/influxdb2/influx-configs file and use it to authorize creating an All Access token. For more information, see API token types.

To run the InfluxDB container in detached mode, include the --detach flag in the docker run command.

For more InfluxDB configuration options, see the influxdb Docker Hub image documentation.

Run InfluxDB CLI commands in a container

When you start a container using the influxdb Docker Hub image, it also installs the influx CLI in the container. With InfluxDB setup and running in the container, you can use the Docker CLI docker exec command to interact with the influx and influxd CLIs inside the container.

Syntax

docker exec -it <CONTAINER_NAME> <CLI_NAME> <COMMAND>`

Examples

# Create an All Access token
docker exec -it influxdb2 influx auth create \
  --all-access \
  --token OPERATOR_TOKEN

# List CLI configurations
docker exec -it influxdb2 influx config ls

# View the server configuration
docker exec -it influxdb2 influx server-config
# Inspect server details
docker exec -it influxdb2 influxd inspect -d

Manage files in mounted volumes

To copy files, such as the InfluxDB server config.yml file, between your local file system and a volume, use the docker container cp command.

Install InfluxDB in a Kubernetes cluster

The instructions below use minikube or kind, but the steps should be similar in any Kubernetes cluster. InfluxData also makes Helm charts available.

Install minikube or kind.

Start a local cluster:

# with minikube
minikube start

# with kind
kind create cluster

Apply the sample InfluxDB configuration by running:
```
kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/influxdata/docs-v2/master/static/downloads/influxdb-k8-minikube.yaml
```
This creates an influxdb Namespace, Service, and StatefulSet. A PersistentVolumeClaim is also created to store data written to InfluxDB.
Important: always inspect YAML manifests before running kubectl apply -f <url>!
Ensure the Pod is running:
```
kubectl get pods -n influxdb
```
Ensure the Service is available:
```
kubectl describe service -n influxdb influxdb
```
You should see an IP address after Endpoints in the command’s output.

Forward port 8086 from inside the cluster to localhost:

kubectl port-forward -n influxdb service/influxdb 8086:8086

Requirements

To run InfluxDB on Raspberry Pi, you need:

a Raspberry Pi 4+ or 400
a 64-bit operating system. Recommended:: a 64-bit version of Ubuntu of Ubuntu Desktop or Ubuntu Server compatible with 64-bit Raspberry Pi.

Install Linux binaries

Follow the Linux installation instructions to install InfluxDB on a Raspberry Pi.

Monitor your Raspberry Pi

Use the InfluxDB Raspberry Pi template to easily configure collecting and visualizing system metrics for the Raspberry Pi.

Monitor 32-bit Raspberry Pi systems

If you have a 32-bit Raspberry Pi, use Telegraf to collect and send data to:

InfluxDB OSS, running on a 64-bit system
InfluxDB Cloud with a Free Tier account
InfluxDB Cloud with a paid Usage-Based account with relaxed resource restrictions.

Start InfluxDB

If it isn’t already running, follow the instructions to start InfluxDB on your system:

macOS Linux Windows Docker Kubernetes

To start InfluxDB, run the influxd daemon:

influxd

(macOS Catalina and newer) Authorize the influxd binary

macOS requires downloaded binaries to be signed by registered Apple developers. Currently, when you first attempt to run influxd, macOS will prevent it from running.

To manually authorize the influxd binary, follow the instructions for your macOS version to allow downloaded applications.

Run InfluxDB on macOS Ventura

Follow the preceding instructions to attempt to start influxd.
Open System Settings and click Privacy & Security.
Under the Security heading, there is a message about “influxd” being blocked, click Allow Anyway.
When prompted, enter your password to allow the setting.
Close System Settings.
Attempt to start influxd.
A prompt appears with the message “macOS cannot verify the developer of “influxd”…”". Click Open.

Run InfluxDB on macOS Catalina

Attempt to start influxd.
Open System Preferences and click Security & Privacy.
Under the General tab, there is a message about influxd being blocked. Click Open Anyway.

We are in the process of updating the build process to ensure released binaries are signed by InfluxData.

“too many open files” errors

After running influxd, you might see an error in the log output like the following:

too many open files

To resolve this error, follow the recommended steps to increase file and process limits for your operating system version then restart influxd.

If InfluxDB was installed as a systemd service, systemd manages the influxd daemon and no further action is required. If the binary was manually downloaded and added to the system $PATH, start the influxd daemon with the following command:

influxd

In Powershell, navigate into C:\Program Files\InfluxData\influxdb and start InfluxDB by running the influxd daemon:

cd -Path 'C:\Program Files\InfluxData\influxdb'
./influxd

Grant network access

When starting InfluxDB for the first time, Windows Defender appears with the following message:

Windows Defender Firewall has blocked some features of this app.

Select Private networks, such as my home or work network.
Click Allow access.

To use the Docker CLI to start an existing container, enter the following command:

docker start influxdb2

Replace influxdb2 with the name of your container.

To start a new container, follow instructions to install and set up InfluxDB in a container.

To start InfluxDB using Kubernetes, follow instructions to install InfluxDB in a Kubernetes cluster.

If successful, you can view the InfluxDB UI at http://localhost:8086.

InfluxDB starts with default settings, including the following:

http-bind-address=:8086: Uses port 8086 (TCP) for InfluxDB UI and HTTP API client-server communication.
reporting-disabled=false: Sends InfluxDB telemetry information back to InfluxData.

To override default settings, specify configuration options when starting InfluxDB–for example:

Configure the port or address

Opt-out of telemetry reporting

For information about InfluxDB v2 default settings and how to override them, see InfluxDB configuration options.

With InfluxDB installed and initialized, get started writing and querying data.

Download, install, and configure the `influx` CLI

Recommended:: Install the influx CLI, which provides a simple way to interact with InfluxDB from a command line. For detailed installation and setup instructions, see Use the influx CLI.

InfluxDB and the influx CLI are separate packages

The InfluxDB server (influxd) and the influx CLI are packaged and versioned separately. Some install methods (for example, the InfluxDB Docker Hub image) include both.

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Install InfluxDB OSS v2

Download and install InfluxDB v2

InfluxDB and the influx CLI are separate packages

Install using Homebrew

Manually download and install for macOS

InfluxDB and the influx CLI are separate packages

Install InfluxDB as a service with systemd

Pass configuration options to the service

Manually download and install the influxd binary

System requirements

Command line examples

InfluxDB and the influx CLI are separate packages

Install and set up InfluxDB in a container

Run InfluxDB CLI commands in a container

Syntax

Examples

Manage files in mounted volumes

Install InfluxDB in a Kubernetes cluster

Requirements

Install Linux binaries

Monitor your Raspberry Pi

Monitor 32-bit Raspberry Pi systems

Start InfluxDB

(macOS Catalina and newer) Authorize the influxd binary

Run InfluxDB on macOS Ventura

Run InfluxDB on macOS Catalina

“too many open files” errors

Grant network access

Download, install, and configure the `influx` CLI

InfluxDB and the influx CLI are separate packages

Support and feedback

New in InfluxDB 3.8

InfluxDB Docker latest tag changing to InfluxDB 3 Core

Install InfluxDB OSS v2

Download and install InfluxDB v2

InfluxDB and the influx CLI are separate packages

Install using Homebrew

Manually download and install for macOS

InfluxDB and the influx CLI are separate packages

Install InfluxDB as a service with systemd

Pass configuration options to the service

Manually download and install the influxd binary

System requirements

Command line examples

InfluxDB and the influx CLI are separate packages

Install and set up InfluxDB in a container

Run InfluxDB CLI commands in a container

Syntax

Examples

Manage files in mounted volumes

Install InfluxDB in a Kubernetes cluster

Requirements

Install Linux binaries

Monitor your Raspberry Pi

Monitor 32-bit Raspberry Pi systems

Start InfluxDB

(macOS Catalina and newer) Authorize the influxd binary

Run InfluxDB on macOS Ventura

Run InfluxDB on macOS Catalina

“too many open files” errors

Grant network access

Download, install, and configure the influx CLI

InfluxDB and the influx CLI are separate packages

Related

Support and feedback

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New in InfluxDB 3.8

InfluxDB Docker latest tag changing to InfluxDB 3 Core

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