InfluxDB

[doodlemania2]

@brutalbirdie yes that's right - i use a local copy of the influx binaries to manage the server running in cloudron. Thanks for picking this up - been out on vacation

[lukas]

How I can install this package in my Cloudron?

[girish]

Just wanted to put a warning out that databases are very different from webapps and need special care for backup and updates. I suspect Influx DB from it's name is a database and not just a web app. So, please be careful about installing a databases as an app on Cloudron.

[lukas]

@girish said in InfluxDB:

Just wanted to put a warning out that databases are very different from webapps and need special care for backup and updates. I suspect Influx DB from it's name is a database and not just a web app. So, please be careful about installing a databases as an app on Cloudron.

ok, so when do you plan to implement it into Cloudron?

[doodlemania2]

@girish agreed - it's a bit of a weird fit, but does work for my purposes. Note that the data files sit in /app/data so backups land well. Also, it is influxv1, not v2 that I packaged up - v2 was too hard lol.

[girish]

@doodlemania2 running a database is no issue. Issue comes when trying to restore and upgrade. When restoring, you have to be sure that the backup is atomic/consistent. It's basically backing up the raw files of a database and the restore may or may not work (On Cloudron, this is why we create "dumps" of the database and do not backup raw database files) . Also, in many databases, the files are not portable across db versions (for upgrades).

[doodlemania2]

Ah yes - 100% - and is definitely risky if you are ingesting a lot of data (the point of influx). For me, the two times I've restored (practice) were fine because I didn't end up with a transaction in the middle of the backup, so no corruptions. But absolutely possible.

[lukas]

@doodlemania2 said in InfluxDB:

Ah yes - 100% - and is definitely risky if you are ingesting a lot of data (the point of influx). For me, the two times I've restored (practice) were fine because I didn't end up with a transaction in the middle of the backup, so no corruptions. But absolutely possible.

Hey, can you please tell me, how I can install your InfluxDB package on my Cloudron Server ?

[doodlemania2]

@lukas just grab the bits from the git repo on the cloudron server and use the cli to install it

[lukas]

@doodlemania2 ok never dealed with it, then I try it. Thank you.