Telegraf

Install

• wget https://dl.influxdata.com/telegraf/releases/telegraf_1.2.1_amd64.deb && sudo dpkg -i telegraf_1.2.1_amd64.deb

Config

• cd /etc/telegraf
• telegraf config > telegraf.conf

Generate config with only cpu input & influxdb output plugins defined

• telegraf --input-filter cpu --output-filter influxdb config

Connect to HTTPS-Influxdb

• vi /etc/telegraf/telegraf.conf

[[outputs.influxdb]]
urls = ["https://<domain_name>.com:8086"]
insecure_skip_verify = true

• systemctl restart telegraf.service

Output-Plugins

• Telegraf-Docker
• Telegraf-dns_query
• Telegraf-iptables
• Telegraf-sensors

Plugin Tests

• telegraf --config telegraf.conf --config-directory telegraf.d/ --input-filter sensors --test

Links

• https://portal.influxdata.com/downloads
• https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf
• https://docs.influxdata.com/telegraf/v1.3/