InfluxDB 2

InfluxDB 2 represents a unified platform approach to time series data management, combining database, visualization, alerting, and data processing into a single application with an integrated web interface. Built on the proven TSM storage engine with enhanced query capabilities through the Flux language, InfluxDB 2 simplifies time series workflows by eliminating the need to integrate separate visualization tools, alerting systems, and ETL pipelines. The platform introduces organizations and buckets for improved multi-tenancy, token-based authentication for granular access control, and a task engine for automated data processing, making it suitable for teams building observability platforms and IoT analytics systems.

Common Use Cases

DevOps teams deploy InfluxDB 2 to collect application metrics, infrastructure telemetry, and system logs from Kubernetes clusters, using the integrated dashboards to visualize resource utilization and the alerting system to notify on-call engineers of performance degradations. IoT platforms managing device fleets use InfluxDB 2's high-throughput ingestion to process sensor streams from industrial equipment and connected devices, applying Flux queries for real-time analytics and the task engine to downsample historical data for long-term storage. Financial services firms leverage InfluxDB 2 for market data collection and order flow analysis, using retention policies to balance high-resolution recent data with summarized historical trends. Smart building operators use InfluxDB 2 to aggregate HVAC sensor readings, energy consumption metrics, and occupancy data, performing analysis with Flux to optimize building operations and reduce energy costs.

Key Features

• TSM storage engine with automatic compression and efficient time series indexing
• Flux query language for data transformation, analysis, and multi-source queries
• Integrated web UI for data visualization, dashboard creation, and query building
• Organizations and buckets for multi-tenant data isolation and access control
• Token-based authentication with granular permissions for buckets and operations
• Task engine for scheduled data processing, downsampling, and ETL workflows
• Built-in alerting system with customizable checks and notification endpoints
• High-throughput line protocol ingestion over HTTP with client libraries for major languages
• Retention policies with automatic data expiration for storage management
• Continuous queries through tasks for real-time data aggregation and transformation
• Dashboard templates and visualization options including graphs, tables, and gauges
• Data explorer with visual query builder for non-technical users
• Backwards compatibility with InfluxDB 1.x APIs through compatibility endpoints

Why deploy InfluxDB 2 on Hostinger VPS

Deploying InfluxDB 2 on Hostinger VPS provides dedicated resources for time series workloads without the per-datapoint pricing of managed cloud services. The VPS environment ensures consistent performance for data ingestion from monitoring agents and IoT devices, with predictable latency for queries powering dashboards and alerting systems. Self-hosting eliminates data egress costs when analyzing historical trends or integrating with external analytics tools, while full control over retention policies and bucket configurations allows customizing storage strategies based on business requirements. With persistent storage, organizations maintain years of telemetry data for compliance, trend analysis, and capacity planning, while the integrated web interface and alerting system reduce operational complexity compared to assembling separate monitoring stack components. The VPS deployment enables running InfluxDB 2 alongside Telegraf agents, Grafana dashboards, and other self-hosted services within unified infrastructure without vendor lock-in.