Components

This section provides a detailed description of the main product components in TDengine, including their functionalities, command-line parameters, configuration options, and more.

📄️ taosd

taosd is the core service of the TDengine database engine, with its configuration file defaulting to /etc/taos/taos.cfg, though it can also be specified at a different path. This section provides a detailed introduction to the command line parameters and configuration parameters within the taosd configuration file.

📄️ taosc

The TDengine client driver provides all the APIs needed for application programming and plays an important role in distributed computing across the entire cluster. The behavior of the client driver can be globally controlled not only by API and its specific parameters but also through configuration files. This section lists the configuration parameters available for the TDengine client.

📄️ taosAdapter

taosAdapter is a supporting tool for TDengine, acting as a bridge and adapter between the TDengine cluster and applications. It provides an easy-to-use and efficient way to ingest data directly from data collection agents such as Telegraf, StatsD, collectd, etc. It also offers InfluxDB/OpenTSDB-compatible data ingestion interfaces, allowing InfluxDB/OpenTSDB applications to be seamlessly ported to TDengine.

📄️ taosX

taosX is a core component in TDengine Enterprise that provides zero-code data access capabilities. taosX supports two running modes: service mode and command-line mode. This section describes how to use taosX in both ways. To use taosX, you must first install the TDengine Enterprise installation package.

📄️ taosX Agent

This section explains how to deploy the Agent (for taosX). Before using it, you need to install the TDengine Enterprise installation package. The taosX-Agent is used in certain data access scenarios, such as Pi, OPC UA, and OPC DA, where access to the data source is restricted or the network environment is special. It can be deployed close to the data source or even on the same server as the data source, with the taosX-Agent responsible for reading data from the source and sending it to taosX.

📄️ taosKeeper

taosKeeper is a tool for exporting monitoring metrics in TDengine version 3.0, allowing you to obtain the operational status of TDengine with just a few simple configurations. taosKeeper uses the TDengine RESTful interface, so there's no need to install the TDengine client.

📄️ taosExplorer

taosExplorer is a web service that provides users with a visual management interface for TDengine instances. Although it is not open source, it is offered for free with the open-source installation package. This section primarily discusses its installation and deployment. Its features are based on an easy-to-use graphical interface that can be directly tried out. If needed, you can also refer to the advanced features and operations guide. To ensure the best experience when accessing taosExplorer, please use Chrome version 79 or above, or Edge version 79 or above.

📄️ TDinsight

TDinsight is a solution for monitoring TDengine using Grafana.