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id: io-influxdb-sink title: InfluxDB sink connector sidebar_label: InfluxDB sink connector

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

Configuration

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

Property

Name	Type	Required	Default	Description
influxdbUrl	String	true	" " (empty string)	The URL of the InfluxDB instance.
username	String	false	" " (empty string)	The username used to authenticate to InfluxDB.
password	String	false	" " (empty string)	The password used to authenticate to InfluxDB.
database	String	true	" " (empty string)	The InfluxDB to which write messages.
consistencyLevel	String	false	ONE	The consistency level for writing data to InfluxDB. Below are the available options:ALL ANY ONE QUORUM
logLevel	String	false	NONE	The log level for InfluxDB request and response. Below are the available options:NONE BASIC HEADERS FULL
retentionPolicy	String	false	autogen	The retention policy for InfluxDB.
gzipEnable	boolean	false	false	Whether to enable gzip or not.
batchTimeMs	long	false	1000L	The InfluxDB operation time in milliseconds.
batchSize	int	false	200	The 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.

• JSON

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

• YAML

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