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title: Use Telegraf to write data
description: Use Telegraf to collect and write data to InfluxDB. Create Telegraf configurations in the InfluxDB UI or manually configure Telegraf.
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[Telegraf](https://www.influxdata.com/time-series-platform/telegraf/) is a
no-code 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.

For a list of available plugins, see [Telegraf plugins](/telegraf/v1/plugins/).

#### Requirements

* **Telegraf 1.9.2 or greater**.*For information about installing Telegraf, see the[Telegraf Installation instructions](/telegraf/v1/install/).*

## Basic Telegraf usage

Telegraf is a plugin-based agent with plugins that are enabled and configured in
your Telegraf configuration file (`telegraf.conf`).
Each Telegraf configuration must **have at least one input plugin and one output plugin**.

Telegraf input plugins retrieve metrics from different sources.
Telegraf output plugins write those metrics to a destination.

Use the [`outputs.influxdb_v2`](/telegraf/v1/plugins/#output-influxdb_v2) plugin to write metrics collected by Telegraf to InfluxDB Cloud Dedicated.

```toml
# ...

[[outputs.influxdb_v2]]
  urls = ["https://cluster-id.a.influxdb.io"]
  token = "${INFLUX_TOKEN}"
  organization = ""
  bucket = "DATABASE_NAME"

# ...
```

*See how to [Configure Telegraf](/influxdb3/cloud-dedicated/write-data/use-telegraf/configure/).*

## Use Telegraf with InfluxDB

### [Configure Telegraf for InfluxDB](/influxdb3/cloud-dedicated/write-data/use-telegraf/configure/)

Telegraf is a plugin-based agent with plugins that are enabled and configured in your Telegraf configuration file (`telegraf.conf`). Update existing or create new Telegraf configurations to use the `influxdb_v2` output plugin to write to InfluxDB. Start Telegraf using the custom configuration.

### [Dual write to InfluxDB OSS and InfluxDB Cloud](/influxdb3/cloud-dedicated/write-data/use-telegraf/dual-write/)

Configure Telegraf to write data to both InfluxDB OSS and InfluxDB Cloud Dedicated simultaneously.

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#### Data Collection with Telegraf

Learn how to use Telegraf to make data time series data collection easy in this **free** InfluxDB University course.

[Take the course](https://university.influxdata.com/courses/data-collection-with-telegraf-tutorial/)