InfluxDB 1.3+: web admin interface

[djoos]

Hi @bdangit,

first of all: thanks for the cookbook - I've started used it for an RnD-project a while ago and works like a treat.

When picking things back up recently, I spotted that in newer versions (1.3+) the web admin interface is no longer available:
"In version 1.3, the web admin interface is no longer available in InfluxDB. The interface does not run on port 8083 and InfluxDB ignores the [admin] section in the configuration file if that section is present. Chronograf replaces the web admin interface with improved tooling for querying data, writing data, and database management."

Would Chronograph be something you'd like to see getting added to the influxdb cookbook, or you'd see that out of scope, as it's another part of the TICK-stack?

Thanks in advance for your feedback!
David

[bdangit]

Hi @djoos, excellent suggestion. We should first check if there's already a chronograf cookbook and utilize that in here. We can have a resource that is dedicated to setting up the admin page as an optional installation.

[djoos]

Hi @bdangit,

here a very crude implementation for Debian via a recipe as reference:

# https://docs.influxdata.com/chronograf/v1.3/administration/configuration/
# https://www.influxdata.com/time-series-platform/chronograf/
remote_file "#{Chef::Config[:file_cache_path]}/chronograf.deb" do
  owner 'root'
  group 'root'
  mode 0755
  source 'https://dl.influxdata.com/chronograf/releases/chronograf_1.3.10.0_amd64.deb'
  action :create
end

dpkg_package 'chronograf' do
  source "#{Chef::Config[:file_cache_path]}/chronograf.deb"
end

service 'chronograf' do
  supports :start => true, :stop => true
  action [:enable, :start]
end

If I have more time at some point, I'm happy to write a proper resource and send a PR over!

Kind regards,
David

[bdangit]

@djoos we possibly could just make use of this cookbook by including it. https://supermarket.chef.io/cookbooks/chronograf

[bdangit]

Except it’s not in the same style as this cookbook does it which is installation via custom resource vs recipes.

[djoos]

@bdangit Thanks for the feedback! FYI: I'd potentially hold off on this issue as there seem to be structural changes on the way: "...we’ve been designing out the next generation of InfluxData’s platform. We’re going to be pulling InfluxDB, Kapacitor (processing, monitoring, alerting), and Chronograf (UI, dashboards, admin) together into one cohesive whole (Telegraf will still act as a satellite collection agent)."

[bdangit]

Oh wow. More changes. :)