INFLUXDB

1. Type virtual machines in the search.
2. Under Services, select Virtual machines.
3. In the Virtual machines page, select Add. The Create a virtual machine page opens.
4. In the Basics tab, under Project details, make sure the correct subscription is selected and then choose to Create new resource group. Type myResourceGroup for the name.*.
5. Under Instance details, type myVM for the Virtual machine name, choose East US for your Region, and choose Ubuntu 18.04 LTS for your Image. Leave the other defaults.
6. Under Administrator account, select SSH public key, type your user name, then paste in your public key. Remove any leading or trailing white space in your public key.
7. Under Inbound port rules > Public inbound ports, choose Allow selected ports and then select SSH (22) and HTTP (80) from the drop-down.
8. Leave the remaining defaults and then select the Review + create button at the bottom of the page.
9. On the Create a virtual machine page, you can see the details about the VM you are about to create. When you are ready, select Create.

It will take a few minutes for your VM to be deployed. When the deployment is finished, move on to the next section.

Connect to virtual machine

Create an SSH connection with the VM.

1. Select the Connect button on the overview page for your VM.
2. In the Connect to virtual machine page, keep the default options to connect by IP address over port 22. In Login using VM local account a connection command is shown. Select the button to copy the command. The following example shows what the SSH connection command looks like:

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ssh azureuser@10.111.12.123

1. Using the same bash shell you used to create your SSH key pair (you can reopen the Cloud Shell by selecting >_ again or going to https://shell.azure.com/bash), paste the SSH connection command into the shell to create an SSH session.

Usage/Deployment Instructions

Step 1:  Access the InfluxDB in Azure Marketplace and click on Get it now button.

Click on Continue and then click on Create.

Step 2: Now to create a virtual machine, enter or select appropriate values for zone, machine type, resource group and so on as per your choice.

Click on Review + create.

Step 3:  The below window confirms that VM was deployed.

Step 4:  Open port 8086 in security group by going to resource group –

1. Select your network security group.
2. Select Inbound security rules from the left menu, then select Add.
3. You can limit the Source as needed or leave the default of Any.
4. You can limit the Destination as needed or leave the default of Any.
5. Choose a common Service from the drop-down menu, TCP. You can also select Custom if you want to provide a specific port to use like Port_4000.
6. Optionally, change the Priority or Name. The priority affects the order in which rules are applied: the lower the numerical value, the earlier the rule is applied.
7. Select Add to create the rule.
8. Limit the Source port range as 8086. 

Step 5: Open putty and connect with your machine. Add IP address of the running virtual machine.

Step 6: Login with user name and password that you provided during machine creation.

In the future to stop and restart the InfluxDB, the commands are:

Restart: $ sudo service influxdb restart

Stop: $ sudo service influxdb stop

Allow InfluxDB TCP port 8086 in the Firewall

Since InfluxDB can also be queried from the outside, it may be necessary to update the firewall rules to allow it to connect.

This will allow TCP traffic on port 8086 used by InfluxDB for querying the database from outside.

That’s it! You have now installed InfluxDB on Ubuntu.

Set up InfluxDB

You can use the command line or the GUI to set up InfluxDB.

Set up InfluxDB through the UI

1. With InfluxDB running, visit http://IP-Address:8086.
2. Click Get Started.

Set up your initial user

1. Enter a Username for your initial user.
2. Enter a Password and Confirm the Password for your user.
3. Enter your initial Organization Name.
4. Enter your initial Bucket Name.
5. Click Continue.

InfluxDB User Setup

That’s it! You have now set up InfluxDB through the UI and can begin using it to store and analyze your data.

Conclusion
In this post, You have now Installed and set up InfluxDB on Ubuntu 20.04 and 22.04. You can continue to explore the InfluxDB UI and API to add data and create dashboards. Thank You!