MessagePack output data format
The msgpack output data format (serializer) translates the Telegraf metric format to the MessagePack. MessagePack is an efficient binary serialization format that lets you exchange data among multiple languages like JSON.
Configuration
[[outputs.file]]
## Files to write to, "stdout" is a specially handled file.
files = ["stdout", "/tmp/metrics.out"]
## Data format to output.
## Each data format has its own unique set of configuration options, read
## more about them here:
## https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/blob/master/docs/DATA_FORMATS_OUTPUT.md
data_format = "msgpack"
Example output
Output of this format is MessagePack binary representation of metrics with a structure identical to the below JSON:
{
"name":"cpu",
"time": <TIMESTAMP>, // https://github.com/msgpack/msgpack/blob/master/spec.md#timestamp-extension-type
"tags":{
"tag_1":"host01",
...
},
"fields":{
"field_1":30,
"field_2":true,
"field_3":"field_value"
"field_4":30.1
...
}
}
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