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influxdb_database - Manage InfluxDB databases

New in version 2.1.

Synopsis

  • Manage InfluxDB databases

Requirements (on host that executes module)

  • python >= 2.6
  • influxdb >= 0.9

Options

parameter required default choices comments
database_name
 yes
Name of the database that will be created/destroyed
hostname
 yes
The hostname or IP address on which InfluxDB server is listening
password
 no root
Password that will be used to authenticate against InfluxDB server
port
 no 8086
The port on which InfluxDB server is listening
state
 no present
  • present
  • absent
Determines if the database should be created or destroyed
username
 no root
Username that will be used to authenticate against InfluxDB server

Examples

# Example influxdb_database command from Ansible Playbooks
- name: Create database
  influxdb_database:
      hostname: "{{influxdb_ip_address}}"
      database_name: "{{influxdb_database_name}}"
      state: present

- name: Destroy database
  influxdb_database:
      hostname: "{{influxdb_ip_address}}"
      database_name: "{{influxdb_database_name}}"
      state: absent

- name: Create database using custom credentials
  influxdb_database:
      hostname: "{{influxdb_ip_address}}"
      username: "{{influxdb_username}}"
      password: "{{influxdb_password}}"
      database_name: "{{influxdb_database_name}}"
      state: present

Status

This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.

For help in developing on modules, should you be so inclined, please read Community Information & Contributing, Testing Ansible and Developing Modules.

© 2012–2017 Michael DeHaan
© 2017 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/influxdb_database_module.html