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influxdb: how to rebuild TSI indexes when using Docker?

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Description

How does one go about achieving https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/v2/admin/internals/tsi/rebuild-index/ when one is using the official InfluxDB Docker image (i.e. `influxdb:latest`) ?

Step 1 involves stopping influxd itself, which as I understand it, would cause the Docker container to exit. Steps 2, 3, and 4 could be done on the host itself (i.e. outside of Docker), which is fine. But step 5 seems impossible given what step 1 did.

I've reviewed /entrypoint.sh and it almost seems like something would need to be added here to achieve this (but it's nearly 20KBytes of shell), but I'm not entirely sure. One would think `docker exec -it container-name /bin/bash` and then doing `influxd ...` commands would be sufficient, but that would require the container be running in the first place.

Thanks for any insights on how to achieve this.

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Research direction

Read the linked TSI rebuild-index procedure and inspect /entrypoint.sh to understand how its five steps apply to the official influxdb:latest image. Done is a documented, reproducible Docker procedure that covers stopping influxd and completing the rebuild commands.

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Assessment

Tech stack
docker, shell
Domain
devops, documentation
Issue type
Documentation
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
30/100

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