From ae75d086747bfbab43efe838207733c9ba05ac29 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: pierwill <19642016+pierwill@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Tue, 9 Feb 2021 15:50:54 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] systemd: Document InfluxDB data storage location (#2161) systemd: Document InfluxDB storage locations * Add info on bolt and engine Co-authored-by: pierwill Co-authored-by: Scott Anderson --- content/influxdb/v2.0/get-started.md | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/content/influxdb/v2.0/get-started.md b/content/influxdb/v2.0/get-started.md index a2c05b062..509b06d46 100644 --- a/content/influxdb/v2.0/get-started.md +++ b/content/influxdb/v2.0/get-started.md @@ -235,6 +235,12 @@ If you rename the binaries, all references to `influx` and `influxd` in this doc Active: active (running) ``` +When installed as a service, InfluxDB stores data in the following locations: + +- **Time series data:** `/var/lib/influxdb/engine/` +- **Key-value data:** `/var/lib/influxdb/influxd.bolt`. +- **influx CLI configurations:** `~/.influxdbv2/configs` _(see [`influx config`](/influxdb/v2.0/reference/cli/influx/config/) for more information)_ . + ### Networking ports By default, InfluxDB uses TCP port `8086` for client-server communication over