# How to properly create a Datasource on Grafana?

**URL:** <https://community.influxdata.com/t/how-to-properly-create-a-datasource-on-grafana/20161>\
**Category:** Grafana\
**Created:** [June 1, 2021, 6:28am UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/how-to-properly-create-a-datasource-on-grafana/20161 "2021-06-01T06:28:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![Niels](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ebca7d/32.png) [@Niels](https://community.influxdata.com/u/Niels)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2021, 6:28am UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/how-to-properly-create-a-datasource-on-grafana/20161/1 "2021-06-01T06:28:55Z")

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Hi all,

I’m new to the platform and I’ve been trying to connect my existing InfluxDB2.0 to Grafana, without succes!☹

Here is my configuration on Grafana:

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/uploads/influxdata/original/2X/3/3f68667ef55055511c80ab63947c03fe6c75a8f9.png)

Am I missing something? Hope someone can help… Thanks in advance

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**Author:** ![wbaker](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/community.influxdata.com/wbaker/32/7481_2.png) [@wbaker](https://community.influxdata.com/u/wbaker)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2021, 4:03pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/how-to-properly-create-a-datasource-on-grafana/20161/2 "2021-06-04T16:03:08Z")

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Those settings seem correct - I’m able to use similar ones on my machine to connect successfully.

Are you running grafana in a docker container by chance?

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**Author:** ![Niels](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ebca7d/32.png) [@Niels](https://community.influxdata.com/u/Niels)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2021, 8:23am UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/how-to-properly-create-a-datasource-on-grafana/20161/3 "2021-06-08T08:23:27Z")

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Hi, I’ve got it working. I removed the “/” from the URL and this seemed to work. Thank you for you help anyway.