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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/