Connecting InfluxDB as Grafana data source

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I’ve done basic installs of InfluxDB and Grafana into Home Assistant and have InfluxDB working properly. However, when I try to connect InfluxDB as a source for Grafana, I get an error when testing.

Using “localhost:8086” I get dial tcp 127.0.0.1:8086: connect: connection refused error performing influxQL query

I also tried “influxdb:8086” and “a0d7b954_influxdb:8086” per other recommendations.

I found this guide which suggests adding a section in configuration.yaml to forward 127.0.0.1 like this:

ports:   
  - 127.0.0.1:8086:8086

When I try this, HA won’t reboot and tells me Integration error: ports - Integration 'ports' not found. Makes sense, but then where do I put this port forwarding entry?

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Here’s a pretty good 15 minute tutorial:

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Thank you @tom_l ! Classic mistake, I had a0d7b954_influxdb:8086 instead of a0d7b954-influxdb:8086. Hyphen fixed it.

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