How to Compile InfluxDB from Source

April 9, 2015 One Comment influxdb

compile influxdb with golang
InfluxDB has been written 100% in Go since version 0.9. This means it’s super easy and super fast to compile it. With a few commands, you can build your own InfluxDB database.

Install Golang

To install the Go compiler you will need a C compiler:

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#debian / ubuntu
apt-get install build-essential git
 
#centos / fedora / redhat
yum install -y make automake gcc gcc-c++ kernel-devel git
 
#mac os x
install xcode + git

Edit your ~/.bashrc (on Linux) or ~/.bash_profile (on Mac OS X) and add:

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export GOPATH=$HOME/go
export GOBIN=$GOPATH/bin
export PATH=$PATH:$GOBIN

With those settings, Go repositories will be downloaded in $HOME/go/src
The Go build will be installed in $HOME/go/bin

Download, compile and install Go:

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cd /tmp/
wget https://storage.googleapis.com/golang/go1.7.src.tar.gz
tar -xvf go1.7.src.tar.gz
cd go/src
./all.bash #install Golang
hash -r    #refresh PATH

 

Compile the Latest InfluxDB

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go get github.com/influxdata/influxdb
cd $GOPATH/src/github.com/influxdata/
go get ./...
go install ./...

 

Start InfluxDB

InfluxDB binaries will be located in $HOME/go/bin/influxd and $HOME/go/bin/influx
As it is already in your PATH, you can start InfluxDB with influxd command

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influxd
 
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   888            d88P"  888                   888  "Y88b 888  "88b
   888            888    888                   888    888 888  .88P
   888   88888b.  888888 888 888  888 888  888 888    888 8888888K.
   888   888 "88b 888    888 888  888  Y8bd8P' 888    888 888  "Y88b
   888   888  888 888    888 888  888   X88K   888    888 888    888
   888   888  888 888    888 Y88b 888 .d8""8b. 888  .d88P 888   d88P
8888888 888  888 888    888  "Y88888 888  888 8888888P"  8888888P"
 
[run] 2016/08/25 18:25:09 InfluxDB starting, version unknown, branch unknown, commit unknown
[run] 2016/08/25 18:25:09 Go version go1.7, GOMAXPROCS set to 2
[run] 2016/08/25 18:25:09 no configuration provided, using default settings
[...]

You can now open the web admin at http://localhost:8083

Go further

You should run InfluxDB with a configuration file.
Usually InfluxDB is used with Grafana to permit dashboard monitoring.

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