From Sensor to Cloud: Getting Your Data Off of the Edge - Michael Hall

Learn how to send sensor data seamlessly from the edge to the cloud with Telegraph and InfluxDB, and discover the benefits of using this IoT data processing and storage solution.

Key takeaways
  • Telegraph is the easiest way to send sensor data to a cloud, without worrying about protocols and formats.
  • InfluxDB is a time series database designed for IoT data, providing persistence and querying capabilities.
  • The biggest pain point is syncing data from edge devices to the cloud, and Telegraph helps to solve this problem.
  • Telegraph collects data from various sources, converts it, and sends it to InfluxDB, with options for output plugins and processing.
  • InfluxDB provides bucketing, downsampling, and task scheduling, making it suitable for IoT data processing.
  • The InfluxDB query language, Flux, can be used to create complex queries and visualizations.
  • Telegraph has plugins for various protocols, including MQTT and HTTP.
  • InfluxDB has a large community and open-source plugins, making it easy to extend and integrate.
  • InfluxDB is designed to handle large amounts of timestamped data and provides features for data processing and analysis.
  • The community is active and contributes to InfluxDB and Telegraph plugins.
  • Telegraph provides a flexible and easy-to-use solution for sending sensor data to InfluxDB and processing it.
  • InfluxDB provides a scalable and reliable solution for storing and processing IoT data.