<s>
InfluxDB	B-Language
is	O
an	O
open-source	B-Application
time	O
series	O
database	O
(	O
TSDB	O
)	O
developed	O
by	O
the	O
company	O
InfluxData	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
written	O
in	O
the	O
Go	B-Application
programming	I-Application
language	I-Application
for	O
storage	O
and	O
retrieval	O
of	O
time	O
series	O
data	O
in	O
fields	O
such	O
as	O
operations	O
monitoring	O
,	O
application	O
metrics	O
,	O
Internet	B-Operating_System
of	I-Operating_System
Things	I-Operating_System
sensor	O
data	O
,	O
and	O
real-time	O
analytics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
has	O
support	O
for	O
processing	O
data	O
from	O
Graphite	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Y	O
Combinator-backed	O
company	O
Errplane	O
began	O
developing	O
InfluxDB	B-Language
as	O
an	O
open-source	B-Application
project	O
in	O
late	O
2013	O
for	O
performance	O
monitoring	O
and	O
alerting	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
InfluxDB	B-Language
has	O
no	O
external	O
dependencies	O
and	O
provides	O
an	O
SQL-like	O
language	O
,	O
listening	O
on	O
port	O
8086	O
,	O
with	O
built-in	O
time-centric	O
functions	O
for	O
querying	O
a	O
data	O
structure	O
composed	O
of	O
measurements	O
,	O
series	O
,	O
and	O
points	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
InfluxData	O
regularly	O
hosts	O
events	O
related	O
to	O
InfluxDB	B-Language
called	O
InfluxDays	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
InfluxDays	O
are	O
technical	O
conventions	O
focused	O
on	O
the	O
evolution	O
of	O
InfluxDB	B-Language
on	O
technical	O
and	O
business	O
points	O
of	O
view	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Companies	O
can	O
showcase	O
how	O
they	O
use	O
InfluxDB	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
InfluxDB	B-Language
accepts	O
data	O
via	O
HTTP	O
,	O
TCP	O
,	O
and	O
UDP	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
defines	O
a	O
line	O
protocol	O
backwards	O
compatible	O
with	O
Graphite	B-Application
and	O
takes	O
the	O
form	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Contributors	O
to	O
InfluxDB	B-Language
need	O
to	O
give	O
InfluxData	O
Inc	O
.	O
the	O
right	O
to	O
license	O
the	O
contributions	O
and	O
the	O
rest	O
of	O
the	O
software	O
in	O
any	O
way	O
,	O
including	O
under	O
a	O
closed-source	B-Application
license	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2016	O
,	O
InfluxData	O
announced	O
that	O
the	O
computer	B-Architecture
cluster	I-Architecture
component	O
of	O
InfluxDB	B-Language
would	O
be	O
sold	O
as	O
closed-source	B-Application
software	I-Application
in	O
order	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
sustainable	O
source	O
of	O
funding	O
for	O
the	O
project	O
's	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
