---
sidebar_label: TDengine in Docker
title: Deploy TDengine in Docker
---

We do not recommend deploying TDengine using Docker in a production system. However, Docker is still very useful in a development environment, especially when your host is not Linux. From version 2.0.14.0, the official image of TDengine can support X86-64, X86, arm64, and rm32 .

In this chapter we introduce a simple step by step guide to use TDengine in Docker.

## Install Docker

To install Docker please refer to [Get Docker](https://docs.docker.com/get-docker/).

After Docker is installed, you can check whether Docker is installed properly by displaying Docker version.

```bash
$ docker -v
Docker version 20.10.3, build 48d30b5
```

## Launch TDengine in Docker

### Launch TDengine Server

```bash
$ docker run -d -p 6030-6049:6030-6049 -p 6030-6049:6030-6049/udp tdengine/tdengine
526aa188da767ae94b244226a2b2eec2b5f17dd8eff592893d9ec0cd0f3a1ccd
```

In the above command, a docker container is started to run TDengine server, the port range 6030-6049 of the container is mapped to host port range 6030-6049. If port range 6030-6049 has been occupied on the host, please change to an available host port range. For port requirements on the host, please refer to [Port Configuration](/reference/config/#serverport).

- **docker run**: Launch a docker container
- **-d**: the container will run in background mode
- **-p**: port mapping
- **tdengine/tdengine**: The image from which to launch the container
- **526aa188da767ae94b244226a2b2eec2b5f17dd8eff592893d9ec0cd0f3a1ccd**: the container ID if successfully launched.

Furthermore, `--name` can be used with `docker run` to specify name for the container, `--hostname` can be used to specify hostname for the container, `-v` can be used to mount local volumes to the container so that the data generated inside the container can be persisted to disk on the host.

```bash
docker run -d --name tdengine --hostname="tdengine-server" -v ~/work/taos/log:/var/log/taos -v ~/work/taos/data:/var/lib/taos  -p 6030-6049:6030-6049 -p 6030-6049:6030-6049/udp tdengine/tdengine
```

- **--name tdengine**: specify the name of the container, the name can be used to specify the container later
- **--hostname=tdengine-server**: specify the hostname inside the container, the hostname can be used inside the container without worrying the container IP may vary
- **-v**: volume mapping between host and container

### Check the container

```bash
docker ps
```

The output is like below:

```
CONTAINER ID   IMAGE               COMMAND   CREATED          STATUS          ···
c452519b0f9b   tdengine/tdengine   "taosd"   14 minutes ago   Up 14 minutes   ···
```

- **docker ps**: List all the containers
- **CONTAINER ID**: Container ID
- **IMAGE**: The image used for the container
- **COMMAND**: The command used when launching the container
- **CREATED**: When the container was created
- **STATUS**: Status of the container

### Access TDengine inside container

```bash
$ docker exec -it tdengine /bin/bash
root@tdengine-server:~/TDengine-server-2.4.0.4#
```

- **docker exec**: Attach to the container
- **-i**: Interactive mode
- **-t**: Use terminal
- **tdengine**: Container name, up to the output of `docker ps`
- **/bin/bash**: The command to execute once the container is attached

Inside the container, start TDengine CLI `taos`

```bash
root@tdengine-server:~/TDengine-server-2.4.0.4# taos

Welcome to the TDengine shell from Linux, Client Version:2.4.0.4
Copyright (c) 2020 by TAOS Data, Inc. All rights reserved.

taos>
```

The above example is for a successful connection. If `taos` fails to connect to the server side, error information would be shown.

In TDengine CLI, SQL commands can be executed to create/drop databases, tables, STables, and insert or query data. For details please refer to [TAOS SQL](/taos-sql/).

### Access TDengine from host

If option `-p` used to map ports properly between host and container, it's also able to access TDengine in container from the host as long as `firstEp` is configured correctly for the client on host.

```
$ taos

Welcome to the TDengine shell from Linux, Client Version:2.4.0.4
Copyright (c) 2020 by TAOS Data, Inc. All rights reserved.

taos>
```

It's also able to access the REST interface provided by TDengine in container from the host.

```
curl -u root:taosdata -d 'show databases' 127.0.0.1:6041/rest/sql
```

Output is like below:

```
{"status":"succ","head":["name","created_time","ntables","vgroups","replica","quorum","days","keep0,keep1,keep(D)","cache(MB)","blocks","minrows","maxrows","wallevel","fsync","comp","cachelast","precision","update","status"],"column_meta":[["name",8,32],["created_time",9,8],["ntables",4,4],["vgroups",4,4],["replica",3,2],["quorum",3,2],["days",3,2],["keep0,keep1,keep(D)",8,24],["cache(MB)",4,4],["blocks",4,4],["minrows",4,4],["maxrows",4,4],["wallevel",2,1],["fsync",4,4],["comp",2,1],["cachelast",2,1],["precision",8,3],["update",2,1],["status",8,10]],"data":[["test","2021-08-18 06:01:11.021",10000,4,1,1,10,"3650,3650,3650",16,6,100,4096,1,3000,2,0,"ms",0,"ready"],["log","2021-08-18 05:51:51.065",4,1,1,1,10,"30,30,30",1,3,100,4096,1,3000,2,0,"us",0,"ready"]],"rows":2}
```

For details of REST API please refer to [REST API](/reference/rest-api/).

### Run TDengine server and taosAdapter inside container

From version 2.4.0.0, in the TDengine Docker image, `taosAdapter` is enabled by default, but can be disabled using environment variable `TAOS_DISABLE_ADAPTER=true` . `taosAdapter` can also be run alone without `taosd` when launching a container.

For the port mapping of `taosAdapter`, please refer to [taosAdapter](/reference/taosadapter/).

- Run both `taosd` and `taosAdapter` (by default) in docker container:

```bash
docker run -d --name tdengine-all -p 6030-6049:6030-6049 -p 6030-6049:6030-6049/udp tdengine/tdengine:2.4.0.4
```

- Run `taosAdapter` only in docker container, `TAOS_FIRST_EP` environment variable needs to be used to specify the container name in which `taosd` is running:

```bash
docker run -d --name tdengine-taosa -p 6041-6049:6041-6049 -p 6041-6049:6041-6049/udp -e TAOS_FIRST_EP=tdengine-all tdengine/tdengine:2.4.0.4 taosadapter
```

- Run `taosd` only in docker container:

```bash
docker run -d --name tdengine-taosd -p 6030-6042:6030-6042 -p 6030-6042:6030-6042/udp -e TAOS_DISABLE_ADAPTER=true tdengine/tdengine:2.4.0.4
```

- Verify the REST interface:

```bash
curl -H 'Authorization: Basic cm9vdDp0YW9zZGF0YQ==' -d 'show databases;' 127.0.0.1:6041/rest/sql
```

Below is an example output:

```
{"status":"succ","head":["name","created_time","ntables","vgroups","replica","quorum","days","keep","cache(MB)","blocks","minrows","maxrows","wallevel","fsync","comp","cachelast","precision","update","status"],"column_meta":[["name",8,32],["created_time",9,8],["ntables",4,4],["vgroups",4,4],["replica",3,2],["quorum",3,2],["days",3,2],["keep",8,24],["cache(MB)",4,4],["blocks",4,4],["minrows",4,4],["maxrows",4,4],["wallevel",2,1],["fsync",4,4],["comp",2,1],["cachelast",2,1],["precision",8,3],["update",2,1],["status",8,10]],"data":[["log","2021-12-28 09:18:55.765",10,1,1,1,10,"30",1,3,100,4096,1,3000,2,0,"us",0,"ready"]],"rows":1}
```

### Use taosBenchmark on host to access TDengine server in container

1. Run `taosBenchmark`, named as `taosdemo` previously, on the host:

   ```bash
   $ taosBenchmark

   taosBenchmark is simulating data generated by power equipments monitoring...

   host:                       127.0.0.1:6030
   user:                       root
   password:                   taosdata
   configDir:
   resultFile:                 ./output.txt
   thread num of insert data:  10
   thread num of create table: 10
   top insert interval:        0
   number of records per req:  30000
   max sql length:             1048576
   database count:             1
   database[0]:
   database[0] name:      test
   drop:                  yes
   replica:               1
   precision:             ms
   super table count:     1
   super table[0]:
       stbName:           meters
       autoCreateTable:   no
       childTblExists:    no
       childTblCount:     10000
       childTblPrefix:    d
       dataSource:        rand
       iface:             taosc
       insertRows:        10000
       interlaceRows:     0
       disorderRange:     1000
       disorderRatio:     0
       maxSqlLen:         1048576
       timeStampStep:     1
       startTimestamp:    2017-07-14 10:40:00.000
       sampleFormat:
       sampleFile:
       tagsFile:
       columnCount:       3
   column[0]:FLOAT column[1]:INT column[2]:FLOAT
       tagCount:            2
           tag[0]:INT tag[1]:BINARY(16)

           Press enter key to continue or Ctrl-C to stop
   ```

   Once the execution is finished, a database `test` is created, a STable `meters` is created in database `test`, 10,000 sub tables are created using `meters` as template, named as "d0" to "d9999", while 10,000 rows are inserted into each table, so totally 100,000,000 rows are inserted.

2. Check the data

   - **Check database**

   ```bash
   $ taos> show databases;
     name        |      created_time       |   ntables   |   vgroups   |    ···
     test        | 2021-08-18 06:01:11.021 |       10000 |           6 |    ···
     log         | 2021-08-18 05:51:51.065 |           4 |           1 |    ···

   ```

   - **Check STable**

   ```bash
   $ taos> use test;
   Database changed.

   $ taos> show stables;
                 name              |      created_time       | columns |  tags  |   tables    |
   ============================================================================================
    meters                         | 2021-08-18 06:01:11.116 |       4 |      2 |       10000 |
   Query OK, 1 row(s) in set (0.003259s)

   ```

   - **Check Tables**

   ```bash
   $ taos> select * from test.t0 limit 10;

   DB error: Table does not exist (0.002857s)
   taos> select * from test.d0 limit 10;
              ts            |       current        |   voltage   |        phase         |
   ======================================================================================
    2017-07-14 10:40:00.000 |             10.12072 |         223 |              0.34167 |
    2017-07-14 10:40:00.001 |             10.16103 |         224 |              0.34445 |
    2017-07-14 10:40:00.002 |             10.00204 |         220 |              0.33334 |
    2017-07-14 10:40:00.003 |             10.00030 |         220 |              0.33333 |
    2017-07-14 10:40:00.004 |              9.84029 |         216 |              0.32222 |
    2017-07-14 10:40:00.005 |              9.88028 |         217 |              0.32500 |
    2017-07-14 10:40:00.006 |              9.88110 |         217 |              0.32500 |
    2017-07-14 10:40:00.007 |             10.08137 |         222 |              0.33889 |
    2017-07-14 10:40:00.008 |             10.12063 |         223 |              0.34167 |
    2017-07-14 10:40:00.009 |             10.16086 |         224 |              0.34445 |
   Query OK, 10 row(s) in set (0.016791s)

   ```

   - **Check tag values of table d0**

   ```bash
   $ taos> select groupid, location from test.d0;
      groupid   |     location     |
   =================================
              0 | California.SanDiego         |
   Query OK, 1 row(s) in set (0.003490s)
   ```

### Access TDengine from 3rd party tools

A lot of 3rd party tools can be used to write data into TDengine through `taosAdapter`, for details please refer to [3rd party tools](/third-party/).

There is nothing different from the 3rd party side to access TDengine server inside a container, as long as the end point is specified correctly, the end point should be the FQDN and the mapped port of the host.

## Stop TDengine inside container

```bash
docker stop tdengine
```

- **docker stop**: stop a container
- **tdengine**: container name
