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Use Grafana or Grafana Cloud to visualize data from your InfluxDB Enterprise v1.8 instance.

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Required

• The instructions in this guide require Grafana Cloud or Grafana v7.1+. For information about using InfluxDB with other versions of Grafana, see the Grafana documentation.
• To use Flux, use InfluxDB Enterprise 1.8.1+ and enable Flux in your InfluxDB data node configuration file. {{% /note %}}

1. Set up an InfluxDB Enterprise cluster.
2. Sign up for Grafana Cloud or download and install Grafana.
3. Visit your Grafana Cloud user interface (UI) or, if running Grafana locally, start Grafana and visit http://localhost:3000 in your browser.
4. In the left navigation of the Grafana UI, hover over the gear icon to expand the Configuration section. Click Data Sources.
5. Click Add data source.
6. Select InfluxDB from the list of available data sources.
7. On the Data Source configuration page, enter a name for your InfluxDB data source.
8. Under Query Language, select one of the following:

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Configure Grafana to use InfluxQL

With InfluxQL selected as the query language in your InfluxDB data source settings:

1. Under HTTP, enter the following:

   • URL: Your InfluxDB Enterprise URL or load balancer URL.

     http://localhost:8086/
     

   • Access: Server (default)

2. Under InfluxDB Details, enter the following:

   • Database: your database name
   • User: your InfluxDB Enterprise username (if authentication is enabled)
   • Password: your InfluxDB Enterprise password (if authentication is enabled)
   • HTTP Method: select GET or POST (for differences between the two, see the query HTTP endpoint documentation)

3. Provide a Min time interval (default is 10s).

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4. Click Save & Test. Grafana attempts to connect to InfluxDB Enterprise and returns the result of the test. {{% /tab-content %}}

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Configure Grafana to use Flux

With Flux selected as the query language in your InfluxDB data source, configure your InfluxDB connection:

1. Ensure Flux is enabled in InfluxDB Enterprise data nodes.

2. Under Connection, enter the following:

   • URL: Your InfluxDB Enterprise URL or load balancer URL.

     http://localhost:8086/
     

   • Organization: Provide an arbitrary value.

   • Token: Provide your InfluxDB Enterprise username and password using the following syntax:

     # Syntax
     username:password
     
     # Example
     johndoe:mY5uP3rS3crE7pA5Sw0Rd
     

     We recommend enabling authentication on all InfluxDB Enterprise clusters. If you choose to leave authentication disabled, leave this field blank.

   • Default Bucket: Provide a default database and retention policy combination using the following syntax:

     # Syntax
     database-name/retention-policy-name
     
     # Examples
     example-db/example-rp
     telegraf/autogen
     

   • Min time interval: Grafana minimum time interval.

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