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by: Johnny Steenbergen
influx slack: @berg
Zero to Awesome
Infrastructure with
InfluxDB Templates

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What are we learning today?
● TL; DR;
● Q1. What problems can templates solve?
● Q2. What are Influxdb Templates?
● Q3. How are Influxdb Templates managed?

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TL;DR;
● Templates
○ File that declares a desired state
○ Supports json/yaml/jsonnet
● Stack
○ Platform managed mapping
between declarative template
and state of the world
○ Can be composed of multiple
templates
○ Atomic unit of execution
● Community Templates
apiVersion: influxdata.com/v2alpha1
kind: Label
metadata:
name: label-2
---
apiVersion: influxdata.com/v2alpha1
kind: Bucket
metadata:
name: bucket-1
spec:
name: real bucket name
description: a description
retentionRules:
- type: expire
everySeconds: 3600
associations:
- kind: Label
name: label-2

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What can templates do for you?

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What can templates do for you?
● A world without templates => cue time warp
> influx apply --file $TEMPLATE_FILE
● A world with templates =>

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DEMO TIME

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What can templates do for you?
● Reduce setup time with a single command
> influx apply --template-url $TEMPLATE_URL
● Secure and portable Influxdb Template under source control
> influx export stack $STACK_ID
● Simplify sharing the awesome
> influx export all --filter=labelName=Storage

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What are InfluxDB Templates?

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What are InfluxDB Templates?
● File or stream that declares a
desired state
● metadata.name field is unique
identifier for a resource within a
template
○ DNS-1123 compliant names
● All dependencies must be
provided
○ i.e. associated label
apiVersion: influxdata.com/v2alpha1
kind: Label
metadata:
name: label-2
---
apiVersion: influxdata.com/v2alpha1
kind: Bucket
metadata:
name: bucket-1
spec:
name: bucket name
description: a description
retentionRules:
- type: expire
everySeconds: 3600
associations:
- kind: Label
name: label-2

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How are InfluxDB Templates managed?

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How are InfluxDB Templates managed?
● Stacks are the landlord of templates

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How are InfluxDB Templates managed?
We’d like to move in..
● Stacks are the landlord of templates
Let me check...
You’re ready to move
into stack 1A 👍

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How are InfluxDB Templates managed?
● Stacks are the landlord of templates
We’d like to renew...

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How are InfluxDB Templates managed?
Moving out...
● Stacks are the landlord of templates

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How are InfluxDB Templates managed?
I want to move back
in
● Stacks are the landlord of templates
What is the stack ID?I don’t recall... Ah, then you are free
to take Stack 2A

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How are InfluxDB Templates managed?
● Stacks are the landlord of templates
I want to move back
in

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How are InfluxDB Templates managed?
I want to move back
in
● Stacks are the landlord of templates
What is the stack ID?Stack 1A Ah, then you are free
to move into 1A

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How are InfluxDB Templates managed?
● Stacks are the landlord of templates
We’re breaking the
lease...

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TL;DR;
● Templates
○ File that declares a desired state
○ Supports json/yaml/jsonnet
● Stack
○ Platform managed mapping
between declarative template
and state of the world
○ Can be composed of multiple
templates
○ Atomic unit of execution
● Community Templates
apiVersion: influxdata.com/v2alpha1
kind: Label
metadata:
name: label-2
---
apiVersion: influxdata.com/v2alpha1
kind: Bucket
metadata:
name: rucket-1
spec:
name: real bucket name
description: a description
retentionRules:
- type: expire
everySeconds: 3600
associations:
- kind: Label
name: label-1

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Community
Templates
github.com/influxdata/community-templates