How to install InfluxDB in Windows

Question

I am new to InfluxDB. I could not find any details about installing InfluxDB on Windows. Is there any way to install it on a Windows machine or do I need to use a Linux server for development purposes?

Answer 1

The current 0.9 branch of influxdb is pure go and can be compiled on Windows with the following commands:

cd %GOPATH%/src/github.com/influxdb
go get -u -f ./...
go build ./...

Of course you will need go (>1.4), git and hg.

If you do not want to compile your own version, you can also find here my own Windows x86 binaries for v0.9.0-rc11: https://github.com/adriencarbonne/influxdb/releases/download/v0.9.0-rc11/influxdb_v0.9.0-rc11.zip

To run InfluxDB, type: influxd.exe.

Or even better, create the following config file, save it as influxdb.conf and run influxd --config influxdb.conf:

reporting-disabled = true

#[logging]
#level = "debug"
#file = "influxdb.log"

[admin]
enabled = true
port = 8083

[api]
port = 8086

[data]
dir = "data"

[broker]
dir = "broker"

Answer 2

I struggled quite a lot with this issue, so I'll post the full process step by step. This will hopefully help other people that lands on this post.

Table of contents:

Edit: WARNING, this doesn't work if Go and projects folder are installed to a custom path (not c:\go). In this case go get breaks with cryptic messages about unrecognized import paths (thanks to user626528 for the info)

1. PREVIOUS DOWNLOADS
2. COMPILATION
3. EXECUTION

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1. PREVIOUS DOWNLOADS

Go for Windows (get the .msi): https://golang.org/dl/

GIT for Windows: http://git-scm.com/download/win

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2. COMPILATION

cd to C:\Go

Create our $GOPATH in "C:\Go\projects" (anywhere but C:\Go\src, which is the $GOROOT).

> mkdir projects

Set to $GOPATH variable to this new directory:

> set GOPATH=C:\Go\projects

Pull the influxdb code from github into our $GOPATH:

> go get github.com/influxdata/influxdb

cd to C:\Go\projects\github.com\influxdata\influxdb

Pull the project dependencies:

> go get -u -f ./...

Finally, build the code:

> go build ./...

...this will create 3 executables under C:\Go\projects\bin:

influx.exe 
influxd.exe
urlgen.exe

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3. EXECUTION

To start the service:

influxd -config influxdb.conf

For that, you first need to create a influxdb.conf file with the following text:

reporting-disabled = true

#[logging]
#level = "debug"
#file = "influxdb.log"
#write-tracing = false

[admin]
enabled = true
port = 8083

[api]
port = 8086

[data]
dir = "data"

[broker]
dir = "broker"

Once the service is started, you can execute Chrome and go to http://localhost:8083, and start playing with InfluxDb.

Default values for username and password are:

username: root
password: root

Answer 3

Few updates to Xavier Peña solution to build latest influxdb. Notice the difference in github URL and the path.

C:\Go\projects>go get github.com/influxdata/influxdb

C:\Go\projects>go get github.com/sparrc/gdm

C:\Go\projects>cd C:\Go\projects\src\github.com\influxdata\influxdb

C:\Go\projects\src\github.com\influxdata\influxdb>go get -u -f ./...

C:\Go\projects\src\github.com\influxdata\influxdb>c:\Go\projects\bin\gdm.exe restore

C:\Go\projects\src\github.com\influxdata\influxdb>go build ./...

C:\Go\projects\src\github.com\influxdata\influxdb>go install ./...

C:\Go\projects\bin>influxd config > influxdb.generated.conf

C:\Go\projects\bin>influxd -config influxdb.generated.conf