How to Install KairosDB on Fedora CoreOS Latest

KairosDB is a distributed time-series database that uses Apache Cassandra as its back-end data store. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing KairosDB on the latest version of Fedora CoreOS.

Prerequisites

Before we begin, you need to have the following:

• A running instance of Fedora CoreOS Latest with root access.
• Java Development Kit (JDK) version 8 or higher installed on your system.

Install and Configure Cassandra

KairosDB uses Apache Cassandra as its data store. As such, we need to install and configure it before installing KairosDB.

1. Install the Cassandra package:

   sudo dnf install cassandra
   

2. Start the Cassandra service and enable it to start automatically at boot:

   sudo systemctl start cassandra
   sudo systemctl enable cassandra
   

3. Verify that Cassandra is running:

   nodetool status
   

   This command should output information about your Cassandra cluster.

Install KairosDB

You are now ready to install KairosDB.

1. Download KairosDB from the official GitHub repository:

   wget https://github.com/kairosdb/kairosdb/releases/download/v1.2.1/kairosdb-1.2.1-1.tar.gz
   

2. Extract the downloaded archive:

   tar xvzf kairosdb-1.2.1-1.tar.gz
   

3. Move the extracted folder to the /opt directory:

   sudo mv kairosdb /opt
   

4. Create a symbolic link to the KairosDB installation directory:

   sudo ln -s /opt/kairosdb/bin/kairosdb.sh /usr/bin/kairosdb
   

   This will enable you to execute KairosDB using the kairosdb command.

5. Grant execute permission to the KairosDB startup script:

   sudo chmod +x /opt/kairosdb/bin/kairosdb.sh
   

6. Create a system service file to run KairosDB as a service using systemd:

   sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/kairosdb.service
   

   Paste the following lines in the file:

   [Unit]
   Description=KairosDB Time Series Database
   After=syslog.target network.target cassandra.service
   
   [Service]
   Type=forking
   ExecStart=/usr/bin/kairosdb start
   ExecStop=/usr/bin/kairosdb stop
   Restart=always
   
   [Install]
   WantedBy=multi-user.target
   

7. Reload the systemd daemon:

   sudo systemctl daemon-reload
   

8. Start the KairosDB service and enable it to start automatically at boot:

   sudo systemctl start kairosdb
   sudo systemctl enable kairosdb
   

9. Verify that KairosDB is running:

   curl -X GET http://localhost:8080/api/v1/health/check
   

   If successful, the above command should return a JSON response indicating that KairosDB is up and running.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed and configured KairosDB on Fedora CoreOS Latest. You can now start using KairosDB to store and retrieve time-series data.

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