Container Size

[gaetan29]

Hi,
Thanks for maintaining this container.
I am storing temperature data in a Influx DB. I haven't (yet) set up any retention policy.
Bsic question: is the containing auto-extensible ? Or will it get eventually full ?
How can I monitor this ?

Thanks

[jsternberg]

You should mount a volume to the data storage area in /var/lib/influxdb. Data storage isn't handled by Docker or by this image so you're mostly on your own in regards to how you do it.

I do greatly recommend you use SSD's though. That's just generic advice for InfluxDB in general though.

You can read more about volumes and bind mounts in the Docker documentation: https://docs.docker.com/engine/admin/volumes/