In this post we recap the week’s most interesting InfluxDB, Telegraf 0.13 and TICK-stack related issues, workarounds, how-tos and Q&A from GitHub, IRC and the InfluxDB Google Group that you might have missed.
Recover a lost admin user password
Q: What should I do if I forget the admin user password?
A: You’ll need to access InfluxDB to change the admin password or create a new admin user. This requires access to the configuration file:
1. Disable http authentication in the `[http]` section of the configuration file:
[http] enabled = true bind-address = ":8086" auth-enabled = false #✨
2. Restart InfluxDB:
sudo service influxdb restart
3. Connect to the CLI (no need for credentials now!):
influx
4. Reset the password or create a new admin user:
> SET PASSWORD FOR <username> = '<password>'
or
> CREATE USER <username> WITH PASSWORD '<password>' WITH ALL PRIVILEGES
5. Enable http authentication in the `[http]` section of the configuration file:
[http] enabled = true bind-address = ":8086" auth-enabled = true #✨
6. Restart InfluxDB, and you’re good to go!
sudo service influxdb restart
Allow a non-admin user to USE DATABASE in the CLI
Q: I created a user and gave them full access to a database. However, that user cannot `USE` that database in the CLI:
> USE special_db ERR: error authorizing query: <username> not authorized to execute statement 'SHOW DATABASES', requires admin privilege
A: The CLI issues a `SHOW DATABASES` command as part of the `USE` statement, and `SHOW DATABASES` is not authorized for non-admin users.
The workaround is for the user to explicitly connect to the right database when launching the CLI, for instance:
> influx -username 'username' -password 'password' -database 'special_db'
All operations for the duration of that CLI session will go against the `special_db` database.
Exclude tags from Telegraf 0.13 plugins
Q: Is it possible to prevent a plugin from emitting a tag?
A: The arguments `taginclude` and `tagexclude` are now in Master and will be available in Telegraf 0.13. See the Telegraf configuration doc for more details.
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