From 3d0df7a056c0ffeefd19839ec431d05e793e08d9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Nelson Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2017 13:46:23 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Clarify retention policy option for influxdb output closes #2696 --- plugins/outputs/influxdb/influxdb.go | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/plugins/outputs/influxdb/influxdb.go b/plugins/outputs/influxdb/influxdb.go index 6419d43ea..f0e138156 100644 --- a/plugins/outputs/influxdb/influxdb.go +++ b/plugins/outputs/influxdb/influxdb.go @@ -55,7 +55,8 @@ var sampleConfig = ` ## The target database for metrics (telegraf will create it if not exists). database = "telegraf" # required - ## Retention policy to write to. Empty string writes to the default rp. + ## Name of existing retention policy to write to. Empty string writes to + ## the default retention policy. retention_policy = "" ## Write consistency (clusters only), can be: "any", "one", "quorum", "all" write_consistency = "any"