How to change location of Influxdb storage folder

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In this article i will try to list out the steps to move influxdb default directories in windows. After following the steps you will be able to configure influxDB to store its data in a different folder.

1.Create the new influxdb directory.

E:\NewInfluxDatabaseDirectory

1.1 Create the new influxdb configuration.

Open influxdb.conf and save as newinfluxdb.conf

Edit meta, data, wal-dir strings with the corresponding values.

Meta Directory;

[meta]
# Where the metadata/raft database is stored
dir = "E:\\NewInfluxDatabaseDirectory\\meta"

Data Directory:


[data]
  # The directory where the TSM storage engine stores TSM files.
  dir = "E:\\NewInfluxDatabaseDirectory\\data"

Wal Directory:


# The directory where the TSM storage engine stores WAL files.
  wal-dir = "E:\\NewInfluxDatabaseDirectory\\wal"

2.Run influxdb with new database configuration
Go to directory where your influxd.exe is located. Open up command prompt and type the following.


influxd.exe -config newinfluxdb.conf

In another article i am planing to show you how to move databases.

You can also watch the screencast about changing influxdb database directory.

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