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InfluxDB Clustered

Install InfluxDB Clustered

InfluxDB Clustered is deployed and managed using Kubernetes. This installation guide walks you through the following four installation phases and the goal of each phase. This process helps you set up and run your cluster and ensure it performs well with your expected production workload.

  1. Set up your cluster: Get a basic InfluxDB cluster up and running with as few external dependencies as possible and confirm you can write and query data.
  2. Customize your cluster: Review and customize the available configuration options specific to your workload.
  3. Optimize your cluster: Scale and load test your InfluxDB cluster to confirm that it will satisfy your scalability and performance needs. Work with InfluxData to review your schema and determine how best to organize your data and develop queries representative of your workload to ensure queries meet performance requirements.
  4. Secure your cluster: Integrate InfluxDB with your identity provider to manage access to your cluster. Install TLS certificates and enable TLS access. Prepare your cluster for production use.

InfluxDB Clustered license

InfluxDB Clustered is a commercial product offered by InfluxData, the creators of InfluxDB. Please contact InfluxData Sales to obtain a license before installing InfluxDB Clustered.

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Setup, configure, and deploy InfluxDB Clustered

Deploying in air-gapped environments

To deploy InfluxDB Clustered in an air-gapped environment (without internet access), use one of the following approaches:

  • Recommended: Directly use kubit local apply
  • Helm (includes the kubit operator)
  • Directly use the kubit operator

For more information, see Choose the right deployment tool for your environment

  1. Set up your InfluxDB cluster
  2. Customize your InfluxDB cluster
  3. Optimize your InfluxDB cluster
  4. Secure your InfluxDB cluster

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