diff --git a/env.sample b/env.sample
index 1b30945..a27638e 100644
--- a/env.sample
+++ b/env.sample
@@ -28,4 +28,19 @@ ICINGADB_CMD_TYPE=api
 ICINGA_API_HOST=icinga2
 ICINGA_API_PORT=5665
 ICINGA_API_ICINGAWEB_USER=icingaweb
-ICINGA_API_ICINGAWEB_PASS=icingaweb
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+ICINGA_API_ICINGAWEB_PASS=icingaweb
+
+## grafana settings
+### must be change else you dont have graphs
+### must be a network address what your client can reach
+GRAFANA_HOST=$(hostname -I | awk '{print $1}')  # set first ip of system, can be wrong! 
+GRAFANA_PORT=3000
+GRAFANA_DASHBOARD_NAME=icinga2-default
+GRAFANA_DASHBOARD_UID=icinga2-default
+GRAFANA_DASHBOARD_FILE=icinga2-default.json
+GRAFANA_ADMIN_USER=grafanaadmin
+GRAFANA_ADMIN_PASS=grafanaadmin
+ICINGA_INFLUX_HOST=influxdb     # "hard coded" at the moment in icinga2-default.json
+ICINGA_INFLUX_USER=icinga
+ICINGA_INFLUX_DB=icinga
+ICINGA_INFLUX_PASS=icinga
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