Direct people to downloads page for installation

README.md

@@ -25,60 +25,20 @@ new plugins.
 
 ## Installation:
 
-### Linux deb and rpm Packages:
+You can either download the binaries directly from the
+[downloads](https://www.influxdata.com/downloads) page.
 
-Latest:
+A few alternate installs are available here as well:
-* https://dl.influxdata.com/telegraf/releases/telegraf_1.1.1_amd64.deb
-* https://dl.influxdata.com/telegraf/releases/telegraf-1.1.1.x86_64.rpm
-
-Latest (arm):
-* https://dl.influxdata.com/telegraf/releases/telegraf_1.1.1_armhf.deb
-* https://dl.influxdata.com/telegraf/releases/telegraf-1.1.1.armhf.rpm
-
-##### Package Instructions:
-
-* Telegraf binary is installed in `/usr/bin/telegraf`
-* Telegraf daemon configuration file is in `/etc/telegraf/telegraf.conf`
-* On sysv systems, the telegraf daemon can be controlled via
-`service telegraf [action]`
-* On systemd systems (such as Ubuntu 15+), the telegraf daemon can be
-controlled via `systemctl [action] telegraf`
-
-### yum/apt Repositories:
-
-There is a yum/apt repo available for the whole InfluxData stack, see
-[here](https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/latest/introduction/installation/#installation)
-for instructions on setting up the repo. Once it is configured, you will be able
-to use this repo to install & update telegraf.
-
-### Linux tarballs:
-
-Latest:
-* https://dl.influxdata.com/telegraf/releases/telegraf-1.1.1_linux_amd64.tar.gz
-* https://dl.influxdata.com/telegraf/releases/telegraf-1.1.1_linux_i386.tar.gz
-* https://dl.influxdata.com/telegraf/releases/telegraf-1.1.1_linux_armhf.tar.gz
 
 ### FreeBSD tarball:
 
 Latest:
-* https://dl.influxdata.com/telegraf/releases/telegraf-1.1.1_freebsd_amd64.tar.gz
+* https://dl.influxdata.com/telegraf/releases/telegraf-VERSION_freebsd_amd64.tar.gz
 
 ### Ansible Role:
 
 Ansible role: https://github.com/rossmcdonald/telegraf
 
-### OSX via Homebrew:
-
-```
-brew update
-brew install telegraf
-```
-
-### Windows Binaries (EXPERIMENTAL)
-
-Latest:
-* https://dl.influxdata.com/telegraf/releases/telegraf-1.1.1_windows_amd64.zip
-
 ### From Source:
 
 Telegraf manages dependencies via [gdm](https://github.com/sparrc/gdm),
@@ -99,31 +59,31 @@ See usage with:
 telegraf --help
 ```
 
-### Generate a telegraf config file:
+#### Generate a telegraf config file:
 
 ```
 telegraf config > telegraf.conf
 ```
 
-### Generate config with only cpu input & influxdb output plugins defined
+#### 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
+#### Run a single telegraf collection, outputing metrics to stdout
 
 ```
 telegraf --config telegraf.conf -test
 ```
 
-### Run telegraf with all plugins defined in config file
+#### Run telegraf with all plugins defined in config file
 
 ```
 telegraf --config telegraf.conf
 ```
 
-### Run telegraf, enabling the cpu & memory input, and influxdb output plugins
+#### Run telegraf, enabling the cpu & memory input, and influxdb output plugins
 
 ```
 telegraf --config telegraf.conf -input-filter cpu:mem -output-filter influxdb
@@ -242,7 +202,7 @@ Telegraf can also collect metrics via the following service plugins:
 
 * [influxdb](./plugins/outputs/influxdb)
 * [amon](./plugins/outputs/amon)
-* [amqp](./plugins/outputs/amqp)
+* [amqp](./plugins/outputs/amqp) (rabbitmq)
 * [aws kinesis](./plugins/outputs/kinesis)
 * [aws cloudwatch](./plugins/outputs/cloudwatch)
 * [datadog](./plugins/outputs/datadog)

plugins/outputs/amqp/README.md

@@ -7,3 +7,37 @@ If RoutingTag is empty, then empty routing key will be used.
 Metrics are grouped in batches by RoutingTag.
 
 This plugin doesn't bind exchange to a queue, so it should be done by consumer.
+
+### Configuration:
+
+```
+# Configuration for the AMQP server to send metrics to
+[[outputs.amqp]]
+  ## AMQP url
+  url = "amqp://localhost:5672/influxdb"
+  ## AMQP exchange
+  exchange = "telegraf"
+  ## Auth method. PLAIN and EXTERNAL are supported
+  # auth_method = "PLAIN"
+  ## Telegraf tag to use as a routing key
+  ##  ie, if this tag exists, it's value will be used as the routing key
+  routing_tag = "host"
+
+  ## InfluxDB retention policy
+  # retention_policy = "default"
+  ## InfluxDB database
+  # database = "telegraf"
+
+  ## Optional SSL Config
+  # ssl_ca = "/etc/telegraf/ca.pem"
+  # ssl_cert = "/etc/telegraf/cert.pem"
+  # ssl_key = "/etc/telegraf/key.pem"
+  ## Use SSL but skip chain & host verification
+  # insecure_skip_verify = false
+
+  ## Data format to output.
+  ## Each data format has it's own unique set of configuration options, read
+  ## more about them here:
+  ## https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/blob/master/docs/DATA_FORMATS_OUTPUT.md
+  data_format = "influx"
+```