From 06c73b1a76eb7600aaed1477611ef23d0e4e90a8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nan Deng Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2014 16:32:10 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] readme --- README.md | 11 +++++++++++ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 003c1f11..6519cab1 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -24,6 +24,17 @@ cAdvisor is now running (in the background) on `http://localhost:8080`. The setu If you want to build your own cAdvisor Docker image, take a look at the Dockerfile which can build a cAdvisor docker container under `quickstart/Dockerfile`. +#### Using [InfluxDB](http://influxdb.com) as backend storage + +cAdvisor now also supports [InfluxDB](http://influxdb.com) to store stats. To use InfluxDB, you need to pass some additional flag to cadvisor telling it where the InfluxDB is running: + +- ``-storage_driver``: storage driver to use. Options are: memory (default) and influxdb. +- ``-storage_driver_host``: The *host:port* of the data base. +- ``-storage_driver_name``: database name. +- ``-storage_driver_user``: database username. +- ``-storage_driver_password``: database password. +- ``-storage_driver_secure``: use secure connection with database. False by default + ## Web UI cAdvisor exposes a web UI at its port: