Basic Edition
Time Series Database (TSDB) for InfluxDB® offers two editions: Basic Edition for cost-sensitive workloads that tolerate planned downtime, and High-availability Edition for production services that require continuous uptime.
How it works
Basic Edition runs on a single node and uses disks to ensure data reliability. Because there is no secondary node, the instance has no hot backup. If the node fails, or if you change the instance configuration or upgrade the database engine version, the instance becomes unavailable—potentially for an extended period.
Choose an edition
| Basic Edition | High-availability Edition | |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | Single node | Primary + secondary nodes |
| Hot backup | No | Yes |
| Node failure | Instance unavailable | Automatic failover |
| Configuration change | Instance unavailable | Minimal impact |
| Engine version upgrade | Instance unavailable | Minimal impact |
| Cost | Lower | Higher |
The following diagram compares the topology of Basic Edition and High-availability Edition.
If your service requires high availability, use High-availability Edition.
Features
Basic Edition supports the following features:
IP whitelisting — Restrict access to the instance by IP address
Monitoring — Track instance health and performance metrics
Data migration — Move data into or out of the instance
You can use these features to perform the following operations:
Manage user accounts and databases
Migrate data
Monitor cloud instances
Use cases
Basic Edition suits time-series workloads where brief unavailability is acceptable:
Internet infrastructure monitoring
Container monitoring
Monitoring and analysis of business operations
Remote real-time monitoring of IoT devices
Security monitoring for industrial production
Production quality assessment and fault backtracking
All six scenarios are monitoring-oriented, making Basic Edition a practical choice when the cost savings of a single-node setup outweigh the need for automatic failover.
Quick start
Follow these best practices to quickly get started with writing and querying data in TSDB for InfluxDB®.
FAQ
What are the differences between TSDB for InfluxDB® and open source InfluxDB?
For more information, see Advantages of TSDB for InfluxDB® compared with self-managed InfluxDB.
How do I set the username and password to connect to an instance?
For more information, see Manage user accounts and databases.
Does TSDB for InfluxDB® use HTTPS for encrypted transmission?
Yes, it does. Cloud Time Series Database uses HTTPS to encrypt all data in transit.