From 3761f000625e66fad6ee0fac4e981ab350ae3a96 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Cameron Sparr <cameronsparr@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2015 14:28:09 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Update etc/telegraf.conf file

---
 etc/{config.sample.toml => telegraf.conf} | 61 ++++++++++++++---------
 scripts/package.sh                        |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 39 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)
 rename etc/{config.sample.toml => telegraf.conf} (60%)

diff --git a/etc/config.sample.toml b/etc/telegraf.conf
similarity index 60%
rename from etc/config.sample.toml
rename to etc/telegraf.conf
index b7aeac3cf..ae457b496 100644
--- a/etc/config.sample.toml
+++ b/etc/telegraf.conf
@@ -31,13 +31,13 @@
   # ie, if interval="10s" then always collect on :00, :10, :20, etc.
   round_interval = true
 
-  # Default data flushing interval for all outputs
+  # Default data flushing interval for all outputs. You should not set this below
+  # interval. Maximum flush_interval will be flush_interval + flush_jitter
   flush_interval = "10s"
-  # Jitter the flush interval by a random range
-  # ie, a jitter of 5s and interval 10s means flush will happen every 10-15s
-  flush_jitter = "5s"
-  # Number of times to retry each data flush
-  flush_retries = 2
+  # Jitter the flush interval by a random amount. This is primarily to avoid
+  # large write spikes for users running a large number of telegraf instances.
+  # ie, a jitter of 5s and interval 10s means flushes will happen every 10-15s
+  flush_jitter = "0s"
 
   # Run telegraf in debug mode
   debug = false
@@ -53,33 +53,36 @@
 
 # Configuration for influxdb server to send metrics to
 [[outputs.influxdb]]
-  # The full HTTP endpoint URL for your InfluxDB instance
-  # Multiple urls can be specified for InfluxDB cluster support. Server to
-  # write to will be randomly chosen each interval.
-  urls = ["http://localhost:8086"] # required.
-  # The target database for metrics. This database must already exist
-  database = "telegraf" # required.
+  # The full HTTP or UDP endpoint URL for your InfluxDB instance.
+  # Multiple urls can be specified but it is assumed that they are part of the same
+  # cluster, this means that only ONE of the urls will be written to each interval.
+  # urls = ["udp://localhost:8089"] # UDP endpoint example
+  urls = ["http://localhost:8086"] # required
+  # The target database for metrics (telegraf will create it if not exists)
+  database = "telegraf" # required
   # Precision of writes, valid values are n, u, ms, s, m, and h
   # note: using second precision greatly helps InfluxDB compression
   precision = "s"
 
   # Connection timeout (for the connection with InfluxDB), formatted as a string.
-  # Valid time units are "ns", "us" (or "µs"), "ms", "s", "m", "h".
   # If not provided, will default to 0 (no timeout)
   # timeout = "5s"
   # username = "telegraf"
   # password = "metricsmetricsmetricsmetrics"
-
-  # Set the user agent for the POSTs (can be useful for log differentiation)
+  # Set the user agent for HTTP POSTs (can be useful for log differentiation)
   # user_agent = "telegraf"
+  # Set UDP payload size, defaults to InfluxDB UDP Client default (512 bytes)
+  # udp_payload = 512
 
 
 ###############################################################################
 #                                  PLUGINS                                    #
 ###############################################################################
 
+[plugins]
+
 # Read metrics about cpu usage
-[cpu]
+[[plugins.cpu]]
   # Whether to report per-cpu stats or not
   percpu = true
   # Whether to report total system cpu stats or not
@@ -88,21 +91,33 @@
   drop = ["cpu_time"]
 
 # Read metrics about disk usage by mount point
-[disk]
-  # no configuration
+[[plugins.disk]]
+  # By default, telegraf gather stats for all mountpoints.
+  # Setting mountpoints will restrict the stats to the specified mountpoints.
+  # Mountpoints=["/"]
 
 # Read metrics about disk IO by device
-[io]
-  # no configuration
+[[plugins.io]]
+  # By default, telegraf will gather stats for all devices including 
+  # disk partitions.
+  # Setting devices will restrict the stats to the specified devcies.
+  # Devices=["sda","sdb"]
+  # Uncomment the following line if you do not need disk serial numbers.
+  # SkipSerialNumber = true
 
 # Read metrics about memory usage
-[mem]
+[[plugins.mem]]
   # no configuration
 
 # Read metrics about swap memory usage
-[swap]
+[[plugins.swap]]
   # no configuration
 
 # Read metrics about system load & uptime
-[system]
+[[plugins.system]]
   # no configuration
+
+
+###############################################################################
+#                              SERVICE PLUGINS                                #
+###############################################################################
diff --git a/scripts/package.sh b/scripts/package.sh
index 52891a0cc..8f0efbacc 100755
--- a/scripts/package.sh
+++ b/scripts/package.sh
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ CONFIG_ROOT_DIR=/etc/opt/telegraf
 CONFIG_D_DIR=/etc/opt/telegraf/telegraf.d
 LOGROTATE_DIR=/etc/logrotate.d
 
-SAMPLE_CONFIGURATION=etc/config.sample.toml
+SAMPLE_CONFIGURATION=etc/telegraf.conf
 LOGROTATE_CONFIGURATION=etc/logrotate.d/telegraf
 INITD_SCRIPT=scripts/init.sh
 SYSTEMD_SCRIPT=scripts/telegraf.service