How to configure GroundWork InfluxDB for basic authentication

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Overview

For an additional layer of security, InfluxDB supports basic authentication, for more information see https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/v1.3/query_language/authentication_and_authorization/. To configure GroundWork InfluxDB with basic authentication, follow the steps below.

Steps

1. Enable authentication in InfluxDB:
   • Set auth-enabled = true in the [httpd] section of:

     /usr/local/groundwork/influxdb/etc/influxdb.conf

   • Restart InfluxDB:

     /etc/init.d/groundwork restart influxdb

   • Create an InfluxDB user that can write data for example:

     /usr/local/groundwork/influxdb/bin/influx -execute "CREATE USER the_username WITH PASSWORD 'the_password' WITH ALL PRIVILEGES"

     InfluxDB is sensitive to quotation types - single quotes around the_password are required.

2. Update /usr/local/groundwork/config/influxdb.properties: url = http://the_username:[email protected]:8086
3. Update /usr/local/groundwork/config/foundation.properties: collage.metrics.influxdb.url = http://the_username:[email protected]:8086
4. Update the GroundWork Grafana ‘GroundWork Internal Metrics’ data source so Basic Authentication is enabled, and the User and Password are defined:
   
5. Restart GroundWork:

   /etc/init.d/groundwork restart