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 Be sure to set `innodb_rollback_on_timeout=1`
 
+## Influx
+
+If running multiple web3-proxies connected to the same influxdb bucket, you **must** set `app.influxdb_id` to a globally unique value for each server!
+
 ## Common commands
 
 Create a user: