From 631fb5c802e4975cbb7b23c42b75b1411075559b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jameelah Mercer <36314199+MeelahMe@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2025 10:41:00 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Update content/shared/influxdb3-plugins/_index.md Co-authored-by: Scott Anderson --- content/shared/influxdb3-plugins/_index.md | 12 +++++++----- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/content/shared/influxdb3-plugins/_index.md b/content/shared/influxdb3-plugins/_index.md index becaa9026..de65a5095 100644 --- a/content/shared/influxdb3-plugins/_index.md +++ b/content/shared/influxdb3-plugins/_index.md @@ -35,18 +35,20 @@ Once you have all the prerequisites in place, follow these steps to implement th To activate the Processing Engine, start your {{% product-name %}} server with the `--plugin-dir` flag. This flag tells InfluxDB where to load your plugin files. > [!Important] -> **Keep influxdb3 and python/ together.** +> #### Keep influxdb3 and python/ together > -> The influxdb3 binary requires the adjacent `python/` directory to function. -> If you manually extract from tar.gz, keep them in the same parent directory: +> The `influxdb3` tar archive includes the `influxdb3` binary and a `python/` directory. +> If you move the `influxdb3` binary, ensure that the `influxdb3` binary and the `python/` +> directory remain together. > > {{< filesystem-diagram >}} -> - your-install-location/ +> - your-install-location/ > - influxdb3 > - python/ > {{< /filesystem-diagram >}} > -> Add the parent directory that contains both influxdb3 and python/ to your PATH; do not move the binary out of this directory. +> Add the parent directory that contains both the `influxdb3` binary and the `python/` directory +> to your system $PATH. {{% code-placeholders "NODE_ID|OBJECT_STORE_TYPE|PLUGIN_DIR" %}}