# Install influxdb@2 with Homebrew, Nix, scoop, zypper, apt, MacPorts, pacman Time series, events, and metrics database. Version 2.9.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-05-12. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:influxdb@2 ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install influxdb@2 ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install influxdb ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/influxdb/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#influxdb2 ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/in/influxdb2/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install influxdb2 ``` Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: influxdb2 from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install golang-github-influxdb-influxdb-dev ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: golang-github-influxdb-influxdb-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S influxdb ``` Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: influxdb from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz ### Windows - Scoop (92%): ```sh scoop install versions/influxdb2 ``` Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/influxdb2.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Versions/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:influxdb@2 - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 2.9.1 - **Source summary:** Time series, events, and metrics database - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** MIT - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-05-12T00:36:06Z - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T18:08:21+00:00 ## Build dependencies - breezy - go - pkgconf - protobuf - rust ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Service: declared - Caveats: This formula does not contain command-line interface; to install it, run: brew install influxdb-cli - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 2.9.1 - Package-manager updated: 2026-05-12 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb - info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available. ## Project history and usage InfluxDB 2 is the second major open source InfluxDB line, combining storage, UI, visualization, processing, monitoring, and alerting into a single time-series platform. ### Project history InfluxDB 2 evolved from the 1.x database and the surrounding TICK stack. InfluxData described Cloud 2.0 as the evolution of Telegraf, InfluxDB, Chronograf, and Kapacitor into a unified experience, with Telegraf remaining the edge data collector. The 2.0 open source release reached general availability in November 2020. Its public messaging emphasized a single binary, token-based security, built-in UI, Flux, and upgrade paths from earlier InfluxDB installations. ### Adoption history InfluxData's 2.0 announcement positioned the release as a successor to 1.0, which had shipped in September 2016, and cited millions of open source downloads plus hundreds of thousands of daily active instances across the preceding years. The package-manager story is shaped by coexistence: `influxdb@1` and `influxdb@2` remain separate because operators often need to choose between the 1.x compatibility surface and the 2.x integrated platform model. ### How it is used The Homebrew formula exposes `influxd` for running the server. In the 2.x line, users commonly interact with the database through the web UI, token-authenticated APIs, Flux queries, and the separate Influx CLI. InfluxDB 2 is used for metrics, events, observability, IoT, and application time-series workloads where the database, UI, tasks, and alerting are expected to arrive as one platform rather than several separately deployed components. ### Why package nerds care InfluxDB 2 is significant because it turned a package-manager upgrade into a product-line choice. The formula boundary preserves an operational distinction between InfluxQL-era infrastructure and Flux/token/UI-era infrastructure. It also captures a common infrastructure pattern: a daemon that absorbs adjacent tools from its ecosystem into one installable unit while keeping data collection in a companion agent. ### Timeline - 2019: InfluxDB 2.0 alpha builds appeared in the public GitHub release stream. - 2020: InfluxDB Cloud 2.0 was announced as a unified TICK-stack experience. - 2020: InfluxDB Open Source 2.0 reached general availability. - 2020: InfluxData announced a storage reimagining project alongside the 2.0 platform. ### Related projects - Related projects include InfluxDB 1.x, Telegraf, Chronograf, Kapacitor, Flux, InfluxDB Cloud 2.0, and later InfluxDB 3 work in the same repository. ### Sources - - - - - - ## Security Notes No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for influxdb@2. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL. ## Configuration and credential file locations These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval. ## Configuration files - Linux: /etc/influxdb/config.toml - Unix: ./config.yaml, ./config.yml, ./config.toml, ./config.json ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** influxdb@2 - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** yes - **URL Keys:** stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - influxdb2: package manager index match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/in/influxdb2/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - zypper - influxdb2 - 2.7.10-1.9: package manager index match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: influxdb2 from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | Scalable datastore for metrics, events, and real-time analytics | https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb - zypper - influxdb2-devel - 2.7.10-1.9: package manager index match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: influxdb2-devel from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | InfluxDB development files | https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb - Scoop - versions/influxdb2: package manager index match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/influxdb2.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Versions/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Debian apt - golang-github-influxdb-influxdb-dev - 1.6.7~rc0-2: versioned package alias match | Debian stable package indexes: golang-github-influxdb-influxdb-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Scalable datastore for metrics, events, and real-time analytics. | https://www.influxdata.com/products/influxdb-overview/ - Debian apt - influxdb - 1.6.7~rc0-2+b12: versioned package alias match | Debian stable package indexes: influxdb from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Scalable datastore for metrics, events, and real-time analytics | https://www.influxdata.com/products/influxdb-overview/ - Debian apt - influxdb-client - 1.6.7~rc0-2+b12: versioned package alias match | Debian stable package indexes: influxdb-client from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | command line interface for InfluxDB | https://www.influxdata.com/products/influxdb-overview/ - Nix - influxdb: versioned package alias match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/in/influxdb/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Ubuntu apt - golang-github-influxdb-influxdb-dev - 1.6.7~rc0-2build1: versioned package alias match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: golang-github-influxdb-influxdb-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Scalable datastore for metrics, events, and real-time analytics. | https://www.influxdata.com/products/influxdb-overview/ - Ubuntu apt - influxdb - 1.6.7~rc0-2build1: versioned package alias match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: influxdb from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Scalable datastore for metrics, events, and real-time analytics | https://www.influxdata.com/products/influxdb-overview/ - Ubuntu apt - influxdb-client - 1.6.7~rc0-2build1: versioned package alias match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: influxdb-client from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | command line interface for InfluxDB | https://www.influxdata.com/products/influxdb-overview/ - pacman - influxdb - 2.7.10-1: versioned package alias match | Arch Linux sync databases: influxdb from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Scalable datastore for metrics, events, and real-time analytics | https://github.com/InfluxData/influxdb - zypper - influxdb - 1.11.8-1.9: versioned package alias match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: influxdb from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | Scalable datastore for metrics, events, and real-time analytics | https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb - zypper - influxdb-devel - 1.11.8-1.9: versioned package alias match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: influxdb-devel from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | InfluxDB development files | https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb - MacPorts - influxdb: versioned package alias match | MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/influxdb/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Scoop - main/influxdb: versioned package alias match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/influxdb.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Related links - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [Database and data packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/database-data-tools/) - Matched database, SQL, migration, or data-store metadata. - [breezy](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/breezy/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [go](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/go/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [pkgconf](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/pkgconf/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [protobuf](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/protobuf/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [influxdb](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/influxdb/) - Package name indicates the same formula family. - [influxdb-cli](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/influxdb-cli/) - Package name indicates the same formula family. - [influxdb@1](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/influxdb-1/) - Package name indicates the same formula family. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/influxdb@2.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/influxdb@2.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - package-page enrichment - curated configuration and credential file locations - curated package history - package version freshness - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph