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Stress tool
Build Instructions
Building influx-stress requires the Golang toolchain. If you do not have the Golang toolchain installed
please follow the instructions golang.org/doc/install
go get -v github.com/influxdata/influx-stress/cmd/...Top Level Command
Create artificial load on an InfluxDB instance
Usage:
influx-stress [command]
Available Commands:
insert Insert data into InfluxDB
Flags:
-h, --help help for influx-stress
Use "influx-stress [command] --help" for more information about a command.
Insert Subcommand
Insert data into InfluxDB
Usage:
influx-stress insert SERIES FIELDS [flags]
Flags:
-b, --batch-size uint number of points in a batch (default 10000)
-c, --consistency string Write consistency (only applicable to clusters) (default "one")
--create string Use a custom create database command
--db string Database that will be written to (default "stress")
--dump string Dump to given file instead of writing over HTTP
-f, --fast Run as fast as possible
--gzip int If non-zero, gzip write bodies with given compression level. 1=best speed, 9=best compression, -1=gzip default.
--host string Address of InfluxDB instance (default "http://localhost:8086")
--pass string Password for user
-n, --points uint number of points that will be written (default 18446744073709551615)
--pps uint Points Per Second (default 200000)
-p, --precision string Resolution of data being written (default "n")
-q, --quiet Only print the write throughput
--rp string Retention Policy that will be written to
-r, --runtime duration Total time that the test will run (default 2562047h47m16.854775807s)
-s, --series int number of series that will be written (default 100000)
--strict Strict mode will exit as soon as an error or unexpected status is encountered
--user string User to write data asExample Usage
Runs forever
$ influx-stress insertRuns forever writing as fast as possible
$ influx-stress insert -fRuns for 1 minute writing as fast as possible
$ influx-stress insert -r 1m -fWriting an example series key
$ influx-stress insert cpu,host=server,location=us-west,id=myidWriting an example series key with 20,000 series
$ influx-stress insert -s 20000 cpu,host=server,location=us-west,id=myidWriting an example point
$ influx-stress insert cpu,host=server,location=us-west,id=myid busy=100,idle=10,random=5i