InfluxDB
Release Announcement: InfluxDB 2.0.0 Alpha 7
A new release of InfluxDB 2.0 Alpha is available now. As described in our CTO Paul Dix’s original release announcement for InfluxDB 2.0, we will be shipping regular updates as we add new features and fix issues. Please keep in mind...
Publishing Data to InfluxDB from Swift
I’ve been a very busy man. It was only a few days ago that I wrote about a new InfluxDB library for writing data from Arduino devices to InfluxDB v2 and here I am again, writing about a new library for writing...
Writing Data from Arduino to InfluxDB v2
As InfluxData moves ever closer to releasing v2.0, it’s becoming increasingly important to be able to get data into InfluxDBv2, of course. Makes sense, right? Since the vast majority (like, indistinguishable from 100%) of my data comes from IoT devices, I decided...
Practical Uses of Cross-Measurement Math in Flux
I’ve been spending a lot of time lately with the 2.0 Alpha releases and I’m here to tell you: some of the new things coming are really, really cool! Especially for IoT. The one I’ve been using lately has been the...
Release Announcement: Chronograf 1.7.9
A new maintenance release for Chronograf is available now. Chronograf 1.7.9 release notes This maintenance release of Chronograf 1.7.9 includes the following fixes: Fixed an issue when creating Alert Rules where the validation for message templates was too strict. Resolved an...
How to Use InfluxDB's Holt-Winters Function for Predictions
Welcome to Part Three of this three-part blog post series. To understand Part Three, I suggest reading Part One and Two first. In Part One, we covered: When to use Holt-Winters How Single Exponential Smoothing works A conceptual overview of optimization for...
Release Announcement: InfluxDB 2.0.0 Alpha 6
NOTE FOR EXISTING ALPHA USERS: This release includes a change to the way we build predefined dashboards and introduces Templates. You will need to delete your existing data in order to use this feature. Please see the release notes for additional...
What is the Difference between Metrics and Events?
We gather all types of data from our systems when we adopt monitoring technologies and tools. We might, for example, want to see application metrics, database logs and network traffic side-by-side. We don’t always talk about the differences in these types...
Release Announcement: InfluxDB 2.0.0 Alpha 5
NOTE FOR EXISTING ALPHA USERS: This release includes a breaking change to the format that TSM and index data are stored on disk. Any existing local time series data will not be queryable once InfluxDB is upgraded to this release. Please...
Finding More Hidden Gems in Holt-Winters
Welcome back to this three-part blog post series on Holt-Winters and why it’s still highly relevant today. To understand Part Two, I suggest reading Part One, in which we covered: When to use Holt-Winters; How Single Exponential Smoothing works; A conceptual overview...