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Kapacitor

v1.4

Introducing Kapacitor OSS

This page documents an earlier version of Kapacitor. Kapacitor v1.6 is the latest stable version. View this page in the v1.6 documentation.

The introductory documentation includes all the information you need to get up and running with Kapacitor.

Downloading Kapacitor OSS

Download the latest Kapacitor OSS release at the InfluxData download page.

Getting started with Kapacitor

Guide through the workflows and basics of running and using a Kapacitor daemon for triggering alerts based on CPU usage of a server.

Installing Kapacitor OSS

Directions for installing, starting, and configuring Kapacitor, the data processing component of the InfluxData time series platform.

Installing Kapacitor OSS with Docker Compose

Demonstrates using Kapacitor, Telegraf, and InfluxDB with Docker Compose to learn the basics of Kapacitor and TICKscript.

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