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components/influxdb/index.html

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   <p>The <code class="highlighter-rouge">influxdb</code> component makes it possible to transfer all state changes to an external <a href="https://influxdb.com/">InfluxDB</a> database. For more details, <a href="/blog/2015/12/07/influxdb-and-grafana/">see the blog post on InfluxDB</a>.</p>
 
-<p>To use the <code class="highlighter-rouge">influxdb</code> component in your installation, add the following to your <code class="highlighter-rouge">configuration.yaml</code> file:</p>
+<p>The default InfluxDB configuration doesn’t enforce authentication. If you have installed InfluxDB on the same host where Home Assistant is running and haven’t made any configuration changes, add the following to your <code class="highlighter-rouge">configuration.yaml</code> file:</p>
 
 <div class="language-yaml highlighter-rouge"><pre class="highlight"><code><span class="c1"># Example configuration.yaml entry</span>
 <span class="s">influxdb</span><span class="pi">:</span>
 </code></pre>
 </div>
 
+<p>You will still need to create a database named <code class="highlighter-rouge">home_assistant</code> via InfluxDB’s web interface or command line. For instructions how to create a database check the <a href="https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/v1.0/introduction/getting_started/#creating-a-database">InfluxDB documentation</a> relevant to the version you have installed.</p>
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 <p>Configuration variables:</p>
 
 <ul>
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 <h2><a class="title-link" name="examples" href="#examples"></a> Examples</h2>
 
-<p>In this section you find some real life examples of how to use this component.</p>
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 <h3><a class="title-link" name="full-configuration" href="#full-configuration"></a> Full configuration</h3>
 
 <div class="language-yaml highlighter-rouge"><pre class="highlight"><code><span class="s">influxdb</span><span class="pi">:</span>