diff --git a/influxdb/.footprint b/influxdb/.footprint
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index 000000000..c3f287e09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/influxdb/.footprint
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+drwxr-xr-x	root/root	etc/
+drwxr-xr-x	root/root	etc/influxdb/
+-rw-r--r--	root/root	etc/influxdb/influxdb.conf
+drwxr-xr-x	root/root	etc/rc.d/
+-rwxr-xr-x	root/root	etc/rc.d/influxdb
+drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/
+drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/bin/
+-rwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/bin/influx
+-rwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/bin/influx_inspect
+-rwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/bin/influx_stress
+-rwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/bin/influx_tools
+-rwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/bin/influx_tsm
+-rwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/bin/influxd
diff --git a/influxdb/.signature b/influxdb/.signature
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index 000000000..b5568c75d
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+++ b/influxdb/.signature
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+untrusted comment: verify with /etc/ports/contrib.pub
+RWSagIOpLGJF3xUa7r/dhq0JnlrglAaEGdjkIpAW/jecAk8qbFM8g1w9HKzccpQB46EkJfvPFeB+q960g+kEyMtpgCGgq5wwvwY=
+SHA256 (Pkgfile) = 40903fc418e716c84f179de96c016cb587fe4ff9d1a8392a950d16c0e892fb89
+SHA256 (.footprint) = d42615e1d0403a8d6559f6b7c9863d6c7d3f2a4469a38256195b13485b7c29c7
+SHA256 (influxdb-1.8.3.tar.gz) = d8b89e324ed7343c1397124ac3cc68c405406faf74e7369e733611cada54656d
+SHA256 (influxdb.service) = 04d4b6e036d771cd2aac0bf218a76c4f497786aa9a7ee242ca21fb336882880e
diff --git a/influxdb/Pkgfile b/influxdb/Pkgfile
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+++ b/influxdb/Pkgfile
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+# Description: Scalable datastore for metrics, events, and real-time analytics
+# URL: https://github.com/InfluxData/influxdb
+# Maintainer: Tim Biermann, tbier at posteo dot de
+# Depends on: go
+
+name=influxdb
+version=1.8.3
+release=1
+source=(https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb/archive/v$version/$name-$version.tar.gz
+  influxdb.service)
+
+build() {
+  cd $name-$version
+  mkdir -p build
+
+  export CGO_CPPFLAGS="${CPPFLAGS}"
+  export CGO_CFLAGS="${CFLAGS}"
+  export CGO_CXXFLAGS="${CXXFLAGS}"
+  export CGO_LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS}"
+  export GOFLAGS="-trimpath -mod=readonly -modcacherw"
+
+  go build -v -o build ./cmd/...
+
+  ## needs asciidoc
+  ## and fails when it gets it
+  #make -C man
+
+  install -d $PKG/usr/bin/
+  install -Dm755 build/influx         $PKG/usr/bin/
+  install -Dm755 build/influxd        $PKG/usr/bin/
+  install -Dm755 build/influx_inspect $PKG/usr/bin/
+  install -Dm755 build/influx_stress  $PKG/usr/bin/
+  install -Dm755 build/influx_tools   $PKG/usr/bin/
+  install -Dm755 build/influx_tsm     $PKG/usr/bin/
+
+  install -Dm644 etc/config.sample.toml   $PKG/etc/influxdb/influxdb.conf
+
+  ## install rc file
+  install -Dm 755 $SRC/influxdb.service $PKG/etc/rc.d/influxdb
+}
diff --git a/influxdb/influxdb.service b/influxdb/influxdb.service
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+++ b/influxdb/influxdb.service
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+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# /etc/rc.d/influxdb: start/stop influxdb daemon
+#
+
+SSD=/sbin/start-stop-daemon
+PROG=/usr/bin/influxd
+OPTS=""
+
+case $1 in
+start)
+	$SSD --start -b --exec $PROG -- $OPTS
+	;;
+stop)
+	$SSD --stop --retry 10 --exec $PROG
+	;;
+restart)
+	$0 stop
+	$0 start
+	;;
+status)
+	$SSD --status --exec $PROG
+	case $? in
+	0) echo "$PROG is running with pid $(pidof $PROG)" ;;
+	1) echo "$PROG is not running but the pid file $PID exists" ;;
+	3) echo "$PROG is not running" ;;
+	4) echo "Unable to determine the program status" ;;
+	esac
+	;;
+*)
+	echo "usage: $0 [start|stop|restart|status]"
+	;;
+esac
+
+# End of file