This repo is a quick way to get the entire TICK Stack spun up and working together. It uses docker to spin up the full TICK stack in a connected fashion. This is heavily tested on Mac and should mostly work on linux and Windows.

To get started you need a running docker installation. If you don't have one, you can download Docker for Mac or Windows, or follow the installation instructions for Docker CE for your Linux distribution.

To run the sandbox, simply use the convenient cli:

$ ./sandbox
sandbox commands:
  up           -> spin up the sandbox environment
  down         -> tear down the sandbox environment
  restart      -> restart the sandbox
  influxdb     -> attach to the influx cli
  
  enter (influxdb||kapacitor||chronograf||telegraf) -> enter the specified container
  logs  (influxdb||kapacitor||chronograf||telegraf) -> stream logs for the specified container
  
  delete-data  -> delete all data created by the TICK Stack
  docker-clean -> stop and remove all running docker containers
  rebuild-docs -> rebuild the documentation container to see updates

To get started just run ./sandbox up. You browser will open two tabs:

• localhost:8888 - Chronograf's address. You will use this as a management UI for the full stack
• localhost:3010 - Documentation server. This contains a simple markdown server for tutorials and documentation.

NOTE: Make sure to stop any existing installations of influxdb, kapacitor or chronograf. If you have them running the sandbox will run into port conflicts and fail to properly start. In this case stop the existing processes and run ./sandbox restart.

To configure the connection to InfluxDB from Chronograf just fill in http://influxdb:8086 as the URL:

Once you have configured the InfluxDB URL you should see your dashboard:

Then click on the gear icon and select Kapacitor:

Finally, enter http://kapacitor:9092 as the URL and click Connect Kapacitor:

Then you are ready to get started with the TICK Stack!

Visit http:localhost:8888 and click the host to see your dashboard, then check out the tutorials at http://localhost:3010/tutorials.

Note: see influx-stress to create data for your sandbox.