For similar capabilities to Amazon Timestream for LiveAnalytics, consider Amazon Timestream for InfluxDB. It offers simplified data ingestion and single-digit millisecond query response times for real-time analytics. Learn more [here](https://docs.aws.amazon.com//timestream/latest/developerguide/timestream-for-influxdb.html).
# Grafana
Use [Amazon Managed Grafana](https://aws.amazon.com/grafana/), Grafana, or Grafana Cloud to visualize data from your Timestream for InfluxDB instance.
## Connect to Grafana
**Important**
The instructions in this guide require Grafana Cloud or Grafana 10.3\$1.
1. Create your [Timestream for InfluxDB DB instance](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/timestream/latest/developerguide/timestream-for-influx-getting-started-creating-db-instance.html) or [Timestream for InfluxDB DB cluster](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/timestream/latest/developerguide/timestream-for-influx-create-rr-cluster.html).
1. Create an [Amazon Managed Grafana workspace](https://console.aws.amazon.com/grafana), sign up for [Grafana Cloud](https://grafana.com/products/cloud/), or download and install [Grafana](https://grafana.com/grafana/download).
1. Visit your Amazon Managed Grafana, Grafana Cloud user interface (UI) or, if running Grafana locally, start Grafana and visit http://localhost:3000 in your browser.
1. In the left navigation of the Grafana UI, open the **Connections** section and select **Add new connection**.
1. Select **InfluxDB** from the list of available data sources and click **Add new data source**.
1. On the Data Source configuration page, enter a name for your InfluxDB data source.
1. In the **Query Language** dropdown list, select one of the query languages supported by InfluxDB 2.7 (**Flux** or **InfluxQL**).
**Important**
SQL is only supported in InfluxDB 3.
### Configure Grafana to use Flux
With Flux selected as the query language in your InfluxDB data source, configure your InfluxDB connection:
1. In the **HTTP** section, enter your InfluxDB URL in the **URL** field.
```
https://your-timestream-for-influxdb-endpoint:8086
```
1. In the **InfluxDB Details** section, enter the following:
+ In **Organization**: Your InfluxDB [organization name or ID](https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/v2/admin/organizations/view-orgs/).
+ In **Token**: Your [InfluxDB API token](https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/v2/admin/tokens/).
+ In **Default Bucket**: The default [bucket](https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/v2/admin/buckets/) to use in Flux queries.
+ In **Min time interval**: The Grafana minimum time interval. The default is 10 seconds.
+ In **Max series**: The maximum number of series or tables Grafana will process. The default is 1,000.
![\[Settings form for configuring an InfluxDB connection using Flux as the query language.\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/timestream/latest/developerguide/images/grafana-flux-config.png)
1. Click **Save & test**. Grafana attempts to connect to the InfluxDB 2.7 data source and returns the results of the test.
### Configure Grafana to use InfluxQL
To query InfluxDB 2.7 with InfluxQL, find your use case below and then complete the instructions to configure Grafana.
#### New install of InfluxDB 2.7:
To configure Grafana to use InfluxQL with a new install of InfluxDB 2.7, do the following:
1. Authenticate with [InfluxDB 2.7 tokens](https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/v2/admin/tokens/).
1. Manually create [DBRP mappings](https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/v2/tools/grafana/?t=InfluxQL#view-and-create-influxdb-dbrp-mappings).
#### Manual migration from InfluxDB 1.x to 2.7:
To configure Grafana to use InfluxQL when you have manually migrated from InfluxDB 1.x to InfluxDB 2.7, do the following:
1. If your InfluxDB 1.x instance required authentication, [create v1-compatible authentication credentials](https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/v2/tools/grafana/?t=InfluxQL#view-and-create-influxdb-v1-authorizations) to match your previous 1.x username and password. Otherwise, use [InfluxDB v2 token authentication](https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/v2/admin/tokens/).
1. Manually create [DBRP mappings](https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/v2/tools/grafana/?t=InfluxQL#view-and-create-influxdb-dbrp-mappings).
With InfluxQL selected as the query language in your InfluxDB data source, configure your InfluxDB connection:
1. In the **HTTP** section, enter your InfluxDB URL in the **URL** field.
```
https://your-timestream-for-influxdb-endpoint:8086
```
1. In the **Custom HTTP Headers** section, enter the following:
+ Select **Add header**. Provide your InfluxDB API token:
+ In **Header**, enter **Authorization**.
+ In **Value**, use the `Token` schema and provide your InfluxDB API token. For example, `Token y0uR5uP3rSecr3tT0k3n`.
1. In the **InfluxDB Details** section, enter the following:
+ In **Database**: The database name [mapped to your InfluxDB 2.7 bucket](https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/v2/tools/grafana/?t=InfluxQL#view-and-create-influxdb-dbrp-mappings).
+ In **User** and **Password**: The username and password associated with your [InfluxDB 1.x compatibility authorization](https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/v2/tools/grafana/?t=InfluxQL#view-and-create-influxdb-v1-authorizations).
+ In **HTTP Method**: Select **GET**.
![\[Settings form for configuring an InfluxDB connection using InfluxQL as the query language.\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/timestream/latest/developerguide/images/grafana-influxql-config.png)
1. Click **Save & test**. Grafana attempts to connect to the InfluxDB 2.7 data source and returns the results of the test.
### Query and visualize data
After configuring your InfluxDB connection, you can use Grafana and Flux to query and visualize time series data stored in your InfluxDB instance.
For more information about using Grafana, see the Grafana [technical documentation](https://grafana.com/docs/). If you are just learning Flux, see [Get started with Flux](https://docs.influxdata.com/flux/v0/get-started/).