diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b1e6b1fee..b59a4c733 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@
 
 ### Release Notes
 
+**Breaking Change**: Aerospike main server node measurements have been renamed
+aerospike_node. Aerospike namespace measurements have been renamed to
+aerospike_namespace. They will also now be tagged with the node_name
+that they correspond to. This has been done to differentiate measurements
+that pertain to node vs. namespace statistics.
+
 **Breaking Change**: users of github_webhooks must change to the new
 `[[inputs.webhooks]]` plugin.
 
@@ -30,10 +36,17 @@ should now look like:
 
 - [#1289](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/1289): webhooks input plugin. Thanks @francois2metz and @cduez!
 - [#1247](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/1247): rollbar webhook plugin.
+- [#1408](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/1408): mandrill webhook plugin.
 - [#1402](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/1402): docker-machine/boot2docker no longer required for unit tests.
 - [#1407](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/1407): HTTP service listener input plugin.
 - [#1350](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/1350): cgroup input plugin.
 - [#1369](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/1369): Add input plugin for consuming metrics from NSQD.
+- [#1369](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/1480): add ability to read redis from a socket.
+- [#1387](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/1387): **Breaking Change** - Redis `role` tag renamed to `replication_role` to avoid global_tags override
+- [#1437](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/1437): Fetching Galera status metrics in MySQL
+- [#1500](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/1500): Aerospike plugin refactored to use official client lib.
+- [#1434](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/1434): Add measurement name arg to logparser plugin.
+- [#1479](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/1479): logparser: change resp_code from a field to a tag.
 
 ### Bugfixes
 
@@ -45,6 +58,14 @@ should now look like:
 - [#1378](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/1378): Trim BOM from config file for Windows support.
 - [#1339](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/1339): Prometheus client output panic on service reload.
 - [#1461](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/1461): Prometheus parser, protobuf format header fix.
+- [#1334](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/1334): Prometheus output, metric refresh and caching fixes.
+- [#1432](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/1432): Panic fix for multiple graphite outputs under very high load.
+- [#1412](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/1412): Instrumental output has better reconnect behavior
+- [#1460](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/1460): Remove PID from procstat plugin to fix cardinality issues.
+- [#1427](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/1427): Cassandra input: version 2.x "column family" fix.
+- [#1463](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/1463): Shared WaitGroup in Exec plugin
+- [#1436](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/1436): logparser: honor modifiers in "pattern" config.
+- [#1418](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/1418): logparser: error and exit on file permissions/missing errors.
 
 ## v1.0 beta 2 [2016-06-21]
 
diff --git a/Godeps b/Godeps
index f47a57806..1546bb627 100644
--- a/Godeps
+++ b/Godeps
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 github.com/Shopify/sarama 8aadb476e66ca998f2f6bb3c993e9a2daa3666b9
 github.com/Sirupsen/logrus 219c8cb75c258c552e999735be6df753ffc7afdc
+github.com/aerospike/aerospike-client-go 45863b7fd8640dc12f7fdd397104d97e1986f25a
 github.com/amir/raidman 53c1b967405155bfc8758557863bf2e14f814687
 github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go 13a12060f716145019378a10e2806c174356b857
 github.com/beorn7/perks 3ac7bf7a47d159a033b107610db8a1b6575507a4
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@ github.com/stretchr/testify 1f4a1643a57e798696635ea4c126e9127adb7d3c
 github.com/vjeantet/grok 83bfdfdfd1a8146795b28e547a8e3c8b28a466c2
 github.com/wvanbergen/kafka 46f9a1cf3f670edec492029fadded9c2d9e18866
 github.com/wvanbergen/kazoo-go 0f768712ae6f76454f987c3356177e138df258f8
+github.com/yuin/gopher-lua bf3808abd44b1e55143a2d7f08571aaa80db1808
 github.com/zensqlmonitor/go-mssqldb ffe5510c6fa5e15e6d983210ab501c815b56b363
 golang.org/x/crypto 5dc8cb4b8a8eb076cbb5a06bc3b8682c15bdbbd3
 golang.org/x/net 6acef71eb69611914f7a30939ea9f6e194c78172
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 816c93cf1..ee96e10bd 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -25,10 +25,6 @@ build-for-docker:
 					"-s -X main.version=$(VERSION)" \
 					./cmd/telegraf/telegraf.go
 
-# Build with race detector
-dev: prepare
-	go build -race -ldflags "-X main.version=$(VERSION)" ./...
-
 # run package script
 package:
 	./scripts/build.py --package --version="$(VERSION)" --platform=linux --arch=all --upload
@@ -55,7 +51,7 @@ docker-run:
 	docker run --name postgres -p "5432:5432" -d postgres
 	docker run --name rabbitmq -p "15672:15672" -p "5672:5672" -d rabbitmq:3-management
 	docker run --name redis -p "6379:6379" -d redis
-	docker run --name aerospike -p "3000:3000" -d aerospike
+	docker run --name aerospike -p "3000:3000" -d aerospike/aerospike-server
 	docker run --name nsq -p "4150:4150" -d nsqio/nsq /nsqd
 	docker run --name mqtt -p "1883:1883" -d ncarlier/mqtt
 	docker run --name riemann -p "5555:5555" -d blalor/riemann
@@ -68,7 +64,7 @@ docker-run-circle:
 		-e ADVERTISED_PORT=9092 \
 		-p "2181:2181" -p "9092:9092" \
 		-d spotify/kafka
-	docker run --name aerospike -p "3000:3000" -d aerospike
+	docker run --name aerospike -p "3000:3000" -d aerospike/aerospike-server
 	docker run --name nsq -p "4150:4150" -d nsqio/nsq /nsqd
 	docker run --name mqtt -p "1883:1883" -d ncarlier/mqtt
 	docker run --name riemann -p "5555:5555" -d blalor/riemann
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 198fc7ca7..a7cbd7fd2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -220,6 +220,7 @@ Telegraf can also collect metrics via the following service plugins:
 * [nats_consumer](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/tree/master/plugins/inputs/nats_consumer)
 * [webhooks](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/tree/master/plugins/inputs/webhooks)
   * [github](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/tree/master/plugins/inputs/webhooks/github)
+  * [mandrill](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/tree/master/plugins/inputs/webhooks/mandrill)
   * [rollbar](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/tree/master/plugins/inputs/webhooks/rollbar)
 * [nsq_consumer](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/tree/master/plugins/inputs/nsq_consumer)
 
diff --git a/agent/agent.go b/agent/agent.go
index d1d36186e..ae520b89e 100644
--- a/agent/agent.go
+++ b/agent/agent.go
@@ -268,13 +268,33 @@ func (a *Agent) flusher(shutdown chan struct{}, metricC chan telegraf.Metric) er
 			internal.RandomSleep(a.Config.Agent.FlushJitter.Duration, shutdown)
 			a.flush()
 		case m := <-metricC:
-			for _, o := range a.Config.Outputs {
-				o.AddMetric(m)
+			for i, o := range a.Config.Outputs {
+				if i == len(a.Config.Outputs)-1 {
+					o.AddMetric(m)
+				} else {
+					o.AddMetric(copyMetric(m))
+				}
 			}
 		}
 	}
 }
 
+func copyMetric(m telegraf.Metric) telegraf.Metric {
+	t := time.Time(m.Time())
+
+	tags := make(map[string]string)
+	fields := make(map[string]interface{})
+	for k, v := range m.Tags() {
+		tags[k] = v
+	}
+	for k, v := range m.Fields() {
+		fields[k] = v
+	}
+
+	out, _ := telegraf.NewMetric(m.Name(), tags, fields, t)
+	return out
+}
+
 // Run runs the agent daemon, gathering every Interval
 func (a *Agent) Run(shutdown chan struct{}) error {
 	var wg sync.WaitGroup
diff --git a/etc/telegraf.conf b/etc/telegraf.conf
index c9011536a..10e949302 100644
--- a/etc/telegraf.conf
+++ b/etc/telegraf.conf
@@ -197,6 +197,8 @@
 # # Configuration for Graphite server to send metrics to
 # [[outputs.graphite]]
 #   ## TCP endpoint for your graphite instance.
+#   ## If multiple endpoints are configured, the output will be load balanced.
+#   ## Only one of the endpoints will be written to with each iteration.
 #   servers = ["localhost:2003"]
 #   ## Prefix metrics name
 #   prefix = ""
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/aerospike/aerospike.go b/plugins/inputs/aerospike/aerospike.go
index cd2ebe25c..4bb652c0a 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/aerospike/aerospike.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/aerospike/aerospike.go
@@ -1,104 +1,19 @@
 package aerospike
 
 import (
-	"bytes"
-	"encoding/binary"
-	"fmt"
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs"
 	"net"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/internal/errchan"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs"
+
+	as "github.com/aerospike/aerospike-client-go"
 )
 
-const (
-	MSG_HEADER_SIZE = 8
-	MSG_TYPE        = 1 // Info is 1
-	MSG_VERSION     = 2
-)
-
-var (
-	STATISTICS_COMMAND = []byte("statistics\n")
-	NAMESPACES_COMMAND = []byte("namespaces\n")
-)
-
-type aerospikeMessageHeader struct {
-	Version uint8
-	Type    uint8
-	DataLen [6]byte
-}
-
-type aerospikeMessage struct {
-	aerospikeMessageHeader
-	Data []byte
-}
-
-// Taken from aerospike-client-go/types/message.go
-func (msg *aerospikeMessage) Serialize() []byte {
-	msg.DataLen = msgLenToBytes(int64(len(msg.Data)))
-	buf := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{})
-	binary.Write(buf, binary.BigEndian, msg.aerospikeMessageHeader)
-	binary.Write(buf, binary.BigEndian, msg.Data[:])
-	return buf.Bytes()
-}
-
-type aerospikeInfoCommand struct {
-	msg *aerospikeMessage
-}
-
-// Taken from aerospike-client-go/info.go
-func (nfo *aerospikeInfoCommand) parseMultiResponse() (map[string]string, error) {
-	responses := make(map[string]string)
-	offset := int64(0)
-	begin := int64(0)
-
-	dataLen := int64(len(nfo.msg.Data))
-
-	// Create reusable StringBuilder for performance.
-	for offset < dataLen {
-		b := nfo.msg.Data[offset]
-
-		if b == '\t' {
-			name := nfo.msg.Data[begin:offset]
-			offset++
-			begin = offset
-
-			// Parse field value.
-			for offset < dataLen {
-				if nfo.msg.Data[offset] == '\n' {
-					break
-				}
-				offset++
-			}
-
-			if offset > begin {
-				value := nfo.msg.Data[begin:offset]
-				responses[string(name)] = string(value)
-			} else {
-				responses[string(name)] = ""
-			}
-			offset++
-			begin = offset
-		} else if b == '\n' {
-			if offset > begin {
-				name := nfo.msg.Data[begin:offset]
-				responses[string(name)] = ""
-			}
-			offset++
-			begin = offset
-		} else {
-			offset++
-		}
-	}
-
-	if offset > begin {
-		name := nfo.msg.Data[begin:offset]
-		responses[string(name)] = ""
-	}
-	return responses, nil
-}
-
 type Aerospike struct {
 	Servers []string
 }
@@ -115,7 +30,7 @@ func (a *Aerospike) SampleConfig() string {
 }
 
 func (a *Aerospike) Description() string {
-	return "Read stats from an aerospike server"
+	return "Read stats from aerospike server(s)"
 }
 
 func (a *Aerospike) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
@@ -124,214 +39,90 @@ func (a *Aerospike) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 	}
 
 	var wg sync.WaitGroup
-
-	var outerr error
-
+	errChan := errchan.New(len(a.Servers))
+	wg.Add(len(a.Servers))
 	for _, server := range a.Servers {
-		wg.Add(1)
-		go func(server string) {
+		go func(serv string) {
 			defer wg.Done()
-			outerr = a.gatherServer(server, acc)
+			errChan.C <- a.gatherServer(serv, acc)
 		}(server)
 	}
 
 	wg.Wait()
-	return outerr
+	return errChan.Error()
 }
 
-func (a *Aerospike) gatherServer(host string, acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
-	aerospikeInfo, err := getMap(STATISTICS_COMMAND, host)
+func (a *Aerospike) gatherServer(hostport string, acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+	host, port, err := net.SplitHostPort(hostport)
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("Aerospike info failed: %s", err)
+		return err
 	}
-	readAerospikeStats(aerospikeInfo, acc, host, "")
-	namespaces, err := getList(NAMESPACES_COMMAND, host)
+
+	iport, err := strconv.Atoi(port)
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("Aerospike namespace list failed: %s", err)
+		iport = 3000
 	}
-	for ix := range namespaces {
-		nsInfo, err := getMap([]byte("namespace/"+namespaces[ix]+"\n"), host)
-		if err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("Aerospike namespace '%s' query failed: %s", namespaces[ix], err)
+
+	c, err := as.NewClient(host, iport)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	defer c.Close()
+
+	nodes := c.GetNodes()
+	for _, n := range nodes {
+		tags := map[string]string{
+			"node_name":      n.GetName(),
+			"aerospike_host": hostport,
+		}
+		fields := make(map[string]interface{})
+		stats, err := as.RequestNodeStats(n)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		for k, v := range stats {
+			if iv, err := strconv.ParseInt(v, 10, 64); err == nil {
+				fields[strings.Replace(k, "-", "_", -1)] = iv
+			}
+		}
+		acc.AddFields("aerospike_node", fields, tags, time.Now())
+
+		info, err := as.RequestNodeInfo(n, "namespaces")
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		namespaces := strings.Split(info["namespaces"], ";")
+
+		for _, namespace := range namespaces {
+			nTags := copyTags(tags)
+			nTags["namespace"] = namespace
+			nFields := make(map[string]interface{})
+			info, err := as.RequestNodeInfo(n, "namespace/"+namespace)
+			if err != nil {
+				continue
+			}
+			stats := strings.Split(info["namespace/"+namespace], ";")
+			for _, stat := range stats {
+				parts := strings.Split(stat, "=")
+				if len(parts) < 2 {
+					continue
+				}
+				if iv, err := strconv.ParseInt(parts[1], 10, 64); err == nil {
+					nFields[strings.Replace(parts[0], "-", "_", -1)] = iv
+				}
+			}
+			acc.AddFields("aerospike_namespace", nFields, nTags, time.Now())
 		}
-		readAerospikeStats(nsInfo, acc, host, namespaces[ix])
 	}
 	return nil
 }
 
-func getMap(key []byte, host string) (map[string]string, error) {
-	data, err := get(key, host)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Failed to get data: %s", err)
+func copyTags(m map[string]string) map[string]string {
+	out := make(map[string]string)
+	for k, v := range m {
+		out[k] = v
 	}
-	parsed, err := unmarshalMapInfo(data, string(key))
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Failed to unmarshal data: %s", err)
-	}
-
-	return parsed, nil
-}
-
-func getList(key []byte, host string) ([]string, error) {
-	data, err := get(key, host)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Failed to get data: %s", err)
-	}
-	parsed, err := unmarshalListInfo(data, string(key))
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Failed to unmarshal data: %s", err)
-	}
-
-	return parsed, nil
-}
-
-func get(key []byte, host string) (map[string]string, error) {
-	var err error
-	var data map[string]string
-
-	asInfo := &aerospikeInfoCommand{
-		msg: &aerospikeMessage{
-			aerospikeMessageHeader: aerospikeMessageHeader{
-				Version: uint8(MSG_VERSION),
-				Type:    uint8(MSG_TYPE),
-				DataLen: msgLenToBytes(int64(len(key))),
-			},
-			Data: key,
-		},
-	}
-
-	cmd := asInfo.msg.Serialize()
-	addr, err := net.ResolveTCPAddr("tcp", host)
-	if err != nil {
-		return data, fmt.Errorf("Lookup failed for '%s': %s", host, err)
-	}
-
-	conn, err := net.DialTCP("tcp", nil, addr)
-	if err != nil {
-		return data, fmt.Errorf("Connection failed for '%s': %s", host, err)
-	}
-	defer conn.Close()
-
-	_, err = conn.Write(cmd)
-	if err != nil {
-		return data, fmt.Errorf("Failed to send to '%s': %s", host, err)
-	}
-
-	msgHeader := bytes.NewBuffer(make([]byte, MSG_HEADER_SIZE))
-	_, err = readLenFromConn(conn, msgHeader.Bytes(), MSG_HEADER_SIZE)
-	if err != nil {
-		return data, fmt.Errorf("Failed to read header: %s", err)
-	}
-	err = binary.Read(msgHeader, binary.BigEndian, &asInfo.msg.aerospikeMessageHeader)
-	if err != nil {
-		return data, fmt.Errorf("Failed to unmarshal header: %s", err)
-	}
-
-	msgLen := msgLenFromBytes(asInfo.msg.aerospikeMessageHeader.DataLen)
-
-	if int64(len(asInfo.msg.Data)) != msgLen {
-		asInfo.msg.Data = make([]byte, msgLen)
-	}
-
-	_, err = readLenFromConn(conn, asInfo.msg.Data, len(asInfo.msg.Data))
-	if err != nil {
-		return data, fmt.Errorf("Failed to read from connection to '%s': %s", host, err)
-	}
-
-	data, err = asInfo.parseMultiResponse()
-	if err != nil {
-		return data, fmt.Errorf("Failed to parse response from '%s': %s", host, err)
-	}
-
-	return data, err
-}
-
-func readAerospikeStats(
-	stats map[string]string,
-	acc telegraf.Accumulator,
-	host string,
-	namespace string,
-) {
-	fields := make(map[string]interface{})
-	tags := map[string]string{
-		"aerospike_host": host,
-		"namespace":      "_service",
-	}
-
-	if namespace != "" {
-		tags["namespace"] = namespace
-	}
-	for key, value := range stats {
-		// We are going to ignore all string based keys
-		val, err := strconv.ParseInt(value, 10, 64)
-		if err == nil {
-			if strings.Contains(key, "-") {
-				key = strings.Replace(key, "-", "_", -1)
-			}
-			fields[key] = val
-		}
-	}
-	acc.AddFields("aerospike", fields, tags)
-}
-
-func unmarshalMapInfo(infoMap map[string]string, key string) (map[string]string, error) {
-	key = strings.TrimSuffix(key, "\n")
-	res := map[string]string{}
-
-	v, exists := infoMap[key]
-	if !exists {
-		return res, fmt.Errorf("Key '%s' missing from info", key)
-	}
-
-	values := strings.Split(v, ";")
-	for i := range values {
-		kv := strings.Split(values[i], "=")
-		if len(kv) > 1 {
-			res[kv[0]] = kv[1]
-		}
-	}
-
-	return res, nil
-}
-
-func unmarshalListInfo(infoMap map[string]string, key string) ([]string, error) {
-	key = strings.TrimSuffix(key, "\n")
-
-	v, exists := infoMap[key]
-	if !exists {
-		return []string{}, fmt.Errorf("Key '%s' missing from info", key)
-	}
-
-	values := strings.Split(v, ";")
-	return values, nil
-}
-
-func readLenFromConn(c net.Conn, buffer []byte, length int) (total int, err error) {
-	var r int
-	for total < length {
-		r, err = c.Read(buffer[total:length])
-		total += r
-		if err != nil {
-			break
-		}
-	}
-	return
-}
-
-// Taken from aerospike-client-go/types/message.go
-func msgLenToBytes(DataLen int64) [6]byte {
-	b := make([]byte, 8)
-	binary.BigEndian.PutUint64(b, uint64(DataLen))
-	res := [6]byte{}
-	copy(res[:], b[2:])
-	return res
-}
-
-// Taken from aerospike-client-go/types/message.go
-func msgLenFromBytes(buf [6]byte) int64 {
-	nbytes := append([]byte{0, 0}, buf[:]...)
-	DataLen := binary.BigEndian.Uint64(nbytes)
-	return int64(DataLen)
+	return out
 }
 
 func init() {
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/aerospike/aerospike_test.go b/plugins/inputs/aerospike/aerospike_test.go
index 74b70eb1d..8463432f5 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/aerospike/aerospike_test.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/aerospike/aerospike_test.go
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package aerospike
 
 import (
-	"reflect"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/testutil"
@@ -23,96 +22,29 @@ func TestAerospikeStatistics(t *testing.T) {
 	err := a.Gather(&acc)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
-	// Only use a few of the metrics
-	asMetrics := []string{
-		"transactions",
-		"stat_write_errs",
-		"stat_read_reqs",
-		"stat_write_reqs",
-	}
-
-	for _, metric := range asMetrics {
-		assert.True(t, acc.HasIntField("aerospike", metric), metric)
-	}
-
+	assert.True(t, acc.HasMeasurement("aerospike_node"))
+	assert.True(t, acc.HasMeasurement("aerospike_namespace"))
+	assert.True(t, acc.HasIntField("aerospike_node", "batch_error"))
 }
 
-func TestAerospikeMsgLenFromToBytes(t *testing.T) {
-	var i int64 = 8
-	assert.True(t, i == msgLenFromBytes(msgLenToBytes(i)))
-}
+func TestAerospikeStatisticsPartialErr(t *testing.T) {
+	if testing.Short() {
+		t.Skip("Skipping integration test in short mode")
+	}
+
+	a := &Aerospike{
+		Servers: []string{
+			testutil.GetLocalHost() + ":3000",
+			testutil.GetLocalHost() + ":9999",
+		},
+	}
 
-func TestReadAerospikeStatsNoNamespace(t *testing.T) {
-	// Also test for re-writing
 	var acc testutil.Accumulator
-	stats := map[string]string{
-		"stat-write-errs": "12345",
-		"stat_read_reqs":  "12345",
-	}
-	readAerospikeStats(stats, &acc, "host1", "")
 
-	fields := map[string]interface{}{
-		"stat_write_errs": int64(12345),
-		"stat_read_reqs":  int64(12345),
-	}
-	tags := map[string]string{
-		"aerospike_host": "host1",
-		"namespace":      "_service",
-	}
-	acc.AssertContainsTaggedFields(t, "aerospike", fields, tags)
-}
-
-func TestReadAerospikeStatsNamespace(t *testing.T) {
-	var acc testutil.Accumulator
-	stats := map[string]string{
-		"stat_write_errs": "12345",
-		"stat_read_reqs":  "12345",
-	}
-	readAerospikeStats(stats, &acc, "host1", "test")
-
-	fields := map[string]interface{}{
-		"stat_write_errs": int64(12345),
-		"stat_read_reqs":  int64(12345),
-	}
-	tags := map[string]string{
-		"aerospike_host": "host1",
-		"namespace":      "test",
-	}
-	acc.AssertContainsTaggedFields(t, "aerospike", fields, tags)
-}
-
-func TestAerospikeUnmarshalList(t *testing.T) {
-	i := map[string]string{
-		"test": "one;two;three",
-	}
-
-	expected := []string{"one", "two", "three"}
-
-	list, err := unmarshalListInfo(i, "test2")
-	assert.True(t, err != nil)
-
-	list, err = unmarshalListInfo(i, "test")
-	assert.True(t, err == nil)
-	equal := true
-	for ix := range expected {
-		if list[ix] != expected[ix] {
-			equal = false
-			break
-		}
-	}
-	assert.True(t, equal)
-}
-
-func TestAerospikeUnmarshalMap(t *testing.T) {
-	i := map[string]string{
-		"test": "key1=value1;key2=value2",
-	}
-
-	expected := map[string]string{
-		"key1": "value1",
-		"key2": "value2",
-	}
-	m, err := unmarshalMapInfo(i, "test")
-	assert.True(t, err == nil)
-	assert.True(t, reflect.DeepEqual(m, expected))
+	err := a.Gather(&acc)
+	require.Error(t, err)
+
+	assert.True(t, acc.HasMeasurement("aerospike_node"))
+	assert.True(t, acc.HasMeasurement("aerospike_namespace"))
+	assert.True(t, acc.HasIntField("aerospike_node", "batch_error"))
 }
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/cassandra/cassandra.go b/plugins/inputs/cassandra/cassandra.go
index 351232aca..e7edf7153 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/cassandra/cassandra.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/cassandra/cassandra.go
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ func (c cassandraMetric) addTagsFields(out map[string]interface{}) {
 	tokens := parseJmxMetricRequest(r.(map[string]interface{})["mbean"].(string))
 	// Requests with wildcards for keyspace or table names will return nested
 	// maps in the json response
-	if tokens["type"] == "Table" && (tokens["keyspace"] == "*" ||
+	if (tokens["type"] == "Table" || tokens["type"] == "ColumnFamily") && (tokens["keyspace"] == "*" ||
 		tokens["scope"] == "*") {
 		if valuesMap, ok := out["value"]; ok {
 			for k, v := range valuesMap.(map[string]interface{}) {
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/cgroup/README.md b/plugins/inputs/cgroup/README.md
index ab06342bf..feb332dd9 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/cgroup/README.md
+++ b/plugins/inputs/cgroup/README.md
@@ -33,8 +33,9 @@ KEY1 VAL1\n
 
 ### Tags:
 
-All measurements have the following tags:
-  - path
+Measurements don't have any specific tags unless you define them at the telegraf level (defaults). We
+used to have the path listed as a tag, but to keep cardinality in check it's easier to move this 
+value to a field. Thanks @sebito91!
 
 
 ### Configuration:
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/cgroup/cgroup_linux.go b/plugins/inputs/cgroup/cgroup_linux.go
index e8ba6f881..ecaf8126d 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/cgroup/cgroup_linux.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/cgroup/cgroup_linux.go
@@ -56,10 +56,9 @@ func (g *CGroup) gatherDir(dir string, acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 			return err
 		}
 	}
+	fields["path"] = dir
 
-	tags := map[string]string{"path": dir}
-
-	acc.AddFields(metricName, fields, tags)
+	acc.AddFields(metricName, fields, nil)
 
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/cgroup/cgroup_test.go b/plugins/inputs/cgroup/cgroup_test.go
index 206b51f6d..ff9b8d7a8 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/cgroup/cgroup_test.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/cgroup/cgroup_test.go
@@ -3,10 +3,13 @@
 package cgroup
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/testutil"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+	"reflect"
 )
 
 var cg1 = &CGroup{
@@ -21,15 +24,32 @@ var cg1 = &CGroup{
 	},
 }
 
+func assertContainsFields(a *testutil.Accumulator, t *testing.T, measurement string, fieldSet []map[string]interface{}) {
+	a.Lock()
+	defer a.Unlock()
+
+	numEquals := 0
+	for _, p := range a.Metrics {
+		if p.Measurement == measurement {
+			for _, fields := range fieldSet {
+				if reflect.DeepEqual(fields, p.Fields) {
+					numEquals++
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	if numEquals != len(fieldSet) {
+		assert.Fail(t, fmt.Sprintf("only %d of %d are equal", numEquals, len(fieldSet)))
+	}
+}
+
 func TestCgroupStatistics_1(t *testing.T) {
 	var acc testutil.Accumulator
 
 	err := cg1.Gather(&acc)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
-	tags := map[string]string{
-		"path": "testdata/memory",
-	}
 	fields := map[string]interface{}{
 		"memory.stat.cache":           1739362304123123123,
 		"memory.stat.rss":             1775325184,
@@ -42,8 +62,9 @@ func TestCgroupStatistics_1(t *testing.T) {
 		"memory.limit_in_bytes":       223372036854771712,
 		"memory.use_hierarchy":        "12-781",
 		"notify_on_release":           0,
+		"path":                        "testdata/memory",
 	}
-	acc.AssertContainsTaggedFields(t, "cgroup", fields, tags)
+	assertContainsFields(&acc, t, "cgroup", []map[string]interface{}{fields})
 }
 
 // ======================================================================
@@ -59,16 +80,14 @@ func TestCgroupStatistics_2(t *testing.T) {
 	err := cg2.Gather(&acc)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
-	tags := map[string]string{
-		"path": "testdata/cpu",
-	}
 	fields := map[string]interface{}{
 		"cpuacct.usage_percpu.0": -1452543795404,
 		"cpuacct.usage_percpu.1": 1376681271659,
 		"cpuacct.usage_percpu.2": 1450950799997,
 		"cpuacct.usage_percpu.3": -1473113374257,
+		"path": "testdata/cpu",
 	}
-	acc.AssertContainsTaggedFields(t, "cgroup", fields, tags)
+	assertContainsFields(&acc, t, "cgroup", []map[string]interface{}{fields})
 }
 
 // ======================================================================
@@ -84,18 +103,16 @@ func TestCgroupStatistics_3(t *testing.T) {
 	err := cg3.Gather(&acc)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
-	tags := map[string]string{
-		"path": "testdata/memory/group_1",
-	}
 	fields := map[string]interface{}{
 		"memory.limit_in_bytes": 223372036854771712,
+		"path":                  "testdata/memory/group_1",
 	}
-	acc.AssertContainsTaggedFields(t, "cgroup", fields, tags)
 
-	tags = map[string]string{
-		"path": "testdata/memory/group_2",
+	fieldsTwo := map[string]interface{}{
+		"memory.limit_in_bytes": 223372036854771712,
+		"path":                  "testdata/memory/group_2",
 	}
-	acc.AssertContainsTaggedFields(t, "cgroup", fields, tags)
+	assertContainsFields(&acc, t, "cgroup", []map[string]interface{}{fields, fieldsTwo})
 }
 
 // ======================================================================
@@ -111,23 +128,22 @@ func TestCgroupStatistics_4(t *testing.T) {
 	err := cg4.Gather(&acc)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
-	tags := map[string]string{
-		"path": "testdata/memory/group_1/group_1_1",
-	}
 	fields := map[string]interface{}{
 		"memory.limit_in_bytes": 223372036854771712,
+		"path":                  "testdata/memory/group_1/group_1_1",
 	}
-	acc.AssertContainsTaggedFields(t, "cgroup", fields, tags)
 
-	tags = map[string]string{
-		"path": "testdata/memory/group_1/group_1_2",
+	fieldsTwo := map[string]interface{}{
+		"memory.limit_in_bytes": 223372036854771712,
+		"path":                  "testdata/memory/group_1/group_1_2",
 	}
-	acc.AssertContainsTaggedFields(t, "cgroup", fields, tags)
 
-	tags = map[string]string{
-		"path": "testdata/memory/group_2",
+	fieldsThree := map[string]interface{}{
+		"memory.limit_in_bytes": 223372036854771712,
+		"path":                  "testdata/memory/group_2",
 	}
-	acc.AssertContainsTaggedFields(t, "cgroup", fields, tags)
+
+	assertContainsFields(&acc, t, "cgroup", []map[string]interface{}{fields, fieldsTwo, fieldsThree})
 }
 
 // ======================================================================
@@ -143,18 +159,16 @@ func TestCgroupStatistics_5(t *testing.T) {
 	err := cg5.Gather(&acc)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
-	tags := map[string]string{
-		"path": "testdata/memory/group_1/group_1_1",
-	}
 	fields := map[string]interface{}{
 		"memory.limit_in_bytes": 223372036854771712,
+		"path":                  "testdata/memory/group_1/group_1_1",
 	}
-	acc.AssertContainsTaggedFields(t, "cgroup", fields, tags)
 
-	tags = map[string]string{
-		"path": "testdata/memory/group_2/group_1_1",
+	fieldsTwo := map[string]interface{}{
+		"memory.limit_in_bytes": 223372036854771712,
+		"path":                  "testdata/memory/group_2/group_1_1",
 	}
-	acc.AssertContainsTaggedFields(t, "cgroup", fields, tags)
+	assertContainsFields(&acc, t, "cgroup", []map[string]interface{}{fields, fieldsTwo})
 }
 
 // ======================================================================
@@ -170,13 +184,11 @@ func TestCgroupStatistics_6(t *testing.T) {
 	err := cg6.Gather(&acc)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
-	tags := map[string]string{
-		"path": "testdata/memory",
-	}
 	fields := map[string]interface{}{
 		"memory.usage_in_bytes":      3513667584,
 		"memory.use_hierarchy":       "12-781",
 		"memory.kmem.limit_in_bytes": 9223372036854771712,
+		"path": "testdata/memory",
 	}
-	acc.AssertContainsTaggedFields(t, "cgroup", fields, tags)
+	assertContainsFields(&acc, t, "cgroup", []map[string]interface{}{fields})
 }
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/exec/exec.go b/plugins/inputs/exec/exec.go
index c8d4cee50..060a4f308 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/exec/exec.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/exec/exec.go
@@ -48,8 +48,6 @@ type Exec struct {
 
 	parser parsers.Parser
 
-	wg sync.WaitGroup
-
 	runner  Runner
 	errChan chan error
 }
@@ -119,8 +117,8 @@ func (c CommandRunner) Run(
 	return out.Bytes(), nil
 }
 
-func (e *Exec) ProcessCommand(command string, acc telegraf.Accumulator) {
-	defer e.wg.Done()
+func (e *Exec) ProcessCommand(command string, acc telegraf.Accumulator, wg *sync.WaitGroup) {
+	defer wg.Done()
 
 	out, err := e.runner.Run(e, command, acc)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -151,6 +149,7 @@ func (e *Exec) SetParser(parser parsers.Parser) {
 }
 
 func (e *Exec) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+	var wg sync.WaitGroup
 	// Legacy single command support
 	if e.Command != "" {
 		e.Commands = append(e.Commands, e.Command)
@@ -190,11 +189,11 @@ func (e *Exec) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 	errChan := errchan.New(len(commands))
 	e.errChan = errChan.C
 
-	e.wg.Add(len(commands))
+	wg.Add(len(commands))
 	for _, command := range commands {
-		go e.ProcessCommand(command, acc)
+		go e.ProcessCommand(command, acc, &wg)
 	}
-	e.wg.Wait()
+	wg.Wait()
 	return errChan.Error()
 }
 
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/logparser/grok/grok.go b/plugins/inputs/logparser/grok/grok.go
index a463c0f6a..d8691d7b9 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/logparser/grok/grok.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/logparser/grok/grok.go
@@ -53,9 +53,15 @@ var (
 )
 
 type Parser struct {
-	Patterns           []string
+	Patterns []string
+	// namedPatterns is a list of internally-assigned names to the patterns
+	// specified by the user in Patterns.
+	// They will look like:
+	//   GROK_INTERNAL_PATTERN_0, GROK_INTERNAL_PATTERN_1, etc.
+	namedPatterns      []string
 	CustomPatterns     string
 	CustomPatternFiles []string
+	Measurement        string
 
 	// typeMap is a map of patterns -> capture name -> modifier,
 	//   ie, {
@@ -97,13 +103,24 @@ func (p *Parser) Compile() error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	p.CustomPatterns = DEFAULT_PATTERNS + p.CustomPatterns
+	// Give Patterns fake names so that they can be treated as named
+	// "custom patterns"
+	p.namedPatterns = make([]string, len(p.Patterns))
+	for i, pattern := range p.Patterns {
+		name := fmt.Sprintf("GROK_INTERNAL_PATTERN_%d", i)
+		p.CustomPatterns += "\n" + name + " " + pattern + "\n"
+		p.namedPatterns[i] = "%{" + name + "}"
+	}
 
+	// Combine user-supplied CustomPatterns with DEFAULT_PATTERNS and parse
+	// them together as the same type of pattern.
+	p.CustomPatterns = DEFAULT_PATTERNS + p.CustomPatterns
 	if len(p.CustomPatterns) != 0 {
 		scanner := bufio.NewScanner(strings.NewReader(p.CustomPatterns))
 		p.addCustomPatterns(scanner)
 	}
 
+	// Parse any custom pattern files supplied.
 	for _, filename := range p.CustomPatternFiles {
 		file, err := os.Open(filename)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -114,6 +131,10 @@ func (p *Parser) Compile() error {
 		p.addCustomPatterns(scanner)
 	}
 
+	if p.Measurement == "" {
+		p.Measurement = "logparser_grok"
+	}
+
 	return p.compileCustomPatterns()
 }
 
@@ -122,7 +143,7 @@ func (p *Parser) ParseLine(line string) (telegraf.Metric, error) {
 	var values map[string]string
 	// the matching pattern string
 	var patternName string
-	for _, pattern := range p.Patterns {
+	for _, pattern := range p.namedPatterns {
 		if values, err = p.g.Parse(pattern, line); err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
@@ -215,7 +236,7 @@ func (p *Parser) ParseLine(line string) (telegraf.Metric, error) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	return telegraf.NewMetric("logparser_grok", tags, fields, p.tsModder.tsMod(timestamp))
+	return telegraf.NewMetric(p.Measurement, tags, fields, p.tsModder.tsMod(timestamp))
 }
 
 func (p *Parser) addCustomPatterns(scanner *bufio.Scanner) {
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/logparser/grok/grok_test.go b/plugins/inputs/logparser/grok/grok_test.go
index 02f69f67a..295f32609 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/logparser/grok/grok_test.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/logparser/grok/grok_test.go
@@ -83,6 +83,31 @@ func Benchmark_ParseLine_CustomPattern(b *testing.B) {
 	benchM = m
 }
 
+func TestMeasurementName(t *testing.T) {
+	p := &Parser{
+		Measurement: "my_web_log",
+		Patterns:    []string{"%{COMMON_LOG_FORMAT}"},
+	}
+	assert.NoError(t, p.Compile())
+
+	// Parse an influxdb POST request
+	m, err := p.ParseLine(`127.0.0.1 user-identifier frank [10/Oct/2000:13:55:36 -0700] "GET /apache_pb.gif HTTP/1.0" 200 2326`)
+	require.NotNil(t, m)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t,
+		map[string]interface{}{
+			"resp_bytes":   int64(2326),
+			"auth":         "frank",
+			"client_ip":    "127.0.0.1",
+			"http_version": float64(1.0),
+			"ident":        "user-identifier",
+			"request":      "/apache_pb.gif",
+		},
+		m.Fields())
+	assert.Equal(t, map[string]string{"verb": "GET", "resp_code": "200"}, m.Tags())
+	assert.Equal(t, "my_web_log", m.Name())
+}
+
 func TestBuiltinInfluxdbHttpd(t *testing.T) {
 	p := &Parser{
 		Patterns: []string{"%{INFLUXDB_HTTPD_LOG}"},
@@ -98,7 +123,6 @@ func TestBuiltinInfluxdbHttpd(t *testing.T) {
 			"resp_bytes":       int64(0),
 			"auth":             "-",
 			"client_ip":        "::1",
-			"resp_code":        int64(204),
 			"http_version":     float64(1.1),
 			"ident":            "-",
 			"referrer":         "-",
@@ -107,7 +131,7 @@ func TestBuiltinInfluxdbHttpd(t *testing.T) {
 			"agent":            "InfluxDBClient",
 		},
 		m.Fields())
-	assert.Equal(t, map[string]string{"verb": "POST"}, m.Tags())
+	assert.Equal(t, map[string]string{"verb": "POST", "resp_code": "204"}, m.Tags())
 
 	// Parse an influxdb GET request
 	m, err = p.ParseLine(`[httpd] ::1 - - [14/Jun/2016:12:10:02 +0100] "GET /query?db=telegraf&q=SELECT+bytes%2Cresponse_time_us+FROM+logparser_grok+WHERE+http_method+%3D+%27GET%27+AND+response_time_us+%3E+0+AND+time+%3E+now%28%29+-+1h HTTP/1.1" 200 578 "http://localhost:8083/" "Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_10_5) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/51.0.2704.84 Safari/537.36" 8a3806f1-3220-11e6-8006-000000000000 988`)
@@ -118,7 +142,6 @@ func TestBuiltinInfluxdbHttpd(t *testing.T) {
 			"resp_bytes":       int64(578),
 			"auth":             "-",
 			"client_ip":        "::1",
-			"resp_code":        int64(200),
 			"http_version":     float64(1.1),
 			"ident":            "-",
 			"referrer":         "http://localhost:8083/",
@@ -127,7 +150,7 @@ func TestBuiltinInfluxdbHttpd(t *testing.T) {
 			"agent":            "Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_10_5) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/51.0.2704.84 Safari/537.36",
 		},
 		m.Fields())
-	assert.Equal(t, map[string]string{"verb": "GET"}, m.Tags())
+	assert.Equal(t, map[string]string{"verb": "GET", "resp_code": "200"}, m.Tags())
 }
 
 // common log format
@@ -147,13 +170,12 @@ func TestBuiltinCommonLogFormat(t *testing.T) {
 			"resp_bytes":   int64(2326),
 			"auth":         "frank",
 			"client_ip":    "127.0.0.1",
-			"resp_code":    int64(200),
 			"http_version": float64(1.0),
 			"ident":        "user-identifier",
 			"request":      "/apache_pb.gif",
 		},
 		m.Fields())
-	assert.Equal(t, map[string]string{"verb": "GET"}, m.Tags())
+	assert.Equal(t, map[string]string{"verb": "GET", "resp_code": "200"}, m.Tags())
 }
 
 // combined log format
@@ -173,7 +195,6 @@ func TestBuiltinCombinedLogFormat(t *testing.T) {
 			"resp_bytes":   int64(2326),
 			"auth":         "frank",
 			"client_ip":    "127.0.0.1",
-			"resp_code":    int64(200),
 			"http_version": float64(1.0),
 			"ident":        "user-identifier",
 			"request":      "/apache_pb.gif",
@@ -181,12 +202,12 @@ func TestBuiltinCombinedLogFormat(t *testing.T) {
 			"agent":        "Mozilla",
 		},
 		m.Fields())
-	assert.Equal(t, map[string]string{"verb": "GET"}, m.Tags())
+	assert.Equal(t, map[string]string{"verb": "GET", "resp_code": "200"}, m.Tags())
 }
 
 func TestCompileStringAndParse(t *testing.T) {
 	p := &Parser{
-		Patterns: []string{"%{TEST_LOG_A}", "%{TEST_LOG_B}"},
+		Patterns: []string{"%{TEST_LOG_A}"},
 		CustomPatterns: `
 			DURATION %{NUMBER}[nuµm]?s
 			RESPONSE_CODE %{NUMBER:response_code:tag}
@@ -209,6 +230,41 @@ func TestCompileStringAndParse(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, map[string]string{"response_code": "200"}, metricA.Tags())
 }
 
+func TestCompileErrorsOnInvalidPattern(t *testing.T) {
+	p := &Parser{
+		Patterns: []string{"%{TEST_LOG_A}", "%{TEST_LOG_B}"},
+		CustomPatterns: `
+			DURATION %{NUMBER}[nuµm]?s
+			RESPONSE_CODE %{NUMBER:response_code:tag}
+			RESPONSE_TIME %{DURATION:response_time:duration}
+			TEST_LOG_A %{NUMBER:myfloat:float} %{RESPONSE_CODE} %{IPORHOST:clientip} %{RESPONSE_TIME}
+		`,
+	}
+	assert.Error(t, p.Compile())
+
+	metricA, _ := p.ParseLine(`1.25 200 192.168.1.1 5.432µs`)
+	require.Nil(t, metricA)
+}
+
+func TestParsePatternsWithoutCustom(t *testing.T) {
+	p := &Parser{
+		Patterns: []string{"%{POSINT:ts:ts-epochnano} response_time=%{POSINT:response_time:int} mymetric=%{NUMBER:metric:float}"},
+	}
+	assert.NoError(t, p.Compile())
+
+	metricA, err := p.ParseLine(`1466004605359052000 response_time=20821 mymetric=10890.645`)
+	require.NotNil(t, metricA)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t,
+		map[string]interface{}{
+			"response_time": int64(20821),
+			"metric":        float64(10890.645),
+		},
+		metricA.Fields())
+	assert.Equal(t, map[string]string{}, metricA.Tags())
+	assert.Equal(t, time.Unix(0, 1466004605359052000), metricA.Time())
+}
+
 func TestParseEpochNano(t *testing.T) {
 	p := &Parser{
 		Patterns: []string{"%{MYAPP}"},
@@ -392,7 +448,7 @@ func TestParseErrors(t *testing.T) {
 			TEST_LOG_A %{HTTPDATE:ts:ts-httpd} %{WORD:myword:int} %{}
 		`,
 	}
-	assert.NoError(t, p.Compile())
+	assert.Error(t, p.Compile())
 	_, err := p.ParseLine(`[04/Jun/2016:12:41:45 +0100] notnumber 200 192.168.1.1 5.432µs 101`)
 	assert.Error(t, err)
 
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/logparser/grok/influx_patterns.go b/plugins/inputs/logparser/grok/influx_patterns.go
index 0622c61ef..53be0e20d 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/logparser/grok/influx_patterns.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/logparser/grok/influx_patterns.go
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ INFLUXDB_HTTPD_LOG \[httpd\] %{COMBINED_LOG_FORMAT} %{UUID:uuid:drop} %{NUMBER:r
 
 # apache & nginx logs, this is also known as the "common log format"
 #   see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Log_Format
-COMMON_LOG_FORMAT %{CLIENT:client_ip} %{NGUSER:ident} %{NGUSER:auth} \[%{HTTPDATE:ts:ts-httpd}\] "(?:%{WORD:verb:tag} %{NOTSPACE:request}(?: HTTP/%{NUMBER:http_version:float})?|%{DATA})" %{NUMBER:resp_code:int} (?:%{NUMBER:resp_bytes:int}|-)
+COMMON_LOG_FORMAT %{CLIENT:client_ip} %{NGUSER:ident} %{NGUSER:auth} \[%{HTTPDATE:ts:ts-httpd}\] "(?:%{WORD:verb:tag} %{NOTSPACE:request}(?: HTTP/%{NUMBER:http_version:float})?|%{DATA})" %{NUMBER:resp_code:tag} (?:%{NUMBER:resp_bytes:int}|-)
 
 # Combined log format is the same as the common log format but with the addition
 # of two quoted strings at the end for "referrer" and "agent"
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/logparser/grok/patterns/influx-patterns b/plugins/inputs/logparser/grok/patterns/influx-patterns
index f4d375f4d..1db74a17a 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/logparser/grok/patterns/influx-patterns
+++ b/plugins/inputs/logparser/grok/patterns/influx-patterns
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ INFLUXDB_HTTPD_LOG \[httpd\] %{COMBINED_LOG_FORMAT} %{UUID:uuid:drop} %{NUMBER:r
 
 # apache & nginx logs, this is also known as the "common log format"
 #   see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Log_Format
-COMMON_LOG_FORMAT %{CLIENT:client_ip} %{NGUSER:ident} %{NGUSER:auth} \[%{HTTPDATE:ts:ts-httpd}\] "(?:%{WORD:verb:tag} %{NOTSPACE:request}(?: HTTP/%{NUMBER:http_version:float})?|%{DATA})" %{NUMBER:resp_code:int} (?:%{NUMBER:resp_bytes:int}|-)
+COMMON_LOG_FORMAT %{CLIENT:client_ip} %{NGUSER:ident} %{NGUSER:auth} \[%{HTTPDATE:ts:ts-httpd}\] "(?:%{WORD:verb:tag} %{NOTSPACE:request}(?: HTTP/%{NUMBER:http_version:float})?|%{DATA})" %{NUMBER:resp_code:tag} (?:%{NUMBER:resp_bytes:int}|-)
 
 # Combined log format is the same as the common log format but with the addition
 # of two quoted strings at the end for "referrer" and "agent"
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/logparser/logparser.go b/plugins/inputs/logparser/logparser.go
index 82003582f..6b29ea031 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/logparser/logparser.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/logparser/logparser.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/hpcloud/tail"
 
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/internal/errchan"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/internal/globpath"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs"
 
@@ -58,6 +59,8 @@ const sampleConfig = `
     ##   %{COMMON_LOG_FORMAT}   (plain apache & nginx access logs)
     ##   %{COMBINED_LOG_FORMAT} (access logs + referrer & agent)
     patterns = ["%{INFLUXDB_HTTPD_LOG}"]
+    ## Name of the outputted measurement name.
+    measurement = "influxdb_log"
     ## Full path(s) to custom pattern files.
     custom_pattern_files = []
     ## Custom patterns can also be defined here. Put one pattern per line.
@@ -108,11 +111,15 @@ func (l *LogParserPlugin) Start(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 	}
 
 	// compile log parser patterns:
+	errChan := errchan.New(len(l.parsers))
 	for _, parser := range l.parsers {
 		if err := parser.Compile(); err != nil {
-			return err
+			errChan.C <- err
 		}
 	}
+	if err := errChan.Error(); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 
 	var seek tail.SeekInfo
 	if !l.FromBeginning {
@@ -123,24 +130,25 @@ func (l *LogParserPlugin) Start(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 	l.wg.Add(1)
 	go l.parser()
 
-	var errS string
 	// Create a "tailer" for each file
 	for _, filepath := range l.Files {
 		g, err := globpath.Compile(filepath)
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Printf("ERROR Glob %s failed to compile, %s", filepath, err)
+			continue
 		}
-		for file, _ := range g.Match() {
+		files := g.Match()
+		errChan = errchan.New(len(files))
+		for file, _ := range files {
 			tailer, err := tail.TailFile(file,
 				tail.Config{
-					ReOpen:   true,
-					Follow:   true,
-					Location: &seek,
+					ReOpen:    true,
+					Follow:    true,
+					Location:  &seek,
+					MustExist: true,
 				})
-			if err != nil {
-				errS += err.Error() + " "
-				continue
-			}
+			errChan.C <- err
+
 			// create a goroutine for each "tailer"
 			l.wg.Add(1)
 			go l.receiver(tailer)
@@ -148,10 +156,7 @@ func (l *LogParserPlugin) Start(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 		}
 	}
 
-	if errS != "" {
-		return fmt.Errorf(errS)
-	}
-	return nil
+	return errChan.Error()
 }
 
 // receiver is launched as a goroutine to continuously watch a tailed logfile
@@ -199,8 +204,6 @@ func (l *LogParserPlugin) parser() {
 				if m != nil {
 					l.acc.AddFields(m.Name(), m.Fields(), m.Tags(), m.Time())
 				}
-			} else {
-				log.Printf("Malformed log line in [%s], Error: %s\n", line, err)
 			}
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/logparser/logparser_test.go b/plugins/inputs/logparser/logparser_test.go
index 095b627ef..97f33067e 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/logparser/logparser_test.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/logparser/logparser_test.go
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ func TestGrokParseLogFilesNonExistPattern(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	acc := testutil.Accumulator{}
-	assert.NoError(t, logparser.Start(&acc))
+	assert.Error(t, logparser.Start(&acc))
 
 	time.Sleep(time.Millisecond * 500)
 	logparser.Stop()
@@ -80,6 +80,8 @@ func TestGrokParseLogFiles(t *testing.T) {
 		map[string]string{})
 }
 
+// Test that test_a.log line gets parsed even though we don't have the correct
+// pattern available for test_b.log
 func TestGrokParseLogFilesOneBad(t *testing.T) {
 	thisdir := getCurrentDir()
 	p := &grok.Parser{
@@ -90,11 +92,12 @@ func TestGrokParseLogFilesOneBad(t *testing.T) {
 
 	logparser := &LogParserPlugin{
 		FromBeginning: true,
-		Files:         []string{thisdir + "grok/testdata/*.log"},
+		Files:         []string{thisdir + "grok/testdata/test_a.log"},
 		GrokParser:    p,
 	}
 
 	acc := testutil.Accumulator{}
+	acc.SetDebug(true)
 	assert.NoError(t, logparser.Start(&acc))
 
 	time.Sleep(time.Millisecond * 500)
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/mysql/mysql.go b/plugins/inputs/mysql/mysql.go
index b8ff3945a..5011e82b9 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/mysql/mysql.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/mysql/mysql.go
@@ -306,6 +306,10 @@ var mappings = []*mapping{
 		onServer: "Threadpool_",
 		inExport: "threadpool_",
 	},
+	{
+		onServer: "wsrep_",
+		inExport: "wsrep_",
+	},
 }
 
 var (
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/procstat/procstat.go b/plugins/inputs/procstat/procstat.go
index 3b9f0f76c..358dc4c0f 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/procstat/procstat.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/procstat/procstat.go
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ func (p *Procstat) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 			p.Exe, p.PidFile, p.Pattern, p.User, err.Error())
 	} else {
 		for pid, proc := range p.pidmap {
-			p := NewSpecProcessor(p.ProcessName, p.Prefix, acc, proc, p.tagmap[pid])
+			p := NewSpecProcessor(p.ProcessName, p.Prefix, pid, acc, proc, p.tagmap[pid])
 			p.pushMetrics()
 		}
 	}
@@ -140,7 +140,6 @@ func (p *Procstat) pidsFromFile() ([]int32, error) {
 			out = append(out, int32(pid))
 			p.tagmap[int32(pid)] = map[string]string{
 				"pidfile": p.PidFile,
-				"pid":     strings.TrimSpace(string(pidString)),
 			}
 		}
 	}
@@ -165,7 +164,6 @@ func (p *Procstat) pidsFromExe() ([]int32, error) {
 				out = append(out, int32(ipid))
 				p.tagmap[int32(ipid)] = map[string]string{
 					"exe": p.Exe,
-					"pid": pid,
 				}
 			} else {
 				outerr = err
@@ -193,7 +191,6 @@ func (p *Procstat) pidsFromPattern() ([]int32, error) {
 				out = append(out, int32(ipid))
 				p.tagmap[int32(ipid)] = map[string]string{
 					"pattern": p.Pattern,
-					"pid":     pid,
 				}
 			} else {
 				outerr = err
@@ -221,7 +218,6 @@ func (p *Procstat) pidsFromUser() ([]int32, error) {
 				out = append(out, int32(ipid))
 				p.tagmap[int32(ipid)] = map[string]string{
 					"user": p.User,
-					"pid":  pid,
 				}
 			} else {
 				outerr = err
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/procstat/spec_processor.go b/plugins/inputs/procstat/spec_processor.go
index 0e73b60e9..3789e99d0 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/procstat/spec_processor.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/procstat/spec_processor.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 
 type SpecProcessor struct {
 	Prefix string
+	pid    int32
 	tags   map[string]string
 	fields map[string]interface{}
 	acc    telegraf.Accumulator
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@ type SpecProcessor struct {
 func NewSpecProcessor(
 	processName string,
 	prefix string,
+	pid int32,
 	acc telegraf.Accumulator,
 	p *process.Process,
 	tags map[string]string,
@@ -33,6 +35,7 @@ func NewSpecProcessor(
 	}
 	return &SpecProcessor{
 		Prefix: prefix,
+		pid:    pid,
 		tags:   tags,
 		fields: make(map[string]interface{}),
 		acc:    acc,
@@ -45,7 +48,7 @@ func (p *SpecProcessor) pushMetrics() {
 	if p.Prefix != "" {
 		prefix = p.Prefix + "_"
 	}
-	fields := map[string]interface{}{}
+	fields := map[string]interface{}{"pid": p.pid}
 
 	numThreads, err := p.proc.NumThreads()
 	if err == nil {
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/redis/README.md b/plugins/inputs/redis/README.md
index 1cbaea0ca..51b596aa0 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/redis/README.md
+++ b/plugins/inputs/redis/README.md
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
     - latest_fork_usec
     - connected_slaves
     - master_repl_offset
+    - master_last_io_seconds_ago
     - repl_backlog_active
     - repl_backlog_size
     - repl_backlog_histlen
@@ -57,6 +58,7 @@
 - All measurements have the following tags:
     - port
     - server
+    - replication role
 
 ### Example Output:
 
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/redis/redis.go b/plugins/inputs/redis/redis.go
index 94f562471..fc50387df 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/redis/redis.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/redis/redis.go
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ var sampleConfig = `
   ##  e.g.
   ##    tcp://localhost:6379
   ##    tcp://:password@192.168.99.100
+  ##    unix:///var/run/redis.sock
   ##
   ## If no servers are specified, then localhost is used as the host.
   ## If no port is specified, 6379 is used
@@ -66,6 +67,7 @@ var Tracking = map[string]string{
 	"latest_fork_usec":            "latest_fork_usec",
 	"connected_slaves":            "connected_slaves",
 	"master_repl_offset":          "master_repl_offset",
+	"master_last_io_seconds_ago":  "master_last_io_seconds_ago",
 	"repl_backlog_active":         "repl_backlog_active",
 	"repl_backlog_size":           "repl_backlog_size",
 	"repl_backlog_histlen":        "repl_backlog_histlen",
@@ -74,17 +76,20 @@ var Tracking = map[string]string{
 	"used_cpu_user":               "used_cpu_user",
 	"used_cpu_sys_children":       "used_cpu_sys_children",
 	"used_cpu_user_children":      "used_cpu_user_children",
-	"role": "role",
+	"role": "replication_role",
 }
 
 var ErrProtocolError = errors.New("redis protocol error")
 
+const defaultPort = "6379"
+
 // Reads stats from all configured servers accumulates stats.
 // Returns one of the errors encountered while gather stats (if any).
 func (r *Redis) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 	if len(r.Servers) == 0 {
 		url := &url.URL{
-			Host: ":6379",
+			Scheme: "tcp",
+			Host:   ":6379",
 		}
 		r.gatherServer(url, acc)
 		return nil
@@ -95,6 +100,10 @@ func (r *Redis) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 	var outerr error
 
 	for _, serv := range r.Servers {
+		if !strings.HasPrefix(serv, "tcp://") || !strings.HasPrefix(serv, "unix://") {
+			serv = "tcp://" + serv
+		}
+
 		u, err := url.Parse(serv)
 		if err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("Unable to parse to address '%s': %s", serv, err)
@@ -104,6 +113,13 @@ func (r *Redis) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 			u.Host = serv
 			u.Path = ""
 		}
+		if u.Scheme == "tcp" {
+			_, _, err := net.SplitHostPort(u.Host)
+			if err != nil {
+				u.Host = u.Host + ":" + defaultPort
+			}
+		}
+
 		wg.Add(1)
 		go func(serv string) {
 			defer wg.Done()
@@ -116,17 +132,17 @@ func (r *Redis) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 	return outerr
 }
 
-const defaultPort = "6379"
-
 func (r *Redis) gatherServer(addr *url.URL, acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
-	_, _, err := net.SplitHostPort(addr.Host)
-	if err != nil {
-		addr.Host = addr.Host + ":" + defaultPort
-	}
+	var address string
 
-	c, err := net.DialTimeout("tcp", addr.Host, defaultTimeout)
+	if addr.Scheme == "unix" {
+		address = addr.Path
+	} else {
+		address = addr.Host
+	}
+	c, err := net.DialTimeout(addr.Scheme, address, defaultTimeout)
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("Unable to connect to redis server '%s': %s", addr.Host, err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("Unable to connect to redis server '%s': %s", address, err)
 	}
 	defer c.Close()
 
@@ -154,12 +170,17 @@ func (r *Redis) gatherServer(addr *url.URL, acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 	c.Write([]byte("EOF\r\n"))
 	rdr := bufio.NewReader(c)
 
-	// Setup tags for all redis metrics
-	host, port := "unknown", "unknown"
-	// If there's an error, ignore and use 'unknown' tags
-	host, port, _ = net.SplitHostPort(addr.Host)
-	tags := map[string]string{"server": host, "port": port}
+	var tags map[string]string
 
+	if addr.Scheme == "unix" {
+		tags = map[string]string{"socket": addr.Path}
+	} else {
+		// Setup tags for all redis metrics
+		host, port := "unknown", "unknown"
+		// If there's an error, ignore and use 'unknown' tags
+		host, port, _ = net.SplitHostPort(addr.Host)
+		tags = map[string]string{"server": host, "port": port}
+	}
 	return gatherInfoOutput(rdr, acc, tags)
 }
 
@@ -208,7 +229,7 @@ func gatherInfoOutput(
 		}
 
 		if name == "role" {
-			tags["role"] = val
+			tags["replication_role"] = val
 			continue
 		}
 
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/redis/redis_test.go b/plugins/inputs/redis/redis_test.go
index b12950ee4..2e2fc1e37 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/redis/redis_test.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/redis/redis_test.go
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ func TestRedis_ParseMetrics(t *testing.T) {
 	err := gatherInfoOutput(rdr, &acc, tags)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
-	tags = map[string]string{"host": "redis.net", "role": "master"}
+	tags = map[string]string{"host": "redis.net", "replication_role": "master"}
 	fields := map[string]interface{}{
 		"uptime":                      uint64(238),
 		"clients":                     uint64(1),
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ func TestRedis_ParseMetrics(t *testing.T) {
 		"used_cpu_user_children":      float64(0.00),
 		"keyspace_hitrate":            float64(0.50),
 	}
-	keyspaceTags := map[string]string{"host": "redis.net", "role": "master", "database": "db0"}
+	keyspaceTags := map[string]string{"host": "redis.net", "replication_role": "master", "database": "db0"}
 	keyspaceFields := map[string]interface{}{
 		"avg_ttl": uint64(0),
 		"expires": uint64(0),
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/tail/tail.go b/plugins/inputs/tail/tail.go
index 7386e053d..942fd6bae 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/tail/tail.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/tail/tail.go
@@ -86,9 +86,10 @@ func (t *Tail) Start(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 		for file, _ := range g.Match() {
 			tailer, err := tail.TailFile(file,
 				tail.Config{
-					ReOpen:   true,
-					Follow:   true,
-					Location: &seek,
+					ReOpen:    true,
+					Follow:    true,
+					Location:  &seek,
+					MustExist: true,
 				})
 			if err != nil {
 				errS += err.Error() + " "
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/tcp_listener/tcp_listener.go b/plugins/inputs/tcp_listener/tcp_listener.go
index 053fc927e..4688e008b 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/tcp_listener/tcp_listener.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/tcp_listener/tcp_listener.go
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ type TcpListener struct {
 	accept chan bool
 	// drops tracks the number of dropped metrics.
 	drops int
+	// malformed tracks the number of malformed packets
+	malformed int
 
 	// track the listener here so we can close it in Stop()
 	listener *net.TCPListener
@@ -45,6 +47,9 @@ var dropwarn = "ERROR: tcp_listener message queue full. " +
 	"We have dropped %d messages so far. " +
 	"You may want to increase allowed_pending_messages in the config\n"
 
+var malformedwarn = "WARNING: tcp_listener has received %d malformed packets" +
+	" thus far."
+
 const sampleConfig = `
   ## Address and port to host TCP listener on
   service_address = ":8094"
@@ -243,8 +248,10 @@ func (t *TcpListener) tcpParser() error {
 			if err == nil {
 				t.storeMetrics(metrics)
 			} else {
-				log.Printf("Malformed packet: [%s], Error: %s\n",
-					string(packet), err)
+				t.malformed++
+				if t.malformed == 1 || t.malformed%1000 == 0 {
+					log.Printf(malformedwarn, t.malformed)
+				}
 			}
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/udp_listener/udp_listener.go b/plugins/inputs/udp_listener/udp_listener.go
index a20a5583f..120ee50e5 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/udp_listener/udp_listener.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/udp_listener/udp_listener.go
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ type UdpListener struct {
 	done chan struct{}
 	// drops tracks the number of dropped metrics.
 	drops int
+	// malformed tracks the number of malformed packets
+	malformed int
 
 	parser parsers.Parser
 
@@ -44,6 +46,9 @@ var dropwarn = "ERROR: udp_listener message queue full. " +
 	"We have dropped %d messages so far. " +
 	"You may want to increase allowed_pending_messages in the config\n"
 
+var malformedwarn = "WARNING: udp_listener has received %d malformed packets" +
+	" thus far."
+
 const sampleConfig = `
   ## Address and port to host UDP listener on
   service_address = ":8092"
@@ -152,7 +157,10 @@ func (u *UdpListener) udpParser() error {
 			if err == nil {
 				u.storeMetrics(metrics)
 			} else {
-				log.Printf("Malformed packet: [%s], Error: %s\n", packet, err)
+				u.malformed++
+				if u.malformed == 1 || u.malformed%1000 == 0 {
+					log.Printf(malformedwarn, u.malformed)
+				}
 			}
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/webhooks/README.md b/plugins/inputs/webhooks/README.md
index 5a42f6ea7..86e6685b8 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/webhooks/README.md
+++ b/plugins/inputs/webhooks/README.md
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ $ sudo service telegraf start
 ## Available webhooks
 
 - [Github](github/)
+- [Mandrill](mandrill/)
 - [Rollbar](rollbar/)
 
 ## Adding new webhooks plugin
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/webhooks/mandrill/README.md b/plugins/inputs/webhooks/mandrill/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2fb4914e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/inputs/webhooks/mandrill/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# mandrill webhook
+
+You should configure your Mandrill's Webhooks to point at the `webhooks` service. To do this go to `mandrillapp.com/` and click `Settings > Webhooks`. In the resulting page, click on `Add a Webhook`, select all events, and set the `URL` to `http://<my_ip>:1619/mandrill`, and click on `Create Webhook`.
+
+## Events
+
+See the [webhook doc](https://mandrill.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/205583307-Message-Event-Webhook-format).
+
+All events for logs the original timestamp, the event name and the unique identifier of the message that generated the event.
+
+**Tags:**
+* 'event' = `event.event` string
+
+**Fields:**
+* 'id' = `event._id` string
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/webhooks/mandrill/mandrill_webhooks.go b/plugins/inputs/webhooks/mandrill/mandrill_webhooks.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e9d4a6de4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/inputs/webhooks/mandrill/mandrill_webhooks.go
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+package mandrill
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"log"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/url"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/gorilla/mux"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+)
+
+type MandrillWebhook struct {
+	Path string
+	acc  telegraf.Accumulator
+}
+
+func (md *MandrillWebhook) Register(router *mux.Router, acc telegraf.Accumulator) {
+	router.HandleFunc(md.Path, md.returnOK).Methods("HEAD")
+	router.HandleFunc(md.Path, md.eventHandler).Methods("POST")
+
+	log.Printf("Started the webhooks_mandrill on %s\n", md.Path)
+	md.acc = acc
+}
+
+func (md *MandrillWebhook) returnOK(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
+}
+
+func (md *MandrillWebhook) eventHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	defer r.Body.Close()
+	body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(r.Body)
+	if err != nil {
+		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusBadRequest)
+		return
+	}
+	data, err := url.ParseQuery(string(body))
+	if err != nil {
+		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusBadRequest)
+		return
+	}
+	var events []MandrillEvent
+	err = json.Unmarshal([]byte(data.Get("mandrill_events")), &events)
+	if err != nil {
+		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusBadRequest)
+		return
+	}
+
+	for _, event := range events {
+		md.acc.AddFields("mandrill_webhooks", event.Fields(), event.Tags(), time.Unix(event.TimeStamp, 0))
+	}
+
+	w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
+}
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/webhooks/mandrill/mandrill_webhooks_events.go b/plugins/inputs/webhooks/mandrill/mandrill_webhooks_events.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b36b13e54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/inputs/webhooks/mandrill/mandrill_webhooks_events.go
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+package mandrill
+
+type Event interface {
+	Tags() map[string]string
+	Fields() map[string]interface{}
+}
+
+type MandrillEvent struct {
+	EventName string `json:"event"`
+	TimeStamp int64  `json:"ts"`
+	Id        string `json:"_id"`
+}
+
+func (me *MandrillEvent) Tags() map[string]string {
+	return map[string]string{
+		"event": me.EventName,
+	}
+}
+
+func (me *MandrillEvent) Fields() map[string]interface{} {
+	return map[string]interface{}{
+		"id": me.Id,
+	}
+}
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/webhooks/mandrill/mandrill_webhooks_events_json_test.go b/plugins/inputs/webhooks/mandrill/mandrill_webhooks_events_json_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4ab385e18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/inputs/webhooks/mandrill/mandrill_webhooks_events_json_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+package mandrill
+
+func SendEventJSON() string {
+	return `
+	{
+	    "event": "send",
+	    "msg": {
+	      "ts": 1365109999,
+	      "subject": "This an example webhook message",
+	      "email": "example.webhook@mandrillapp.com",
+	      "sender": "example.sender@mandrillapp.com",
+	      "tags": [
+	        "webhook-example"
+	      ],
+	      "opens": [
+
+	      ],
+	      "clicks": [
+
+	      ],
+	      "state": "sent",
+	      "metadata": {
+	        "user_id": 111
+	      },
+	      "_id": "exampleaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
+	      "_version": "exampleaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa"
+	    },
+	    "_id": "id1",
+	    "ts": 1384954004
+	}`
+}
+
+func HardBounceEventJSON() string {
+	return `
+	{
+	    "event": "hard_bounce",
+	    "msg": {
+	      "ts": 1365109999,
+	      "subject": "This an example webhook message",
+	      "email": "example.webhook@mandrillapp.com",
+	      "sender": "example.sender@mandrillapp.com",
+	      "tags": [
+	        "webhook-example"
+	      ],
+	      "state": "bounced",
+	      "metadata": {
+	        "user_id": 111
+	      },
+	      "_id": "exampleaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa2",
+	      "_version": "exampleaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
+	      "bounce_description": "bad_mailbox",
+	      "bgtools_code": 10,
+	      "diag": "smtp;550 5.1.1 The email account that you tried to reach does not exist. Please try double-checking the recipient's email address for typos or unnecessary spaces."
+	    },
+	    "_id": "id2",
+	    "ts": 1384954004
+	}`
+}
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/webhooks/mandrill/mandrill_webhooks_test.go b/plugins/inputs/webhooks/mandrill/mandrill_webhooks_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..94ac68684
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/inputs/webhooks/mandrill/mandrill_webhooks_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+package mandrill
+
+import (
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/testutil"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/http/httptest"
+	"net/url"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func postWebhooks(md *MandrillWebhook, eventBody string) *httptest.ResponseRecorder {
+	body := url.Values{}
+	body.Set("mandrill_events", eventBody)
+	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", "/mandrill", strings.NewReader(body.Encode()))
+	w := httptest.NewRecorder()
+
+	md.eventHandler(w, req)
+
+	return w
+}
+
+func headRequest(md *MandrillWebhook) *httptest.ResponseRecorder {
+	req, _ := http.NewRequest("HEAD", "/mandrill", strings.NewReader(""))
+	w := httptest.NewRecorder()
+
+	md.returnOK(w, req)
+
+	return w
+}
+
+func TestHead(t *testing.T) {
+	md := &MandrillWebhook{Path: "/mandrill"}
+	resp := headRequest(md)
+	if resp.Code != http.StatusOK {
+		t.Errorf("HEAD returned HTTP status code %v.\nExpected %v", resp.Code, http.StatusOK)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestSendEvent(t *testing.T) {
+	var acc testutil.Accumulator
+	md := &MandrillWebhook{Path: "/mandrill", acc: &acc}
+	resp := postWebhooks(md, "["+SendEventJSON()+"]")
+	if resp.Code != http.StatusOK {
+		t.Errorf("POST send returned HTTP status code %v.\nExpected %v", resp.Code, http.StatusOK)
+	}
+
+	fields := map[string]interface{}{
+		"id": "id1",
+	}
+
+	tags := map[string]string{
+		"event": "send",
+	}
+
+	acc.AssertContainsTaggedFields(t, "mandrill_webhooks", fields, tags)
+}
+
+func TestMultipleEvents(t *testing.T) {
+	var acc testutil.Accumulator
+	md := &MandrillWebhook{Path: "/mandrill", acc: &acc}
+	resp := postWebhooks(md, "["+SendEventJSON()+","+HardBounceEventJSON()+"]")
+	if resp.Code != http.StatusOK {
+		t.Errorf("POST send returned HTTP status code %v.\nExpected %v", resp.Code, http.StatusOK)
+	}
+
+	fields := map[string]interface{}{
+		"id": "id1",
+	}
+
+	tags := map[string]string{
+		"event": "send",
+	}
+
+	acc.AssertContainsTaggedFields(t, "mandrill_webhooks", fields, tags)
+
+	fields = map[string]interface{}{
+		"id": "id2",
+	}
+
+	tags = map[string]string{
+		"event": "hard_bounce",
+	}
+	acc.AssertContainsTaggedFields(t, "mandrill_webhooks", fields, tags)
+}
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/webhooks/webhooks.go b/plugins/inputs/webhooks/webhooks.go
index d8c74850a..884435c36 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/webhooks/webhooks.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/webhooks/webhooks.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs"
 
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs/webhooks/github"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs/webhooks/mandrill"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs/webhooks/rollbar"
 )
 
@@ -25,8 +26,9 @@ func init() {
 type Webhooks struct {
 	ServiceAddress string
 
-	Github  *github.GithubWebhook
-	Rollbar *rollbar.RollbarWebhook
+	Github   *github.GithubWebhook
+	Mandrill *mandrill.MandrillWebhook
+	Rollbar  *rollbar.RollbarWebhook
 }
 
 func NewWebhooks() *Webhooks {
@@ -41,6 +43,9 @@ func (wb *Webhooks) SampleConfig() string {
   [inputs.webhooks.github]
     path = "/github"
 
+  [inputs.webhooks.mandrill]
+    path = "/mandrill"
+
   [inputs.webhooks.rollbar]
     path = "/rollbar"
  `
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/zookeeper/README.md b/plugins/inputs/zookeeper/README.md
index fe7a8a4ad..bc7c17a4b 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/zookeeper/README.md
+++ b/plugins/inputs/zookeeper/README.md
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ echo mntr | nc localhost 2181
 
 Meta:
 - units: int64
-- tags: `server=<hostname> port=<port>`
+- tags: `server=<hostname> port=<port> state=<leader|follower>`
 
 Measurement names:
 - zookeeper_avg_latency
@@ -55,8 +55,12 @@ Measurement names:
 
 Meta:
 - units: string
-- tags: `server=<hostname> port=<port>`
+- tags: `server=<hostname> port=<port> state=<leader|follower>`
 
 Measurement names:
 - zookeeper_version
-- zookeeper_server_state
\ No newline at end of file
+
+### Tags:
+
+- All measurements have the following tags:
+	- 
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/zookeeper/zookeeper.go b/plugins/inputs/zookeeper/zookeeper.go
index 54defc56f..c11b55f68 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/zookeeper/zookeeper.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/zookeeper/zookeeper.go
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ func (z *Zookeeper) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 }
 
 func (z *Zookeeper) gatherServer(address string, acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+	var zookeeper_state string
 	_, _, err := net.SplitHostPort(address)
 	if err != nil {
 		address = address + ":2181"
@@ -78,7 +79,6 @@ func (z *Zookeeper) gatherServer(address string, acc telegraf.Accumulator) error
 	if len(service) != 2 {
 		return fmt.Errorf("Invalid service address: %s", address)
 	}
-	tags := map[string]string{"server": service[0], "port": service[1]}
 
 	fields := make(map[string]interface{})
 	for scanner.Scan() {
@@ -92,15 +92,24 @@ func (z *Zookeeper) gatherServer(address string, acc telegraf.Accumulator) error
 		}
 
 		measurement := strings.TrimPrefix(parts[1], "zk_")
-		sValue := string(parts[2])
-
-		iVal, err := strconv.ParseInt(sValue, 10, 64)
-		if err == nil {
-			fields[measurement] = iVal
+		if measurement == "server_state" {
+			zookeeper_state = parts[2]
 		} else {
-			fields[measurement] = sValue
+			sValue := string(parts[2])
+
+			iVal, err := strconv.ParseInt(sValue, 10, 64)
+			if err == nil {
+				fields[measurement] = iVal
+			} else {
+				fields[measurement] = sValue
+			}
 		}
 	}
+	tags := map[string]string{
+		"server": service[0],
+		"port":   service[1],
+		"state":  zookeeper_state,
+	}
 	acc.AddFields("zookeeper", fields, tags)
 
 	return nil
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/graphite/README.md b/plugins/outputs/graphite/README.md
index 2de699dea..3e2369e21 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/graphite/README.md
+++ b/plugins/outputs/graphite/README.md
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ via raw TCP.
 # Configuration for Graphite server to send metrics to
 [[outputs.graphite]]
   ## TCP endpoint for your graphite instance.
+  ## If multiple endpoints are configured, the output will be load balanced.
+  ## Only one of the endpoints will be written to with each iteration.
   servers = ["localhost:2003"]
   ## Prefix metrics name
   prefix = ""
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/graphite/graphite.go b/plugins/outputs/graphite/graphite.go
index 30aee0eb6..fb95aff83 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/graphite/graphite.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/graphite/graphite.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package graphite
 
 import (
 	"errors"
-	"fmt"
 	"log"
 	"math/rand"
 	"net"
@@ -25,6 +24,8 @@ type Graphite struct {
 
 var sampleConfig = `
   ## TCP endpoint for your graphite instance.
+  ## If multiple endpoints are configured, output will be load balanced.
+  ## Only one of the endpoints will be written to with each iteration.
   servers = ["localhost:2003"]
   ## Prefix metrics name
   prefix = ""
@@ -96,9 +97,12 @@ func (g *Graphite) Write(metrics []telegraf.Metric) error {
 	// Send data to a random server
 	p := rand.Perm(len(g.conns))
 	for _, n := range p {
-		if _, e := fmt.Fprint(g.conns[n], graphitePoints); e != nil {
+		if g.Timeout > 0 {
+			g.conns[n].SetWriteDeadline(time.Now().Add(time.Duration(g.Timeout) * time.Second))
+		}
+		if _, e := g.conns[n].Write([]byte(graphitePoints)); e != nil {
 			// Error
-			log.Println("ERROR: " + err.Error())
+			log.Println("ERROR: " + e.Error())
 			// Let's try the next one
 		} else {
 			// Success
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/instrumental/instrumental.go b/plugins/outputs/instrumental/instrumental.go
index 461ba9d9e..2fcc28cc0 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/instrumental/instrumental.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/instrumental/instrumental.go
@@ -28,8 +28,10 @@ type Instrumental struct {
 }
 
 const (
-	DefaultHost = "collector.instrumentalapp.com"
-	AuthFormat  = "hello version go/telegraf/1.0\nauthenticate %s\n"
+	DefaultHost     = "collector.instrumentalapp.com"
+	HelloMessage    = "hello version go/telegraf/1.1\n"
+	AuthFormat      = "authenticate %s\n"
+	HandshakeFormat = HelloMessage + AuthFormat
 )
 
 var (
@@ -52,6 +54,7 @@ var sampleConfig = `
 
 func (i *Instrumental) Connect() error {
 	connection, err := net.DialTimeout("tcp", i.Host+":8000", i.Timeout.Duration)
+
 	if err != nil {
 		i.conn = nil
 		return err
@@ -151,6 +154,11 @@ func (i *Instrumental) Write(metrics []telegraf.Metric) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
+	// force the connection closed after sending data
+	// to deal with various disconnection scenarios and eschew holding
+	// open idle connections en masse
+	i.Close()
+
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -163,7 +171,7 @@ func (i *Instrumental) SampleConfig() string {
 }
 
 func (i *Instrumental) authenticate(conn net.Conn) error {
-	_, err := fmt.Fprintf(conn, AuthFormat, i.ApiToken)
+	_, err := fmt.Fprintf(conn, HandshakeFormat, i.ApiToken)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/instrumental/instrumental_test.go b/plugins/outputs/instrumental/instrumental_test.go
index ceb53bac6..9708a2590 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/instrumental/instrumental_test.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/instrumental/instrumental_test.go
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ func TestWrite(t *testing.T) {
 		ApiToken: "abc123token",
 		Prefix:   "my.prefix",
 	}
-	i.Connect()
 
 	// Default to gauge
 	m1, _ := telegraf.NewMetric(
@@ -40,10 +39,8 @@ func TestWrite(t *testing.T) {
 		time.Date(2010, time.November, 10, 23, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC),
 	)
 
-	// Simulate a connection close and reconnect.
 	metrics := []telegraf.Metric{m1, m2}
 	i.Write(metrics)
-	i.Close()
 
 	// Counter and Histogram are increments
 	m3, _ := telegraf.NewMetric(
@@ -70,7 +67,6 @@ func TestWrite(t *testing.T) {
 	i.Write(metrics)
 
 	wg.Wait()
-	i.Close()
 }
 
 func TCPServer(t *testing.T, wg *sync.WaitGroup) {
@@ -82,10 +78,9 @@ func TCPServer(t *testing.T, wg *sync.WaitGroup) {
 	tp := textproto.NewReader(reader)
 
 	hello, _ := tp.ReadLine()
-	assert.Equal(t, "hello version go/telegraf/1.0", hello)
+	assert.Equal(t, "hello version go/telegraf/1.1", hello)
 	auth, _ := tp.ReadLine()
 	assert.Equal(t, "authenticate abc123token", auth)
-
 	conn.Write([]byte("ok\nok\n"))
 
 	data1, _ := tp.ReadLine()
@@ -99,10 +94,9 @@ func TCPServer(t *testing.T, wg *sync.WaitGroup) {
 	tp = textproto.NewReader(reader)
 
 	hello, _ = tp.ReadLine()
-	assert.Equal(t, "hello version go/telegraf/1.0", hello)
+	assert.Equal(t, "hello version go/telegraf/1.1", hello)
 	auth, _ = tp.ReadLine()
 	assert.Equal(t, "authenticate abc123token", auth)
-
 	conn.Write([]byte("ok\nok\n"))
 
 	data3, _ := tp.ReadLine()
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/librato/librato.go b/plugins/outputs/librato/librato.go
index 15d6adbb2..ccb2acd9a 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/librato/librato.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/librato/librato.go
@@ -153,8 +153,7 @@ func (l *Librato) Description() string {
 
 func (l *Librato) buildGauges(m telegraf.Metric) ([]*Gauge, error) {
 	gauges := []*Gauge{}
-	serializer := graphite.GraphiteSerializer{Template: l.Template}
-	bucket := serializer.SerializeBucketName(m.Name(), m.Tags())
+	bucket := graphite.SerializeBucketName(m.Name(), m.Tags(), l.Template, "")
 	for fieldName, value := range m.Fields() {
 		gauge := &Gauge{
 			Name:        graphite.InsertField(bucket, fieldName),
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/prometheus_client/prometheus_client.go b/plugins/outputs/prometheus_client/prometheus_client.go
index 804ae1fad..4f7ce8053 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/prometheus_client/prometheus_client.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/prometheus_client/prometheus_client.go
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"log"
 	"net/http"
 	"regexp"
-	"strings"
+	"sync"
 
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/outputs"
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 var (
-	sanitizedChars = strings.NewReplacer("/", "_", "@", "_", " ", "_", "-", "_", ".", "_")
+	invalidNameCharRE = regexp.MustCompile(`[^a-zA-Z0-9_]`)
 
 	// Prometheus metric names must match this regex
 	// see https://prometheus.io/docs/concepts/data_model/#metric-names-and-labels
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ var (
 
 type PrometheusClient struct {
 	Listen string
+
+	metrics map[string]prometheus.Metric
+
+	sync.Mutex
 }
 
 var sampleConfig = `
@@ -34,6 +38,7 @@ var sampleConfig = `
 `
 
 func (p *PrometheusClient) Start() error {
+	prometheus.MustRegister(p)
 	defer func() {
 		if r := recover(); r != nil {
 			// recovering from panic here because there is no way to stop a
@@ -78,19 +83,39 @@ func (p *PrometheusClient) Description() string {
 	return "Configuration for the Prometheus client to spawn"
 }
 
+// Implements prometheus.Collector
+func (p *PrometheusClient) Describe(ch chan<- *prometheus.Desc) {
+	prometheus.NewGauge(prometheus.GaugeOpts{Name: "Dummy", Help: "Dummy"}).Describe(ch)
+}
+
+// Implements prometheus.Collector
+func (p *PrometheusClient) Collect(ch chan<- prometheus.Metric) {
+	p.Lock()
+	defer p.Unlock()
+
+	for _, m := range p.metrics {
+		ch <- m
+	}
+}
+
 func (p *PrometheusClient) Write(metrics []telegraf.Metric) error {
+	p.Lock()
+	defer p.Unlock()
+
+	p.metrics = make(map[string]prometheus.Metric)
+
 	if len(metrics) == 0 {
 		return nil
 	}
 
 	for _, point := range metrics {
 		key := point.Name()
-		key = sanitizedChars.Replace(key)
+		key = invalidNameCharRE.ReplaceAllString(key, "_")
 
 		var labels []string
 		l := prometheus.Labels{}
 		for k, v := range point.Tags() {
-			k = sanitizedChars.Replace(k)
+			k = invalidNameCharRE.ReplaceAllString(k, "_")
 			if len(k) == 0 {
 				continue
 			}
@@ -111,7 +136,7 @@ func (p *PrometheusClient) Write(metrics []telegraf.Metric) error {
 			}
 
 			// sanitize the measurement name
-			n = sanitizedChars.Replace(n)
+			n = invalidNameCharRE.ReplaceAllString(n, "_")
 			var mname string
 			if n == "value" {
 				mname = key
@@ -124,45 +149,23 @@ func (p *PrometheusClient) Write(metrics []telegraf.Metric) error {
 				continue
 			}
 
-			mVec := prometheus.NewUntypedVec(
-				prometheus.UntypedOpts{
-					Name: mname,
-					Help: "Telegraf collected metric",
-				},
-				labels,
-			)
-			collector, err := prometheus.RegisterOrGet(mVec)
-			if err != nil {
-				log.Printf("prometheus_client: Metric failed to register with prometheus, %s", err)
-				continue
-			}
-			mVec, ok := collector.(*prometheus.UntypedVec)
-			if !ok {
-				continue
-			}
-
+			desc := prometheus.NewDesc(mname, "Telegraf collected metric", nil, l)
+			var metric prometheus.Metric
+			var err error
 			switch val := val.(type) {
 			case int64:
-				m, err := mVec.GetMetricWith(l)
-				if err != nil {
-					log.Printf("ERROR Getting metric in Prometheus output, "+
-						"key: %s, labels: %v,\nerr: %s\n",
-						mname, l, err.Error())
-					continue
-				}
-				m.Set(float64(val))
+				metric, err = prometheus.NewConstMetric(desc, prometheus.UntypedValue, float64(val))
 			case float64:
-				m, err := mVec.GetMetricWith(l)
-				if err != nil {
-					log.Printf("ERROR Getting metric in Prometheus output, "+
-						"key: %s, labels: %v,\nerr: %s\n",
-						mname, l, err.Error())
-					continue
-				}
-				m.Set(val)
+				metric, err = prometheus.NewConstMetric(desc, prometheus.UntypedValue, val)
 			default:
 				continue
 			}
+			if err != nil {
+				log.Printf("ERROR creating prometheus metric, "+
+					"key: %s, labels: %v,\nerr: %s\n",
+					mname, l, err.Error())
+			}
+			p.metrics[desc.String()] = metric
 		}
 	}
 	return nil
diff --git a/plugins/serializers/graphite/graphite.go b/plugins/serializers/graphite/graphite.go
index 43e32c244..2cc4add56 100644
--- a/plugins/serializers/graphite/graphite.go
+++ b/plugins/serializers/graphite/graphite.go
@@ -10,22 +10,23 @@ import (
 
 const DEFAULT_TEMPLATE = "host.tags.measurement.field"
 
-var fieldDeleter = strings.NewReplacer(".FIELDNAME", "", "FIELDNAME.", "")
+var (
+	fieldDeleter   = strings.NewReplacer(".FIELDNAME", "", "FIELDNAME.", "")
+	sanitizedChars = strings.NewReplacer("/", "-", "@", "-", "*", "-", " ", "_", "..", ".")
+)
 
 type GraphiteSerializer struct {
 	Prefix   string
 	Template string
 }
 
-var sanitizedChars = strings.NewReplacer("/", "-", "@", "-", "*", "-", " ", "_", "..", ".")
-
 func (s *GraphiteSerializer) Serialize(metric telegraf.Metric) ([]string, error) {
 	out := []string{}
 
 	// Convert UnixNano to Unix timestamps
 	timestamp := metric.UnixNano() / 1000000000
 
-	bucket := s.SerializeBucketName(metric.Name(), metric.Tags())
+	bucket := SerializeBucketName(metric.Name(), metric.Tags(), s.Template, s.Prefix)
 	if bucket == "" {
 		return out, nil
 	}
@@ -51,12 +52,14 @@ func (s *GraphiteSerializer) Serialize(metric telegraf.Metric) ([]string, error)
 // FIELDNAME. It is up to the user to replace this. This is so that
 // SerializeBucketName can be called just once per measurement, rather than
 // once per field. See GraphiteSerializer.InsertField() function.
-func (s *GraphiteSerializer) SerializeBucketName(
+func SerializeBucketName(
 	measurement string,
 	tags map[string]string,
+	template string,
+	prefix string,
 ) string {
-	if s.Template == "" {
-		s.Template = DEFAULT_TEMPLATE
+	if template == "" {
+		template = DEFAULT_TEMPLATE
 	}
 	tagsCopy := make(map[string]string)
 	for k, v := range tags {
@@ -64,7 +67,7 @@ func (s *GraphiteSerializer) SerializeBucketName(
 	}
 
 	var out []string
-	templateParts := strings.Split(s.Template, ".")
+	templateParts := strings.Split(template, ".")
 	for _, templatePart := range templateParts {
 		switch templatePart {
 		case "measurement":
@@ -96,10 +99,10 @@ func (s *GraphiteSerializer) SerializeBucketName(
 		return ""
 	}
 
-	if s.Prefix == "" {
+	if prefix == "" {
 		return sanitizedChars.Replace(strings.Join(out, "."))
 	}
-	return sanitizedChars.Replace(s.Prefix + "." + strings.Join(out, "."))
+	return sanitizedChars.Replace(prefix + "." + strings.Join(out, "."))
 }
 
 // InsertField takes the bucket string from SerializeBucketName and replaces the
diff --git a/plugins/serializers/graphite/graphite_test.go b/plugins/serializers/graphite/graphite_test.go
index 64c65d16b..50ba0e2e0 100644
--- a/plugins/serializers/graphite/graphite_test.go
+++ b/plugins/serializers/graphite/graphite_test.go
@@ -225,8 +225,7 @@ func TestSerializeBucketNameNoHost(t *testing.T) {
 	m, err := telegraf.NewMetric("cpu", tags, fields, now)
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 
-	s := GraphiteSerializer{}
-	mS := s.SerializeBucketName(m.Name(), m.Tags())
+	mS := SerializeBucketName(m.Name(), m.Tags(), "", "")
 
 	expS := "cpu0.us-west-2.cpu.FIELDNAME"
 	assert.Equal(t, expS, mS)
@@ -240,8 +239,7 @@ func TestSerializeBucketNameHost(t *testing.T) {
 	m, err := telegraf.NewMetric("cpu", defaultTags, fields, now)
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 
-	s := GraphiteSerializer{}
-	mS := s.SerializeBucketName(m.Name(), m.Tags())
+	mS := SerializeBucketName(m.Name(), m.Tags(), "", "")
 
 	expS := "localhost.cpu0.us-west-2.cpu.FIELDNAME"
 	assert.Equal(t, expS, mS)
@@ -255,8 +253,7 @@ func TestSerializeBucketNamePrefix(t *testing.T) {
 	m, err := telegraf.NewMetric("cpu", defaultTags, fields, now)
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 
-	s := GraphiteSerializer{Prefix: "prefix"}
-	mS := s.SerializeBucketName(m.Name(), m.Tags())
+	mS := SerializeBucketName(m.Name(), m.Tags(), "", "prefix")
 
 	expS := "prefix.localhost.cpu0.us-west-2.cpu.FIELDNAME"
 	assert.Equal(t, expS, mS)
@@ -270,8 +267,7 @@ func TestTemplate1(t *testing.T) {
 	m, err := telegraf.NewMetric("cpu", defaultTags, fields, now)
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 
-	s := GraphiteSerializer{Template: template1}
-	mS := s.SerializeBucketName(m.Name(), m.Tags())
+	mS := SerializeBucketName(m.Name(), m.Tags(), template1, "")
 
 	expS := "cpu0.us-west-2.localhost.cpu.FIELDNAME"
 	assert.Equal(t, expS, mS)
@@ -285,8 +281,7 @@ func TestTemplate2(t *testing.T) {
 	m, err := telegraf.NewMetric("cpu", defaultTags, fields, now)
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 
-	s := GraphiteSerializer{Template: template2}
-	mS := s.SerializeBucketName(m.Name(), m.Tags())
+	mS := SerializeBucketName(m.Name(), m.Tags(), template2, "")
 
 	expS := "localhost.cpu.FIELDNAME"
 	assert.Equal(t, expS, mS)
@@ -300,8 +295,7 @@ func TestTemplate3(t *testing.T) {
 	m, err := telegraf.NewMetric("cpu", defaultTags, fields, now)
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 
-	s := GraphiteSerializer{Template: template3}
-	mS := s.SerializeBucketName(m.Name(), m.Tags())
+	mS := SerializeBucketName(m.Name(), m.Tags(), template3, "")
 
 	expS := "localhost.cpu0.us-west-2.FIELDNAME"
 	assert.Equal(t, expS, mS)
@@ -315,8 +309,7 @@ func TestTemplate4(t *testing.T) {
 	m, err := telegraf.NewMetric("cpu", defaultTags, fields, now)
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 
-	s := GraphiteSerializer{Template: template4}
-	mS := s.SerializeBucketName(m.Name(), m.Tags())
+	mS := SerializeBucketName(m.Name(), m.Tags(), template4, "")
 
 	expS := "localhost.cpu0.us-west-2.cpu"
 	assert.Equal(t, expS, mS)
@@ -330,8 +323,7 @@ func TestTemplate5(t *testing.T) {
 	m, err := telegraf.NewMetric("cpu", defaultTags, fields, now)
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 
-	s := GraphiteSerializer{Template: template5}
-	mS := s.SerializeBucketName(m.Name(), m.Tags())
+	mS := SerializeBucketName(m.Name(), m.Tags(), template5, "")
 
 	expS := "localhost.us-west-2.cpu0.cpu.FIELDNAME"
 	assert.Equal(t, expS, mS)
@@ -345,8 +337,7 @@ func TestTemplate6(t *testing.T) {
 	m, err := telegraf.NewMetric("cpu", defaultTags, fields, now)
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 
-	s := GraphiteSerializer{Template: template6}
-	mS := s.SerializeBucketName(m.Name(), m.Tags())
+	mS := SerializeBucketName(m.Name(), m.Tags(), template6, "")
 
 	expS := "localhost.cpu0.us-west-2.cpu.FIELDNAME"
 	assert.Equal(t, expS, mS)
diff --git a/scripts/circle-test.sh b/scripts/circle-test.sh
index 2333b5b73..93bafe320 100755
--- a/scripts/circle-test.sh
+++ b/scripts/circle-test.sh
@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@ exit_if_fail telegraf -config $tmpdir/config.toml \
     -test -input-filter cpu:mem
 
 cat $GOPATH/bin/telegraf | gzip > $CIRCLE_ARTIFACTS/telegraf.gz
+go build -o telegraf-race -race -ldflags "-X main.version=${VERSION}-RACE" cmd/telegraf/telegraf.go
+cat telegraf-race | gzip > $CIRCLE_ARTIFACTS/telegraf-race.gz
 
 eval "git describe --exact-match HEAD"
 if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
diff --git a/scripts/post-install.sh b/scripts/post-install.sh
index fb0b441e8..95045be1f 100644
--- a/scripts/post-install.sh
+++ b/scripts/post-install.sh
@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@ chmod 755 $LOG_DIR
 if [[ -L /etc/init.d/telegraf ]]; then
     rm -f /etc/init.d/telegraf
 fi
+# Remove legacy symlink, if it exists
+if [[ -L /etc/systemd/system/telegraf.service ]]; then
+    rm -f /etc/systemd/system/telegraf.service
+fi
 
 # Add defaults file, if it doesn't exist
 if [[ ! -f /etc/default/telegraf ]]; then
diff --git a/scripts/telegraf.service b/scripts/telegraf.service
index a7824c9a7..81c9b5408 100644
--- a/scripts/telegraf.service
+++ b/scripts/telegraf.service
@@ -15,4 +15,3 @@ KillMode=control-group
 
 [Install]
 WantedBy=multi-user.target
-Alias=telegraf.service