---
title: ''
description: Telegraf plugin for collecting metrics from Raindrops Middleware
url: https://docs.influxdata.com/telegraf/v1/input-plugins/raindrops/
estimated_tokens: 498
product: Telegraf Enterprise
version: v1
publisher: InfluxData
canonical: https://docs.influxdata.com/telegraf/v1/input-plugins/raindrops/
date: '2026-05-21T20:10:18+02:00'
lastmod: '2026-05-21T20:10:18+02:00'
---

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* Telegraf v0.10.3+

[Plugin source](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/tree/v1.39.1/plugins/inputs/raindrops/)[Download configuration](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/influxdata/telegraf/refs/tags/v1.39.1/plugins/inputs/raindrops/sample.conf)

# Raindrops Middleware Input Plugin

This plugin collects statistics for [Raindrops middleware](http://raindrops.bogomips.org/Raindrops/Middleware.html) instances.

**Introduced in:** Telegraf v0.10.3**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 raindrops stats (raindrops - real-time stats for preforking Rack servers)
[[inputs.raindrops]]
  ## An array of raindrops middleware URI to gather stats.
  urls = ["http://localhost:8080/_raindrops"]
```

## Metrics

* raindrops
  * tags:
    * server
    * port

  * fields:
    * calling (integer, count)
    * writing (integer, count)

* raindrops\_listen
  * tags:
    * ip (IP only)
    * port (IP only)
    * socket (unix socket only)

  * fields:
    * active (integer, bytes)
    * queued (integer, bytes)

## Example Output

```text
raindrops,port=8080,server=localhost calling=0i,writing=0i 1455479896806238204
raindrops_listen,ip=0.0.0.0,port=8080 active=0i,queued=0i 1455479896806561938
raindrops_listen,ip=0.0.0.0,port=8081 active=1i,queued=0i 1455479896806605749
raindrops_listen,ip=127.0.0.1,port=8082 active=0i,queued=0i 1455479896806646315
raindrops_listen,ip=0.0.0.0,port=8083 active=0i,queued=0i 1455479896806683252
raindrops_listen,ip=0.0.0.0,port=8084 active=0i,queued=0i 1455479896806712025
raindrops_listen,ip=0.0.0.0,port=3000 active=0i,queued=0i 1455479896806779197
raindrops_listen,socket=/tmp/listen.me active=0i,queued=0i 1455479896806813907
```