This is a simple example of running statsd in docker.
Statsd listens on 8125 by default, to use it outside you'll need to expose it to the outside world.
Example to run the docker instance:
sudo docker run -e GRAPHITE_HOST=graphite.example.com -p 8125:8125/udp -p 8126:8126 -d hybris/statsd
Environment variables that can be used to set options:
GRAPHITE_PORT (default: 2003)
GRAPHITE_HOST (default: localhost)
STATSD_PORT (default: 8125)
This image is available in the docker registry at hybris/statsd:
sudo docker pull hybris/statsd
The statsd admin interface
can be accessed through 8126/tcp.