diff --git a/influxdb/content.md b/influxdb/content.md index 7bc2179f..a744916d 100644 --- a/influxdb/content.md +++ b/influxdb/content.md @@ -114,17 +114,15 @@ $ docker run --name=influxdb -d -p 8083:8083 -p 8086:8086 influxdb Run the influx client in another container: ```console -$ docker run --rm --link=influxdb -it influxdb influx -host influxdb +$ docker run --rm --net=container:influxdb -it influxdb influx -host influxdb ``` -Alternatively, jump directly into the container: - -```console -$ docker exec -it influxdb influx -``` +At the moment, you cannot use `docker exec` to run the influx client since `docker exec` will not properly allocate a TTY. This is due to a current bug in Docker that is detailed in [docker/docker#8755](https://github.com/docker/docker/issues/8755). ### Web Administrator Interface Navigate to [localhost:8083](http://localhost:8083) with your browser while running the container. See more about using the web admin [here](https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/latest/tools/web_admin/). + +The web administrator interface requires that the web browser have access to InfluxDB. You must expose the InfluxDB HTTP port as the same port when using the admin interface.