influxdb/etc/config.sample.toml

# Welcome to the InfluxDB configuration file.

# If hostname (on the OS) doesn't return a name that can be resolved by the other
# systems in the cluster, you'll have to set the hostname to an IP or something
# that can be resolved here.
# hostname = ""
bind-address = "0.0.0.0"

# Once every 24 hours InfluxDB will report anonymous data to m.influxdb.com
# The data includes raft id (random 8 bytes), os, arch and version
# We don't track ip addresses of servers reporting. This is only used
# to track the number of instances running and the versions, which
# is very helpful for us.
# Change this option to true to disable reporting.
reporting-disabled = false

# Controls settings for initial start-up. Once a node a successfully started,
# these settings are ignored.
[initialization]
join-urls = "" # Comma-delimited URLs, in the form http://host:port, for joining another cluster. 

# Control authentication
# If not set authetication is DISABLED. Be sure to explicitly set this flag to
# true if you want authentication.
[authentication]
enabled = false

# Configure the admin server
[admin]
enabled = true
port = 8083

# Configure the HTTP API endpoint. All time-series data and queries uses this endpoint.
[api]
# ssl-port = 8087    # SSL support is enabled if you set a port and cert
# ssl-cert = "/path/to/cert.pem"

# Configure the Graphite plugins.
[[graphite]] # 1 or more of these sections may be present.
enabled = false
# protocol = "" # Set to "tcp" or "udp"
# address = "0.0.0.0" # If not set, is actually set to bind-address.
# port = 2003
# name-position = "last"
# name-separator = "-"
# database = ""  # store graphite data in this database

# Configure the collectd input.
[collectd]
enabled = false
#address = "0.0.0.0" # If not set, is actually set to bind-address.
#port = 25827
#database = "collectd_database"
#typesdb = "types.db"

# Configure UDP listener for series data.
[udp]
enabled = false
#bind-address = "0.0.0.0"
#port = 4444

# Broker configuration. Brokers are nodes which participate in distributed
# consensus.
[broker]
# Where the Raft logs are stored. The user running InfluxDB will need read/write access.
dir  = "/tmp/influxdb/development/raft"
port = 8086

# Data node configuration. Data nodes are where the time-series data, in the form of
# shards, is stored.
[data]
  dir = "/tmp/influxdb/development/db"
  port = 8086

  # Auto-create a retention policy when a database is created. Defaults to true.
  retention-auto-create = true

  # Control whether retention policies are enforced and how long the system waits between
  # enforcing those policies.
  retention-check-enabled = true
  retention-check-period = "10m"

[cluster]
# Location for cluster state storage. For storing state persistently across restarts.
dir = "/tmp/influxdb/development/state"

[logging]
write-tracing = false # If true, enables detailed logging of the write system.
raft-tracing = false # If true, enables detailed logging of Raft consensus.

# InfluxDB can store statistics about itself. This is useful for monitoring purposes.
# This feature is disabled by default, but if enabled, these statistics can be queried
# as any other data.
[statistics]
enabled = false
database = "internal"         # The database to which the data is written.
retention-policy = "default"   # The retention policy within the database.
write-interval = "1m"          # Period between writing the data.