Package: zenoh-backend-influxdb-v1
Version: 1.0.0~beta.4-1
Architecture: armhf
Maintainer: zenoh-dev@eclipse.org
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Depends: zenoh-plugin-storage-manager (=1.0.0~beta.4-1)
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Homepage: http://zenoh.io
Description: Backend for Zenoh using InfluxDB v1.x
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# Eclipse Zenoh
.
The Eclipse Zenoh: Zero Overhead Pub/sub, Store/Query and Compute.
.
Zenoh (pronounce _/zeno/_) unifies data in motion, data at rest and
computations. It carefully blends traditional pub/sub with geo-distributed
storages, queries and computations, while retaining a level of time and space
efficiency that is well beyond any of the mainstream stacks.
.
Check the website [zenoh.io](http://zenoh.io) and the
[roadmap](https://github.com/eclipse-zenoh/roadmap) for more detailed
information.
.
-------------------------------
# InfluxDB backend
.
In Zenoh a backend is a storage technology (such as DBMS, time-series database,
file system...) alowing to store the
keys/values publications made via zenoh and return them on queries.
See the [zenoh documentation](http://zenoh.io/docs/manual/backends/) for more
details.
.
This backend relies on an
[InfluxDB](https://www.influxdata.com/products/influxdb/) server
to implement the storages.
Its library name (without OS specific prefix and extension) that zenoh will
rely on to find it and load it is **`zenoh_backend_influxdb`**.
.
:point_right: **Install latest release:** see [below](#How-to-install-it)
.
:point_right: **Build "main" branch:** see [below](#How-to-build-it)
.
:note: This has full support for Influxdb 1.x and partial support for InfluxDB
2.x.
.
-------------------------------
## :warning: Documentation for previous 0.5 versions:
The following documentation related to the version currently in development in
"main" branch: 0.6.x.
.
For previous versions see the README and code of the corresponding tagged
version:
-
[0.5.0-beta.9](https://github.com/eclipse-zenoh/zenoh-backend-influxdb/tree/0.5.0-beta.9#readme)
-
[0.5.0-beta.8](https://github.com/eclipse-zenoh/zenoh-backend-influxdb/tree/0.5.0-beta.8#readme)
.
-------------------------------
## **Examples of usage**
.
Prerequisites:
- You have a zenoh router (`zenohd`) installed, and the
`zenoh_backend_influxdb` library file is available in `~/.zenoh/lib`.
- You have an InfluxDB service running and listening on
`http://localhost:8086`
.
You can setup storages either at zenoh router startup via a configuration file,
either at runtime via the zenoh admin space, using for instance the REST API.
.
### **Setup via a JSON5 configuration file**
.
- Create a `zenoh.json5` configuration file containing for example:
```json5
{
plugins: {
// configuration of "storage_manager" plugin:
storage_manager: {
volumes: {
// configuration of a "influxdb" volume (the
"zenoh_backend_influxdb" backend library will be loaded at startup)
//this should be named influxdb for v1
influxdb: {
// URL to the InfluxDB service
url: "http://localhost:8086",
private: {
//For Influxdb v1.x:
// If needed: InfluxDB credentials, preferably admin for
databases creation and drop
//username: "admin",
//password: "password"
.
//For Influxdb v2.x:
// If needed: InfluxDB credentials, preferably ALL-ACCESS for
databases creation and drop
//if not ALL-ACCESS then atleast with authorization to
create/delete buckets
//Note: this should not be left empty for the plugin to work;
if you have no admin creds, you can copy the user creds instead
// token: "access token"
.
}
}
},
storages: {
// configuration of a "demo" storage using the "influxdb" volume
demo: {
// the key expression this storage will subscribes to
key_expr: "demo/example/**",
// this prefix will be stripped from the received key when
converting to database key.
// i.e.: "demo/example/a/b" will be stored as "a/b"
// this option is optional
strip_prefix: "demo/example",
volume: {
//this will be influxdb for v1 (exactly the same name as in
volumes section)
id: "influxdb",
// the database/bucket name within InfluxDB
db: "zenoh_example",
// if the database doesn't exist, create it
create_db: false,
// strategy on storage closure
on_closure: "do_nothing",
private: {
.
//For Influxdb v1.x:
//Required: InfluxDB credentials to read-write on the bucket
//username: "admin",
//password: "password"
.
//For Influxdb v2.x:
//Required
//InfluxDB credentials, with read/write privileges for the
database
//this is a token with either:
//a.) Read-Write access to the existing DB named above in
the config (case where db/bucket already exists)
//b.) Read-write access to ALL buckets in the organization
so it can access the new bucket created by zenoh;
//(case where a new db/bucket has to be
created)
// token: "user access token"
}
}
}
}
},
// Optionally, add the REST plugin
rest: { http_port: 8000 }
}
}
```
- Run the zenoh router with:
`zenohd -c zenoh.json5`
.
### **Setup at runtime via `curl` commands on the admin space**
.
- Run the zenoh router, with write permissions to its admin space:
`zenohd --adminspace-permissions rw`
- Add the "influxdb" volume (the "zenoh_backend_fs" library will be loaded),
connected to InfluxDB service on http://localhost:8086:
`curl -X PUT -H 'content-type:application/json' -d
'{url:"http://localhost:8086"}'
http://localhost:8000/@/router/local/config/plugins/storage_manager/volumes/influxdb`
- Add the "demo" storage using the "influxdb" volume:
`curl -X PUT -H 'content-type:application/json' -d
'{key_expr:"demo/example/**",volume:{id:"influxdb",db:"zenoh_example",create_db:true}}'
http://localhost:8000/@/router/local/config/plugins/storage_manager/storages/demo`
.
### **Tests using the REST API**
.
Using `curl` to publish and query keys/values, you can:
```bash
# Put some values at different time intervals
curl -X PUT -d "TEST-1" http://localhost:8000/demo/example/test
curl -X PUT -d "TEST-2" http://localhost:8000/demo/example/test
curl -X PUT -d "TEST-3" http://localhost:8000/demo/example/test
.
# Retrive them as a time serie where '_time=[..]' means "infinite time range"
curl -g 'http://localhost:8000/demo/example/test?_time=[..]'
```
.
.
-------------------------------
## Volume configuration
InfluxDB-backed volumes need some configuration to work:
.
- **`"url"`** (**required**) : a URL to the InfluxDB service. Example:
`http://localhost:8086`
.
#### admin levelcredentials:
.
.
#### for v1.x
- **`"username"`** (optional) : an [InfluxDB
admin](https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/v1.8/administration/authentication_and_authorization/#admin-users)
user name. It will be used for creation of databases, granting read/write
privileges of databases mapped to storages and dropping of databases and
measurements.
.
- **`"password"`** (optional) : the admin user's password.
.
Both `username` and `password` should be hidden behind a `private` object, as
shown in the example [above](#setup-via-a-json5-configuration-file). In
general, if you wish for a part of the configuration to be hidden when
configuration is queried, you should hide it behind a `private` object.
.
.
#### for v2.x
.
- **`"token"`** (optional) : the admin user's token. It will be used for
creation and dropping of databases. In Influxdb2.x, you can use an ALL ACCESS
token for this
(https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/cloud/admin/tokens/#all-access-token)
.
The `token` should be hidden behind a `private` object, like the "username" and
"password" shown in the example [above](#setup-via-a-json5-configuration-file).
In general, if you wish for a part of the configuration to be hidden when
configuration is queried, you should hide it behind a `private` object.
.
-------------------------------
## Volume-specific storage configuration
Storages relying on a `influxdb` backed volume may have additional
configuration through the `volume` section:
- **`"db"`** (optional, string) : the InfluxDB database name the storage will
map into. If not specified, a random name will be generated, and the
corresponding database will be created (even if `"create_db"` is not set).
.
- **`"create_db"`** (optional, boolean) : create the InfluxDB database if not
already existing.
By default the database is not created, unless `"db"` property is not
specified.
*(the value doesn't matter, only the property existence is checked)*
.
- **`"on_closure"`** (optional, string) : the strategy to use when the Storage
is removed. There are 3 options:
- *unset* or `"do_nothing"`: the database remains untouched (this is the
default behaviour)
- `"drop_db"`: the database is dropped (i.e. removed)
- `"drop_series"`: all the series (measurements) are dropped and the database
remains empty.
.
- **`"token"`** (optional, string) : an InfluxDB access token, usually
[non-admin](https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/cloud/admin/tokens/#readwrite-token).
It will be used to read/write points in the database on GET/PUT/DELETE zenoh
operations.
.
-------------------------------
## **Behaviour of the backend**
.
### Mapping to InfluxDB concepts
Each **storage** will map to an InfluxDB **database**.
Each **key** to store will map to an InfluxDB
[**measurement**](https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/v1.8/concepts/key_concepts/#measurement)
named with the key stripped from the `"strip_prefix"` property (see below).
Each **key/value** put into the storage will map to an InfluxDB
[**point**](https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/v1.8/concepts/key_concepts/#point)
reusing the timestamp set by zenoh
(but with a precision of nanoseconds). The fileds and tags of the point is are
the following:
- `"kind"` tag: the zenoh change kind (`"PUT"` for a value that have been put,
or `"DEL"` to mark the deletion of the key)
- `"timestamp"` field: the original zenoh timestamp
- `"encoding"` field: the value's encoding flag
- `"base64"` field: a boolean indicating if the value is encoded in base64
- `"value"`field: the value as a string, possibly encoded in base64 for binary
values.
.
### Behaviour on deletion
On deletion of a key, all points with a timestamp before the deletion message
are deleted.
A point with `"kind"="DEL`" is inserted (to avoid re-insertion of points with
an older timestamp in case of un-ordered messages).
In v1, zenoh used to drop the measurement corresponding to the deleted key is
dropped if it still contains no points after 5secs. However, influxdb 2.x
doesn't support this feature.
.
### Behaviour on GET
On GET operations, by default the storage returns only the latest point for
each key/measurement.
This is to be coherent with other backends technologies that only store 1 value
per-key.
If you want to get time-series as a result of a GET operation, you need to
specify a time range via
the `"_time"`argument in your
[Selector](https://github.com/eclipse-zenoh/roadmap/tree/main/rfcs/ALL/Selectors).
.
:note: Right now, wild chunks like * and ** works only for Influxdb 1.x.
This is due to lack of support in Influxdb 2.x API for our approach.
.
Examples of selectors:
```bash
# get the complete time-series
/demo/example/**?_time=[..]
.
# get points within a fixed date interval
/demo/example/influxdb/**?_time=[2020-01-01T00:00:00Z..2020-01-02T12:00:00.000000000Z]
.
# get points within a relative date interval
/demo/example/influxdb/**?_time=[now(-2d)..now(-1d)]
```
.
See the [`"_time"`
RFC](https://github.com/eclipse-zenoh/roadmap/blob/main/rfcs/ALL/Selectors/_time.md)
for a complete description of the time range format
.
.
-------------------------------
## How to install it
.
To install the latest release of this backend library, you can do as follows:
.
### Manual installation (all platforms)
.
All release packages can be downloaded from:
- https://download.eclipse.org/zenoh/zenoh-backend-influxdb/latest/
.
Each subdirectory has the name of the Rust target. See the platforms each
target corresponds to on
https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/rustc/platform-support.html
.
Choose your platform and download the `.zip` file.
Unzip it in the same directory than `zenohd` or to any directory where it can
find the backend library (e.g. /usr/lib or ~/.zenoh/lib)
.
### Linux Debian
.
Add Eclipse Zenoh private repository to the sources list, and install the
`zenoh-backend-influxdb-v1` package:
.
```bash
echo "deb [trusted=yes] https://download.eclipse.org/zenoh/debian-repo/ /" |
sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list > /dev/null
sudo apt update
sudo apt install zenoh-backend-influxdb-v1
```
.
.
-------------------------------
## How to build it
.
> :warning: **WARNING** :warning: : Zenoh and its ecosystem are under active
development. When you build from git, make sure you also build from git any
other Zenoh repository you plan to use (e.g. binding, plugin, backend, etc.).
It may happen that some changes in git are not compatible with the most recent
packaged Zenoh release (e.g. deb, docker, pip). We put particular effort in
mantaining compatibility between the various git repositories in the Zenoh
project.
.
At first, install [Cargo and
Rust](https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/getting-started/installation.html). If
you already have the Rust toolchain installed, make sure it is up-to-date with:
.
```bash
$ rustup update
```
.
> :warning: **WARNING** :warning: : As Rust doesn't have a stable ABI, the
backend library should be
built with the exact same Rust version than `zenohd`, and using for `zenoh`
dependency the same version (or commit number) than 'zenohd'.
Otherwise, incompatibilities in memory mapping of shared types between `zenohd`
and the library can lead to a `"SIGSEV"` crash.
.
To know the Rust version you're `zenohd` has been built with, use the
`--version` option.
.
### Example with a downloaded version:
```bash
$ zenohd --version
The zenoh router v0.10.0-rc built with rustc 1.72.0 (5680fa18f 2023-08-23)
```
Here, `zenohd` is version `0.10.0-rc` has been built with the rustc version
`1.72.0`.
Install and use this same toolchain with the following command:
.
```bash
$ rustup default 1.72.0
```
.
And edit the update `Cargo.toml` file to make all the `zenoh` dependencies to
use the same version number:
```toml
zenoh = { version = "0.10.0-rc", features = [ "unstable" ] }
```
.
Then build library only for the v1 backend, you have to specify it in the build
command:
```bash
$ cargo build --release --all-targets -p zenoh-backend-influxdb-v1
```
You can build both the versions as well:
```bash
$ cargo build --release --all-targets
```
.
=======
### Example with a version built from sources:
```bash
$ zenohd --version
The zenoh router v0.11.0-dev-37-g9f7a37ee built with rustc 1.72.0 (5680fa18f
2023-08-23)
```
Here, `zenohd` version is `v0.11.0-dev-37-g9f7a37ee` where:
- `v0.11.0-dev` means it's a development version for the future `v0.11.0`
release
- `-37`means there have been 37 commits since the tag `0.11.0-dev` marking the
begining of developments for this future version
- `-g9f7a37ee` indicates the commit number of sources: `9f7a37ee` (the `g`
prefix just meaning "git" shall be ignored)
.
And it has been built with the rustc version `1.72.0`.
Install and use this same toolchain with the following command:
.
```bash
$ rustup default 1.72.0
```
.
And update all the `zenoh` dependencies in `Cargo.lock` to use the commit id:
```bash
$ cargo update -p zenoh --precise 9f7a37ee
```
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Section: net
Priority: optional
Homepage: http://zenoh.io
Description: Backend for Zenoh using InfluxDB v1.x
.
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[](https://discord.gg/2GJ958VuHs)
[](https://choosealicense.com/licenses/epl-2.0/)
[](https://opensource.org/licenses/Apache-2.0)
.
# Eclipse Zenoh
.
The Eclipse Zenoh: Zero Overhead Pub/sub, Store/Query and Compute.
.
Zenoh (pronounce _/zeno/_) unifies data in motion, data at rest and
computations. It carefully blends traditional pub/sub with geo-distributed
storages, queries and computations, while retaining a level of time and space
efficiency that is well beyond any of the mainstream stacks.
.
Check the website [zenoh.io](http://zenoh.io) and the
[roadmap](https://github.com/eclipse-zenoh/roadmap) for more detailed
information.
.
-------------------------------
# InfluxDB backend
.
In Zenoh a backend is a storage technology (such as DBMS, time-series database,
file system...) alowing to store the
keys/values publications made via zenoh and return them on queries.
See the [zenoh documentation](http://zenoh.io/docs/manual/backends/) for more
details.
.
This backend relies on an
[InfluxDB](https://www.influxdata.com/products/influxdb/) server
to implement the storages.
Its library name (without OS specific prefix and extension) that zenoh will
rely on to find it and load it is **`zenoh_backend_influxdb`**.
.
:point_right: **Install latest release:** see [below](#How-to-install-it)
.
:point_right: **Build "main" branch:** see [below](#How-to-build-it)
.
:note: This has full support for Influxdb 1.x and partial support for InfluxDB
2.x.
.
-------------------------------
## :warning: Documentation for previous 0.5 versions:
The following documentation related to the version currently in development in
"main" branch: 0.6.x.
.
For previous versions see the README and code of the corresponding tagged
version:
-
[0.5.0-beta.9](https://github.com/eclipse-zenoh/zenoh-backend-influxdb/tree/0.5.0-beta.9#readme)
-
[0.5.0-beta.8](https://github.com/eclipse-zenoh/zenoh-backend-influxdb/tree/0.5.0-beta.8#readme)
.
-------------------------------
## **Examples of usage**
.
Prerequisites:
- You have a zenoh router (`zenohd`) installed, and the
`zenoh_backend_influxdb` library file is available in `~/.zenoh/lib`.
- You have an InfluxDB service running and listening on
`http://localhost:8086`
.
You can setup storages either at zenoh router startup via a configuration file,
either at runtime via the zenoh admin space, using for instance the REST API.
.
### **Setup via a JSON5 configuration file**
.
- Create a `zenoh.json5` configuration file containing for example:
```json5
{
plugins: {
// configuration of "storage_manager" plugin:
storage_manager: {
volumes: {
// configuration of a "influxdb" volume (the
"zenoh_backend_influxdb" backend library will be loaded at startup)
//this should be named influxdb for v1
influxdb: {
// URL to the InfluxDB service
url: "http://localhost:8086",
private: {
//For Influxdb v1.x:
// If needed: InfluxDB credentials, preferably admin for
databases creation and drop
//username: "admin",
//password: "password"
.
//For Influxdb v2.x:
// If needed: InfluxDB credentials, preferably ALL-ACCESS for
databases creation and drop
//if not ALL-ACCESS then atleast with authorization to
create/delete buckets
//Note: this should not be left empty for the plugin to work;
if you have no admin creds, you can copy the user creds instead
// token: "access token"
.
}
}
},
storages: {
// configuration of a "demo" storage using the "influxdb" volume
demo: {
// the key expression this storage will subscribes to
key_expr: "demo/example/**",
// this prefix will be stripped from the received key when
converting to database key.
// i.e.: "demo/example/a/b" will be stored as "a/b"
// this option is optional
strip_prefix: "demo/example",
volume: {
//this will be influxdb for v1 (exactly the same name as in
volumes section)
id: "influxdb",
// the database/bucket name within InfluxDB
db: "zenoh_example",
// if the database doesn't exist, create it
create_db: false,
// strategy on storage closure
on_closure: "do_nothing",
private: {
.
//For Influxdb v1.x:
//Required: InfluxDB credentials to read-write on the bucket
//username: "admin",
//password: "password"
.
//For Influxdb v2.x:
//Required
//InfluxDB credentials, with read/write privileges for the
database
//this is a token with either:
//a.) Read-Write access to the existing DB named above in
the config (case where db/bucket already exists)
//b.) Read-write access to ALL buckets in the organization
so it can access the new bucket created by zenoh;
//(case where a new db/bucket has to be
created)
// token: "user access token"
}
}
}
}
},
// Optionally, add the REST plugin
rest: { http_port: 8000 }
}
}
```
- Run the zenoh router with:
`zenohd -c zenoh.json5`
.
### **Setup at runtime via `curl` commands on the admin space**
.
- Run the zenoh router, with write permissions to its admin space:
`zenohd --adminspace-permissions rw`
- Add the "influxdb" volume (the "zenoh_backend_fs" library will be loaded),
connected to InfluxDB service on http://localhost:8086:
`curl -X PUT -H 'content-type:application/json' -d
'{url:"http://localhost:8086"}'
http://localhost:8000/@/router/local/config/plugins/storage_manager/volumes/influxdb`
- Add the "demo" storage using the "influxdb" volume:
`curl -X PUT -H 'content-type:application/json' -d
'{key_expr:"demo/example/**",volume:{id:"influxdb",db:"zenoh_example",create_db:true}}'
http://localhost:8000/@/router/local/config/plugins/storage_manager/storages/demo`
.
### **Tests using the REST API**
.
Using `curl` to publish and query keys/values, you can:
```bash
# Put some values at different time intervals
curl -X PUT -d "TEST-1" http://localhost:8000/demo/example/test
curl -X PUT -d "TEST-2" http://localhost:8000/demo/example/test
curl -X PUT -d "TEST-3" http://localhost:8000/demo/example/test
.
# Retrive them as a time serie where '_time=[..]' means "infinite time range"
curl -g 'http://localhost:8000/demo/example/test?_time=[..]'
```
.
.
-------------------------------
## Volume configuration
InfluxDB-backed volumes need some configuration to work:
.
- **`"url"`** (**required**) : a URL to the InfluxDB service. Example:
`http://localhost:8086`
.
#### admin levelcredentials:
.
.
#### for v1.x
- **`"username"`** (optional) : an [InfluxDB
admin](https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/v1.8/administration/authentication_and_authorization/#admin-users)
user name. It will be used for creation of databases, granting read/write
privileges of databases mapped to storages and dropping of databases and
measurements.
.
- **`"password"`** (optional) : the admin user's password.
.
Both `username` and `password` should be hidden behind a `private` object, as
shown in the example [above](#setup-via-a-json5-configuration-file). In
general, if you wish for a part of the configuration to be hidden when
configuration is queried, you should hide it behind a `private` object.
.
.
#### for v2.x
.
- **`"token"`** (optional) : the admin user's token. It will be used for
creation and dropping of databases. In Influxdb2.x, you can use an ALL ACCESS
token for this
(https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/cloud/admin/tokens/#all-access-token)
.
The `token` should be hidden behind a `private` object, like the "username" and
"password" shown in the example [above](#setup-via-a-json5-configuration-file).
In general, if you wish for a part of the configuration to be hidden when
configuration is queried, you should hide it behind a `private` object.
.
-------------------------------
## Volume-specific storage configuration
Storages relying on a `influxdb` backed volume may have additional
configuration through the `volume` section:
- **`"db"`** (optional, string) : the InfluxDB database name the storage will
map into. If not specified, a random name will be generated, and the
corresponding database will be created (even if `"create_db"` is not set).
.
- **`"create_db"`** (optional, boolean) : create the InfluxDB database if not
already existing.
By default the database is not created, unless `"db"` property is not
specified.
*(the value doesn't matter, only the property existence is checked)*
.
- **`"on_closure"`** (optional, string) : the strategy to use when the Storage
is removed. There are 3 options:
- *unset* or `"do_nothing"`: the database remains untouched (this is the
default behaviour)
- `"drop_db"`: the database is dropped (i.e. removed)
- `"drop_series"`: all the series (measurements) are dropped and the database
remains empty.
.
- **`"token"`** (optional, string) : an InfluxDB access token, usually
[non-admin](https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/cloud/admin/tokens/#readwrite-token).
It will be used to read/write points in the database on GET/PUT/DELETE zenoh
operations.
.
-------------------------------
## **Behaviour of the backend**
.
### Mapping to InfluxDB concepts
Each **storage** will map to an InfluxDB **database**.
Each **key** to store will map to an InfluxDB
[**measurement**](https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/v1.8/concepts/key_concepts/#measurement)
named with the key stripped from the `"strip_prefix"` property (see below).
Each **key/value** put into the storage will map to an InfluxDB
[**point**](https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/v1.8/concepts/key_concepts/#point)
reusing the timestamp set by zenoh
(but with a precision of nanoseconds). The fileds and tags of the point is are
the following:
- `"kind"` tag: the zenoh change kind (`"PUT"` for a value that have been put,
or `"DEL"` to mark the deletion of the key)
- `"timestamp"` field: the original zenoh timestamp
- `"encoding"` field: the value's encoding flag
- `"base64"` field: a boolean indicating if the value is encoded in base64
- `"value"`field: the value as a string, possibly encoded in base64 for binary
values.
.
### Behaviour on deletion
On deletion of a key, all points with a timestamp before the deletion message
are deleted.
A point with `"kind"="DEL`" is inserted (to avoid re-insertion of points with
an older timestamp in case of un-ordered messages).
In v1, zenoh used to drop the measurement corresponding to the deleted key is
dropped if it still contains no points after 5secs. However, influxdb 2.x
doesn't support this feature.
.
### Behaviour on GET
On GET operations, by default the storage returns only the latest point for
each key/measurement.
This is to be coherent with other backends technologies that only store 1 value
per-key.
If you want to get time-series as a result of a GET operation, you need to
specify a time range via
the `"_time"`argument in your
[Selector](https://github.com/eclipse-zenoh/roadmap/tree/main/rfcs/ALL/Selectors).
.
:note: Right now, wild chunks like * and ** works only for Influxdb 1.x.
This is due to lack of support in Influxdb 2.x API for our approach.
.
Examples of selectors:
```bash
# get the complete time-series
/demo/example/**?_time=[..]
.
# get points within a fixed date interval
/demo/example/influxdb/**?_time=[2020-01-01T00:00:00Z..2020-01-02T12:00:00.000000000Z]
.
# get points within a relative date interval
/demo/example/influxdb/**?_time=[now(-2d)..now(-1d)]
```
.
See the [`"_time"`
RFC](https://github.com/eclipse-zenoh/roadmap/blob/main/rfcs/ALL/Selectors/_time.md)
for a complete description of the time range format
.
.
-------------------------------
## How to install it
.
To install the latest release of this backend library, you can do as follows:
.
### Manual installation (all platforms)
.
All release packages can be downloaded from:
- https://download.eclipse.org/zenoh/zenoh-backend-influxdb/latest/
.
Each subdirectory has the name of the Rust target. See the platforms each
target corresponds to on
https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/rustc/platform-support.html
.
Choose your platform and download the `.zip` file.
Unzip it in the same directory than `zenohd` or to any directory where it can
find the backend library (e.g. /usr/lib or ~/.zenoh/lib)
.
### Linux Debian
.
Add Eclipse Zenoh private repository to the sources list, and install the
`zenoh-backend-influxdb-v1` package:
.
```bash
echo "deb [trusted=yes] https://download.eclipse.org/zenoh/debian-repo/ /" |
sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list > /dev/null
sudo apt update
sudo apt install zenoh-backend-influxdb-v1
```
.
.
-------------------------------
## How to build it
.
> :warning: **WARNING** :warning: : Zenoh and its ecosystem are under active
development. When you build from git, make sure you also build from git any
other Zenoh repository you plan to use (e.g. binding, plugin, backend, etc.).
It may happen that some changes in git are not compatible with the most recent
packaged Zenoh release (e.g. deb, docker, pip). We put particular effort in
mantaining compatibility between the various git repositories in the Zenoh
project.
.
At first, install [Cargo and
Rust](https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/getting-started/installation.html). If
you already have the Rust toolchain installed, make sure it is up-to-date with:
.
```bash
$ rustup update
```
.
> :warning: **WARNING** :warning: : As Rust doesn't have a stable ABI, the
backend library should be
built with the exact same Rust version than `zenohd`, and using for `zenoh`
dependency the same version (or commit number) than 'zenohd'.
Otherwise, incompatibilities in memory mapping of shared types between `zenohd`
and the library can lead to a `"SIGSEV"` crash.
.
To know the Rust version you're `zenohd` has been built with, use the
`--version` option.
.
### Example with a downloaded version:
```bash
$ zenohd --version
The zenoh router v0.10.0-rc built with rustc 1.72.0 (5680fa18f 2023-08-23)
```
Here, `zenohd` is version `0.10.0-rc` has been built with the rustc version
`1.72.0`.
Install and use this same toolchain with the following command:
.
```bash
$ rustup default 1.72.0
```
.
And edit the update `Cargo.toml` file to make all the `zenoh` dependencies to
use the same version number:
```toml
zenoh = { version = "0.10.0-rc", features = [ "unstable" ] }
```
.
Then build library only for the v1 backend, you have to specify it in the build
command:
```bash
$ cargo build --release --all-targets -p zenoh-backend-influxdb-v1
```
You can build both the versions as well:
```bash
$ cargo build --release --all-targets
```
.
=======
### Example with a version built from sources:
```bash
$ zenohd --version
The zenoh router v0.11.0-dev-37-g9f7a37ee built with rustc 1.72.0 (5680fa18f
2023-08-23)
```
Here, `zenohd` version is `v0.11.0-dev-37-g9f7a37ee` where:
- `v0.11.0-dev` means it's a development version for the future `v0.11.0`
release
- `-37`means there have been 37 commits since the tag `0.11.0-dev` marking the
begining of developments for this future version
- `-g9f7a37ee` indicates the commit number of sources: `9f7a37ee` (the `g`
prefix just meaning "git" shall be ignored)
.
And it has been built with the rustc version `1.72.0`.
Install and use this same toolchain with the following command:
.
```bash
$ rustup default 1.72.0
```
.
And update all the `zenoh` dependencies in `Cargo.lock` to use the commit id:
```bash
$ cargo update -p zenoh --precise 9f7a37ee
```
Vcs-Browser: https://github.com/eclipse-zenoh/zenoh-backend-influxdb
Vcs-Git: https://github.com/eclipse-zenoh/zenoh-backend-influxdb
Package: zenoh-backend-influxdb-v1
Version: 1.0.0~beta.4-1
Architecture: arm64
Maintainer: zenoh-dev@eclipse.org
Installed-Size: 14028
Depends: zenoh-plugin-storage-manager (=1.0.0~beta.4-1)
Filename: 1.0.0-beta.4/zenoh-backend-influxdb-v1_1.0.0~beta.4-1_arm64.deb
Size: 2814348
MD5sum: 69c95673cc4716b18fde8e6caff1e342
SHA1: 94435adeb8cec4a555cd062e0b8d973bcd2aa115
SHA256: e62ee75018bb4bf2e43732153e04114c65c188efb483f170287d0bb386bdedce
Section: net
Priority: optional
Homepage: http://zenoh.io
Description: Backend for Zenoh using InfluxDB v1.x
.
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.
# Eclipse Zenoh
.
The Eclipse Zenoh: Zero Overhead Pub/sub, Store/Query and Compute.
.
Zenoh (pronounce _/zeno/_) unifies data in motion, data at rest and
computations. It carefully blends traditional pub/sub with geo-distributed
storages, queries and computations, while retaining a level of time and space
efficiency that is well beyond any of the mainstream stacks.
.
Check the website [zenoh.io](http://zenoh.io) and the
[roadmap](https://github.com/eclipse-zenoh/roadmap) for more detailed
information.
.
-------------------------------
# InfluxDB backend
.
In Zenoh a backend is a storage technology (such as DBMS, time-series database,
file system...) alowing to store the
keys/values publications made via zenoh and return them on queries.
See the [zenoh documentation](http://zenoh.io/docs/manual/backends/) for more
details.
.
This backend relies on an
[InfluxDB](https://www.influxdata.com/products/influxdb/) server
to implement the storages.
Its library name (without OS specific prefix and extension) that zenoh will
rely on to find it and load it is **`zenoh_backend_influxdb`**.
.
:point_right: **Install latest release:** see [below](#How-to-install-it)
.
:point_right: **Build "main" branch:** see [below](#How-to-build-it)
.
:note: This has full support for Influxdb 1.x and partial support for InfluxDB
2.x.
.
-------------------------------
## :warning: Documentation for previous 0.5 versions:
The following documentation related to the version currently in development in
"main" branch: 0.6.x.
.
For previous versions see the README and code of the corresponding tagged
version:
-
[0.5.0-beta.9](https://github.com/eclipse-zenoh/zenoh-backend-influxdb/tree/0.5.0-beta.9#readme)
-
[0.5.0-beta.8](https://github.com/eclipse-zenoh/zenoh-backend-influxdb/tree/0.5.0-beta.8#readme)
.
-------------------------------
## **Examples of usage**
.
Prerequisites:
- You have a zenoh router (`zenohd`) installed, and the
`zenoh_backend_influxdb` library file is available in `~/.zenoh/lib`.
- You have an InfluxDB service running and listening on
`http://localhost:8086`
.
You can setup storages either at zenoh router startup via a configuration file,
either at runtime via the zenoh admin space, using for instance the REST API.
.
### **Setup via a JSON5 configuration file**
.
- Create a `zenoh.json5` configuration file containing for example:
```json5
{
plugins: {
// configuration of "storage_manager" plugin:
storage_manager: {
volumes: {
// configuration of a "influxdb" volume (the
"zenoh_backend_influxdb" backend library will be loaded at startup)
//this should be named influxdb for v1
influxdb: {
// URL to the InfluxDB service
url: "http://localhost:8086",
private: {
//For Influxdb v1.x:
// If needed: InfluxDB credentials, preferably admin for
databases creation and drop
//username: "admin",
//password: "password"
.
//For Influxdb v2.x:
// If needed: InfluxDB credentials, preferably ALL-ACCESS for
databases creation and drop
//if not ALL-ACCESS then atleast with authorization to
create/delete buckets
//Note: this should not be left empty for the plugin to work;
if you have no admin creds, you can copy the user creds instead
// token: "access token"
.
}
}
},
storages: {
// configuration of a "demo" storage using the "influxdb" volume
demo: {
// the key expression this storage will subscribes to
key_expr: "demo/example/**",
// this prefix will be stripped from the received key when
converting to database key.
// i.e.: "demo/example/a/b" will be stored as "a/b"
// this option is optional
strip_prefix: "demo/example",
volume: {
//this will be influxdb for v1 (exactly the same name as in
volumes section)
id: "influxdb",
// the database/bucket name within InfluxDB
db: "zenoh_example",
// if the database doesn't exist, create it
create_db: false,
// strategy on storage closure
on_closure: "do_nothing",
private: {
.
//For Influxdb v1.x:
//Required: InfluxDB credentials to read-write on the bucket
//username: "admin",
//password: "password"
.
//For Influxdb v2.x:
//Required
//InfluxDB credentials, with read/write privileges for the
database
//this is a token with either:
//a.) Read-Write access to the existing DB named above in
the config (case where db/bucket already exists)
//b.) Read-write access to ALL buckets in the organization
so it can access the new bucket created by zenoh;
//(case where a new db/bucket has to be
created)
// token: "user access token"
}
}
}
}
},
// Optionally, add the REST plugin
rest: { http_port: 8000 }
}
}
```
- Run the zenoh router with:
`zenohd -c zenoh.json5`
.
### **Setup at runtime via `curl` commands on the admin space**
.
- Run the zenoh router, with write permissions to its admin space:
`zenohd --adminspace-permissions rw`
- Add the "influxdb" volume (the "zenoh_backend_fs" library will be loaded),
connected to InfluxDB service on http://localhost:8086:
`curl -X PUT -H 'content-type:application/json' -d
'{url:"http://localhost:8086"}'
http://localhost:8000/@/router/local/config/plugins/storage_manager/volumes/influxdb`
- Add the "demo" storage using the "influxdb" volume:
`curl -X PUT -H 'content-type:application/json' -d
'{key_expr:"demo/example/**",volume:{id:"influxdb",db:"zenoh_example",create_db:true}}'
http://localhost:8000/@/router/local/config/plugins/storage_manager/storages/demo`
.
### **Tests using the REST API**
.
Using `curl` to publish and query keys/values, you can:
```bash
# Put some values at different time intervals
curl -X PUT -d "TEST-1" http://localhost:8000/demo/example/test
curl -X PUT -d "TEST-2" http://localhost:8000/demo/example/test
curl -X PUT -d "TEST-3" http://localhost:8000/demo/example/test
.
# Retrive them as a time serie where '_time=[..]' means "infinite time range"
curl -g 'http://localhost:8000/demo/example/test?_time=[..]'
```
.
.
-------------------------------
## Volume configuration
InfluxDB-backed volumes need some configuration to work:
.
- **`"url"`** (**required**) : a URL to the InfluxDB service. Example:
`http://localhost:8086`
.
#### admin levelcredentials:
.
.
#### for v1.x
- **`"username"`** (optional) : an [InfluxDB
admin](https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/v1.8/administration/authentication_and_authorization/#admin-users)
user name. It will be used for creation of databases, granting read/write
privileges of databases mapped to storages and dropping of databases and
measurements.
.
- **`"password"`** (optional) : the admin user's password.
.
Both `username` and `password` should be hidden behind a `private` object, as
shown in the example [above](#setup-via-a-json5-configuration-file). In
general, if you wish for a part of the configuration to be hidden when
configuration is queried, you should hide it behind a `private` object.
.
.
#### for v2.x
.
- **`"token"`** (optional) : the admin user's token. It will be used for
creation and dropping of databases. In Influxdb2.x, you can use an ALL ACCESS
token for this
(https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/cloud/admin/tokens/#all-access-token)
.
The `token` should be hidden behind a `private` object, like the "username" and
"password" shown in the example [above](#setup-via-a-json5-configuration-file).
In general, if you wish for a part of the configuration to be hidden when
configuration is queried, you should hide it behind a `private` object.
.
-------------------------------
## Volume-specific storage configuration
Storages relying on a `influxdb` backed volume may have additional
configuration through the `volume` section:
- **`"db"`** (optional, string) : the InfluxDB database name the storage will
map into. If not specified, a random name will be generated, and the
corresponding database will be created (even if `"create_db"` is not set).
.
- **`"create_db"`** (optional, boolean) : create the InfluxDB database if not
already existing.
By default the database is not created, unless `"db"` property is not
specified.
*(the value doesn't matter, only the property existence is checked)*
.
- **`"on_closure"`** (optional, string) : the strategy to use when the Storage
is removed. There are 3 options:
- *unset* or `"do_nothing"`: the database remains untouched (this is the
default behaviour)
- `"drop_db"`: the database is dropped (i.e. removed)
- `"drop_series"`: all the series (measurements) are dropped and the database
remains empty.
.
- **`"token"`** (optional, string) : an InfluxDB access token, usually
[non-admin](https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/cloud/admin/tokens/#readwrite-token).
It will be used to read/write points in the database on GET/PUT/DELETE zenoh
operations.
.
-------------------------------
## **Behaviour of the backend**
.
### Mapping to InfluxDB concepts
Each **storage** will map to an InfluxDB **database**.
Each **key** to store will map to an InfluxDB
[**measurement**](https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/v1.8/concepts/key_concepts/#measurement)
named with the key stripped from the `"strip_prefix"` property (see below).
Each **key/value** put into the storage will map to an InfluxDB
[**point**](https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/v1.8/concepts/key_concepts/#point)
reusing the timestamp set by zenoh
(but with a precision of nanoseconds). The fileds and tags of the point is are
the following:
- `"kind"` tag: the zenoh change kind (`"PUT"` for a value that have been put,
or `"DEL"` to mark the deletion of the key)
- `"timestamp"` field: the original zenoh timestamp
- `"encoding"` field: the value's encoding flag
- `"base64"` field: a boolean indicating if the value is encoded in base64
- `"value"`field: the value as a string, possibly encoded in base64 for binary
values.
.
### Behaviour on deletion
On deletion of a key, all points with a timestamp before the deletion message
are deleted.
A point with `"kind"="DEL`" is inserted (to avoid re-insertion of points with
an older timestamp in case of un-ordered messages).
In v1, zenoh used to drop the measurement corresponding to the deleted key is
dropped if it still contains no points after 5secs. However, influxdb 2.x
doesn't support this feature.
.
### Behaviour on GET
On GET operations, by default the storage returns only the latest point for
each key/measurement.
This is to be coherent with other backends technologies that only store 1 value
per-key.
If you want to get time-series as a result of a GET operation, you need to
specify a time range via
the `"_time"`argument in your
[Selector](https://github.com/eclipse-zenoh/roadmap/tree/main/rfcs/ALL/Selectors).
.
:note: Right now, wild chunks like * and ** works only for Influxdb 1.x.
This is due to lack of support in Influxdb 2.x API for our approach.
.
Examples of selectors:
```bash
# get the complete time-series
/demo/example/**?_time=[..]
.
# get points within a fixed date interval
/demo/example/influxdb/**?_time=[2020-01-01T00:00:00Z..2020-01-02T12:00:00.000000000Z]
.
# get points within a relative date interval
/demo/example/influxdb/**?_time=[now(-2d)..now(-1d)]
```
.
See the [`"_time"`
RFC](https://github.com/eclipse-zenoh/roadmap/blob/main/rfcs/ALL/Selectors/_time.md)
for a complete description of the time range format
.
.
-------------------------------
## How to install it
.
To install the latest release of this backend library, you can do as follows:
.
### Manual installation (all platforms)
.
All release packages can be downloaded from:
- https://download.eclipse.org/zenoh/zenoh-backend-influxdb/latest/
.
Each subdirectory has the name of the Rust target. See the platforms each
target corresponds to on
https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/rustc/platform-support.html
.
Choose your platform and download the `.zip` file.
Unzip it in the same directory than `zenohd` or to any directory where it can
find the backend library (e.g. /usr/lib or ~/.zenoh/lib)
.
### Linux Debian
.
Add Eclipse Zenoh private repository to the sources list, and install the
`zenoh-backend-influxdb-v1` package:
.
```bash
echo "deb [trusted=yes] https://download.eclipse.org/zenoh/debian-repo/ /" |
sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list > /dev/null
sudo apt update
sudo apt install zenoh-backend-influxdb-v1
```
.
.
-------------------------------
## How to build it
.
> :warning: **WARNING** :warning: : Zenoh and its ecosystem are under active
development. When you build from git, make sure you also build from git any
other Zenoh repository you plan to use (e.g. binding, plugin, backend, etc.).
It may happen that some changes in git are not compatible with the most recent
packaged Zenoh release (e.g. deb, docker, pip). We put particular effort in
mantaining compatibility between the various git repositories in the Zenoh
project.
.
At first, install [Cargo and
Rust](https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/getting-started/installation.html). If
you already have the Rust toolchain installed, make sure it is up-to-date with:
.
```bash
$ rustup update
```
.
> :warning: **WARNING** :warning: : As Rust doesn't have a stable ABI, the
backend library should be
built with the exact same Rust version than `zenohd`, and using for `zenoh`
dependency the same version (or commit number) than 'zenohd'.
Otherwise, incompatibilities in memory mapping of shared types between `zenohd`
and the library can lead to a `"SIGSEV"` crash.
.
To know the Rust version you're `zenohd` has been built with, use the
`--version` option.
.
### Example with a downloaded version:
```bash
$ zenohd --version
The zenoh router v0.10.0-rc built with rustc 1.72.0 (5680fa18f 2023-08-23)
```
Here, `zenohd` is version `0.10.0-rc` has been built with the rustc version
`1.72.0`.
Install and use this same toolchain with the following command:
.
```bash
$ rustup default 1.72.0
```
.
And edit the update `Cargo.toml` file to make all the `zenoh` dependencies to
use the same version number:
```toml
zenoh = { version = "0.10.0-rc", features = [ "unstable" ] }
```
.
Then build library only for the v1 backend, you have to specify it in the build
command:
```bash
$ cargo build --release --all-targets -p zenoh-backend-influxdb-v1
```
You can build both the versions as well:
```bash
$ cargo build --release --all-targets
```
.
=======
### Example with a version built from sources:
```bash
$ zenohd --version
The zenoh router v0.11.0-dev-37-g9f7a37ee built with rustc 1.72.0 (5680fa18f
2023-08-23)
```
Here, `zenohd` version is `v0.11.0-dev-37-g9f7a37ee` where:
- `v0.11.0-dev` means it's a development version for the future `v0.11.0`
release
- `-37`means there have been 37 commits since the tag `0.11.0-dev` marking the
begining of developments for this future version
- `-g9f7a37ee` indicates the commit number of sources: `9f7a37ee` (the `g`
prefix just meaning "git" shall be ignored)
.
And it has been built with the rustc version `1.72.0`.
Install and use this same toolchain with the following command:
.
```bash
$ rustup default 1.72.0
```
.
And update all the `zenoh` dependencies in `Cargo.lock` to use the commit id:
```bash
$ cargo update -p zenoh --precise 9f7a37ee
```
Vcs-Browser: https://github.com/eclipse-zenoh/zenoh-backend-influxdb
Vcs-Git: https://github.com/eclipse-zenoh/zenoh-backend-influxdb
Package: zenoh-backend-influxdb-v1
Version: 1.0.0~beta.4-1
Architecture: amd64
Maintainer: zenoh-dev@eclipse.org
Installed-Size: 15711
Depends: zenoh-plugin-storage-manager (=1.0.0~beta.4-1)
Filename: 1.0.0-beta.4/zenoh-backend-influxdb-v1_1.0.0~beta.4-1_amd64.deb
Size: 3129876
MD5sum: aaf647f7759a3773df79cf636ed221a4
SHA1: ff4c1a6f09536f0b8209dc475fd5aeeb4c6e648b
SHA256: 951fbff3b39707a87ff87673649344b3006e49208aefb28abc319fe52a4da78a
Section: net
Priority: optional
Homepage: http://zenoh.io
Description: Backend for Zenoh using InfluxDB v1.x
.
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# Eclipse Zenoh
.
The Eclipse Zenoh: Zero Overhead Pub/sub, Store/Query and Compute.
.
Zenoh (pronounce _/zeno/_) unifies data in motion, data at rest and
computations. It carefully blends traditional pub/sub with geo-distributed
storages, queries and computations, while retaining a level of time and space
efficiency that is well beyond any of the mainstream stacks.
.
Check the website [zenoh.io](http://zenoh.io) and the
[roadmap](https://github.com/eclipse-zenoh/roadmap) for more detailed
information.
.
-------------------------------
# InfluxDB backend
.
In Zenoh a backend is a storage technology (such as DBMS, time-series database,
file system...) alowing to store the
keys/values publications made via zenoh and return them on queries.
See the [zenoh documentation](http://zenoh.io/docs/manual/backends/) for more
details.
.
This backend relies on an
[InfluxDB](https://www.influxdata.com/products/influxdb/) server
to implement the storages.
Its library name (without OS specific prefix and extension) that zenoh will
rely on to find it and load it is **`zenoh_backend_influxdb`**.
.
:point_right: **Install latest release:** see [below](#How-to-install-it)
.
:point_right: **Build "main" branch:** see [below](#How-to-build-it)
.
:note: This has full support for Influxdb 1.x and partial support for InfluxDB
2.x.
.
-------------------------------
## :warning: Documentation for previous 0.5 versions:
The following documentation related to the version currently in development in
"main" branch: 0.6.x.
.
For previous versions see the README and code of the corresponding tagged
version:
-
[0.5.0-beta.9](https://github.com/eclipse-zenoh/zenoh-backend-influxdb/tree/0.5.0-beta.9#readme)
-
[0.5.0-beta.8](https://github.com/eclipse-zenoh/zenoh-backend-influxdb/tree/0.5.0-beta.8#readme)
.
-------------------------------
## **Examples of usage**
.
Prerequisites:
- You have a zenoh router (`zenohd`) installed, and the
`zenoh_backend_influxdb` library file is available in `~/.zenoh/lib`.
- You have an InfluxDB service running and listening on
`http://localhost:8086`
.
You can setup storages either at zenoh router startup via a configuration file,
either at runtime via the zenoh admin space, using for instance the REST API.
.
### **Setup via a JSON5 configuration file**
.
- Create a `zenoh.json5` configuration file containing for example:
```json5
{
plugins: {
// configuration of "storage_manager" plugin:
storage_manager: {
volumes: {
// configuration of a "influxdb" volume (the
"zenoh_backend_influxdb" backend library will be loaded at startup)
//this should be named influxdb for v1
influxdb: {
// URL to the InfluxDB service
url: "http://localhost:8086",
private: {
//For Influxdb v1.x:
// If needed: InfluxDB credentials, preferably admin for
databases creation and drop
//username: "admin",
//password: "password"
.
//For Influxdb v2.x:
// If needed: InfluxDB credentials, preferably ALL-ACCESS for
databases creation and drop
//if not ALL-ACCESS then atleast with authorization to
create/delete buckets
//Note: this should not be left empty for the plugin to work;
if you have no admin creds, you can copy the user creds instead
// token: "access token"
.
}
}
},
storages: {
// configuration of a "demo" storage using the "influxdb" volume
demo: {
// the key expression this storage will subscribes to
key_expr: "demo/example/**",
// this prefix will be stripped from the received key when
converting to database key.
// i.e.: "demo/example/a/b" will be stored as "a/b"
// this option is optional
strip_prefix: "demo/example",
volume: {
//this will be influxdb for v1 (exactly the same name as in
volumes section)
id: "influxdb",
// the database/bucket name within InfluxDB
db: "zenoh_example",
// if the database doesn't exist, create it
create_db: false,
// strategy on storage closure
on_closure: "do_nothing",
private: {
.
//For Influxdb v1.x:
//Required: InfluxDB credentials to read-write on the bucket
//username: "admin",
//password: "password"
.
//For Influxdb v2.x:
//Required
//InfluxDB credentials, with read/write privileges for the
database
//this is a token with either:
//a.) Read-Write access to the existing DB named above in
the config (case where db/bucket already exists)
//b.) Read-write access to ALL buckets in the organization
so it can access the new bucket created by zenoh;
//(case where a new db/bucket has to be
created)
// token: "user access token"
}
}
}
}
},
// Optionally, add the REST plugin
rest: { http_port: 8000 }
}
}
```
- Run the zenoh router with:
`zenohd -c zenoh.json5`
.
### **Setup at runtime via `curl` commands on the admin space**
.
- Run the zenoh router, with write permissions to its admin space:
`zenohd --adminspace-permissions rw`
- Add the "influxdb" volume (the "zenoh_backend_fs" library will be loaded),
connected to InfluxDB service on http://localhost:8086:
`curl -X PUT -H 'content-type:application/json' -d
'{url:"http://localhost:8086"}'
http://localhost:8000/@/router/local/config/plugins/storage_manager/volumes/influxdb`
- Add the "demo" storage using the "influxdb" volume:
`curl -X PUT -H 'content-type:application/json' -d
'{key_expr:"demo/example/**",volume:{id:"influxdb",db:"zenoh_example",create_db:true}}'
http://localhost:8000/@/router/local/config/plugins/storage_manager/storages/demo`
.
### **Tests using the REST API**
.
Using `curl` to publish and query keys/values, you can:
```bash
# Put some values at different time intervals
curl -X PUT -d "TEST-1" http://localhost:8000/demo/example/test
curl -X PUT -d "TEST-2" http://localhost:8000/demo/example/test
curl -X PUT -d "TEST-3" http://localhost:8000/demo/example/test
.
# Retrive them as a time serie where '_time=[..]' means "infinite time range"
curl -g 'http://localhost:8000/demo/example/test?_time=[..]'
```
.
.
-------------------------------
## Volume configuration
InfluxDB-backed volumes need some configuration to work:
.
- **`"url"`** (**required**) : a URL to the InfluxDB service. Example:
`http://localhost:8086`
.
#### admin levelcredentials:
.
.
#### for v1.x
- **`"username"`** (optional) : an [InfluxDB
admin](https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/v1.8/administration/authentication_and_authorization/#admin-users)
user name. It will be used for creation of databases, granting read/write
privileges of databases mapped to storages and dropping of databases and
measurements.
.
- **`"password"`** (optional) : the admin user's password.
.
Both `username` and `password` should be hidden behind a `private` object, as
shown in the example [above](#setup-via-a-json5-configuration-file). In
general, if you wish for a part of the configuration to be hidden when
configuration is queried, you should hide it behind a `private` object.
.
.
#### for v2.x
.
- **`"token"`** (optional) : the admin user's token. It will be used for
creation and dropping of databases. In Influxdb2.x, you can use an ALL ACCESS
token for this
(https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/cloud/admin/tokens/#all-access-token)
.
The `token` should be hidden behind a `private` object, like the "username" and
"password" shown in the example [above](#setup-via-a-json5-configuration-file).
In general, if you wish for a part of the configuration to be hidden when
configuration is queried, you should hide it behind a `private` object.
.
-------------------------------
## Volume-specific storage configuration
Storages relying on a `influxdb` backed volume may have additional
configuration through the `volume` section:
- **`"db"`** (optional, string) : the InfluxDB database name the storage will
map into. If not specified, a random name will be generated, and the
corresponding database will be created (even if `"create_db"` is not set).
.
- **`"create_db"`** (optional, boolean) : create the InfluxDB database if not
already existing.
By default the database is not created, unless `"db"` property is not
specified.
*(the value doesn't matter, only the property existence is checked)*
.
- **`"on_closure"`** (optional, string) : the strategy to use when the Storage
is removed. There are 3 options:
- *unset* or `"do_nothing"`: the database remains untouched (this is the
default behaviour)
- `"drop_db"`: the database is dropped (i.e. removed)
- `"drop_series"`: all the series (measurements) are dropped and the database
remains empty.
.
- **`"token"`** (optional, string) : an InfluxDB access token, usually
[non-admin](https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/cloud/admin/tokens/#readwrite-token).
It will be used to read/write points in the database on GET/PUT/DELETE zenoh
operations.
.
-------------------------------
## **Behaviour of the backend**
.
### Mapping to InfluxDB concepts
Each **storage** will map to an InfluxDB **database**.
Each **key** to store will map to an InfluxDB
[**measurement**](https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/v1.8/concepts/key_concepts/#measurement)
named with the key stripped from the `"strip_prefix"` property (see below).
Each **key/value** put into the storage will map to an InfluxDB
[**point**](https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/v1.8/concepts/key_concepts/#point)
reusing the timestamp set by zenoh
(but with a precision of nanoseconds). The fileds and tags of the point is are
the following:
- `"kind"` tag: the zenoh change kind (`"PUT"` for a value that have been put,
or `"DEL"` to mark the deletion of the key)
- `"timestamp"` field: the original zenoh timestamp
- `"encoding"` field: the value's encoding flag
- `"base64"` field: a boolean indicating if the value is encoded in base64
- `"value"`field: the value as a string, possibly encoded in base64 for binary
values.
.
### Behaviour on deletion
On deletion of a key, all points with a timestamp before the deletion message
are deleted.
A point with `"kind"="DEL`" is inserted (to avoid re-insertion of points with
an older timestamp in case of un-ordered messages).
In v1, zenoh used to drop the measurement corresponding to the deleted key is
dropped if it still contains no points after 5secs. However, influxdb 2.x
doesn't support this feature.
.
### Behaviour on GET
On GET operations, by default the storage returns only the latest point for
each key/measurement.
This is to be coherent with other backends technologies that only store 1 value
per-key.
If you want to get time-series as a result of a GET operation, you need to
specify a time range via
the `"_time"`argument in your
[Selector](https://github.com/eclipse-zenoh/roadmap/tree/main/rfcs/ALL/Selectors).
.
:note: Right now, wild chunks like * and ** works only for Influxdb 1.x.
This is due to lack of support in Influxdb 2.x API for our approach.
.
Examples of selectors:
```bash
# get the complete time-series
/demo/example/**?_time=[..]
.
# get points within a fixed date interval
/demo/example/influxdb/**?_time=[2020-01-01T00:00:00Z..2020-01-02T12:00:00.000000000Z]
.
# get points within a relative date interval
/demo/example/influxdb/**?_time=[now(-2d)..now(-1d)]
```
.
See the [`"_time"`
RFC](https://github.com/eclipse-zenoh/roadmap/blob/main/rfcs/ALL/Selectors/_time.md)
for a complete description of the time range format
.
.
-------------------------------
## How to install it
.
To install the latest release of this backend library, you can do as follows:
.
### Manual installation (all platforms)
.
All release packages can be downloaded from:
- https://download.eclipse.org/zenoh/zenoh-backend-influxdb/latest/
.
Each subdirectory has the name of the Rust target. See the platforms each
target corresponds to on
https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/rustc/platform-support.html
.
Choose your platform and download the `.zip` file.
Unzip it in the same directory than `zenohd` or to any directory where it can
find the backend library (e.g. /usr/lib or ~/.zenoh/lib)
.
### Linux Debian
.
Add Eclipse Zenoh private repository to the sources list, and install the
`zenoh-backend-influxdb-v1` package:
.
```bash
echo "deb [trusted=yes] https://download.eclipse.org/zenoh/debian-repo/ /" |
sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list > /dev/null
sudo apt update
sudo apt install zenoh-backend-influxdb-v1
```
.
.
-------------------------------
## How to build it
.
> :warning: **WARNING** :warning: : Zenoh and its ecosystem are under active
development. When you build from git, make sure you also build from git any
other Zenoh repository you plan to use (e.g. binding, plugin, backend, etc.).
It may happen that some changes in git are not compatible with the most recent
packaged Zenoh release (e.g. deb, docker, pip). We put particular effort in
mantaining compatibility between the various git repositories in the Zenoh
project.
.
At first, install [Cargo and
Rust](https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/getting-started/installation.html). If
you already have the Rust toolchain installed, make sure it is up-to-date with:
.
```bash
$ rustup update
```
.
> :warning: **WARNING** :warning: : As Rust doesn't have a stable ABI, the
backend library should be
built with the exact same Rust version than `zenohd`, and using for `zenoh`
dependency the same version (or commit number) than 'zenohd'.
Otherwise, incompatibilities in memory mapping of shared types between `zenohd`
and the library can lead to a `"SIGSEV"` crash.
.
To know the Rust version you're `zenohd` has been built with, use the
`--version` option.
.
### Example with a downloaded version:
```bash
$ zenohd --version
The zenoh router v0.10.0-rc built with rustc 1.72.0 (5680fa18f 2023-08-23)
```
Here, `zenohd` is version `0.10.0-rc` has been built with the rustc version
`1.72.0`.
Install and use this same toolchain with the following command:
.
```bash
$ rustup default 1.72.0
```
.
And edit the update `Cargo.toml` file to make all the `zenoh` dependencies to
use the same version number:
```toml
zenoh = { version = "0.10.0-rc", features = [ "unstable" ] }
```
.
Then build library only for the v1 backend, you have to specify it in the build
command:
```bash
$ cargo build --release --all-targets -p zenoh-backend-influxdb-v1
```
You can build both the versions as well:
```bash
$ cargo build --release --all-targets
```
.
=======
### Example with a version built from sources:
```bash
$ zenohd --version
The zenoh router v0.11.0-dev-37-g9f7a37ee built with rustc 1.72.0 (5680fa18f
2023-08-23)
```
Here, `zenohd` version is `v0.11.0-dev-37-g9f7a37ee` where:
- `v0.11.0-dev` means it's a development version for the future `v0.11.0`
release
- `-37`means there have been 37 commits since the tag `0.11.0-dev` marking the
begining of developments for this future version
- `-g9f7a37ee` indicates the commit number of sources: `9f7a37ee` (the `g`
prefix just meaning "git" shall be ignored)
.
And it has been built with the rustc version `1.72.0`.
Install and use this same toolchain with the following command:
.
```bash
$ rustup default 1.72.0
```
.
And update all the `zenoh` dependencies in `Cargo.lock` to use the commit id:
```bash
$ cargo update -p zenoh --precise 9f7a37ee
```
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Homepage: http://zenoh.io
Description: Backend for Zenoh using InfluxDB v2.x
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.
# Eclipse Zenoh
.
The Eclipse Zenoh: Zero Overhead Pub/sub, Store/Query and Compute.
.
Zenoh (pronounce _/zeno/_) unifies data in motion, data at rest and
computations. It carefully blends traditional pub/sub with geo-distributed
storages, queries and computations, while retaining a level of time and space
efficiency that is well beyond any of the mainstream stacks.
.
Check the website [zenoh.io](http://zenoh.io) and the
[roadmap](https://github.com/eclipse-zenoh/roadmap) for more detailed
information.
.
-------------------------------
# InfluxDB backend
.
In Zenoh a backend is a storage technology (such as DBMS, time-series database,
file system...) alowing to store the
keys/values publications made via zenoh and return them on queries.
See the [zenoh documentation](http://zenoh.io/docs/manual/backends/) for more
details.
.
This backend relies on an
[InfluxDB](https://www.influxdata.com/products/influxdb/) server
to implement the storages.
Its library name (without OS specific prefix and extension) that zenoh will
rely on to find it and load it is **`zenoh_backend_influxdb2`**.
.
:point_right: **Install latest release:** see [below](#How-to-install-it)
.
:point_right: **Build "main" branch:** see [below](#How-to-build-it)
.
:note: This provides extensive support for InfluxDB 2.x.
.
-------------------------------
## :warning: Documentation for previous 0.5 versions:
The following documentation related to the version currently in development in
"main" branch: 0.6.x.
.
For previous versions see the README and code of the corresponding tagged
version:
-
[0.5.0-beta.9](https://github.com/eclipse-zenoh/zenoh-backend-influxdb/tree/0.5.0-beta.9#readme)
-
[0.5.0-beta.8](https://github.com/eclipse-zenoh/zenoh-backend-influxdb/tree/0.5.0-beta.8#readme)
.
-------------------------------
## **Examples of usage**
.
Prerequisites:
- You have a zenoh router (`zenohd`) installed, and the
`zenoh_backend_influxdb2` library file is available in `~/.zenoh/lib`.
- You have an InfluxDB service running and listening on
`http://localhost:8086`
.
You can setup storages either at zenoh router startup via a configuration file,
either at runtime via the zenoh admin space, using for instance the REST API.
.
### **Setup via a JSON5 configuration file**
.
- Create a `zenoh.json5` configuration file containing for example:
```json5
{
plugins: {
// configuration of "storage_manager" plugin:
storage_manager: {
volumes: {
// configuration of a "influxdb2" volume (the
"zenoh_backend_influxdb2" backend library will be loaded at startup)
//this should be named influxdb2 for v2
influxdb2: {
// URL to the InfluxDB service
url: "http://localhost:8086/api/v2/",
private: {
// If needed: InfluxDB credentials, preferably ALL-ACCESS for
databases creation and drop
//if not ALL-ACCESS then atleast with authorization to
create/delete buckets
//Note: this should not be left empty for the plugin to work;
if you have no admin creds, you can copy the user creds instead
// org_id: "organization ID",
// token: "admin access token"
}
}
},
storages: {
// configuration of a "demo" storage using the "influxdb2" volume
demo: {
// the key expression this storage will subscribes to
key_expr: "demo/example/**",
// this prefix will be stripped from the received key when
converting to database key.
// i.e.: "demo/example/a/b" will be stored as "a/b"
// this option is optional
strip_prefix: "demo/example",
volume: {
//this will be influxdb2 for v2 (exactly the same name as in
volumes section)
id: "influxdb2",
// the database name within InfluxDB (not the db ID)
db: "zenoh_example",
// if the database doesn't exist, create it
create_db: true,
// strategy on storage closure
on_closure: "drop_db",
private: {
//required
// If needed: InfluxDB credentials, with read/write
privileges for the database
//this will be the same as for admin
// org_id: "organization ID",
//this is any token with either:
//a.) Read-Write access to the existing DB mentioned above
in the config
//b.) Read-write access to ALL buckets in the organization
so it can access the new bucket created by zenoh
// token: "user access token"
}
}
}
}
},
// Optionally, add the REST plugin
rest: { http_port: 8000 }
}
}
```
- Run the zenoh router with:
`zenohd -c zenoh.json5`
.
### **Setup at runtime via `curl` commands on the admin space**
.
- Run the zenoh router, with write permissions to its admin space:
`zenohd --adminspace-permissions rw`
- Add the "influxdb2" volume (the "zenoh_backend_fs" library will be loaded),
connected to InfluxDB service on http://localhost:8086:
`curl -X PUT -H 'content-type:application/json' -d
'{url:"http://localhost:8086/api/v2"}'
http://localhost:8000/@/router/local/config/plugins/storage_manager/volumes/influxdb2`
- Add the "demo" storage using the "influxdb2" volume:
`curl -X PUT -H 'content-type:application/json' -d
'{key_expr:"demo/example/**",volume:{id:"influxdb2",db:"zenoh_example",create_db:true}}'
http://localhost:8000/@/router/local/config/plugins/storage_manager/storages/demo`
.
### **Tests using the REST API**
.
Using `curl` to publish and query keys/values, you can:
```bash
# Put some values at different time intervals
curl -X PUT -d "TEST-1" http://localhost:8000/demo/example/test
curl -X PUT -d "TEST-2" http://localhost:8000/demo/example/test
curl -X PUT -d "TEST-3" http://localhost:8000/demo/example/test
.
# Retrive them as a time serie where '_time=[..]' means "infinite time range"
curl -g 'http://localhost:8000/demo/example/test?_time=[..]'
```
.
.
-------------------------------
## Volume configuration
InfluxDB-backed volumes need some configuration to work:
.
- **`"url"`** (**required**) : a URL to the InfluxDB service. Example:
`http://localhost:8086`
.
- **`"org_id"`** (optional) : an [InfluxDB
organizations](https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/cloud/admin/organizations/)
organization ID.
.
- **`"token"`** (optional) : the admin user's token. It will be used for
creation of databases, granting read/write privileges of databases mapped to
storages and dropping of databases and measurements. In Influxdb2.x, you can
use an ALL ACCESS token for this
(https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/cloud/admin/tokens/#all-access-token)
.
Both `org_id` and `token` should be hidden behind a behind a `private` object,
as shown in the example [above](#setup-via-a-json5-configuration-file). In
general, if you wish for a part of the configuration to be hidden when
configuration is queried, you should hide it behind a `private` object.
.
-------------------------------
## Volume-specific storage configuration
Storages relying on a `influxdb2` backed volume may have additional
configuration through the `volume` section:
- **`"db"`** (optional, string) : the InfluxDB database name the storage will
map into. If not specified, a random name will be generated, and the
corresponding database will be created (even if `"create_db"` is not set).
.
- **`"create_db"`** (optional, boolean) : create the InfluxDB database if not
already existing.
By default the database is not created, unless `"db"` property is not
specified.
*(the value doesn't matter, only the property existence is checked)*
.
- **`"on_closure"`** (optional, string) : the strategy to use when the Storage
is removed. There are 3 options:
- *unset* or `"do_nothing"`: the database remains untouched (this is the
default behaviour)
- `"drop_db"`: the database is dropped (i.e. removed)
- `"drop_series"`: all the series (measurements) are dropped and the database
remains empty. This is currently not supported in v2.
.
- **`"org_id"`** (optional, string) :the user's organization. It should be same
as the admin's organization.
.
- **`"token"`** (optional, string) : an InfluxDB access token, usually
[non-admin](https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/cloud/admin/tokens/#readwrite-token).
It will be used to read/write points in the database on GET/PUT/DELETE zenoh
operations.
.
-------------------------------
## **Behaviour of the backend**
.
### Mapping to InfluxDB concepts
Each **storage** will map to an InfluxDB **database**.
Each **key** to store will map to an InfluxDB
[**measurement**](https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/v1.8/concepts/key_concepts/#measurement)
named with the key stripped from the `"strip_prefix"` property (see below).
Each **key/value** put into the storage will map to an InfluxDB
[**point**](https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/v1.8/concepts/key_concepts/#point)
reusing the timestamp set by zenoh
(but with a precision of nanoseconds). The fileds and tags of the point is are
the following:
- `"kind"` tag: the zenoh change kind (`"PUT"` for a value that have been put,
or `"DEL"` to mark the deletion of the key)
- `"timestamp"` field: the original zenoh timestamp
- `"encoding"` field: the value's encoding flag
- `"base64"` field: a boolean indicating if the value is encoded in base64
- `"value"`field: the value as a string, possibly encoded in base64 for binary
values.
.
### Behaviour on deletion
On deletion of a key, all points with a timestamp before the deletion message
are deleted.
A point with `"kind"="DEL`" is inserted (to avoid re-insertion of points with
an older timestamp in case of un-ordered messages).
In v1, zenoh used to drop the measurement corresponding to the deleted key is
dropped if it still contains no points after 5secs. However, influxdb 2.x
doesn't support this feature.
.
### Behaviour on GET
On GET operations, by default the storage returns only the latest point for
each key/measurement.
This is to be coherent with other backends technologies that only store 1 value
per-key.
If you want to get time-series as a result of a GET operation, you need to
specify a time range via
the `"_time"`argument in your
[Selector](https://github.com/eclipse-zenoh/roadmap/tree/main/rfcs/ALL/Selectors).
.
:note: Right now, wild chunks like * and ** do not work for Influxdb 2.x.
This is due to lack of support in Influxdb 2.x API for our approach.
.
Examples of selectors:
```bash
# get the complete time-series
/demo/example/**?_time=[..]
.
# get points within a fixed date interval
/demo/example/influxdb/**?_time=[2020-01-01T00:00:00Z..2020-01-02T12:00:00.000000000Z]
.
# get points within a relative date interval
/demo/example/influxdb/**?_time=[now(-2d)..now(-1d)]
```
.
See the [`"_time"`
RFC](https://github.com/eclipse-zenoh/roadmap/blob/main/rfcs/ALL/Selectors/_time.md)
for a complete description of the time range format
.
.
-------------------------------
## How to install it
.
To install the latest release of this backend library, you can do as follows:
.
### Manual installation (all platforms)
.
All release packages can be downloaded from:
- https://download.eclipse.org/zenoh/zenoh-backend-influxdb/latest/
.
Each subdirectory has the name of the Rust target. See the platforms each
target corresponds to on
https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/rustc/platform-support.html
.
Choose your platform and download the `.zip` file.
Unzip it in the same directory than `zenohd` or to any directory where it can
find the backend library (e.g. /usr/lib or ~/.zenoh/lib)
.
### Linux Debian
.
Add Eclipse Zenoh private repository to the sources list, and install the
`zenoh-backend-influxdb-v2` package:
.
```bash
echo "deb [trusted=yes] https://download.eclipse.org/zenoh/debian-repo/ /" |
sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list > /dev/null
sudo apt update
sudo apt install zenoh-backend-influxdb-v2
```
.
.
-------------------------------
## How to build it
.
> :warning: **WARNING** :warning: : Zenoh and its ecosystem are under active
development. When you build from git, make sure you also build from git any
other Zenoh repository you plan to use (e.g. binding, plugin, backend, etc.).
It may happen that some changes in git are not compatible with the most recent
packaged Zenoh release (e.g. deb, docker, pip). We put particular effort in
mantaining compatibility between the various git repositories in the Zenoh
project.
.
At first, install [Cargo and
Rust](https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/getting-started/installation.html). If
you already have the Rust toolchain installed, make sure it is up-to-date with:
.
```bash
$ rustup update
```
.
> :warning: **WARNING** :warning: : As Rust doesn't have a stable ABI, the
backend library should be
built with the exact same Rust version than `zenohd`, and using for `zenoh`
dependency the same version (or commit number) than 'zenohd'.
Otherwise, incompatibilities in memory mapping of shared types between `zenohd`
and the library can lead to a `"SIGSEV"` crash.
.
To know the Rust version you're `zenohd` has been built with, use the
`--version` option.
.
### Example with a downloaded version:
```bash
$ zenohd --version
The zenoh router v0.10.0-rc built with rustc 1.72.0 (5680fa18f 2023-08-23)
```
Here, `zenohd` is version `0.10.0-rc` has been built with the rustc version
`1.72.0`.
Install and use this same toolchain with the following command:
.
```bash
$ rustup default 1.72.0
```
.
And edit the update `Cargo.toml` file to make all the `zenoh` dependencies to
use the same version number:
```toml
zenoh = { version = "0.10.0-rc", features = [ "unstable" ] }
```
.
Then build library only for the v2 backend, you have to specify it in the build
command:
```bash
$ cargo build --release --all-targets -p zenoh-backend-influxdb-v2
```
You can build both the versions as well:
```bash
$ cargo build --release --all-targets
```
.
=======
### Example with a version built from sources:
```bash
$ zenohd --version
The zenoh router v0.11.0-dev-37-g9f7a37ee built with rustc 1.72.0 (5680fa18f
2023-08-23)
```
Here, `zenohd` version is `v0.11.0-dev-37-g9f7a37ee` where:
- `v0.11.0-dev` means it's a development version for the future `v0.11.0`
release
- `-37`means there have been 37 commits since the tag `0.11.0-dev` marking the
begining of developments for this future version
- `-g9f7a37ee` indicates the commit number of sources: `9f7a37ee` (the `g`
prefix just meaning "git" shall be ignored)
.
And it has been built with the rustc version `1.72.0`.
Install and use this same toolchain with the following command:
.
```bash
$ rustup default 1.72.0
```
.
And update all the `zenoh` dependencies in `Cargo.lock` to use the commit id:
```bash
$ cargo update -p zenoh --precise 9f7a37ee
```
Vcs-Browser: https://github.com/eclipse-zenoh/zenoh-backend-influxdb
Vcs-Git: https://github.com/eclipse-zenoh/zenoh-backend-influxdb
Package: zenoh-backend-influxdb-v2
Version: 1.0.0~beta.4-1
Architecture: armel
Maintainer: zenoh-dev@eclipse.org
Installed-Size: 15596
Depends: zenoh-plugin-storage-manager (=1.0.0~beta.4-1)
Filename: 1.0.0-beta.4/zenoh-backend-influxdb-v2_1.0.0~beta.4-1_armel.deb
Size: 3468680
MD5sum: 237c18c0f0e55e1c0e69ceb71d6b60c1
SHA1: 396b016c72ed6a8626afa3cf1300711a57bd6012
SHA256: a40b77b08ba54b3c37708b9b01940109a351f4dbfc7fa0602921303232eba164
Section: net
Priority: optional
Homepage: http://zenoh.io
Description: Backend for Zenoh using InfluxDB v2.x
.
[](https://github.com/eclipse-zenoh/zenoh-backend-influxdb/actions?query=workflow%3A%22CI%22)
[](https://github.com/eclipse-zenoh/roadmap/discussions)
[](https://discord.gg/2GJ958VuHs)
[](https://choosealicense.com/licenses/epl-2.0/)
[](https://opensource.org/licenses/Apache-2.0)
.
# Eclipse Zenoh
.
The Eclipse Zenoh: Zero Overhead Pub/sub, Store/Query and Compute.
.
Zenoh (pronounce _/zeno/_) unifies data in motion, data at rest and
computations. It carefully blends traditional pub/sub with geo-distributed
storages, queries and computations, while retaining a level of time and space
efficiency that is well beyond any of the mainstream stacks.
.
Check the website [zenoh.io](http://zenoh.io) and the
[roadmap](https://github.com/eclipse-zenoh/roadmap) for more detailed
information.
.
-------------------------------
# InfluxDB backend
.
In Zenoh a backend is a storage technology (such as DBMS, time-series database,
file system...) alowing to store the
keys/values publications made via zenoh and return them on queries.
See the [zenoh documentation](http://zenoh.io/docs/manual/backends/) for more
details.
.
This backend relies on an
[InfluxDB](https://www.influxdata.com/products/influxdb/) server
to implement the storages.
Its library name (without OS specific prefix and extension) that zenoh will
rely on to find it and load it is **`zenoh_backend_influxdb2`**.
.
:point_right: **Install latest release:** see [below](#How-to-install-it)
.
:point_right: **Build "main" branch:** see [below](#How-to-build-it)
.
:note: This provides extensive support for InfluxDB 2.x.
.
-------------------------------
## :warning: Documentation for previous 0.5 versions:
The following documentation related to the version currently in development in
"main" branch: 0.6.x.
.
For previous versions see the README and code of the corresponding tagged
version:
-
[0.5.0-beta.9](https://github.com/eclipse-zenoh/zenoh-backend-influxdb/tree/0.5.0-beta.9#readme)
-
[0.5.0-beta.8](https://github.com/eclipse-zenoh/zenoh-backend-influxdb/tree/0.5.0-beta.8#readme)
.
-------------------------------
## **Examples of usage**
.
Prerequisites:
- You have a zenoh router (`zenohd`) installed, and the
`zenoh_backend_influxdb2` library file is available in `~/.zenoh/lib`.
- You have an InfluxDB service running and listening on
`http://localhost:8086`
.
You can setup storages either at zenoh router startup via a configuration file,
either at runtime via the zenoh admin space, using for instance the REST API.
.
### **Setup via a JSON5 configuration file**
.
- Create a `zenoh.json5` configuration file containing for example:
```json5
{
plugins: {
// configuration of "storage_manager" plugin:
storage_manager: {
volumes: {
// configuration of a "influxdb2" volume (the
"zenoh_backend_influxdb2" backend library will be loaded at startup)
//this should be named influxdb2 for v2
influxdb2: {
// URL to the InfluxDB service
url: "http://localhost:8086/api/v2/",
private: {
// If needed: InfluxDB credentials, preferably ALL-ACCESS for
databases creation and drop
//if not ALL-ACCESS then atleast with authorization to
create/delete buckets
//Note: this should not be left empty for the plugin to work;
if you have no admin creds, you can copy the user creds instead
// org_id: "organization ID",
// token: "admin access token"
}
}
},
storages: {
// configuration of a "demo" storage using the "influxdb2" volume
demo: {
// the key expression this storage will subscribes to
key_expr: "demo/example/**",
// this prefix will be stripped from the received key when
converting to database key.
// i.e.: "demo/example/a/b" will be stored as "a/b"
// this option is optional
strip_prefix: "demo/example",
volume: {
//this will be influxdb2 for v2 (exactly the same name as in
volumes section)
id: "influxdb2",
// the database name within InfluxDB (not the db ID)
db: "zenoh_example",
// if the database doesn't exist, create it
create_db: true,
// strategy on storage closure
on_closure: "drop_db",
private: {
//required
// If needed: InfluxDB credentials, with read/write
privileges for the database
//this will be the same as for admin
// org_id: "organization ID",
//this is any token with either:
//a.) Read-Write access to the existing DB mentioned above
in the config
//b.) Read-write access to ALL buckets in the organization
so it can access the new bucket created by zenoh
// token: "user access token"
}
}
}
}
},
// Optionally, add the REST plugin
rest: { http_port: 8000 }
}
}
```
- Run the zenoh router with:
`zenohd -c zenoh.json5`
.
### **Setup at runtime via `curl` commands on the admin space**
.
- Run the zenoh router, with write permissions to its admin space:
`zenohd --adminspace-permissions rw`
- Add the "influxdb2" volume (the "zenoh_backend_fs" library will be loaded),
connected to InfluxDB service on http://localhost:8086:
`curl -X PUT -H 'content-type:application/json' -d
'{url:"http://localhost:8086/api/v2"}'
http://localhost:8000/@/router/local/config/plugins/storage_manager/volumes/influxdb2`
- Add the "demo" storage using the "influxdb2" volume:
`curl -X PUT -H 'content-type:application/json' -d
'{key_expr:"demo/example/**",volume:{id:"influxdb2",db:"zenoh_example",create_db:true}}'
http://localhost:8000/@/router/local/config/plugins/storage_manager/storages/demo`
.
### **Tests using the REST API**
.
Using `curl` to publish and query keys/values, you can:
```bash
# Put some values at different time intervals
curl -X PUT -d "TEST-1" http://localhost:8000/demo/example/test
curl -X PUT -d "TEST-2" http://localhost:8000/demo/example/test
curl -X PUT -d "TEST-3" http://localhost:8000/demo/example/test
.
# Retrive them as a time serie where '_time=[..]' means "infinite time range"
curl -g 'http://localhost:8000/demo/example/test?_time=[..]'
```
.
.
-------------------------------
## Volume configuration
InfluxDB-backed volumes need some configuration to work:
.
- **`"url"`** (**required**) : a URL to the InfluxDB service. Example:
`http://localhost:8086`
.
- **`"org_id"`** (optional) : an [InfluxDB
organizations](https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/cloud/admin/organizations/)
organization ID.
.
- **`"token"`** (optional) : the admin user's token. It will be used for
creation of databases, granting read/write privileges of databases mapped to
storages and dropping of databases and measurements. In Influxdb2.x, you can
use an ALL ACCESS token for this
(https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/cloud/admin/tokens/#all-access-token)
.
Both `org_id` and `token` should be hidden behind a behind a `private` object,
as shown in the example [above](#setup-via-a-json5-configuration-file). In
general, if you wish for a part of the configuration to be hidden when
configuration is queried, you should hide it behind a `private` object.
.
-------------------------------
## Volume-specific storage configuration
Storages relying on a `influxdb2` backed volume may have additional
configuration through the `volume` section:
- **`"db"`** (optional, string) : the InfluxDB database name the storage will
map into. If not specified, a random name will be generated, and the
corresponding database will be created (even if `"create_db"` is not set).
.
- **`"create_db"`** (optional, boolean) : create the InfluxDB database if not
already existing.
By default the database is not created, unless `"db"` property is not
specified.
*(the value doesn't matter, only the property existence is checked)*
.
- **`"on_closure"`** (optional, string) : the strategy to use when the Storage
is removed. There are 3 options:
- *unset* or `"do_nothing"`: the database remains untouched (this is the
default behaviour)
- `"drop_db"`: the database is dropped (i.e. removed)
- `"drop_series"`: all the series (measurements) are dropped and the database
remains empty. This is currently not supported in v2.
.
- **`"org_id"`** (optional, string) :the user's organization. It should be same
as the admin's organization.
.
- **`"token"`** (optional, string) : an InfluxDB access token, usually
[non-admin](https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/cloud/admin/tokens/#readwrite-token).
It will be used to read/write points in the database on GET/PUT/DELETE zenoh
operations.
.
-------------------------------
## **Behaviour of the backend**
.
### Mapping to InfluxDB concepts
Each **storage** will map to an InfluxDB **database**.
Each **key** to store will map to an InfluxDB
[**measurement**](https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/v1.8/concepts/key_concepts/#measurement)
named with the key stripped from the `"strip_prefix"` property (see below).
Each **key/value** put into the storage will map to an InfluxDB
[**point**](https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/v1.8/concepts/key_concepts/#point)
reusing the timestamp set by zenoh
(but with a precision of nanoseconds). The fileds and tags of the point is are
the following:
- `"kind"` tag: the zenoh change kind (`"PUT"` for a value that have been put,
or `"DEL"` to mark the deletion of the key)
- `"timestamp"` field: the original zenoh timestamp
- `"encoding"` field: the value's encoding flag
- `"base64"` field: a boolean indicating if the value is encoded in base64
- `"value"`field: the value as a string, possibly encoded in base64 for binary
values.
.
### Behaviour on deletion
On deletion of a key, all points with a timestamp before the deletion message
are deleted.
A point with `"kind"="DEL`" is inserted (to avoid re-insertion of points with
an older timestamp in case of un-ordered messages).
In v1, zenoh used to drop the measurement corresponding to the deleted key is
dropped if it still contains no points after 5secs. However, influxdb 2.x
doesn't support this feature.
.
### Behaviour on GET
On GET operations, by default the storage returns only the latest point for
each key/measurement.
This is to be coherent with other backends technologies that only store 1 value
per-key.
If you want to get time-series as a result of a GET operation, you need to
specify a time range via
the `"_time"`argument in your
[Selector](https://github.com/eclipse-zenoh/roadmap/tree/main/rfcs/ALL/Selectors).
.
:note: Right now, wild chunks like * and ** do not work for Influxdb 2.x.
This is due to lack of support in Influxdb 2.x API for our approach.
.
Examples of selectors:
```bash
# get the complete time-series
/demo/example/**?_time=[..]
.
# get points within a fixed date interval
/demo/example/influxdb/**?_time=[2020-01-01T00:00:00Z..2020-01-02T12:00:00.000000000Z]
.
# get points within a relative date interval
/demo/example/influxdb/**?_time=[now(-2d)..now(-1d)]
```
.
See the [`"_time"`
RFC](https://github.com/eclipse-zenoh/roadmap/blob/main/rfcs/ALL/Selectors/_time.md)
for a complete description of the time range format
.
.
-------------------------------
## How to install it
.
To install the latest release of this backend library, you can do as follows:
.
### Manual installation (all platforms)
.
All release packages can be downloaded from:
- https://download.eclipse.org/zenoh/zenoh-backend-influxdb/latest/
.
Each subdirectory has the name of the Rust target. See the platforms each
target corresponds to on
https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/rustc/platform-support.html
.
Choose your platform and download the `.zip` file.
Unzip it in the same directory than `zenohd` or to any directory where it can
find the backend library (e.g. /usr/lib or ~/.zenoh/lib)
.
### Linux Debian
.
Add Eclipse Zenoh private repository to the sources list, and install the
`zenoh-backend-influxdb-v2` package:
.
```bash
echo "deb [trusted=yes] https://download.eclipse.org/zenoh/debian-repo/ /" |
sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list > /dev/null
sudo apt update
sudo apt install zenoh-backend-influxdb-v2
```
.
.
-------------------------------
## How to build it
.
> :warning: **WARNING** :warning: : Zenoh and its ecosystem are under active
development. When you build from git, make sure you also build from git any
other Zenoh repository you plan to use (e.g. binding, plugin, backend, etc.).
It may happen that some changes in git are not compatible with the most recent
packaged Zenoh release (e.g. deb, docker, pip). We put particular effort in
mantaining compatibility between the various git repositories in the Zenoh
project.
.
At first, install [Cargo and
Rust](https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/getting-started/installation.html). If
you already have the Rust toolchain installed, make sure it is up-to-date with:
.
```bash
$ rustup update
```
.
> :warning: **WARNING** :warning: : As Rust doesn't have a stable ABI, the
backend library should be
built with the exact same Rust version than `zenohd`, and using for `zenoh`
dependency the same version (or commit number) than 'zenohd'.
Otherwise, incompatibilities in memory mapping of shared types between `zenohd`
and the library can lead to a `"SIGSEV"` crash.
.
To know the Rust version you're `zenohd` has been built with, use the
`--version` option.
.
### Example with a downloaded version:
```bash
$ zenohd --version
The zenoh router v0.10.0-rc built with rustc 1.72.0 (5680fa18f 2023-08-23)
```
Here, `zenohd` is version `0.10.0-rc` has been built with the rustc version
`1.72.0`.
Install and use this same toolchain with the following command:
.
```bash
$ rustup default 1.72.0
```
.
And edit the update `Cargo.toml` file to make all the `zenoh` dependencies to
use the same version number:
```toml
zenoh = { version = "0.10.0-rc", features = [ "unstable" ] }
```
.
Then build library only for the v2 backend, you have to specify it in the build
command:
```bash
$ cargo build --release --all-targets -p zenoh-backend-influxdb-v2
```
You can build both the versions as well:
```bash
$ cargo build --release --all-targets
```
.
=======
### Example with a version built from sources:
```bash
$ zenohd --version
The zenoh router v0.11.0-dev-37-g9f7a37ee built with rustc 1.72.0 (5680fa18f
2023-08-23)
```
Here, `zenohd` version is `v0.11.0-dev-37-g9f7a37ee` where:
- `v0.11.0-dev` means it's a development version for the future `v0.11.0`
release
- `-37`means there have been 37 commits since the tag `0.11.0-dev` marking the
begining of developments for this future version
- `-g9f7a37ee` indicates the commit number of sources: `9f7a37ee` (the `g`
prefix just meaning "git" shall be ignored)
.
And it has been built with the rustc version `1.72.0`.
Install and use this same toolchain with the following command:
.
```bash
$ rustup default 1.72.0
```
.
And update all the `zenoh` dependencies in `Cargo.lock` to use the commit id:
```bash
$ cargo update -p zenoh --precise 9f7a37ee
```
Vcs-Browser: https://github.com/eclipse-zenoh/zenoh-backend-influxdb
Vcs-Git: https://github.com/eclipse-zenoh/zenoh-backend-influxdb
Package: zenoh-backend-influxdb-v2
Version: 1.0.0~beta.4-1
Architecture: arm64
Maintainer: zenoh-dev@eclipse.org
Installed-Size: 16273
Depends: zenoh-plugin-storage-manager (=1.0.0~beta.4-1)
Filename: 1.0.0-beta.4/zenoh-backend-influxdb-v2_1.0.0~beta.4-1_arm64.deb
Size: 3485448
MD5sum: 508cbf335773dccb89be101c4c5098b9
SHA1: 94fa2aa7f75b8af3527b275a98c65835e9e72a9a
SHA256: 1bee427c3d46c60ee89866df4a5942aa3c05794efff54a16dff190808f897276
Section: net
Priority: optional
Homepage: http://zenoh.io
Description: Backend for Zenoh using InfluxDB v2.x
.
[](https://github.com/eclipse-zenoh/zenoh-backend-influxdb/actions?query=workflow%3A%22CI%22)
[](https://github.com/eclipse-zenoh/roadmap/discussions)
[](https://discord.gg/2GJ958VuHs)
[](https://choosealicense.com/licenses/epl-2.0/)
[](https://opensource.org/licenses/Apache-2.0)
.
# Eclipse Zenoh
.
The Eclipse Zenoh: Zero Overhead Pub/sub, Store/Query and Compute.
.
Zenoh (pronounce _/zeno/_) unifies data in motion, data at rest and
computations. It carefully blends traditional pub/sub with geo-distributed
storages, queries and computations, while retaining a level of time and space
efficiency that is well beyond any of the mainstream stacks.
.
Check the website [zenoh.io](http://zenoh.io) and the
[roadmap](https://github.com/eclipse-zenoh/roadmap) for more detailed
information.
.
-------------------------------
# InfluxDB backend
.
In Zenoh a backend is a storage technology (such as DBMS, time-series database,
file system...) alowing to store the
keys/values publications made via zenoh and return them on queries.
See the [zenoh documentation](http://zenoh.io/docs/manual/backends/) for more
details.
.
This backend relies on an
[InfluxDB](https://www.influxdata.com/products/influxdb/) server
to implement the storages.
Its library name (without OS specific prefix and extension) that zenoh will
rely on to find it and load it is **`zenoh_backend_influxdb2`**.
.
:point_right: **Install latest release:** see [below](#How-to-install-it)
.
:point_right: **Build "main" branch:** see [below](#How-to-build-it)
.
:note: This provides extensive support for InfluxDB 2.x.
.
-------------------------------
## :warning: Documentation for previous 0.5 versions:
The following documentation related to the version currently in development in
"main" branch: 0.6.x.
.
For previous versions see the README and code of the corresponding tagged
version:
-
[0.5.0-beta.9](https://github.com/eclipse-zenoh/zenoh-backend-influxdb/tree/0.5.0-beta.9#readme)
-
[0.5.0-beta.8](https://github.com/eclipse-zenoh/zenoh-backend-influxdb/tree/0.5.0-beta.8#readme)
.
-------------------------------
## **Examples of usage**
.
Prerequisites:
- You have a zenoh router (`zenohd`) installed, and the
`zenoh_backend_influxdb2` library file is available in `~/.zenoh/lib`.
- You have an InfluxDB service running and listening on
`http://localhost:8086`
.
You can setup storages either at zenoh router startup via a configuration file,
either at runtime via the zenoh admin space, using for instance the REST API.
.
### **Setup via a JSON5 configuration file**
.
- Create a `zenoh.json5` configuration file containing for example:
```json5
{
plugins: {
// configuration of "storage_manager" plugin:
storage_manager: {
volumes: {
// configuration of a "influxdb2" volume (the
"zenoh_backend_influxdb2" backend library will be loaded at startup)
//this should be named influxdb2 for v2
influxdb2: {
// URL to the InfluxDB service
url: "http://localhost:8086/api/v2/",
private: {
// If needed: InfluxDB credentials, preferably ALL-ACCESS for
databases creation and drop
//if not ALL-ACCESS then atleast with authorization to
create/delete buckets
//Note: this should not be left empty for the plugin to work;
if you have no admin creds, you can copy the user creds instead
// org_id: "organization ID",
// token: "admin access token"
}
}
},
storages: {
// configuration of a "demo" storage using the "influxdb2" volume
demo: {
// the key expression this storage will subscribes to
key_expr: "demo/example/**",
// this prefix will be stripped from the received key when
converting to database key.
// i.e.: "demo/example/a/b" will be stored as "a/b"
// this option is optional
strip_prefix: "demo/example",
volume: {
//this will be influxdb2 for v2 (exactly the same name as in
volumes section)
id: "influxdb2",
// the database name within InfluxDB (not the db ID)
db: "zenoh_example",
// if the database doesn't exist, create it
create_db: true,
// strategy on storage closure
on_closure: "drop_db",
private: {
//required
// If needed: InfluxDB credentials, with read/write
privileges for the database
//this will be the same as for admin
// org_id: "organization ID",
//this is any token with either:
//a.) Read-Write access to the existing DB mentioned above
in the config
//b.) Read-write access to ALL buckets in the organization
so it can access the new bucket created by zenoh
// token: "user access token"
}
}
}
}
},
// Optionally, add the REST plugin
rest: { http_port: 8000 }
}
}
```
- Run the zenoh router with:
`zenohd -c zenoh.json5`
.
### **Setup at runtime via `curl` commands on the admin space**
.
- Run the zenoh router, with write permissions to its admin space:
`zenohd --adminspace-permissions rw`
- Add the "influxdb2" volume (the "zenoh_backend_fs" library will be loaded),
connected to InfluxDB service on http://localhost:8086:
`curl -X PUT -H 'content-type:application/json' -d
'{url:"http://localhost:8086/api/v2"}'
http://localhost:8000/@/router/local/config/plugins/storage_manager/volumes/influxdb2`
- Add the "demo" storage using the "influxdb2" volume:
`curl -X PUT -H 'content-type:application/json' -d
'{key_expr:"demo/example/**",volume:{id:"influxdb2",db:"zenoh_example",create_db:true}}'
http://localhost:8000/@/router/local/config/plugins/storage_manager/storages/demo`
.
### **Tests using the REST API**
.
Using `curl` to publish and query keys/values, you can:
```bash
# Put some values at different time intervals
curl -X PUT -d "TEST-1" http://localhost:8000/demo/example/test
curl -X PUT -d "TEST-2" http://localhost:8000/demo/example/test
curl -X PUT -d "TEST-3" http://localhost:8000/demo/example/test
.
# Retrive them as a time serie where '_time=[..]' means "infinite time range"
curl -g 'http://localhost:8000/demo/example/test?_time=[..]'
```
.
.
-------------------------------
## Volume configuration
InfluxDB-backed volumes need some configuration to work:
.
- **`"url"`** (**required**) : a URL to the InfluxDB service. Example:
`http://localhost:8086`
.
- **`"org_id"`** (optional) : an [InfluxDB
organizations](https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/cloud/admin/organizations/)
organization ID.
.
- **`"token"`** (optional) : the admin user's token. It will be used for
creation of databases, granting read/write privileges of databases mapped to
storages and dropping of databases and measurements. In Influxdb2.x, you can
use an ALL ACCESS token for this
(https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/cloud/admin/tokens/#all-access-token)
.
Both `org_id` and `token` should be hidden behind a behind a `private` object,
as shown in the example [above](#setup-via-a-json5-configuration-file). In
general, if you wish for a part of the configuration to be hidden when
configuration is queried, you should hide it behind a `private` object.
.
-------------------------------
## Volume-specific storage configuration
Storages relying on a `influxdb2` backed volume may have additional
configuration through the `volume` section:
- **`"db"`** (optional, string) : the InfluxDB database name the storage will
map into. If not specified, a random name will be generated, and the
corresponding database will be created (even if `"create_db"` is not set).
.
- **`"create_db"`** (optional, boolean) : create the InfluxDB database if not
already existing.
By default the database is not created, unless `"db"` property is not
specified.
*(the value doesn't matter, only the property existence is checked)*
.
- **`"on_closure"`** (optional, string) : the strategy to use when the Storage
is removed. There are 3 options:
- *unset* or `"do_nothing"`: the database remains untouched (this is the
default behaviour)
- `"drop_db"`: the database is dropped (i.e. removed)
- `"drop_series"`: all the series (measurements) are dropped and the database
remains empty. This is currently not supported in v2.
.
- **`"org_id"`** (optional, string) :the user's organization. It should be same
as the admin's organization.
.
- **`"token"`** (optional, string) : an InfluxDB access token, usually
[non-admin](https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/cloud/admin/tokens/#readwrite-token).
It will be used to read/write points in the database on GET/PUT/DELETE zenoh
operations.
.
-------------------------------
## **Behaviour of the backend**
.
### Mapping to InfluxDB concepts
Each **storage** will map to an InfluxDB **database**.
Each **key** to store will map to an InfluxDB
[**measurement**](https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/v1.8/concepts/key_concepts/#measurement)
named with the key stripped from the `"strip_prefix"` property (see below).
Each **key/value** put into the storage will map to an InfluxDB
[**point**](https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/v1.8/concepts/key_concepts/#point)
reusing the timestamp set by zenoh
(but with a precision of nanoseconds). The fileds and tags of the point is are
the following:
- `"kind"` tag: the zenoh change kind (`"PUT"` for a value that have been put,
or `"DEL"` to mark the deletion of the key)
- `"timestamp"` field: the original zenoh timestamp
- `"encoding"` field: the value's encoding flag
- `"base64"` field: a boolean indicating if the value is encoded in base64
- `"value"`field: the value as a string, possibly encoded in base64 for binary
values.
.
### Behaviour on deletion
On deletion of a key, all points with a timestamp before the deletion message
are deleted.
A point with `"kind"="DEL`" is inserted (to avoid re-insertion of points with
an older timestamp in case of un-ordered messages).
In v1, zenoh used to drop the measurement corresponding to the deleted key is
dropped if it still contains no points after 5secs. However, influxdb 2.x
doesn't support this feature.
.
### Behaviour on GET
On GET operations, by default the storage returns only the latest point for
each key/measurement.
This is to be coherent with other backends technologies that only store 1 value
per-key.
If you want to get time-series as a result of a GET operation, you need to
specify a time range via
the `"_time"`argument in your
[Selector](https://github.com/eclipse-zenoh/roadmap/tree/main/rfcs/ALL/Selectors).
.
:note: Right now, wild chunks like * and ** do not work for Influxdb 2.x.
This is due to lack of support in Influxdb 2.x API for our approach.
.
Examples of selectors:
```bash
# get the complete time-series
/demo/example/**?_time=[..]
.
# get points within a fixed date interval
/demo/example/influxdb/**?_time=[2020-01-01T00:00:00Z..2020-01-02T12:00:00.000000000Z]
.
# get points within a relative date interval
/demo/example/influxdb/**?_time=[now(-2d)..now(-1d)]
```
.
See the [`"_time"`
RFC](https://github.com/eclipse-zenoh/roadmap/blob/main/rfcs/ALL/Selectors/_time.md)
for a complete description of the time range format
.
.
-------------------------------
## How to install it
.
To install the latest release of this backend library, you can do as follows:
.
### Manual installation (all platforms)
.
All release packages can be downloaded from:
- https://download.eclipse.org/zenoh/zenoh-backend-influxdb/latest/
.
Each subdirectory has the name of the Rust target. See the platforms each
target corresponds to on
https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/rustc/platform-support.html
.
Choose your platform and download the `.zip` file.
Unzip it in the same directory than `zenohd` or to any directory where it can
find the backend library (e.g. /usr/lib or ~/.zenoh/lib)
.
### Linux Debian
.
Add Eclipse Zenoh private repository to the sources list, and install the
`zenoh-backend-influxdb-v2` package:
.
```bash
echo "deb [trusted=yes] https://download.eclipse.org/zenoh/debian-repo/ /" |
sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list > /dev/null
sudo apt update
sudo apt install zenoh-backend-influxdb-v2
```
.
.
-------------------------------
## How to build it
.
> :warning: **WARNING** :warning: : Zenoh and its ecosystem are under active
development. When you build from git, make sure you also build from git any
other Zenoh repository you plan to use (e.g. binding, plugin, backend, etc.).
It may happen that some changes in git are not compatible with the most recent
packaged Zenoh release (e.g. deb, docker, pip). We put particular effort in
mantaining compatibility between the various git repositories in the Zenoh
project.
.
At first, install [Cargo and
Rust](https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/getting-started/installation.html). If
you already have the Rust toolchain installed, make sure it is up-to-date with:
.
```bash
$ rustup update
```
.
> :warning: **WARNING** :warning: : As Rust doesn't have a stable ABI, the
backend library should be
built with the exact same Rust version than `zenohd`, and using for `zenoh`
dependency the same version (or commit number) than 'zenohd'.
Otherwise, incompatibilities in memory mapping of shared types between `zenohd`
and the library can lead to a `"SIGSEV"` crash.
.
To know the Rust version you're `zenohd` has been built with, use the
`--version` option.
.
### Example with a downloaded version:
```bash
$ zenohd --version
The zenoh router v0.10.0-rc built with rustc 1.72.0 (5680fa18f 2023-08-23)
```
Here, `zenohd` is version `0.10.0-rc` has been built with the rustc version
`1.72.0`.
Install and use this same toolchain with the following command:
.
```bash
$ rustup default 1.72.0
```
.
And edit the update `Cargo.toml` file to make all the `zenoh` dependencies to
use the same version number:
```toml
zenoh = { version = "0.10.0-rc", features = [ "unstable" ] }
```
.
Then build library only for the v2 backend, you have to specify it in the build
command:
```bash
$ cargo build --release --all-targets -p zenoh-backend-influxdb-v2
```
You can build both the versions as well:
```bash
$ cargo build --release --all-targets
```
.
=======
### Example with a version built from sources:
```bash
$ zenohd --version
The zenoh router v0.11.0-dev-37-g9f7a37ee built with rustc 1.72.0 (5680fa18f
2023-08-23)
```
Here, `zenohd` version is `v0.11.0-dev-37-g9f7a37ee` where:
- `v0.11.0-dev` means it's a development version for the future `v0.11.0`
release
- `-37`means there have been 37 commits since the tag `0.11.0-dev` marking the
begining of developments for this future version
- `-g9f7a37ee` indicates the commit number of sources: `9f7a37ee` (the `g`
prefix just meaning "git" shall be ignored)
.
And it has been built with the rustc version `1.72.0`.
Install and use this same toolchain with the following command:
.
```bash
$ rustup default 1.72.0
```
.
And update all the `zenoh` dependencies in `Cargo.lock` to use the commit id:
```bash
$ cargo update -p zenoh --precise 9f7a37ee
```
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# Eclipse Zenoh
.
The Eclipse Zenoh: Zero Overhead Pub/sub, Store/Query and Compute.
.
Zenoh (pronounce _/zeno/_) unifies data in motion, data at rest and
computations. It carefully blends traditional pub/sub with geo-distributed
storages, queries and computations, while retaining a level of time and space
efficiency that is well beyond any of the mainstream stacks.
.
Check the website [zenoh.io](http://zenoh.io) and the
[roadmap](https://github.com/eclipse-zenoh/roadmap) for more detailed
information.
.
-------------------------------
# InfluxDB backend
.
In Zenoh a backend is a storage technology (such as DBMS, time-series database,
file system...) alowing to store the
keys/values publications made via zenoh and return them on queries.
See the [zenoh documentation](http://zenoh.io/docs/manual/backends/) for more
details.
.
This backend relies on an
[InfluxDB](https://www.influxdata.com/products/influxdb/) server
to implement the storages.
Its library name (without OS specific prefix and extension) that zenoh will
rely on to find it and load it is **`zenoh_backend_influxdb2`**.
.
:point_right: **Install latest release:** see [below](#How-to-install-it)
.
:point_right: **Build "main" branch:** see [below](#How-to-build-it)
.
:note: This provides extensive support for InfluxDB 2.x.
.
-------------------------------
## :warning: Documentation for previous 0.5 versions:
The following documentation related to the version currently in development in
"main" branch: 0.6.x.
.
For previous versions see the README and code of the corresponding tagged
version:
-
[0.5.0-beta.9](https://github.com/eclipse-zenoh/zenoh-backend-influxdb/tree/0.5.0-beta.9#readme)
-
[0.5.0-beta.8](https://github.com/eclipse-zenoh/zenoh-backend-influxdb/tree/0.5.0-beta.8#readme)
.
-------------------------------
## **Examples of usage**
.
Prerequisites:
- You have a zenoh router (`zenohd`) installed, and the
`zenoh_backend_influxdb2` library file is available in `~/.zenoh/lib`.
- You have an InfluxDB service running and listening on
`http://localhost:8086`
.
You can setup storages either at zenoh router startup via a configuration file,
either at runtime via the zenoh admin space, using for instance the REST API.
.
### **Setup via a JSON5 configuration file**
.
- Create a `zenoh.json5` configuration file containing for example:
```json5
{
plugins: {
// configuration of "storage_manager" plugin:
storage_manager: {
volumes: {
// configuration of a "influxdb2" volume (the
"zenoh_backend_influxdb2" backend library will be loaded at startup)
//this should be named influxdb2 for v2
influxdb2: {
// URL to the InfluxDB service
url: "http://localhost:8086/api/v2/",
private: {
// If needed: InfluxDB credentials, preferably ALL-ACCESS for
databases creation and drop
//if not ALL-ACCESS then atleast with authorization to
create/delete buckets
//Note: this should not be left empty for the plugin to work;
if you have no admin creds, you can copy the user creds instead
// org_id: "organization ID",
// token: "admin access token"
}
}
},
storages: {
// configuration of a "demo" storage using the "influxdb2" volume
demo: {
// the key expression this storage will subscribes to
key_expr: "demo/example/**",
// this prefix will be stripped from the received key when
converting to database key.
// i.e.: "demo/example/a/b" will be stored as "a/b"
// this option is optional
strip_prefix: "demo/example",
volume: {
//this will be influxdb2 for v2 (exactly the same name as in
volumes section)
id: "influxdb2",
// the database name within InfluxDB (not the db ID)
db: "zenoh_example",
// if the database doesn't exist, create it
create_db: true,
// strategy on storage closure
on_closure: "drop_db",
private: {
//required
// If needed: InfluxDB credentials, with read/write
privileges for the database
//this will be the same as for admin
// org_id: "organization ID",
//this is any token with either:
//a.) Read-Write access to the existing DB mentioned above
in the config
//b.) Read-write access to ALL buckets in the organization
so it can access the new bucket created by zenoh
// token: "user access token"
}
}
}
}
},
// Optionally, add the REST plugin
rest: { http_port: 8000 }
}
}
```
- Run the zenoh router with:
`zenohd -c zenoh.json5`
.
### **Setup at runtime via `curl` commands on the admin space**
.
- Run the zenoh router, with write permissions to its admin space:
`zenohd --adminspace-permissions rw`
- Add the "influxdb2" volume (the "zenoh_backend_fs" library will be loaded),
connected to InfluxDB service on http://localhost:8086:
`curl -X PUT -H 'content-type:application/json' -d
'{url:"http://localhost:8086/api/v2"}'
http://localhost:8000/@/router/local/config/plugins/storage_manager/volumes/influxdb2`
- Add the "demo" storage using the "influxdb2" volume:
`curl -X PUT -H 'content-type:application/json' -d
'{key_expr:"demo/example/**",volume:{id:"influxdb2",db:"zenoh_example",create_db:true}}'
http://localhost:8000/@/router/local/config/plugins/storage_manager/storages/demo`
.
### **Tests using the REST API**
.
Using `curl` to publish and query keys/values, you can:
```bash
# Put some values at different time intervals
curl -X PUT -d "TEST-1" http://localhost:8000/demo/example/test
curl -X PUT -d "TEST-2" http://localhost:8000/demo/example/test
curl -X PUT -d "TEST-3" http://localhost:8000/demo/example/test
.
# Retrive them as a time serie where '_time=[..]' means "infinite time range"
curl -g 'http://localhost:8000/demo/example/test?_time=[..]'
```
.
.
-------------------------------
## Volume configuration
InfluxDB-backed volumes need some configuration to work:
.
- **`"url"`** (**required**) : a URL to the InfluxDB service. Example:
`http://localhost:8086`
.
- **`"org_id"`** (optional) : an [InfluxDB
organizations](https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/cloud/admin/organizations/)
organization ID.
.
- **`"token"`** (optional) : the admin user's token. It will be used for
creation of databases, granting read/write privileges of databases mapped to
storages and dropping of databases and measurements. In Influxdb2.x, you can
use an ALL ACCESS token for this
(https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/cloud/admin/tokens/#all-access-token)
.
Both `org_id` and `token` should be hidden behind a behind a `private` object,
as shown in the example [above](#setup-via-a-json5-configuration-file). In
general, if you wish for a part of the configuration to be hidden when
configuration is queried, you should hide it behind a `private` object.
.
-------------------------------
## Volume-specific storage configuration
Storages relying on a `influxdb2` backed volume may have additional
configuration through the `volume` section:
- **`"db"`** (optional, string) : the InfluxDB database name the storage will
map into. If not specified, a random name will be generated, and the
corresponding database will be created (even if `"create_db"` is not set).
.
- **`"create_db"`** (optional, boolean) : create the InfluxDB database if not
already existing.
By default the database is not created, unless `"db"` property is not
specified.
*(the value doesn't matter, only the property existence is checked)*
.
- **`"on_closure"`** (optional, string) : the strategy to use when the Storage
is removed. There are 3 options:
- *unset* or `"do_nothing"`: the database remains untouched (this is the
default behaviour)
- `"drop_db"`: the database is dropped (i.e. removed)
- `"drop_series"`: all the series (measurements) are dropped and the database
remains empty. This is currently not supported in v2.
.
- **`"org_id"`** (optional, string) :the user's organization. It should be same
as the admin's organization.
.
- **`"token"`** (optional, string) : an InfluxDB access token, usually
[non-admin](https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/cloud/admin/tokens/#readwrite-token).
It will be used to read/write points in the database on GET/PUT/DELETE zenoh
operations.
.
-------------------------------
## **Behaviour of the backend**
.
### Mapping to InfluxDB concepts
Each **storage** will map to an InfluxDB **database**.
Each **key** to store will map to an InfluxDB
[**measurement**](https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/v1.8/concepts/key_concepts/#measurement)
named with the key stripped from the `"strip_prefix"` property (see below).
Each **key/value** put into the storage will map to an InfluxDB
[**point**](https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/v1.8/concepts/key_concepts/#point)
reusing the timestamp set by zenoh
(but with a precision of nanoseconds). The fileds and tags of the point is are
the following:
- `"kind"` tag: the zenoh change kind (`"PUT"` for a value that have been put,
or `"DEL"` to mark the deletion of the key)
- `"timestamp"` field: the original zenoh timestamp
- `"encoding"` field: the value's encoding flag
- `"base64"` field: a boolean indicating if the value is encoded in base64
- `"value"`field: the value as a string, possibly encoded in base64 for binary
values.
.
### Behaviour on deletion
On deletion of a key, all points with a timestamp before the deletion message
are deleted.
A point with `"kind"="DEL`" is inserted (to avoid re-insertion of points with
an older timestamp in case of un-ordered messages).
In v1, zenoh used to drop the measurement corresponding to the deleted key is
dropped if it still contains no points after 5secs. However, influxdb 2.x
doesn't support this feature.
.
### Behaviour on GET
On GET operations, by default the storage returns only the latest point for
each key/measurement.
This is to be coherent with other backends technologies that only store 1 value
per-key.
If you want to get time-series as a result of a GET operation, you need to
specify a time range via
the `"_time"`argument in your
[Selector](https://github.com/eclipse-zenoh/roadmap/tree/main/rfcs/ALL/Selectors).
.
:note: Right now, wild chunks like * and ** do not work for Influxdb 2.x.
This is due to lack of support in Influxdb 2.x API for our approach.
.
Examples of selectors:
```bash
# get the complete time-series
/demo/example/**?_time=[..]
.
# get points within a fixed date interval
/demo/example/influxdb/**?_time=[2020-01-01T00:00:00Z..2020-01-02T12:00:00.000000000Z]
.
# get points within a relative date interval
/demo/example/influxdb/**?_time=[now(-2d)..now(-1d)]
```
.
See the [`"_time"`
RFC](https://github.com/eclipse-zenoh/roadmap/blob/main/rfcs/ALL/Selectors/_time.md)
for a complete description of the time range format
.
.
-------------------------------
## How to install it
.
To install the latest release of this backend library, you can do as follows:
.
### Manual installation (all platforms)
.
All release packages can be downloaded from:
- https://download.eclipse.org/zenoh/zenoh-backend-influxdb/latest/
.
Each subdirectory has the name of the Rust target. See the platforms each
target corresponds to on
https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/rustc/platform-support.html
.
Choose your platform and download the `.zip` file.
Unzip it in the same directory than `zenohd` or to any directory where it can
find the backend library (e.g. /usr/lib or ~/.zenoh/lib)
.
### Linux Debian
.
Add Eclipse Zenoh private repository to the sources list, and install the
`zenoh-backend-influxdb-v2` package:
.
```bash
echo "deb [trusted=yes] https://download.eclipse.org/zenoh/debian-repo/ /" |
sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list > /dev/null
sudo apt update
sudo apt install zenoh-backend-influxdb-v2
```
.
.
-------------------------------
## How to build it
.
> :warning: **WARNING** :warning: : Zenoh and its ecosystem are under active
development. When you build from git, make sure you also build from git any
other Zenoh repository you plan to use (e.g. binding, plugin, backend, etc.).
It may happen that some changes in git are not compatible with the most recent
packaged Zenoh release (e.g. deb, docker, pip). We put particular effort in
mantaining compatibility between the various git repositories in the Zenoh
project.
.
At first, install [Cargo and
Rust](https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/getting-started/installation.html). If
you already have the Rust toolchain installed, make sure it is up-to-date with:
.
```bash
$ rustup update
```
.
> :warning: **WARNING** :warning: : As Rust doesn't have a stable ABI, the
backend library should be
built with the exact same Rust version than `zenohd`, and using for `zenoh`
dependency the same version (or commit number) than 'zenohd'.
Otherwise, incompatibilities in memory mapping of shared types between `zenohd`
and the library can lead to a `"SIGSEV"` crash.
.
To know the Rust version you're `zenohd` has been built with, use the
`--version` option.
.
### Example with a downloaded version:
```bash
$ zenohd --version
The zenoh router v0.10.0-rc built with rustc 1.72.0 (5680fa18f 2023-08-23)
```
Here, `zenohd` is version `0.10.0-rc` has been built with the rustc version
`1.72.0`.
Install and use this same toolchain with the following command:
.
```bash
$ rustup default 1.72.0
```
.
And edit the update `Cargo.toml` file to make all the `zenoh` dependencies to
use the same version number:
```toml
zenoh = { version = "0.10.0-rc", features = [ "unstable" ] }
```
.
Then build library only for the v2 backend, you have to specify it in the build
command:
```bash
$ cargo build --release --all-targets -p zenoh-backend-influxdb-v2
```
You can build both the versions as well:
```bash
$ cargo build --release --all-targets
```
.
=======
### Example with a version built from sources:
```bash
$ zenohd --version
The zenoh router v0.11.0-dev-37-g9f7a37ee built with rustc 1.72.0 (5680fa18f
2023-08-23)
```
Here, `zenohd` version is `v0.11.0-dev-37-g9f7a37ee` where:
- `v0.11.0-dev` means it's a development version for the future `v0.11.0`
release
- `-37`means there have been 37 commits since the tag `0.11.0-dev` marking the
begining of developments for this future version
- `-g9f7a37ee` indicates the commit number of sources: `9f7a37ee` (the `g`
prefix just meaning "git" shall be ignored)
.
And it has been built with the rustc version `1.72.0`.
Install and use this same toolchain with the following command:
.
```bash
$ rustup default 1.72.0
```
.
And update all the `zenoh` dependencies in `Cargo.lock` to use the commit id:
```bash
$ cargo update -p zenoh --precise 9f7a37ee
```
Vcs-Browser: https://github.com/eclipse-zenoh/zenoh-backend-influxdb
Vcs-Git: https://github.com/eclipse-zenoh/zenoh-backend-influxdb