InfluxDB can be accessed via port {{ .Values.config.http.bind_address }} on the following DNS name from within your cluster: - http://{{ template "influxdb.fullname" . }}.{{ .Release.Namespace }}:{{ .Values.config.http.bind_address }} You can easily connect to the remote instance with your local influx cli. To forward the API port to localhost:8086 run the following: - kubectl port-forward --namespace {{ .Release.Namespace }} $(kubectl get pods --namespace {{ .Release.Namespace }} -l app={{ template "influxdb.fullname" . }} -o jsonpath='{ .items[0].metadata.name }') 8086:{{ .Values.config.http.bind_address }} You can also connect to the influx cli from inside the container. To open a shell session in the InfluxDB pod run the following: - kubectl exec -i -t --namespace {{ .Release.Namespace }} $(kubectl get pods --namespace {{ .Release.Namespace }} -l app={{ template "influxdb.fullname" . }} -o jsonpath='{.items[0].metadata.name}') /bin/sh To tail the logs for the InfluxDB pod run the following: - kubectl logs -f --namespace {{ .Release.Namespace }} $(kubectl get pods --namespace {{ .Release.Namespace }} -l app={{ template "influxdb.fullname" . }} -o jsonpath='{ .items[0].metadata.name }') {{- if .Values.setDefaultUser.enabled }} To retrieve the default user name: - echo $(kubectl get secret {{ template "influxdb.fullname" . }}-auth -o "jsonpath={.data['influxdb-user']}" --namespace {{ .Release.Namespace }} | base64 --decode) To retrieve the default user password: - echo $(kubectl get secret {{ template "influxdb.fullname" . }}-auth -o "jsonpath={.data['influxdb-password']}" --namespace {{ .Release.Namespace }} | base64 --decode) {{- end }}