---
title: ''
description: Telegraf plugin for collecting metrics from RethinkDB
url: https://docs.influxdata.com/telegraf/v1/input-plugins/rethinkdb/
estimated_tokens: 556
product: Telegraf Enterprise
version: v1
publisher: InfluxData
canonical: https://docs.influxdata.com/telegraf/v1/input-plugins/rethinkdb/
date: '2026-05-21T20:10:18+02:00'
lastmod: '2026-05-21T20:10:18+02:00'
---

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* Telegraf v0.1.3+

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

# RethinkDB Input Plugin

This plugin collects metrics from [RethinkDB](https://www.rethinkdb.com/) servers.

**Introduced in:** Telegraf v0.1.3**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 metrics from one or many RethinkDB servers
[[inputs.rethinkdb]]
  ## An array of URI to gather stats about. Specify an ip or hostname
  ## with optional port add password. ie,
  ##   rethinkdb://user:auth_key@10.10.3.30:28105,
  ##   rethinkdb://10.10.3.33:18832,
  ## For rethinkdb v2.3.0+ with username/password authorization you should use
  ##   rethinkdb2://username:password@127.0.0.1:28015"
  servers = ["127.0.0.1:28015"]
```

## Metrics

* rethinkdb

  * tags:
    * type
    * ns
    * rethinkdb\_host
    * rethinkdb\_hostname

  * fields:
    * cache\_bytes\_in\_use (integer, bytes)
    * disk\_read\_bytes\_per\_sec (integer, reads)
    * disk\_read\_bytes\_total (integer, bytes)
    * disk\_written\_bytes\_per\_sec (integer, bytes)
    * disk\_written\_bytes\_total (integer, bytes)
    * disk\_usage\_data\_bytes (integer, bytes)
    * disk\_usage\_garbage\_bytes (integer, bytes)
    * disk\_usage\_metadata\_bytes (integer, bytes)
    * disk\_usage\_preallocated\_bytes (integer, bytes)

* rethinkdb\_engine

  * tags:
    * type
    * ns
    * rethinkdb\_host
    * rethinkdb\_hostname

  * fields:
    * active\_clients (integer, clients)
    * clients (integer, clients)
    * queries\_per\_sec (integer, queries)
    * total\_queries (integer, queries)
    * read\_docs\_per\_sec (integer, reads)
    * total\_reads (integer, reads)
    * written\_docs\_per\_sec (integer, writes)
    * total\_writes (integer, writes)

## Example Output