diff --git a/source/_components/influxdb.markdown b/source/_components/influxdb.markdown index 204811d9a69..7f1973087ec 100644 --- a/source/_components/influxdb.markdown +++ b/source/_components/influxdb.markdown @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ logo: influxdb.png ha_category: "History" --- -The `influxdb` component makes it possible to transfer all state changes to an external [InfluxDB](https://influxdb.com/) database. +The `influxdb` component makes it possible to transfer all state changes to an external [InfluxDB](https://influxdb.com/) database. For more details, [see the blog post on InfluxDB](/blog/2015/12/07/influxdb-and-grafana/). To use the `influxdb` component in your installation, add the following to your `configuration.yaml` file: @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ Configuration variables: - **host** (*Required*): IP address of your database host, eg. http://192.168.1.10. - **port** (*Optional*): Port to use. Defaults to 8086. -- **database** (*Optional*): Name of the database to use. Defaults to `home_assistant` +- **database** (*Optional*): Name of the database to use. Defaults to `home_assistant`. The database must already exist. - **username** (*Optional*): The username of the database user. - **password** (*Optional*): The password for the database user account. diff --git a/source/_posts/2015-12-07-influxdb-and-grafana.markdown b/source/_posts/2015-12-07-influxdb-and-grafana.markdown index f53f93d1c78..d7a53295700 100644 --- a/source/_posts/2015-12-07-influxdb-and-grafana.markdown +++ b/source/_posts/2015-12-07-influxdb-and-grafana.markdown @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ Launch the InfluxDB service. $ sudo systemctl start influxdb ``` -If everything went well, then the web interface of the ddatabase should be accessible at [http://localhost:8083/](http://localhost:8083/). Create a database `home_assistant` to use with Home Assistant either with the web interface or the commandline tool `influx`. +If everything went well, then the web interface of the database should be accessible at [http://localhost:8083/](http://localhost:8083/). Create a database `home_assistant` to use with Home Assistant either with the web interface or the commandline tool `influx`.