monitor docker containers on the current host using Telegraf, store to InfluxDB, and visualize with Chronograf
$ git clone https://github.com/knksmith57/monitor-local-docker-containers.git \
&& cd $_
$ docker-compose up -d
## open http://localhost:8888
## note: arbitrary DogStatsD ingestion is also supported on :8125/udp
$ echo -n "custom_metric:60|g|#shell:52" \
| nc -4u -w0 localhost 8125