In a Docker container, InfluxDB's database needs to be stopped before it can be restored from backup, which creates a catch-22 situation. To address this challenge, an environment was set up using a Docker container with InfluxDB, where the database is backed up when the container shuts down, and then restored when the container restarts. The steps involved capturing the container ID and ephemeral port, backing up the database, dropping the database, stopping the container, running a restore command in an ephemeral container, starting the container again, and querying the restored database to show that the records have been successfully recovered. This approach allows for the restoration of InfluxDB databases from backup while avoiding the need to stop the container, which is essential for maintaining the integrity of the isolated environment provided by Docker containers.