Unit test for programs that uses influxdb

Question

How could i write unit tests for an application that uses influx db as database without installing influxDB on system.

I want an embedded influxDB to start before tests, tests run, and close after tests.

Answer 1

You could simply use a Docker image such as tutum/influxdb. Only dependency in this setup is installing Docker.

Answer 2

I know this is an old question but I tackle the same issue while developing integration tests on a project.

I created a library for this purpose available on Maven Central (the sources are available on github).

It enables to download and control an InfluxDB server directly from java.

Hope it helps.