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# Self-host InfluxDB with Docker

> An open-source time-series database for metrics, events, and IoT analytics.

An open-source time-series database for metrics, events, and IoT analytics.

This page describes the Levelrail template for InfluxDB (Database Tools). It deploys the services below as one Docker Compose app on your own server. Project site: [https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/](https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/).

Recommended memory: about 512 MiB.

## Services, ports and volumes

| Service | Image | Container ports | Volumes |
| - | - | - | - |
| `influxdb` | `influxdb:2.7-alpine` | 8086 | `influxdb_data -&#62; /var/lib/influxdb2`<br />`influxdb_config -&#62; /etc/influxdb2` |

## Environment variables

| Service | Variable | Value |
| - | - | - |
| `influxdb` | `INFLUXDB_INIT_ADMIN_TOKEN` | Generated at deploy |
| `influxdb` | `INFLUXDB_INIT_BUCKET` | Preset in the template |
| `influxdb` | `INFLUXDB_INIT_MODE` | Preset in the template |
| `influxdb` | `INFLUXDB_INIT_ORG` | Preset in the template |
| `influxdb` | `INFLUXDB_INIT_PASSWORD` | Generated at deploy |
| `influxdb` | `INFLUXDB_INIT_USERNAME` | Generated at deploy |

Passwords and keys marked as generated are created for you when the app is deployed and stored as secrets. Values are not shown here.

## Deploy InfluxDB with Levelrail

In the dashboard, open **Apps**, choose **New app**, then **Browse templates**, and select InfluxDB. Review the Compose body and deploy.

With the CLI:

```bash theme={"dark"}
levelrail-cli templates deploy influxdb --name my-influxdb
```

See the [service template catalog](/templates-and-registry) for how templates work, and [Getting started](/getting-started) if you have not installed Levelrail yet.

## More Database Tools templates

* [Adminer](/self-host/adminer)
* [Baserow](/self-host/baserow)
* [Bytebase](/self-host/bytebase)
* [Chroma](/self-host/chroma)
* [ClickHouse](/self-host/clickhouse)

All templates are listed in the [self-host gallery](/self-host).


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