Sensors Monitoring – InfluxDB Configuration

After MySql tables creation

Sensors Monitoring – MySql Configuration

we have to create a database  on InfluxDB.

The first step is to activate an administrative user on the system, as described in the link

Authentication and Authorization

InfluxDB  is accessed from the local client by running the influx command from a shell

Run

In the file /etc/infuxdb/influxdb.conf, using the root user or the sudo command, the auth-enabled parameter is set from false to true

Restart influxdb

Using a command shell on Debian  create the database DATAESP with the following commands

Enter the admin credentials to the auth command and proceed to create the database

Below is the result of the commands listed above

datainfluxdb

For the management of the Influxdb database, it is possible to use Chronograph

Chronograph

The Chronograph download is available at the link

Chronograph Download

Installation can be performed in two ways.

Application start

Log in with the monitor user and in a command shell

Start the chronograf application

 

Start as a Service

Log in with the monitor user; use a command shell to execute

In the /opt/chronograf/usr/lib/chronograf/scripts folder there are scripts for the automatic start of chronograf.

Here are the operations performed in our system:

  • Copy /opt/chronograf/usr/lib/chronograf/scripts/init.sh into /etc/init.d/chronograf and assign execution permissions

  • Copy /opt/chronograf/usr/lib/chronograf/scripts/chronogaf.service  into /etc/systemd/system/chronograf.service

Change in both files the user and path of the various chronograf components, i.e. change the user to monitor and the paths that point to /opt/chronograf

Below is the link to the modified files

Automatic Startup Chronograf

After the modifications run

To enable it at startup and start it run

After starting chronograf in one of the ways described above, it can be accessed via browser and port 8888

http://dashboardora.local:8888

ChronografPress Get Started and set the connection and the credentials of the admin user with relative password defined before

Chronograf2conSet up the Influxdb dashboard

ChronografDashboardDo not set the Kapacitor component

Chronograf3Complete the configuration and by clicking on View All Connections

Chronograf4we access to the newly created connection

ChronografConnections

This component can be useful later to manage and monitor InfluxDB.

In the next article, we ‘ll define the rules on Nodered to populate MySql and InfluxDB databases with the data sent by the sensors

Sensors Monitoring – Nodered Configuration