cc-metric-collector/sinks/influxSink.md

influxdb sink

The influxdb sink uses the official InfluxDB golang client to write the metrics to an InfluxDB database in a blocking fashion. It provides only support for V2 write endpoints (InfluxDB 1.8.0 or later).

Configuration structure

{
  "<name>": {
    "type": "influxdb",
    "meta_as_tags" : true,
    "database" : "mymetrics",
    "host": "dbhost.example.com",
    "port": "4222",
    "user": "exampleuser",
    "password" : "examplepw",
    "organization": "myorg",
    "ssl": true,
    "retry_interval" : "1s",
    "retry_exponential_base" : 2,
    "max_retries": 20,
    "max_retry_time" : "168h"
  }
}

• type: makes the sink an influxdb sink
• meta_as_tags: print all meta information as tags in the output (optional)
• database: All metrics are written to this bucket
• host: Hostname of the InfluxDB database server
• port: Portnumber (as string) of the InfluxDB database server
• user: Username for basic authentification
• password: Password for basic authentification
• organization: Organization in the InfluxDB
• ssl: Use SSL connection
• retry_interval: Base retry interval for failed write requests, default 1s
• retry_exponential_base: The retry interval is exponentially increased with this base, default 2
• max_retries: Maximal number of retry attempts
• max_retry_time: Maximal time to retry failed writes, default 168h (one week)

For information about the calculation of the retry interval settings, see offical influxdb-client-go documentation