.. _influxdb:

InfluxDB
========

You can export statistics to an ``InfluxDB`` server (time series server).
The connection should be defined in the Glances configuration file as
following:

.. code-block:: ini

    [influxdb]
    host=localhost
    port=8086
    protocol=http
    user=root
    password=root
    db=glances
    tags=foo:bar,spam:eggs

and run Glances with:

.. code-block:: console

    $ glances --export influxdb

Glances generates a lot of columns, e.g., if you have many running
Docker containers, so you should use the ``tsm1`` engine in the InfluxDB
configuration file (no limit on columns number).

Note: if you want to use SSL, please set 'protocol=https'.

Grafana
-------

For Grafana users, Glances provides a dedicated `dashboard`_.

.. image:: ../_static/glances-influxdb.png

To use it, just import the file in your ``Grafana`` web interface.

.. image:: ../_static/grafana.png

.. _dashboard: https://github.com/nicolargo/glances/blob/master/conf/glances-grafana.json