# Adding InfluxDB to your app


[InfluxDB](https://influxdata.com/) is an open source Time-Series database, and it's easy to add to your application via the Dashboard.

## Add InfluxDB

To add InfluxDB to your application:

1. Open the **application** from the [Dashboard](https://app.cloud66.com/dashboard).
2. Click on *Data Sources* in the left-hand nav 
3. Click on *Add Source* in the sub-nav
4. Click the green *+ Add Data Source* button and select InfluxDB
5. A drawer will open from the left, with configuration options for the server.
6. Click *Add Server* to start the process

You can now watch the logs, as usual to see the progress of the process.

For docker applications InfluxDB will be added to the host not as a container.