Configure Telegraf for InfluxDB
Telegraf is a plugin-based agent with plugins are that enabled and configured in
your Telegraf configuration file (telegraf.conf).
The following are options you have for creating Telegraf configuration files that work with InfluxDB Cloud.
Automatically configure Telegraf
Use the InfluxDB UI to automatically generate a Telegraf configuration, then start Telegraf using the generated configuration file.
Manually configure Telegraf
Update existing or create new Telegraf configurations to use the influxdb_v2 output plugin to write to InfluxDB. Start Telegraf using the custom configuration.
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