diff --git a/grafana/README.md b/grafana/README.md
index cede751..92fb082 100644
--- a/grafana/README.md
+++ b/grafana/README.md
@@ -6,29 +6,47 @@ grafana
 [Grafana][1] is a leading open source application for visualizing large-scale
 measurement data.
 
+As an alternative to installing and running the image renderer as a plugin you
+can run it as a remote image rendering service using [Docker][3].
+
 [Installing using Docker][2]
 
 ## docker-compose.yml
 
 ```yaml
-grafana:
-  image: grafana/grafana
-  ports:
-    - "3000:3000"
-  volumes:
-    - ./data:/var/lib/grafana
-  environment:
-    - GF_SERVER_ROOT_URL=http://grafana.example.com:3000/
-    - GF_SECURITY_ADMIN_USER=admin
-    - GF_SECURITY_ADMIN_PASSWORD=admin
-    - GF_SMTP_ENABLED=true
-    - GF_SMTP_HOST=smtp.gmail.com:587
-    - GF_SMTP_USER=grafana@example.com
-    - GF_SMTP_FROM_ADDRESS=grafana@example.com
-    - GF_SMTP_PASSWORD=******
-    - GF_USERS_ALLOW_SIGN_UP=false
-    - GF_ALERTING_ERROR_OR_TIMEOUT=keep_state
-  restart: always
+version: "3.8"
+
+services:
+
+  grafana:
+    image: grafana/grafana
+    ports:
+      - "3000:3000"
+    volumes:
+      - ./data:/var/lib/grafana
+    environment:
+      - GF_SERVER_ROOT_URL=http://grafana.example.com:3000/
+      - GF_SECURITY_ADMIN_USER=admin
+      - GF_SECURITY_ADMIN_PASSWORD=admin
+      - GF_SMTP_ENABLED=true
+      - GF_SMTP_HOST=smtp.gmail.com:587
+      - GF_SMTP_USER=grafana@example.com
+      - GF_SMTP_FROM_ADDRESS=grafana@example.com
+      - GF_SMTP_PASSWORD=******
+      - GF_USERS_ALLOW_SIGN_UP=false
+      - GF_ALERTING_ERROR_OR_TIMEOUT=keep_state
+      - GF_RENDERING_SERVER_URL=http://renderer:8081/render
+      - GF_RENDERING_CALLBACK_URL=http://grafana:3000/
+    restart: unless-stopped
+
+  renderer:
+    image: grafana/grafana-image-renderer
+    ports:
+      - "8081:8081"
+    environment:
+      - ENABLE_METRICS=true
+      - BROWSER_TZ=Asia/Shanghai
+    restart: unless-stopped
 ```
 
 ## up and running
@@ -47,3 +65,4 @@ $ curl http://localhost:3000/
 
 [1]: http://grafana.org/
 [2]: http://docs.grafana.org/installation/docker/
+[3]: https://github.com/grafana/grafana-image-renderer/blob/master/docs/remote_rendering_using_docker.md
diff --git a/grafana/docker-compose.yml b/grafana/docker-compose.yml
index 85065ee..99b3bf9 100644
--- a/grafana/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/grafana/docker-compose.yml
@@ -1,18 +1,33 @@
-grafana:
-  image: grafana/grafana
-  ports:
-    - "3000:3000"
-  volumes:
-    - ./data:/var/lib/grafana
-  environment:
-    - GF_SERVER_ROOT_URL=http://grafana.example.com:3000/
-    - GF_SECURITY_ADMIN_USER=admin
-    - GF_SECURITY_ADMIN_PASSWORD=admin
-    - GF_SMTP_ENABLED=true
-    - GF_SMTP_HOST=smtp.gmail.com:587
-    - GF_SMTP_USER=grafana@example.com
-    - GF_SMTP_FROM_ADDRESS=grafana@example.com
-    - GF_SMTP_PASSWORD=******
-    - GF_USERS_ALLOW_SIGN_UP=false
-    - GF_ALERTING_ERROR_OR_TIMEOUT=keep_state
-  restart: always
+version: "3.8"
+
+services:
+
+  grafana:
+    image: grafana/grafana
+    ports:
+      - "3000:3000"
+    volumes:
+      - ./data:/var/lib/grafana
+    environment:
+      - GF_SERVER_ROOT_URL=http://grafana.example.com:3000/
+      - GF_SECURITY_ADMIN_USER=admin
+      - GF_SECURITY_ADMIN_PASSWORD=admin
+      - GF_SMTP_ENABLED=true
+      - GF_SMTP_HOST=smtp.gmail.com:587
+      - GF_SMTP_USER=grafana@example.com
+      - GF_SMTP_FROM_ADDRESS=grafana@example.com
+      - GF_SMTP_PASSWORD=******
+      - GF_USERS_ALLOW_SIGN_UP=false
+      - GF_ALERTING_ERROR_OR_TIMEOUT=keep_state
+      - GF_RENDERING_SERVER_URL=http://renderer:8081/render
+      - GF_RENDERING_CALLBACK_URL=http://grafana:3000/
+    restart: unless-stopped
+
+  renderer:
+    image: grafana/grafana-image-renderer
+    ports:
+      - "8081:8081"
+    environment:
+      - ENABLE_METRICS=true
+      - BROWSER_TZ=Asia/Shanghai
+    restart: unless-stopped