This repository contains the source code necessary to build Ubuntu Hyper-V hard-drives containing the InfluxDb time series database.
The image is created by using the Linux base image and amending it using a Chef cookbook which installs influx.
In addition to the default applications installed in the template image the following items are also installed and configured:
- InfluxDb - Stores metrics
The configuration for the InfluxDb instance comes is all done when the image is created.
No additional configuration is applied other than the default one for the base image.
No additional configuration is applied other than the default one for the base image.
Metrics are collected by Telegraf.
The build process follows the standard procedure for building Calvinverse images.
- Download the new image to one of your Hyper-V hosts.
- Create a directory for the image and copy the image VHDX file there.
- Create a VM that points to the image VHDX file with the following settings
- Generation: 2
- RAM: at least 1024 Mb
- Hard disk: Use existing. Copy the path to the VHDX file
- Attach the VM to a suitable network
- Update the VM settings:
- Enable secure boot. Use the Microsoft UEFI Certificate Authority
- Attach a DVD image that points to an ISO file containing the settings for the environment. These
are normally found in the output of the Calvinverse.Infrastructure
repository. Pick the correct ISO for the task, in this case the
Linux Consul Clientimage - Disable checkpoints
- Set the VM to always start
- Set the VM to shut down on stop
- Start the VM, it should automatically connect to the correct environment once it has provisioned
- Set the old Influx instance to no longer receive data
- ?????
- Copy the data from the old Influx instance to the new one
- ????
- Remove the old VM
- SSH into the host
- Issue the
consul leavecommand - Shut the machine down with the
sudo shutdown nowcommand - Once the machine has stopped, delete it