Add the influxdata repository key

curl -sL https://repos.influxdata.com/influxdb.key | sudo apt-key add -
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Create repository file for influxdb.

echo “deb https://repos.influxdata.com/ubuntu trusty stable” | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/influxdb.list
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Update apt Metadata by running command below.

apt update
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Now we are ready to install InfluxDB.

apt install influxdb
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Start InfluxDB for the first time -

sudo service influxdb start
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Let’s check whether InfluxDB already listen on its ports -

sudo netstat -naptu | grep LISTEN | grep influxd