Creating a time series database connection

to create a time series database connection, go to the configuration tab on the bottom left here the time series databases overview should be selected click the create database button enter a unique name optionally enter a description toggle whether a grafana data source should be created toggle whether a database should be created, should only be off if the database already exists select a database type, currently only influxdb (v1 x and v2 x), after selecting a database type the specific database settings will appear influxdb v1 x enter the influxdb admin user enter the influxdb admin password enter the influxdb host address enter the influxdb database name the influxdb admin user/password, host and database will be used to connect to the influxdb database read only user read only password the read only user/password is the influxdb user used by the historian and grafana to query the data source, if the user doesn’t exist yet it will be created when you’re done you can press the ‘save’ button, if everything is working you’ll see a success notification if something went wrong more details are available in the error message influxdb v2 x enter the admin or write token enter an admin token if you wish to create the database otherwise enter a valid write token for the database enter the influxdb host address enter the organization name enter the bucket name enter the read only token this will be automatically generated if left blank and you have selected create database the read only token is used by the grafana data source when you’re done you can press the ‘save’ button, if everything is working you’ll see a success notification if something went wrong more details are available in the error message