Tim Hall, VP of Products at InfluxData, will demonstrate how to setup and use the next InfluxCloud 2.0 in this InfluxDays NYC 2019 presentation. He provides a brief history of InfluxCloud followed by an overview of InfluxDB 2.0 and a demo.
2. A Brief History of InfluxCloud…
April
2016
August
2017
May
2014
• Enterprise Edition
DBaaS
• Kapacitor Add-On
• Hosted on AWS
• Enterprise Edition
DBaaS
• Chronograf and limited
Kapacitor included
• Co-monitoring
• Pay-as-you-go storage
• Open Source DBaaS
• Hosted on Digital
Ocean
3. Feedback
Why do I need a
credit card for the
“free” trial?
Can you make
everything even
simpler?
How much capacity
do I really need?
Pre-defined plans
don’t reflect my
workload. So??
How do I gain
access to a backup
of my data?
4. Feedback Summary
Simplif
y
Reduce Capacity
Planning &
Improve Capacity
Management
Expand Self-Service Options
• Improve my “time to awesome”
• Ease onboarding
• More pre-built dashboards
• Speed time to understanding what
this will cost
• Ensure scale without support
• Allow more visibility and access
across functions such as billing
and operations
5. InfluxDB v2.0 Changes
• Simplify
– Single unified language for
query and tasks via Flux
– Easy to create centralized
configuration via wizards for
data collection
– Secure and multi-tenant from
the beginning
– Common, unified API across
editions
All Editions Cloud Specific
• Simplify
– Free tier, no credit card required
– Use the free tier…as long as you
like
• Capacity Planning & Management
– Usage-based pricing across the
board
– Clear visibility into usage and
pricing calculators to assist
– Provide discounts for reserved
capacity
7. InfluxDB v2.0 Changes
• Simplify
– Single unified language for
query and tasks via Flux
– Easy to create centralized
configuration via wizards for
data collection
– Secure and multi-tenant from
the beginning
– Common, unified API across
editions
All Editions Cloud Specific
• Simplify
– Free tier, no credit card required
– Use the free tier…as long as you
like
• Capacity Planning & Management
– Usage-based pricing across the
board
– Clear visibility into usage and
pricing calculators to assist
– Provide discounts for reserved
capacity
11. Or… Explore the InfluxDB v2.0 Alpha
Download:
https://portal.influxdata.com/downloads/
Feedback:
https://community.influxdata.com/c/influxdb2
Great open source communities
make the best software!
First incarnation:
30 day free trial
Managed and monitored Open Source Edition
Limited to no visibility into the service health and availability
Hosted on Digital Ocean
Single Tenant
Next Iteration:
14 day free trial, any size
Managed and monitored Enterprise Edition
Kapacitor Add-On
Limited to no visibility into the service health and availability
Hosted on AWS
Single Tenant
Enhanced:
14 day free trial, standard
Managed and monitored Enterprise Edition DBaaS
Chronograf and limited Kapacitor included
Co-monitoring
Pay-as-you-go storage
Hosted on AWS
Single Tenant