Merge pull request #2087 from influxdb/_internal_not_internal

Use _internal as default self-monitoring database

cmd/influxd/config.go

@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ func NewConfig() (*Config, error) {
 	c.ReportingDisabled = false
 
 	c.Statistics.Enabled = false
-	c.Statistics.Database = "internal"
+	c.Statistics.Database = "_internal"
 	c.Statistics.RetentionPolicy = "default"
 	c.Statistics.WriteInterval = Duration(1 * time.Minute)
 

etc/config.sample.toml

@@ -99,6 +99,6 @@ raft-tracing = false # If true, enables detailed logging of Raft consensus.
 # as any other data.
 [statistics]
 enabled = false
-database = "internal"         # The database to which the data is written.
+database = "_internal"         # The database to which the data is written.
 retention-policy = "default"   # The retention policy within the database.
 write-interval = "1m"          # Period between writing the data.