Configuring InfluxDB

Follow the steps mentioned in this page to configure InfluxDB for the first use.

If you are an existing user, you can start from Gathering Information to Configure the Dashboard Writer tool.

Configure InfluxDB for first use

• Open the Influx Dashboard Writer application.

• Click on Run InfluxDB.

• Visit localhost:8086 in a browser to access InfluxDB UI.

• Setup Initial User.

• Enter a New Username, Password, Organization Name, and Bucket Name.

Bucket: Named location where time series data is stored. Data from RXD files will be stored inside this bucket. Users can create multiple buckets from the InfluxDB UI later.

Gathering information to configure the Dashboard Writer tool

The user must gather the following information from InfluxDB UI for configuring the Dashboard Writer tool.

• URL

• Token

• Organization ID

URL

For Local installation, the URL is http://localhost:8086

If you have an InfluxDB cloud or Hosted Database, use the url for accessing the same.

Token

• Visit localhost:8086 in a browser to log in and access the InfluxDB UI.
• Navigate to Load Data > API Tokens using the left navigation bar.

• Click + GENERATE API TOKEN and select All Access API Token.

• Enter a description for the API token and click SAVE.

• Copy the generated token and store it for configuring the Dashboard writer tool.

Organization ID

After logging in to the InfluxDB UI, your organization ID appears in the URL.

In the below example, 03a2bbf46249a000 is the Organization ID

http://localhost:8086/orgs/03a2bbf46249a000/...