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title: ''
description: Telegraf plugin for sending metrics to Amon
url: https://docs.influxdata.com/telegraf/v1/output-plugins/amon/
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product: Telegraf Controller
version: v1
publisher: InfluxData
canonical: https://docs.influxdata.com/telegraf/v1/output-plugins/amon/
date: '2026-05-21T20:10:18+02:00'
lastmod: '2026-05-21T20:10:18+02:00'
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* Telegraf v0.2.1 – v1.37.0

[Plugin source](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/tree/v1.39.0/plugins/outputs/amon/)[Download configuration](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/influxdata/telegraf/refs/tags/v1.39.0/plugins/outputs/amon/sample.conf)

# Amon Output Plugin

This plugin writes metrics to [Amon monitoring platform](https://www.amon.cx). It requires a`serverkey` and `amoninstance` URL which can be obtained from the[website](https://www.amon.cx/docs/monitoring/) for your account.

> [!Important]
> If point values being sent cannot be converted to a `float64`, the metric is
> skipped.

**Introduced in:** Telegraf v0.2.1**Deprecated in:** Telegraf v1.37.0**Removal in:** Telegraf v1.40.0**Tags:** datastore**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
# Configuration for Amon Server to send metrics to.
[[outputs.amon]]
  ## Amon Server Key
  server_key = "my-server-key" # required.

  ## Amon Instance URL
  amon_instance = "https://youramoninstance" # required

  ## Connection timeout.
  # timeout = "5s"
```

## Conversions

Metrics are grouped by converting any `_` characters to `.` in the point name