Backup & Restore data with Influxdb

Prerequisites Copied

• opsview-timeseries-influxdb is installed

Process Copied

• Log in to your timeseries host as root (this is usually your orchestrator or your relevant InfluxDB server). (you might also want to take a snapshot if needed)

This article is to show you how to backup a database shard for a specific period you would like to take a backup

1. Log into the influx shell

$ influx
> use opsview
database changed
> show shards

2. Find the shard that has the period that you are looking for and get its ID (as per your time range) then

influxd backup -portable -shard <SHARDID> -db opsview /var/tmp/backup/influx

3. then copy the file to your local system or if needed restore to the other influxdb server (i.e the secondary if running HA) and restore

influxd restore -portable -shard <SHARDID> -db opsview /var/tmp/backup/influx

This should do it, it is easy to do but applies to all hosts, so proceed with caution