Guidance on usage: InfluxDB Server on Ubuntu 20.04 

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Configuration and connection to InfluxDB Server on Ubuntu 20.04

  1. Run the VM through Azure Portal. To customize the InfluxDB Server, you need to know the server IP address. You can find it in your account of Azure. You need to select the virtual machine from the list. By clicking the item “Overview”, your IP is displayed in the “Public IP Address” line.
  1. To work, you should open 8086 and 8088 TCP ports in the network properties in the Azure firewall.
  1. Now you can go to the main page. To do this, go to the following address: http://*vm_ip*:8086. The start page will open. Click “Set Started”.
  1. An authorization page will open. Fill in all fields and click “Continue”.
  1. To use preset settings, click “Quick Start”.
  1. Now you are ready to work with InfluxDB. 
  1. To configure InfluxDB, you need to connect to a VM. 
  • With OpenSSH

In the Windows 10 operating system (starting with version 1809), an OpenSSH client is available, with which you can connect to Linux servers via SSH. If Windows 10 is suitable and the OpenSSH client is installed, you can start connecting via SSH. To do this, launch a normal Windows command prompt and enter the command “ssh user@*vm_ip*”. 

Where “user” is the username that was specified while creating the virtual machine and “*vm_ip*” is the VM IP address.

In the opened console, it is necessary to enter the password that was specified while creating the virtual machine.

  • With the PuTTY application 

To do this, you need the PuTTY application to connect via SSH. You can download it at the following link – Download

Run PuTTY, enter the VM address in the “Host” field, and click “Open” to connect.

In the opened console, you will need to enter the username and password that were specified while the VM was being created (you’ll not see the password in the console while entering it). 

  1. To check the currently installed version and available updates, use the command:

 influxd version

  1. For a complete list of commands with descriptions, type influxd help:
  1. To get more information visit Get started with InfluxDB | InfluxDB OSS 2.5 Documentation or use the following links

Now you can work with your own InfluxDB.