Use Telegraf to write data
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Telegraf is InfluxData’s data collection agent for collecting and reporting metrics. Its vast library of input plugins and “plug-and-play” architecture lets you quickly and easily collect metrics from many different sources. This article describes how to use Telegraf to collect and store data in InfluxDB v2.6.
For a list of available plugins, see Telegraf plugins.
Requirements
- Telegraf 1.9.2 or greater. For information about installing Telegraf, see the Telegraf Installation instructions.
Configure Telegraf
Telegraf input and output plugins are enabled and configured in Telegraf’s configuration file (telegraf.conf).
You have the following options for configuring Telegraf:
Automatically configure Telegraf
Use the InfluxDB UI to automatically generate a Telegraf configuration, then start Telegraf using the generated configuration file.
Dual write to InfluxDB OSS and InfluxDB Cloud
Write data to both OSS and Cloud simultaneously.
Manually configure Telegraf
Update existing or create new Telegraf configurations to use the influxdb_v2 output plugin to write to InfluxDB v2.6. Start Telegraf using the custom configuration.
Use Telegraf plugins
Use Telegraf plugins to capture and write metrics to InfluxDB.
Data Collection with Telegraf
Learn how to use Telegraf to make data time series data collection easy in this free InfluxDB University course.
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