More Capabilities, Less Code: Announcing Platform New Features at InfluxDays 2022
The InfluxDB platform has evolved a lot over the past decade. But with every innovation we’ve added to the platform, the focus behind our efforts has remained the same: Build cool stuff for people who build cool stuff. What we mean...
Building an IoT App with InfluxDB Cloud, Python and Flask (Part 3)
Last year I started an IoT project, Plant Buddy. This project entailed soldering some sensors to an Arduino, and teaching that device how to communicate directly with InfluxDB Cloud so that I could monitor those plants. Now I am taking that...
How to Consolidate OSS Data into a Cloud Account
In this post, we will describe a simple way to share data from multiple InfluxDB 2.0 OSS instances with a central cloud account. This is something that community members have asked for when they have OSS running at different locations, but...
Solving Runaway Series Cardinality When Using InfluxDB
In this post, you’ll learn what causes high series cardinality in a time series database and how to locate and eliminate the culprits. First, for those of you just encountering this concept, let’s define it: The number of unique database, measurement,...
Using InfluxDB Cloud to Monitor GitHub Repos
In this blog post, I will show you an easy way to use your InfluxDB Cloud account plus a Docker container from my Docker Hub account to easily keep an eye on a set of GitHub repositories using the Template feature...
IoT Prototyping with InfluxDB Cloud (Part 2): Queries, Tasks and Dashboards
This is Part 2 of a four-part series. Read Part 1, Part 3, and Part 4 as well. The IoT scenario Previously, I put together an IoT device (Prototyping IoT with InfluxDB Cloud - Part 1 of this series) and started...
Prototyping IoT with InfluxDB Cloud
This is Part 1 of a four-part series. Read Part 2, Part 3, and Part 4 as well. Earlier this week we announced that we are ready for the world to start using InfluxDB Cloud 2.0, the next version of the...
Why I Joined InfluxDB - Rick Spencer
The startup where I was working exited through an acquisition, leaving me with some personal choices to make. I could find a role within the tech giant that purchased us and start climbing that corporate ladder, take some time off, found...