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InfluxDB tools

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

Flux VS Code extension no longer available

The vsflux extension is no longer available in the Visual Studio Marketplace. vsflux and the flux-lsp Flux Language Server Protocol plugin are no longer maintained. Their repositories have been archived and are no longer receiving updates.

This section covers the available tools for interacting with InfluxDB.

influx command line interface (CLI)

The InfluxDB command line interface (influx) includes commands to manage many aspects of InfluxDB, including databases, organizations, users, and tasks.

influxd command

The influxd command starts and runs all the processes necessary for InfluxDB to function.

InfluxDB API client libraries

The list of client libraries for interacting with the InfluxDB API.

Influx Inspect disk shard utility

Influx Inspect is a tool designed to view detailed information about on disk shards, as well as export data from a shard to line protocol that can be inserted back into the database.

InfluxDB inch tool

Use the InfluxDB inch tool to test InfluxDB performance. Adjust metrics such as the batch size, tag values, and concurrent write streams to test how ingesting different tag cardinalities and metrics affects performance.

Graphs and dashboards

Use Chronograf or Grafana dashboards to visualize your time series data.

Tip: Use template variables in your dashboards to filter meta query results by a specified period of time (see example below).

Filter meta query results using template variables

The example below shows how to filter hosts retrieving data in the past hour.

Example
# Create a retention policy.
CREATE RETENTION POLICY "lookup" ON "prod" DURATION 1d REPLICATION 1

# Create a continuous query that groups by the tags you want to use in your template variables.
CREATE CONTINUOUS QUERY "lookupquery" ON "prod" BEGIN SELECT mean(value) as value INTO "your.system"."host_info" FROM "cpuload"
WHERE time > now() - 1h GROUP BY time(1h), host, team, status, location END;

# In your Grafana or Chronograf templates, include your tag values.
SHOW TAG VALUES FROM "your.system"."host_info" WITH KEY = “host”
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Note: In Chronograf, you can also filter meta query results for a specified time range by creating a custom meta query template variable and adding a time range filter.

Flux tools

vsflux and Flux-LSP no longer maintained

The vsflux Flux VS Code extension and the flux-lsp language server plugin for Vim are no longer maintained. Their repositories have been archived and are no longer receiving updates. vsflux is no longer available in the Visual Studio Marketplace.


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The future of Flux

Flux is going into maintenance mode. You can continue using it as you currently are without any changes to your code.

Read more

New in InfluxDB 3.2

Key enhancements in InfluxDB 3.2 and the InfluxDB 3 Explorer UI is now generally available.

See the Blog Post

InfluxDB 3.2 is now available for both Core and Enterprise, bringing the general availability of InfluxDB 3 Explorer, a new UI that simplifies how you query, explore, and visualize data. On top of that, InfluxDB 3.2 includes a wide range of performance improvements, feature updates, and bug fixes including automated data retention and more.

For more information, check out: