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Data sources

InfluxDB

Grafana Cloud Enterprise Open source

Last reviewed: May 1, 2026

InfluxDB data source

InfluxDB is an open-source time series database (TSDB) developed by InfluxData. It is optimized for fast, high-availability storage and retrieval of time series data in fields such as operations monitoring, application metrics, IoT sensor data, and real-time analytics.

Grafana includes a built-in InfluxDB data source plugin, enabling you to query and visualize data from InfluxDB without installing additional plugins. Grafana offers multiple configuration options for this data source, including a choice of three query languages (SQL, InfluxQL, and Flux). SQL and InfluxQL provide both visual builder and code editing modes, while Flux provides a code editor only.

Supported versions

This data source supports the following InfluxDB products:

InfluxDB OSS 1.x, 2.x, and 3.x
InfluxDB Enterprise 1.x and 3.x
InfluxDB Cloud Serverless
InfluxDB Cloud Dedicated
InfluxDB Cloud (TSM)

Supported features

Feature	Supported
Metrics	Yes
Logs	Yes
Traces	No
Alerting	Yes
Annotations	Yes

Get started

The following documents help you set up and use the InfluxDB data source:

Additional features

After configuring the data source, you can:

Use Explore to query data without building a dashboard.
Add transformations to manipulate query results.
Configure template variables for dynamic dashboards.
Build dashboards to visualize your InfluxDB data.
Set up alerting rules based on your InfluxDB query results.

Plugin updates

Always ensure that your plugin version is up-to-date so you have access to all current features and improvements. Navigate to Plugins and data > Plugins to check for updates. Grafana recommends upgrading to the latest Grafana version, and this applies to plugins as well.