UI assets for InfluxDB are automatically downloaded and embedded in the influxd binary when using the top-level Makefile. The UI assets are built and made available from the influxdata/ui repository. All of the UI source code has been removed from this directory, and now lives in the influxdata/ui repository. Please submit all PRs and issues related to the InfluxDB UI to the influxdata/ui repository.

It is possible to run a frontend development server with hot reloading using the UI from influxdata/ui in front of the InfluxDB backend:

Start influxd listening on the default port (8086):

$ ./bin/darwin/influxd

Clone (if needed) & start the UI development server from the ui repository:

$ git clone https://github.com/influxdata/ui.git
$ cd ui
$ yarn start

The UI development server runs at http:https://localhost:8080

To run InfluxDB with local UI assets, first build the assets:

$ git clone https://github.com/influxdata/ui.git
$ cd ui
$ yarn build

Start influxd using the local UI assets via the --assets-path flag. For example, if the ui folder containing built assets is at the same level as the influxdb folder and the influxd binary is at influxdb/bin/darwin/influxd:

$ ./bin/darwin/influxd --assets-path=../ui/build