InfluxDB image
solderra/armhf-influxdb:latest -> influxdb 0.9.6.1
Start your image binding the external ports 8083 and 8086 in all interfaces to your container. Ports 8090 and 8099 are only used for clustering and should not be exposed to the internet:
docker run -d -p 8083:8083 -p 8086:8086 solderra/armhf-influxdb
Docker containers are easy to delete. If you delete your container instance and your cluster goes offline, you'll lose the InfluxDB store and configuration. If you are serious about keeping InfluxDB data persistently, then consider adding a volume mapping to the containers /data folder:
docker run -d --volume=/var/influxdb:/data -p 8083:8083 -p 8086:8086 solderra/armhf-influxdb
Open your browser to access localhost:8083 to configure InfluxDB. Fill the port which maps to 8086. There is no default user anymore in version 0.9 but you can set auth-enabled: true in the config.toml.
Alternatively, you can use RESTful API to talk to InfluxDB on port 8086. For example, if you have problems with the initial database creation for version 0.9.x, you can use the new influx cli tool to configure the database. While the container is running, you launch the tool with the following command:
docker exec -ti influxdb-container-name /opt/influxdb/influx
Connected to http://localhost:8086 version 0.9.2.1
InfluxDB shell 0.9.2.1
>