telegraf/cmd/telegraf/usage.go

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// +build !windows
package main
const usage = `Telegraf, The plugin-driven server agent for collecting and reporting metrics.
Usage:
telegraf [commands|flags]
The commands & flags are:
config print out full sample configuration to stdout
version print the version to stdout
--config <file> configuration file to load
--test gather metrics once, print them to stdout, and exit
--config-directory directory containing additional *.conf files
--input-filter filter the input plugins to enable, separator is :
--output-filter filter the output plugins to enable, separator is :
--usage print usage for a plugin, ie, 'telegraf --usage mysql'
--debug print metrics as they're generated to stdout
--pprof-addr pprof address to listen on, format: localhost:6060 or :6060
--quiet run in quiet mode
Examples:
# generate a telegraf config file:
telegraf config > telegraf.conf
# generate config with only cpu input & influxdb output plugins defined
telegraf --input-filter cpu --output-filter influxdb config
# run a single telegraf collection, outputing metrics to stdout
telegraf --config telegraf.conf --test
# run telegraf with all plugins defined in config file
telegraf --config telegraf.conf
# run telegraf, enabling the cpu & memory input, and influxdb output plugins
telegraf --config telegraf.conf --input-filter cpu:mem --output-filter influxdb
# run telegraf with pprof
telegraf --config telegraf.conf --pprof-addr localhost:6060
`