New in version 2.5.
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments |
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data_points required | Data points as dict to write into the database. | |
database_name required | Name of the database. | |
hostname | Default: localhost | The hostname or IP address on which InfluxDB server is listening. Since version 2.5, defaulted to localhost. |
password | Default: root | Password that will be used to authenticate against InfluxDB server. Alias login_password added in version 2.5.aliases: login_password |
port | Default: 8086 | The port on which InfluxDB server is listening |
proxies (added in 2.5) | HTTP(S) proxy to use for Requests to connect to InfluxDB server. | |
retries (added in 2.5) | Default: 3 | Number of retries client will try before aborting. 0 indicates try until success. |
ssl (added in 2.5) | Use https instead of http to connect to InfluxDB server. | |
timeout (added in 2.5) | Number of seconds Requests will wait for client to establish a connection. | |
udp_port (added in 2.5) | Default: 4444 | UDP port to connect to InfluxDB server. |
use_udp (added in 2.5) | Use UDP to connect to InfluxDB server. | |
username | Default: root | Username that will be used to authenticate against InfluxDB server. Alias login_username added in version 2.5.aliases: login_username |
validate_certs (added in 2.5) | Default: yes | If set to no , the SSL certificates will not be validated.This should only set to no used on personally controlled sites using self-signed certificates. |
- name: Write points into database influxdb_write: hostname: "{{influxdb_ip_address}}" database_name: "{{influxdb_database_name}}" data_points: - measurement: connections tags: host: server01 region: us-west time: "{{ ansible_date_time.iso8601 }}" fields: value: 2000 - measurement: connections tags: host: server02 region: us-east time: "{{ ansible_date_time.iso8601 }}" fields: value: 3000
This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.
This module is flagged as community which means that it is maintained by the Ansible Community. See Module Maintenance & Support for more info.
For a list of other modules that are also maintained by the Ansible Community, see here.
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