I have an OpenSUSE environment where InfluxDB is installed. In order to access Influx CLI, i need to run “Influxd” seperately everytime. How do I make Influxd run as a service in the background?
It looks like the latest version of OpenSUSE, Leap 15, uses systemd:
https://doc.opensuse.org/documentation/leap/reference/html/book.opensuse.reference/cha.systemd.html
The documentation gives a good overview of systemd and how it’s used on OpenSUSE.
In order to add a service, you will need to create a “unit file” for InfluxDB, and permanently enable it.
We provide a unit file for InfluxDB as part of the code repository:
[Unit]
Description=InfluxDB is an open-source, distributed, time series database
Documentation=https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/
After=network-online.target
[Service]
User=influxdb
Group=influxdb
LimitNOFILE=65536
EnvironmentFile=-/etc/default/influxdb
ExecStart=/usr/bin/influxd -config /etc/influxdb/influxdb.conf $INFLUXD_OPTS
KillMode=control-group
Restart=on-failure
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
Alias=influxd.service
This blog post provides a good overview of creating a systemd service:
Thanks, Got it working
