From 0f452ad0df4d72d9dfb32d8e36076b765185aef3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Daniel Nelson <daniel.nelson@influxdb.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Oct 2017 16:57:57 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Document /etc/default/telegraf file

---
 docs/CONFIGURATION.md | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/CONFIGURATION.md b/docs/CONFIGURATION.md
index d2cffbe07..6c48d2d84 100644
--- a/docs/CONFIGURATION.md
+++ b/docs/CONFIGURATION.md
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ Environment variables can be used anywhere in the config file, simply prepend
 them with $. For strings the variable must be within quotes (ie, "$STR_VAR"),
 for numbers and booleans they should be plain (ie, $INT_VAR, $BOOL_VAR)
 
+When using the `.deb` or `.rpm` packages, you can define environment variables
+in the `/etc/default/telegraf` file.
+
 ## Configuration file locations
 
 The location of the configuration file can be set via the `--config` command