description TICK Stack Overview
The TICK Stack is a time-series monitoring and operations platform associated with InfluxData. Its name refers to Telegraf for collecting metrics, InfluxDB for storing time-series data, Chronograf for exploration and dashboards, and Kapacitor for processing, alerting, and related automation. The components can be combined to collect telemetry from infrastructure and applications, examine it through visual tools, and define responses to changing operational conditions.
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What does TICK mean in the TICK Stack?
TICK refers to Telegraf, InfluxDB, Chronograf, and Kapacitor. Together they cover metric collection, time-series storage, exploration, dashboards, processing, and alerting.
What does Telegraf do in the TICK Stack?
Telegraf collects metrics from systems, services, and applications. It sends those measurements to storage such as InfluxDB for later analysis.
Which component stores time-series data?
InfluxDB is the time-series database in the stack. It is designed for timestamped measurements such as CPU use, request counts, temperatures, and network traffic.
What are Chronograf and Kapacitor used for?
Chronograf provides exploration and dashboard functions, while Kapacitor processes streams or batches of data and supports alerting. The stack was associated with InfluxData’s monitoring workflow.
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