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influxdb	Provider: InfluxDB	docs-influxdb-index	The InfluxDB provider configures databases, etc on an InfluxDB server.

InfluxDB Provider

The InfluxDB provider allows Terraform to create Databases in InfluxDB. InfluxDB is a database server optimized for time-series data.

The provider configuration block accepts the following arguments:

• url - (Optional) The root URL of a InfluxDB server. May alternatively be set via the INFLUXDB_URL environment variable. Defaults to http://localhost:8086/.

• username - (Optional) The name of the user to use when making requests. May alternatively be set via the INFLUXDB_USERNAME environment variable.

• password - (Optional) The password to use when making requests. May alternatively be set via the INFLUXDB_PASSWORD environment variable.

Use the navigation to the left to read about the available resources.

Example Usage

provider "influxdb" {
    url = "http://influxdb.example.com/"
    username = "terraform"
}

resource "influxdb_database" "metrics" {
    name = "awesome_app"
}

resource "influxdb_continuous_query" "minnie" {
    name = "minnie"
    database = "${influxdb_database.metrics.name}"
    query = "SELECT min(mouse) INTO min_mouse FROM zoo GROUP BY time(30m)"
}

resource "influxdb_user" "paul" {
    name = "paul"
    password = "super-secret"
}