Influxdb3 OSS does not start

InfluxDB 3
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Hello.

I am trying to test Influx 3 OSS, but it does not start. I have tried in Oracle Linux, Fedora and Ubuntu, both normal and docker. Testing from a command line (normalñ install) I always get this:

$ influxdb3 serve --node-id=‘node0’ --http-bind=‘0.0.0.0:8181’ --object-store=file --data-dir /home/erobles/.influxdb/data
Illegal instruction (core dumped).

I am getting this from the system logs:

var/log/kern.log:2025-07-01T15:26:56.207910-04:00 eulogio-robles-VirtualBox2 kernel: traps: influxdb3[3024] trap invalid opcode ip:615add9420e6 sp:7ffeff15b2a0 error:0 in influxdb3[5420e6,615add400000+61bd000]
/var/log/kern.log:2025-07-01T15:29:40.479637-04:00 eulogio-robles-VirtualBox2 kernel: traps: influxdb3[3210] trap invalid opcode ip:61827a7420e6 sp:7ffda199b520 error:0 in influxdb3[5420e6,61827a200000+61bd000]

I have been using Influx 2 for years, without any problem.

Thanks in advance.

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I don’t have those OS to try on right now, but just one minor thing, make sure to use ’ - straight quotes as I copy pasted your command and it didn’t work due to incorrect quotes. Everything else looks fine otherwise but let me check more and come back.

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Hello,
I reviewed the command, I do not get any syntax error. Even without quotes, a simple “help” command fails:

influxdb3 serve --node-id=‘node0’ --http-bind=‘0.0.0.0:8181’ --object-store=file --data-dir /home/erobles/.influxdb/data
Illegal instruction (core dumped)
$ influxdb3 serve --help
Illegal instruction (core dumped)

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Had same issue, it is due old Processor

influxdb3 --version
Illegal instruction (core dumped)

While debugging found that it is failing due processor:
0x0000555558ea8808 +2088: mulx %rax,%rbx,%rbx

As I have quite old processor (Sandy Bridge family 2011) and mulx is supported from (broadwell family 2013)

Check which processor u have

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I have it in a Ubuntu machine virtualized using VirtualBox (Windows 11 host). The VM sees this in /proc/cpuinfo:

model name : 11th Gen Intel(R) Core™ i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz

The physical machine is a HP Pavilion, 2 yr old laptop. I don’t think it should be a problem…

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It’s really strange in that case, suggest filing an issue so engineering team can look at it: GitHub · Where software is built

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i have the same issue on Xeon CPU

emq@emqxsrv:~/.influxdb$ influxdb3 --version
Illegal instruction (core dumped)