Document graphite configuration parameter (#1594)

* document graphite configuration parameter

* add example

* graphite settings docs follows wsserver

* Removed outer JSON braces @ graphite.host docs
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`BIGCHAINDB_DATABASE_KEYFILE`<br>
`BIGCHAINDB_DATABASE_KEYFILE_PASSPHRASE`<br>
`BIGCHAINDB_DATABASE_CRLFILE`<br>
`BIGCHAINDB_GRAPHITE_HOST`<br>
The local config file is `$HOME/.bigchaindb` by default (a file which might not even exist), but you can tell BigchainDB to use a different file by using the `-c` command-line option, e.g. `bigchaindb -c path/to/config_file.json start`
or using the `BIGCHAINDB_CONFIG_PATH` environment variable, e.g. `BIGHAINDB_CONFIG_PATH=.my_bigchaindb_config bigchaindb start`.
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**Defaults to**: `"{}"`
## graphite.host
The host name or IP address of a server listening for statsd events on UDP
port 8125. This defaults to `localhost`, and if no statsd collector is running,
the events are simply dropped by the operating system.
**Example using environment variables**
```text
export BIGCHAINDB_GRAPHITE_HOST=10.0.0.5
```
**Example config file snippet**
```js
"graphite": {
"host": "10.0.0.5"
}
```
**Default values (from a config file)**
```js
"graphite": {
"host": "localhost"
}
```