TL;DR InfluxDB Tech Tips How to Extract Values, Visualize Scalars, and Perform Custom Aggregations with Flux and InfluxDB
In this post, we learn how to use the reduce(), findColumn(), and findRecord() Flux functions to perform custom aggregations with InfluxDB. This TL;DR assumes that you have either registered for an InfluxDB Cloud account – registering for a free account is...
Webinar Highlights: How Texas Instruments Uses InfluxDB
It’s back to school season, and oftentimes, that means people are purchasing TI-84 calculators for their kids. But did you know that Texas Instruments makes so much more than calculators? Michael Hinkle, a Probe Engineering and Manufacturing Supervisor at Texas Instruments,...
Release Announcement: Telegraf 1.15.3
A new maintenance release for Telegraf is available now. Telegraf 1.15.3 release notes This maintenance release of Telegraf includes improvements to the following plugins: Agent Fixed a minor agent error message Updated Dockerfiles to Go 1.14 Execd Go Shim (shim) Fixed bug in...
Getting Started with Sending StatsD Metrics to Telegraf & InfluxDB
This tutorial will walk you through sending StatsD metrics to Telegraf. StatsD is a simple protocol for sending application metrics via UDP. These metrics can be sent to a Telegraf instance, where they are aggregated and periodically flushed to InfluxDB or...
InfluxDB Clustering - High Availability and Scalability
InfluxDB clustering is available as part of InfluxData’s commercial product offered in both managed and self-managed capacities. Architectural overview An InfluxDB Enterprise installation (the latest at the time of writing is v.1.8.2) allows for a clustered InfluxDB installation which consists of...
A Deep Dive into Machine Learning in Flux: Naive Bayes Classification
Machine learning – the practice of writing algorithms that improve automatically through experience – has become a buzzword nowadays that connotes to something otherworldly and on the bleeding edge of technology. I’m here to tell you while that may be true,...
Community Highlight: How InfluxDB Enables IoT Sensor Monitoring of Aquariums
I recently spoke with Jeremy White who is using InfluxDB to monitor his aquariums. By collecting IoT sensor data, he has been able to better understand his 200 gallon salt-water aquarium full of fish and coral. The entire project can be...
Working Remote: Keeping Culture Alive During Unprecedented Times
Team-building remains an important priority despite the shift to remote work, but doing remote team-building well is even trickier than it was when everyone was in the office. This article sheds light on the creative approaches we take to remote team-building...
Save the Date: InfluxDays Virtual Experience is Coming Back November 10-11, 2020
2020 has been one crazy year! Like so many tech communities, we had planned for an exciting year filled with travel, conferences, and talking to people in person only to have all of those plans upended by the COVID-19 pandemic. InfluxData...
Putting You in Control of Your InfluxDB Cloud Spend
We recently changed the pricing of InfluxDB Cloud to let you control your cloud database spend so you spend only as much as you need to run your software and systems with no wasted budget. If you just want a summary,...