Collecting Jenkins Pipeline Metrics with InfluxDB and Visualizing in Grafana on Kubernetes
This tutorial explains how to gather build data from Jenkins pipelines, store the metrics in InfluxDB deployed on Kubernetes, and visualize the information using Grafana dashboards, providing a complete end‑to‑end solution for continuous delivery measurement and feedback.
In continuous delivery, measuring and feedback are essential; this article shows how to collect Jenkins pipeline build data (such as build duration, unit test results, and detailed build information) and store it in InfluxDB via its HTTP API.
The overall architecture involves a Jenkins pipeline script that sends metrics to InfluxDB, which is deployed in a Kubernetes cluster, and then Grafana imports a dashboard template to display the data.
To deploy InfluxDB on Kubernetes, a YAML Deployment file is created (including a persistent volume and exposing port 8086); the file is available in a public GitHub repository.
Within the Jenkins pipeline, the InfluxDB HTTP API is used to write the collected metrics, as illustrated by the accompanying screenshots.
Grafana’s official dashboard template (ID 10557) is imported and adapted by modifying the SELECT statements to match the InfluxDB schema, resulting in a functional visualization of the pipeline metrics.
Images throughout the article demonstrate the architecture diagram, InfluxDB deployment, pipeline data submission, and the final Grafana dashboards.
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