Use Chronograf with InfluxDB OSS

  1. In Chronograf, click Configuration in the left navigation bar, and then click Add Connection.

  2. Toggle the InfluxDB v2 Auth option at the bottom of the form.

  3. Click Add Connection.

  4. Select the dashboards you would like to create, and then click Next.

Important notes

If using Chronograf with an InfluxDB instance that was upgraded from 1.x to 2.x, update your InfluxDB connection configuration in Chronograf to use the InfluxDB v2 Auth option and provide an organization and a token. Without an organization, Chronograf cannot use Flux to query InfluxDB.

Chronograf cannot be used for administrative tasks in InfluxDB Cloud and InfluxDB OSS 2.2. For example, you cannot do the following:

  • Define databases
  • Modify retention policies
  • Add users
  • Kill queries

When connected to an InfluxDB Cloud or InfluxDB 2.2 database, functionality in the InfluxDB Admin section of Chronograf is disabled.

To complete administrative tasks, use the following:

  • InfluxDB user interface (UI)

InfluxDB Cloud and InfluxDB OSS 2.2 support InfluxQL read-only queries. For more information, see InfluxQL support.