Thanks for the command syntax. Interesting. Operation timed out. I can ping the "55" IP address, but the curl command times out.
On Tuesday, February 28, 2017 at 5:35:47 PM UTC-5, Mark Rushakoff wrote: > > "Timeout exceeded" sounds like the Telegraf machine does not have network > connectivity to the InfluxDB machine. I think the likely case is that > InfluxDB is configured to listen only on localhost when you want it to be > listening on the specific IP or hostname (or perhaps 0.0.0.0 if it isn't > connected to the public internet). If it isn't an InfluxDB config issue, > it may be a firewall setting. > > From the telegraf machine, try `curl -v http://10.20.0.55:8086/ping` > <http://10.20.0.55:8086/ping> to determine network connectivity. > > On Tue, Feb 28, 2017 at 2:18 PM, Bryan Newport <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> Here is my current Telegraf output config: >> >> [[outputs.influxdb]] >> ## The full HTTP or UDP endpoint URL for your InfluxDB instance. >> ## Multiple urls can be specified as part of the same cluster, >> ## this means that only ONE of the urls will be written to each >> interval. >> # urls = ["udp://10.20.0.232:8089"] # UDP endpoint example >> urls = ["http://10.20.0.55:8086";] # required >> ## The target database for metrics (telegraf will create it if not >> exists). >> database = "telegraf" # required >> >> >> And the resulting log: >> >> 2017/02/28 17:09:45 E! Database creation failed: Post http:// >> 10.20.0.55:8086/query?db=&q=CREATE+DATABASE+%22telegraf%22: net/http: >> request canceled while waiting for connection (Client.Timeout exceeded >> while awaiting headers) >> 2017/02/28 17:09:45 E! Error writing to output [influxdb]: Could not >> write to any InfluxDB server in cluster >> >> >> >> On Sunday, February 26, 2017 at 11:11:44 AM UTC-5, Bryan Newport wrote: >>> >>> I am running InfluxDB on a Linux Mint VM. I can access InfluxDB from a >>> browser at http://localhost:8083, so it seems that I have Influx >>> installed correctly, but for some reason there is not an influxdb logfile >>> in /var/log/influxdb. I am really confused... >>> >>> On Saturday, February 25, 2017 at 10:52:36 PM UTC-5, Mark Rushakoff >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Depending on the OS and how InfluxDB was installed, you may need to run >>>> `journalctl -u influxdb` to see the logs. >>>> >>>> Then if you don't see anything in the InfluxDB logs that indicates >>>> Telegraf connected to it, ensure that you can connect to the InfluxDB >>>> instance from the machine running telegraf. The writing data guide [1] >>>> gives good explanations on how to use curl to interact with the database. >>>> >>>> [1] https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/v1.2/guides/writing_data/ >>>> >>>> On Sat, Feb 25, 2017 at 7:36 PM, Bryan Newport <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> It looks like I'm running Telegraf v.1.1.2. >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Remember to include the version number! >>>>> --- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>> Groups "InfluxData" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>>> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/influxdb. >>>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/influxdb/87846381-6322-4697-ae4d-ae1042bb46a6%40googlegroups.com >>>>> . >>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >> Remember to include the version number! >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "InfluxData" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> <javascript:>. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/influxdb. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/influxdb/515cf7dd-a416-48ca-85aa-6ce24440a7d7%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/influxdb/515cf7dd-a416-48ca-85aa-6ce24440a7d7%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- Remember to include the version number! --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "InfluxData" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/influxdb. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/influxdb/09eb543f-aa78-4931-afc4-5a9d3f451f44%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
