Use Grafana with InfluxDB

Under HTTP, enter the following:

• URL: Your InfluxDB URL.

  http://localhost:8086/
  

• Access: Server (default)

Under InfluxDB Details, enter the following:

• Database: your database name
• User: your InfluxDB username (if authentication is enabled)
• Password: your InfluxDB password (if authentication is enabled)
• HTTP Method: Select GET or POST (for differences between the two, see the query HTTP endpoint documentation)

Provide a Min time interval (default is 10s).

Click Save & Test. Grafana attempts to connect to InfluxDB and returns the result of the test.

Ensure Flux is enabled in InfluxDB.

Under Connection, enter the following:

• URL: Your InfluxDB URL.

  http://localhost:8086/
  

• Organization: Provide an arbitrary value.

• Token: If InfluxDB authentication is enabled, provide your InfluxDB username and password using the following syntax:

  # Syntax
  username:password
  
  # Example
  johndoe:mY5uP3rS3crE7pA5Sw0Rd
  

  If authentication is not enabled, leave blank.

• Default Bucket: Provide a default database and retention policy combination using the following syntax:

  # Syntax
  database-name/retention-policy-name
  
  # Examples
  example-db/example-rp
  telegraf/autogen
  

• Min time interval: Grafana minimum time interval.

Click Save & Test. Grafana attempts to connect to InfluxDB and returns the result of the test.