Rename hosts in InfluxDB Enterprise
Host renaming
The following instructions allow you to rename a host within your InfluxDB Enterprise instance.
First, suspend write and query activity to the cluster.
Rename meta nodes
- Find the meta node leader with
curl localhost:8091/status
. Theleader
field in the JSON output reports the leader meta node. We will start with the two meta nodes that are not leaders. - On a non-leader meta node, run
influxd-ctl remove-meta
. Once removed, confirm by runninginfluxd-ctl show
on the meta leader. - Stop the meta service on the removed node, edit its configuration file to set the new “hostname” under “/etc/influxdb/influxdb-meta.conf”.
- Update the actual OS host’s name if needed, apply DNS changes.
- Start the meta service.
- On the meta leader, add the meta node with the new hostname using
influxd-ctl add-meta newmetanode:8091
. Confirm withinfluxd-ctl show
- Repeat for the second meta node.
- Once the two non-leaders are updated, stop the leader and wait for another meta node to become the leader - check with
curl localhost:8091/status
. - Repeat the process for the last meta node (former leader).
Intermediate verification
- Verify the state of the cluster with
influxd-ctl show
. The version must be reported on all nodes for them to be healthy. - Verify there is a meta leader with
curl localhost:8091/status
and that all meta nodes list the rest in the output. - Restart all data nodes one by one. Verify that
/var/lib/influxdb/meta/client.json
on all data nodes references the new meta names. - Verify the
show shards
output lists all shards and node ownership as expected. - Verify that the cluster is in good shape functional-wise, responds to writes and queries.
Rename data nodes
- Find the meta node leader with
curl localhost:8091/status
. Theleader
field in the JSON output reports the leader meta node. - Stop the service on the data node you want to rename. Edit its configuration file to set the new
hostname
under/etc/influxdb/influxdb.conf
. - Update the actual OS host’s name if needed, apply DNS changes.
- Start the data service. Errors will be logged until it is added to the cluster again.
- On the meta node leader, run
influxd-ctl update-data oldname:8088 newname:8088
. Upon success you will get a message updated data node ID tonewname:8088
. - Verify with
influxd-ctl show
on the meta node leader. Verify there are no errors in the logs of the updated data node and other data nodes. Restart the service on the updated data node. Verify writes, replication and queries work as expected. - Repeat on the remaining data nodes. Remember to only execute the
update-data
command from the meta leader.
Final verification
- Verify the state of the cluster with
influxd-ctl show
. The version must be reported on all nodes for them to be healthy. - Verify the
show shards
output lists all shards and node ownership as expected. - Verify meta queries work (show measurements under a database).
- Verify data are being queried successfully.
Once you’ve performed the verification steps, resume write and query activity.