InfluxDB #

VictoriaMetrics components like vmagent, vminsert or single-node can receive inserts via InfluxDB line protocol.

Additional resources:

See full list of Graphite-related configuration flags by running:

      /path/to/victoria-metrics-prod --help | grep influx

InfluxDB-compatible agents such as Telegraf #

Use http://<victoriametrics-addr>:8428 URL instead of InfluxDB URL in agent configs:

      [[outputs.influxdb]]
  urls = ["http://<victoriametrics-addr>:8428"]

Replace <victoriametrics-addr> with the VictoriaMetrics hostname or IP address.

For cluster version use vminsert address:

      http://<vminsert-addr>:8480/insert/<tenant>/influx

Replace <vminsert-addr> with the hostname or IP address of vminsert service.

If you have more than 1 vminsert, configure load-balancing. Replace <tenant> based on your multitenancy settings.

In case of http output:

      [[outputs.http]]
  url = "http://<victoriametrics-addr>:8428/influx/write"
  data_format = "influx"
  non_retryable_statuscodes = [400]

Some plugins for Telegraf such as fluentd, Juniper/open-nti or Juniper/jitmon send SHOW DATABASES query to /query and expect a particular database name in the response. Comma-separated list of expected databases can be passed to VictoriaMetrics via -influx.databaseNames command-line flag.

InfluxDB v2 format #

VictoriaMetrics exposes endpoint for InfluxDB v2 HTTP API at /influx/api/v2/write and /api/v2/write.

      curl -d 'measurement,tag1=value1,tag2=value2 field1=123,field2=1.23' -X POST 'http://localhost:8428/api/v2/write'

The /api/v1/export endpoint should return the following response:

      {"metric":{"__name__":"measurement_field1","tag1":"value1","tag2":"value2"},"values":[123],"timestamps":[1695902762311]}
{"metric":{"__name__":"measurement_field2","tag1":"value1","tag2":"value2"},"values":[1.23],"timestamps":[1695902762311]}

Data transformations #

VictoriaMetrics performs the following transformations to the ingested InfluxDB data:

  • db query arg is mapped into db label value unless db tag exists in the InfluxDB line. The db label name can be overridden via -influxDBLabel command-line flag. If more strict data isolation is required, read more about multi-tenancy here.
  • Field names are mapped to time series names prefixed with {measurement}{separator} value, where {separator} equals to _ by default. It can be changed with -influxMeasurementFieldSeparator command-line flag. See also -influxSkipSingleField command-line flag. If {measurement} is empty or if -influxSkipMeasurement command-line flag is set, then time series names correspond to field names.
  • Field values are mapped to time series values.
  • Non-numeric field values are converted to 0.
  • Tags are mapped to Prometheus labels as-is.
  • If -usePromCompatibleNaming command-line flag is set, then all the metric names and label names are normalized to Prometheus-compatible naming by replacing unsupported chars with _. For example, foo.bar-baz/1 metric name or label name is substituted with foo_bar_baz_1.

For example, the following InfluxDB line:

      foo,tag1=value1,tag2=value2 field1=12,field2=40

is converted into the following Prometheus data points:

      foo_field1{tag1="value1", tag2="value2"} 12
foo_field2{tag1="value1", tag2="value2"} 40

Example for writing data with InfluxDB line protocol to local VictoriaMetrics using curl:

      curl -d 'measurement,tag1=value1,tag2=value2 field1=123,field2=1.23' -X POST 'http://localhost:8428/write'

An arbitrary number of lines delimited by ‘\n’ (aka newline char) can be sent in a single request. After that the data may be read via /api/v1/export endpoint:

      curl -G 'http://localhost:8428/api/v1/export' -d 'match={__name__=~"measurement_.*"}'

The /api/v1/export endpoint should return the following response:

      {"metric":{"__name__":"measurement_field1","tag1":"value1","tag2":"value2"},"values":[123],"timestamps":[1560272508147]}
{"metric":{"__name__":"measurement_field2","tag1":"value1","tag2":"value2"},"values":[1.23],"timestamps":[1560272508147]}

InfluxDB line protocol expects timestamps in nanoseconds by default, but VictoriaMetrics stores them with milliseconds precision. It is allowed to ingest timestamps with seconds, microseconds or nanoseconds precision - VictoriaMetrics will automatically convert them to milliseconds.

Extra labels may be added to all the written time series by passing extra_label=name=value query args. For example, /write?extra_label=foo=bar would add {foo="bar"} label to all the ingested metrics.

Tuning #

The maximum request size for Influx HTTP endpoints is limited by -influx.maxRequestSize (default: 64MB).

For better ingestion speed and lower memory use, enable stream processing. You can do this in two ways:

  • Add Stream-Mode: 1 HTTP header in your request.
  • Set the -influx.forceStreamMode flag to enable it for all requests.

In stream mode:

  • Data is processed one line at a time (see -influx.maxLineSize).
  • Invalid lines are skipped and logged, not rejected.
  • Valid lines are ingested immediately, even if the client disconnects partway through.

You can also enable InfluxDB line protocol over TCP or UDP with -influxListenAddr. Just send plain Influx lines to the specified address. Note: TCP and UDP receivers always use streaming mode.

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