community.general.influxdb_write – Write data points into InfluxDB
community.general.influxdb_write – Write data points into InfluxDB
Note
This plugin is part of the community.general collection (version 2.0.1).
To install it use: ansible-galaxy collection install community.general
.
To use it in a playbook, specify: community.general.influxdb_write
.
Synopsis
- Write data points into InfluxDB.
Requirements
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
- python >= 2.6
- influxdb >= 0.9
Parameters
Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments |
---|---|---|
data_points list / elements=dictionary / required |
Data points as dict to write into the database. | |
database_name string / required |
Name of the database. | |
hostname string |
Default: "localhost" |
The hostname or IP address on which InfluxDB server is listening. Since Ansible 2.5, defaulted to localhost. |
password string |
Default: "root" |
Password that will be used to authenticate against InfluxDB server. Alias
|
path string added in 0.2.0 of community.general |
The path on which InfluxDB server is accessible Only available when using python-influxdb >= 5.1.0 | |
port integer |
Default: 8086 |
The port on which InfluxDB server is listening |
proxies dictionary |
HTTP(S) proxy to use for Requests to connect to InfluxDB server. | |
retries integer |
Default: 3 |
Number of retries client will try before aborting.
Only available when using python-influxdb >= 4.1.0 |
ssl boolean |
|
Use https instead of http to connect to InfluxDB server. |
timeout integer |
Number of seconds Requests will wait for client to establish a connection. | |
udp_port integer |
Default: 4444 |
UDP port to connect to InfluxDB server. |
use_udp boolean |
|
Use UDP to connect to InfluxDB server. |
username string |
Default: "root" |
Username that will be used to authenticate against InfluxDB server. Alias
|
validate_certs boolean |
|
If set to This should only set to |
Examples
- name: Write points into database
community.general.influxdb_write:
hostname: "{{influxdb_ip_address}}"
database_name: "{{influxdb_database_name}}"
data_points:
- measurement: connections
tags:
host: server01
region: us-west
time: "{{ ansible_date_time.iso8601 }}"
fields:
value: 2000
- measurement: connections
tags:
host: server02
region: us-east
time: "{{ ansible_date_time.iso8601 }}"
fields:
value: 3000
Authors
- René Moser (@resmo)
© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
© 2018–2021 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.11/collections/community/general/influxdb_write_module.html