Initial release
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+========
+InfluxDB
+========
+
+InfluxData is based on the TICK stack, the first open source platform for managing IoT time-series data at scale.
+
+Sample pillars
+==============
+
+Single-node influxdb, enabled http frontend and admin web interface:
+
+.. code-block:: yaml
+
+ influxdb:
+ server:
+ enabled: true
+ http:
+ enabled: true
+ bind:
+ address: 0.0.0.0
+ port: 8086
+ admin:
+ enabled: true
+ bind:
+ address: 0.0.0.0
+ port: 8083
+
+Single-node influxdb, SSL for http frontend:
+
+.. code-block:: yaml
+
+ influxdb:
+ server:
+ enabled: true
+ http:
+ bind:
+ ssl:
+ enabled: true
+ key_file: /etc/influxdb/ssl/key.pem
+ cert_file: /etc/influxdb/ssl/cert.pem
+
+InfluxDB relay:
+
+.. code-block:: yaml
+
+ influxdb:
+ server:
+ enabled: true
+ http:
+ enabled: true
+ output:
+ idb01:
+ location: http://idb01.local:8086/write
+ timeout: 10
+ idb02:
+ location: http://idb02.local:8086/write
+ timeout: 10
+ udp:
+ enabled: true
+ output:
+ idb01:
+ location: idb01.local:9096
+ idb02:
+ location: idb02.local:9096
+
+Deploy influxdb apt repository (using linux formula):
+
+.. code-block:: yaml
+
+ linux:
+ system:
+ os: ubuntu
+ dist: xenial
+ repo:
+ influxdb:
+ enabled: true
+ source: 'deb https://repos.influxdata.com/${linux:system:os} ${linux:system:dist} stable'
+ key_url: 'https://repos.influxdata.com/influxdb.key'
+
+Read more
+=========
+
+* https://influxdata.com/time-series-platform/influxdb/