Use Grafana with InfluxDB OSS

Configure Grafana to use Flux

With Flux selected as the query language in your InfluxDB data source, configure your InfluxDB connection:

1. Under HTTP, enter the following:

   • URL: Your InfluxDB URL.

     http://localhost:8086/
     

   • Access: Server (default)

2. Under InfluxDB Details, enter the following:

   • Organization: Your InfluxDB organization name or ID.
   • Token: Your InfluxDB API token.
   • Default Bucket: The default bucket to use in Flux queries.
   • Min time interval: The Grafana minimum time interval. Default is 10s
   • Max series: The maximum number of series or tables Grafana will process. Default is 1000.

3. Click Save & Test. Grafana attempts to connect to the InfluxDB 2.4 datasource and returns the results of the test.

Configure Grafana to use InfluxQL

influx v1 auth list

influx v1 auth create \
  --read-bucket 00xX00o0X001 \
  --write-bucket 00xX00o0X001 \
  --username example-user

influx v1 dbrp list

influx v1 dbrp create \
  --db example-db \
  --rp example-rp \
  --bucket-id 00xX00o0X001 \
  --default

Configure your InfluxDB connection

With InfluxQL selected as the query language in your InfluxDB data source settings:

1. Under HTTP, enter the following:

   • URL: Your InfluxDB URL.

     http://localhost:8086/
     

   • Access: Server (default)

2. Configure InfluxDB authentication:

   • Token authentication

     • Under Custom HTTP Headers, select Add Header. Provide your InfluxDB API token:

       • Header: Enter Authorization

       • Value: Use the Token schema and provide your InfluxDB API token. For example:

         Token y0uR5uP3rSecr3tT0k3n
         

     • Under InfluxDB Details, do the following:

       • Database: Enter the database name mapped to your InfluxDB 2.4 bucket
       • HTTP Method: Select GET

   • Authenticate with username and password

     Under InfluxDB Details, do the following:

     • Database: Enter the database name mapped to your InfluxDB 2.4 bucket
     • User: Enter the username associated with your InfluxDB 1.x compatibility authorization
     • Password: Enter the password associated with your InfluxDB 1.x compatibility authorization
     • HTTP Method: Select GET

3. Click Save & Test. Grafana attempts to connect to the InfluxDB 2.4 data source and returns the results of the test.