---
title: Telegraf Documentation
description: Telegraf plugin for collecting metrics from Hashicorp Consul Agent
url: https://docs.influxdata.com/telegraf/v1/input-plugins/consul_agent/
estimated_tokens: 873
product: Telegraf
version: v1
---

-   Telegraf v1.22.0+

# Hashicorp Consul Agent Input Plugin

This plugin collects metrics from a [Consul agent](https://developer.hashicorp.com/consul/commands/agent). Telegraf may be present in every node and connect to the agent locally. Tested on Consul v1.10.

**Introduced in:** Telegraf v1.22.0 **Tags:** server **OS support:** all

## Global configuration options

Plugins support additional global and plugin configuration settings for tasks such as modifying metrics, tags, and fields, creating aliases, and configuring plugin ordering. See [CONFIGURATION.md](/telegraf/v1/configuration/#plugins) for more details.

## Configuration

```toml
# Read metrics from the Consul Agent API
[[inputs.consul_agent]]
  ## URL for the Consul agent
  # url = "http://127.0.0.1:8500"

  ## Use auth token for authorization.
  ## If both are set, an error is thrown.
  ## If both are empty, no token will be used.
  # token_file = "/path/to/auth/token"
  ## OR
  # token = "a1234567-40c7-9048-7bae-378687048181"

  ## Set timeout (default 5 seconds)
  # timeout = "5s"

  ## Optional TLS Config
  # tls_ca = /path/to/cafile
  # tls_cert = /path/to/certfile
  # tls_key = /path/to/keyfile
```

## Metrics

Consul collects various metrics. For every details, please have a look at [Consul’s documentation](https://www.consul.io/api/agent#view-metrics).

## Example Output

#### Related

-   [Configure plugins](/telegraf/v1/configure_plugins/)
-   [Hashicorp Consul Agent Plugin Source](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/tree/v1.38.4/plugins/inputs/consul_agent/README.md)