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InfluxDB sink connector

The InfluxDB sink connector pulls messages from Pulsar topics and persists the messages to InfluxDB.

The InfluxDB sink provides different configurations for InfluxDBv1 and v2 respectively.

Configuration​

The configuration of the InfluxDB sink connector has the following properties.

Property​

InfluxDBv2​

NameTypeRequiredDefaultDescription
influxdbUrlStringtrue" " (empty string)The URL of the InfluxDB instance.
tokenStringtrue" " (empty string)The authentication token used to authenticate to InfluxDB.
organizationStringtrue" " (empty string)The InfluxDB organization to write to.
bucketStringtrue" " (empty string)The InfluxDB bucket to write to.
precisionStringfalsensThe timestamp precision for writing data to InfluxDB.

Below are the available options:
  • ns
  • us
  • ms
  • s
  • logLevelStringfalseNONEThe log level for InfluxDB request and response.

    Below are the available options:
  • NONE
  • BASIC
  • HEADERS
  • FULL
  • gzipEnablebooleanfalsefalseWhether to enable gzip or not.
    batchTimeMslongfalse1000LThe InfluxDB operation time in milliseconds.
    batchSizeintfalse200The batch size of writing to InfluxDB.

    InfluxDBv1​

    NameTypeRequiredDefaultDescription
    influxdbUrlStringtrue" " (empty string)The URL of the InfluxDB instance.
    usernameStringfalse" " (empty string)The username used to authenticate to InfluxDB.
    passwordStringfalse" " (empty string)The password used to authenticate to InfluxDB.
    databaseStringtrue" " (empty string)The InfluxDB to which write messages.
    consistencyLevelStringfalseONEThe consistency level for writing data to InfluxDB.

    Below are the available options:
  • ALL
  • ANY
  • ONE
  • QUORUM
  • logLevelStringfalseNONEThe log level for InfluxDB request and response.

    Below are the available options:
  • NONE
  • BASIC
  • HEADERS
  • FULL
  • retentionPolicyStringfalseautogenThe retention policy for InfluxDB.
    gzipEnablebooleanfalsefalseWhether to enable gzip or not.
    batchTimeMslongfalse1000LThe InfluxDB operation time in milliseconds.
    batchSizeintfalse200The batch size of writing to InfluxDB.

    Example​

    Before using the InfluxDB sink connector, you need to create a configuration file through one of the following methods.

    InfluxDBv2​

    • JSON


      {
      "influxdbUrl": "http://localhost:9999",
      "organization": "example-org",
      "bucket": "example-bucket",
      "token": "xxxx",
      "precision": "ns",
      "logLevel": "NONE",
      "gzipEnable": false,
      "batchTimeMs": 1000,
      "batchSize": 100
      }

    • YAML


      configs:
      influxdbUrl: "http://localhost:9999"
      organization: "example-org"
      bucket: "example-bucket"
      token: "xxxx"
      precision: "ns"
      logLevel: "NONE"
      gzipEnable: false
      batchTimeMs: 1000
      batchSize: 100

    InfluxDBv1​

    • JSON


      {
      "influxdbUrl": "http://localhost:8086",
      "database": "test_db",
      "consistencyLevel": "ONE",
      "logLevel": "NONE",
      "retentionPolicy": "autogen",
      "gzipEnable": false,
      "batchTimeMs": 1000,
      "batchSize": 100
      }

    • YAML


      configs:
      influxdbUrl: "http://localhost:8086"
      database: "test_db"
      consistencyLevel: "ONE"
      logLevel: "NONE"
      retentionPolicy: "autogen"
      gzipEnable: false
      batchTimeMs: 1000
      batchSize: 100