It seems to be working now after I did the following:
created the directories
sudo docker run -d -p 8083:8083 -p 8086:8086 --name influxdb -e PRE_CREATE_DB="sensors" -v /media/nas/data/influxdb:/data --restart=unless-stopped tutum/influxdb:0.10
docker run -d -v /media/nas/data/grafana/lib:/var/lib/grafana --name grafana-storage busybox:latest
docker run -d -p 3000:3000 --name=grafana --volumes-from grafana grafana/grafana
After that I see:
CONTAINER ID IMAGE COMMAND CREATED STATUS PORTS NAMES
860db46ba4aa grafana/grafana "/run.sh" 6 minutes ago Up 6 minutes 0.0.0.0:3000->3000/tcp grafana
9e6baf1f6241 busybox:latest "sh" 6 minutes ago Exited (0) 5 minutes ago grafana-storage
737c0b967bfa tutum/influxdb:0.10 "/run.sh" 4 hours ago Up 22 minutes 0.0.0.0:8083->8083/tcp, 0.0.0.0:8086->8086/tcp influxdb
So I am not sure, Influxdb and Grafana are up and running and I can reach them with my browser. Only busybox shows the status Exited and I am not sure if that is a problem.