Install issue with influxd on Ubuntu x64

Hello all,

I have decided to reinstall my old - not working influx 2.0 and upgrade it in the process to 2.1 ( I deleted all files connected to influx and telegraf to have fresh start). I am using Linux Ubuntu x64 and I am using container I have got from my server admin for this purpose. I have used this step-by-step: Install InfluxDB | InfluxDB OSS 2.1 Documentation .

Somehow I managed finish the install with some errors.

Let me give you some commands I run.


ubuntu@influx:~$ systemctl list-units:
 influxdb.service                     loaded failed failed    InfluxDB is an open-source, distributed, time series database
  influxdb2.service                    loaded active running   InfluxDB 2.0 service file.

ubuntu@influx:~$ influxd
2021-12-16T12:51:17.874514Z     info    Welcome to InfluxDB     {"log_id": "0YSpa_xW000", "version": "2.1.1", "commit": "657e1839de", "build_date": "2021-11-09T03:03:48Z"}
2021-12-16T12:51:18.830338Z     error   Failed opening bolt     {"log_id": "0YSpa_xW000", "error": "unable to open boltdb: timeout"}
Error: unable to open boltdb: timeout
See 'influxd -h' for help

ubuntu@influx:~$ sudo service influxdb start
Job for influxdb.service failed because the control process exited with error code.
See "systemctl status influxdb.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details.

ubuntu@influx:~$ sudo service influxdb status
● influxdb.service - InfluxDB is an open-source, distributed, time series database
   Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/influxdb.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
   Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Thu 2021-12-16 13:54:04 CET; 12s ago
     Docs: https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/
  Process: 2094 ExecStart=/usr/lib/influxdb/scripts/influxd-systemd-start.sh (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)

Dec 16 13:54:04 influx systemd[1]: influxdb.service: Service hold-off time over, scheduling restart.
Dec 16 13:54:04 influx systemd[1]: influxdb.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 5.
Dec 16 13:54:04 influx systemd[1]: Stopped InfluxDB is an open-source, distributed, time series database.
Dec 16 13:54:04 influx systemd[1]: influxdb.service: Start request repeated too quickly.
Dec 16 13:54:04 influx systemd[1]: influxdb.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Dec 16 13:54:04 influx systemd[1]: Failed to start InfluxDB is an open-source, distributed, time series database.

sudo influxd run
[sudo] password for ubuntu:
2021-12-16T14:08:23.004235Z     info    Welcome to InfluxDB     {"log_id": "0YSt~srl000", "version": "2.1.1", "commit": "657e1839de", "build_date": "2021-11-09T03:03:48Z"}
2021-12-16T14:08:23.005271Z     info    Resources opened        {"log_id": "0YSt~srl000", "service": "bolt", "path": "/root/.influxdbv2/influxd.bolt"}
2021-12-16T14:08:23.005386Z     info    Resources opened        {"log_id": "0YSt~srl000", "service": "sqlite", "path": "/root/.influxdbv2/influxd.sqlite"}
2021-12-16T14:08:23.007585Z     info    Using data dir  {"log_id": "0YSt~srl000", "service": "storage-engine", "service": "store", "path": "/root/.influxdbv2/engine/data"}
2021-12-16T14:08:23.007622Z     info    Compaction settings     {"log_id": "0YSt~srl000", "service": "storage-engine", "service": "store", "max_concurrent_compactions": 24, "throughput_bytes_per_second": 50331648, "throughput_bytes_per_second_burst": 50331648}
2021-12-16T14:08:23.007641Z     info    Open store (start)      {"log_id": "0YSt~srl000", "service": "storage-engine", "service": "store", "op_name": "tsdb_open", "op_event": "start"}
2021-12-16T14:08:23.007728Z     info    Open store (end)        {"log_id": "0YSt~srl000", "service": "storage-engine", "service": "store", "op_name": "tsdb_open", "op_event": "end", "op_elapsed": "0.090ms"}
2021-12-16T14:08:23.007774Z     info    Starting retention policy enforcement service   {"log_id": "0YSt~srl000", "service": "retention", "check_interval": "30m"}
2021-12-16T14:08:23.007800Z     info    Starting precreation service    {"log_id": "0YSt~srl000", "service": "shard-precreation", "check_interval": "10m", "advance_period": "30m"}
2021-12-16T14:08:23.007857Z     info    Starting query controller       {"log_id": "0YSt~srl000", "service": "storage-reads", "concurrency_quota": 1024, "initial_memory_bytes_quota_per_query": 9223372036854775807, "memory_bytes_quota_per_query": 9223372036854775807, "max_memory_bytes": 0, "queue_size": 1024}
2021-12-16T14:08:23.011001Z     info    Configuring InfluxQL statement executor (zeros indicate unlimited).     {"log_id": "0YSt~srl000", "max_select_point": 0, "max_select_series": 0, "max_select_buckets": 0}
2021-12-16T14:08:23.311096Z     error   Failed to set up TCP listener   {"log_id": "0YSt~srl000", "service": "tcp-listener", "addr": ":8086", "error": "listen tcp :8086: bind: address already in use"}
Error: listen tcp :8086: bind: address already in use
See 'influxd -h' for help
2021-12-16T14:08:23.311168Z     info    Starting        {"log_id": "0YSt~srl000", "service": "telemetry", "interval": "8h"}

There seems to be an issue with my port :8086 but influx is only service using it.


ubuntu@influx:~$ sudo netstat -tulpen
Active Internet connections (only servers)
Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address           Foreign Address         State       User       Inode      PID/Program name
tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:40475         0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN      1000       181489268  2313/influxd
tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:21              0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN      0          181315335  86/vsftpd
tcp        0      0 127.0.0.53:53           0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN      101        181337955  68/systemd-resolved
tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:22              0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN      0          181454066  104/sshd
tcp6       0      0 :::3000                 :::*                    LISTEN      106        181449838  257/grafana-server
tcp6       0      0 :::80                   :::*                    LISTEN      0          181449810  109/apache2
tcp6       0      0 :::8086                 :::*                    LISTEN      1000       181532393  2313/influxd
tcp6       0      0 :::22                   :::*                    LISTEN      0          181454068  104/sshd
udp        0      0 127.0.0.53:53           0.0.0.0:*                           101        181337954  68/systemd-resolved
udp        0      0 10.0.3.93:68            0.0.0.0:*                           100        181540259  44/systemd-networkd

Another think which seems odd for me is that i am unable to locate influx.conf file at all. Its not in the .influxdbv2 folder nor anywhere in /etc/…

So any idea what exactly could be wrong with it? Do you guys have any idea when could i find my config file? Thanks !!

The Error: unable to open boltdb: timeout usually happens when a different process has the bolt file already opened, and the Error: listen tcp :8086: bind: address already in use usually means that another process is already using that port. Since you can run sudo netstat -tulpen and see influxd running on that port, it looks like you actually already have influxd running, and are getting an error when trying to start another instance.

From the docs at Install InfluxDB | InfluxDB OSS 2.1 Documentation, did you do both the Download and install InfluxDB v2.1 and the Install InfluxDB as a service with systemd? That would result in the behavior you are seeing. You should only do one or the other, based on your preference of running the database using systemd or running the binary directly.

I think these docs could use some clarification so I’ll make sure they get updated, but let me know if that helps.

Hello,

it seems like I did not uninstall old iteration well enough. I have no issue when i used fresh container.

Thanks!

Hi,
I’m facing the same issue, but I dont see two influxd service running at the same time.
If I do a netstat I only see one service using 8086 port, and if I do a ps -aux | grep influx I only see one service.

Any recomendation?