InfluxDB tools

The includes commands to manage many aspects of InfluxDB, including databases, organizations, users, and tasks.

command

The influxd command starts and runs all the processes necessary for InfluxDB to function.

Influx Inspect disk shard utility

is a tool designed to view detailed information about on disk shards, as well as export data from a shard to line protocol that can be inserted back into the database.

Use the InfluxDB tool to test InfluxDB performance. Adjust metrics such as the batch size, tag values, and concurrent write streams to test how ingesting different tag cardinalities and metrics affects performance.

Graphs and dashboards

The example below shows how to filter hosts retrieving data in the past hour.

Example