title: Sitecore 8 - Mongo automation DB
body: <p>I am setting up Sitecore 8 and a few of the blogs mention the “automation.live”, “automation.history” DBs.</p>
  
  <p><a href="http://www.techphoria414.com/Blog/2014/June/Copy_of_One_Month_with_Sitecore_7-5_Part_3" rel="nofollow"><strong>Example</strong></a></p>
  
  <p>But in the <a href="http://sdn.sitecore.net/upload/sitecore7/75/xdb_configuration_guide_sc75-a4.pdf" rel="nofollow">official documentation</a> there is no mention of these</p>
  
  <p>Does anyone know what “automation.live” &amp; "“automation.history” are for, and if they are required?</p>