---
title: ''
description: Telegraf plugin for collecting metrics from Swap
url: https://docs.influxdata.com/telegraf/v1/input-plugins/swap/
estimated_tokens: 336
product: Telegraf Enterprise
version: v1
publisher: InfluxData
canonical: https://docs.influxdata.com/telegraf/v1/input-plugins/swap/
date: '2026-05-21T20:10:18+02:00'
lastmod: '2026-05-21T20:10:18+02:00'
---

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* Telegraf v1.7.0+

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

# Swap Input Plugin

This plugin collects metrics on the operating-system’s swap memory.

**Introduced in:** Telegraf v1.7.0**Tags:** system**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 about swap memory usage
[[inputs.swap]]
  # no configuration
```

## Metrics

* swap
  * fields:
    * free (int, bytes): free swap memory
    * total (int, bytes): total swap memory
    * used (int, bytes): used swap memory
    * used\_percent (float, percent): percentage of swap memory used
    * in (int, bytes): data swapped in since last boot calculated from page number
    * out (int, bytes): data swapped out since last boot calculated from page number

## Example Output

```text
swap total=20855394304i,used_percent=45.43883523785713,used=9476448256i,free=1715331072i 1511894782000000000
```