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layout: page
title: "Graphite"
description: "Instructions on how to record Home Assistant history in Graphite."
date: 2016-02-10 17:11
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sharing: true
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logo: graphite.png
ha_category: History
ha_release: 0.13
---

The `graphite` component records all events and state changes and feeds the data to a [graphite](http://graphite.wikidot.com/) instance.

To enable this component, add the following lines to your `configuration.yaml`:

```yaml
# Example configuration.yaml entry
graphite:
```

{% configuration %}
host:
  description: IP address of your graphite host, e.g., http://192.168.1.10.
  required: false
  type: string
  default: localhost
port:
  description: This is a description of what this key is for.
  required: false
  type: integer
  default: 2003
prefix:
  description: Prefix is the metric prefix in graphite.
  required: false
  type: string
  default: ha
{% endconfiguration %}