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title: Monitor Docker
description: Use the Docker Monitoring template to monitor your Docker containers.
url: https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/cloud/monitor-alert/templates/infrastructure/docker/
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product: InfluxDB Cloud (TSM)
version: cloud
---

# Monitor Docker

Use the [Docker Monitoring template](https://github.com/influxdata/community-templates/tree/master/docker) to monitor your Docker containers. First, [apply the template](#apply-the-template), and then [view incoming data](#view-incoming-data). This template uses the [Docker input plugin](/telegraf/v1/plugins//#docker) to collect metrics stored in InfluxDB and display these metrics in a dashboard.

The Docker Monitoring template includes the following:

-   one [dashboard](/influxdb/cloud/reference/glossary/#dashboard): **Docker**
-   one [bucket](/influxdb/cloud/reference/glossary/#bucket): `docker, 7d retention`
-   labels: Docker input plugin labels
-   one [Telegraf configuration](/influxdb/cloud/tools/telegraf-configs/): Docker input plugin
-   one variable: `bucket`
-   four [checks](/influxdb/cloud/reference/glossary/#check): `Container cpu`, `mem`, `disk`, `non-zero exit`
-   one [notification endpoint](/influxdb/cloud/reference/glossary/#notification-endpoint): `Http Post`
-   one [notification rule](/influxdb/cloud/reference/glossary/#notification-rule): `Crit Alert`

For more information about how checks, notification endpoints, and notifications rules work together, see [monitor data and send alerts](/influxdb/cloud/monitor-alert/).

## Apply the template

1. Use the [`influx` CLI](/influxdb/cloud/reference/cli/influx/) to run the following command:
    
    ```sh
    influx apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/influxdata/community-templates/master/docker/docker.yml
    ```
    
    For more information, see [influx apply](/influxdb/cloud/reference/cli/influx/apply/).
    
    Ensure your `influx` CLI is configured with your account credentials and that configuration is active. For more information, see [influx config](/influxdb/cloud/reference/cli/influx/config/).
    
2. [Install Telegraf](/telegraf/v1/introduction/installation/) on a server with network access to both the Docker containers and [InfluxDB v2 API](/influxdb/cloud/reference/api/).
    
3. In your [Telegraf configuration file (`telegraf.conf`)](/influxdb/cloud/tools/telegraf-configs/), do the following:
    
    -   Depending on how you run Docker, you may need to customize the [Docker input plugin](/telegraf/v1/plugins//#docker) configuration, for example, you may need to specify the `endpoint` value.
    -   Set the following environment variables:
        -   INFLUX\_TOKEN: Token must have permissions to read Telegraf configurations and write data to the `telegraf` bucket. See how to [view tokens](/influxdb/cloud/admin/tokens/view-tokens/).
        -   INFLUX\_ORG: Name of your organization. See how to [view your organization](/influxdb/cloud/admin/organizations/view-orgs/).
        -   INFLUX\_HOST: Your InfluxDB host URL, for example, localhost, a remote instance, or InfluxDB Cloud.
4. [Start Telegraf](/influxdb/cloud/write-data/no-code/use-telegraf/auto-config/#start-telegraf).
    

## View incoming data

1. In the InfluxDB user interface (UI), select **Dashboards** in the left navigation.
    
    Dashboards
    
2. Open the **Docker** dashboard to start monitoring.