Installing OpenTSDB on Clear Linux Latest

OpenTSDB is a time series database widely used for collecting, storing, and serving large amounts of time series data. Here's a step-by-step guide on how to install OpenTSDB on Clear Linux Latest:

Prerequisites

Before proceeding with the installation, ensure that the following packages are installed in your Clear Linux system:

  • perl
  • git
  • gnuplot
  • java-enterprise
  • binutils
  • autoconf
  • automake
  • cmake
  • libtool

You can install the above packages using the swupd command in the Terminal:

sudo swupd bundle-add perl git gnuplot java-enterprise binutils autoconf automake cmake libtool

Installing Hadoop

OpenTSDB requires Hadoop to function correctly. Therefore, you need to install Hadoop first before installing OpenTSDB.

  1. Download Hadoop and extract it:
wget https://archive.apache.org/dist/hadoop/common/hadoop-3.3.0/hadoop-3.3.0.tar.gz
tar xzf hadoop-3.3.0.tar.gz
mv hadoop-3.3.0 /usr/local/hadoop
  1. Set the required environment variables:
export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java
export HADOOP_HOME=/usr/local/hadoop
export PATH=$PATH:$HADOOP_HOME/bin
  1. Verify Hadoop:
hadoop version

If everything goes well, it should show the version of Hadoop.

Installing OpenTSDB

  1. Clone OpenTSDB from the Github repository:
git clone git://github.com/OpenTSDB/opentsdb.git
cd opentsdb
  1. Build and install the dependencies:
./build-dependencies.sh
  1. Build and install OpenTSDB:
./build.sh
sudo make install
  1. Configure OpenTSDB:
sudo cp src/opentsdb.conf /etc/opentsdb/
sudo vim /etc/opentsdb/opentsdb.conf

Update the following configuration properties in the opentsdb.conf file:

tsd.core.auto_create_metrics = true
tsd.network.port = 4242
  1. Start OpenTSDB:
sudo tsdb tsd

Testing OpenTSDB

  1. Create a sample data point:
echo "put my.test.metric 1627141242 123.5 host=test" | nc localhost 4242
  1. Query the data:
curl http://localhost:4242/api/query?start=2h-ago&m=avg:my.test.metric\{host=test\}

Conclusion

That's it! You've successfully installed OpenTSDB on Clear Linux Latest. You can now start collecting and analyzing large amounts of time series data using OpenTSDB.