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title: Intro to Telegraf
description: Telegraf is an open-source data collection agent by InfluxData. Here, Samantha Wang and Barbara Nelson cover the basics of what Telegraf is, how it works, and how it simplifies data collection.
url: https://docs.influxdata.com/resources/videos/intro-to-telegraf/
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# Intro to Telegraf

-   Meet the Developer Series
-   Jan 4, 2022

Telegraf is an open-source data collection agent by InfluxData. Here, Samantha Wang and Barbara Nelson cover the basics of what Telegraf is, how it works, and how it simplifies data collection.

#### Related

-   [Telegraf documentation](/telegraf/v1/)
-   [Plugin directory](/telegraf/v1/plugins/)