influxdb_write - Write data points into InfluxDB.
New in version 2.5.
Synopsis
- Write data points into InfluxDB.
Requirements
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
- python >= 2.6
- influxdb >= 0.9
Parameters
| Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| data_points
required
|
Data points as dict to write into the database.
|
|
| database_name
required
|
Name of the database.
|
|
| hostname | Default:
"localhost"
|
The hostname or IP address on which InfluxDB server is listening.
Since version 2.5, defaulted to localhost.
|
| password | Default:
"root"
|
Password that will be used to authenticate against InfluxDB server.
Alias
login_password added in version 2.5.
aliases: login_password |
| port | Default:
8086
|
The port on which InfluxDB server is listening
|
| proxies
(added in 2.5)
|
HTTP(S) proxy to use for Requests to connect to InfluxDB server.
|
|
| retries
(added in 2.5)
|
Default:
3
|
Number of retries client will try before aborting.
0 indicates try until success.
|
| ssl
(added in 2.5)
|
Use https instead of http to connect to InfluxDB server.
|
|
| timeout
(added in 2.5)
|
Number of seconds Requests will wait for client to establish a connection.
|
|
| udp_port
(added in 2.5)
|
Default:
4444
|
UDP port to connect to InfluxDB server.
|
| use_udp
(added in 2.5)
|
Use UDP to connect to InfluxDB server.
|
|
| username | Default:
"root"
|
Username that will be used to authenticate against InfluxDB server.
Alias
login_username added in version 2.5.
aliases: login_username |
| validate_certs
(added in 2.5)
|
Default:
"yes"
|
If set to
no, the SSL certificates will not be validated.
This should only set to no used on personally controlled sites using self-signed certificates.
|
Examples
- name: Write points into database
influxdb_write:
hostname: "{{influxdb_ip_address}}"
database_name: "{{influxdb_database_name}}"
data_points:
- measurement: connections
tags:
host: server01
region: us-west
time: "{{ ansible_date_time.iso8601 }}"
fields:
value: 2000
- measurement: connections
tags:
host: server02
region: us-east
time: "{{ ansible_date_time.iso8601 }}"
fields:
value: 3000
Status
This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.
Maintenance
This module is flagged as community which means that it is maintained by the Ansible Community. See Module Maintenance & Support for more info.
For a list of other modules that are also maintained by the Ansible Community, see here.
Author
- René Moser (@resmo)
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