Upgrade InfluxDB from 1.8.x to 2.0

[Justin_Medlin]

Linux upgrade from 1.8 to 2.X

Upgrade Influx 1.8.10 to 2.x failed

Only do this on a fresh influxdb2 install: Tested on amazonlinux2. All steps should work for rpm distros: fedora, centos, redhat, OEL, etc. – Do a fresh Install influxdb2 and influxdb2-cli – If your influxdb2 is currently running, turn it off – chown -R influxdb:influxdb all your influxdb1.8 data – Perform the upgrade: sudo -u influxdb influxd --v1-dir /path/to/influxdb1.8/data upgrade follow the prompts for your new user, password, org, etc rsync -azvpP /var/lib/influxdb/.influxdbv2/ /v…