Update sample telegraf.conf

etc/telegraf.conf

@@ -82,31 +82,42 @@
 #                            OUTPUT PLUGINS                                   #
 ###############################################################################
 
-# Configuration for influxdb server to send metrics to
+# Configuration for sending metrics to InfluxDB
 [[outputs.influxdb]]
   ## The full HTTP or UDP URL for your InfluxDB instance.
   ##
-  ## Multiple urls can be specified as part of the same cluster,
+  ## Multiple URLs can be specified for a single cluster, only ONE of the
-  ## this means that only ONE of the urls will be written to each interval.
+  ## urls will be written to each interval.
-  # urls = ["udp://127.0.0.1:8089"] # UDP endpoint example
+  # urls = ["unix:///var/run/influxdb.sock"]
-  urls = ["http://127.0.0.1:8086"] # required
+  # urls = ["udp://127.0.0.1:8089"]
-  ## The target database for metrics (telegraf will create it if not exists).
+  # urls = ["http://127.0.0.1:8086"]
-  database = "telegraf" # required
+
+  ## The target database for metrics; will be created as needed.
+  # database = "telegraf"
+
+  ## If true, no CREATE DATABASE queries will be sent.  Set to true when using
+  ## Telegraf with a user without permissions to create databases or when the
+  ## database already exists.
+  # skip_database_creation = false
 
   ## Name of existing retention policy to write to.  Empty string writes to
   ## the default retention policy.
-  retention_policy = ""
+  # retention_policy = ""
-  ## Write consistency (clusters only), can be: "any", "one", "quorum", "all"
-  write_consistency = "any"
 
-  ## Write timeout (for the InfluxDB client), formatted as a string.
+  ## Write consistency (clusters only), can be: "any", "one", "quorum", "all"
-  ## If not provided, will default to 5s. 0s means no timeout (not recommended).
+  # write_consistency = "any"
-  timeout = "5s"
+
+  ## Timeout for HTTP messages.
+  # timeout = "5s"
+
+  ## HTTP Basic Auth
   # username = "telegraf"
   # password = "metricsmetricsmetricsmetrics"
-  ## Set the user agent for HTTP POSTs (can be useful for log differentiation)
+
+  ## HTTP User-Agent
   # user_agent = "telegraf"
-  ## Set UDP payload size, defaults to InfluxDB UDP Client default (512 bytes)
+
+  ## UDP payload size is the maximum packet size to send.
   # udp_payload = 512
 
   ## Optional SSL Config
@@ -116,14 +127,22 @@
   ## Use SSL but skip chain & host verification
   # insecure_skip_verify = false
 
-  ## HTTP Proxy Config
+  ## HTTP Proxy override, if unset values the standard proxy environment
+  ## variables are consulted to determine which proxy, if any, should be used.
   # http_proxy = "http://corporate.proxy:3128"
 
-  ## Optional HTTP headers
+  ## Additional HTTP headers
   # http_headers = {"X-Special-Header" = "Special-Value"}
 
-  ## Compress each HTTP request payload using GZIP.
+  ## HTTP Content-Encoding for write request body, can be set to "gzip" to
-  # content_encoding = "gzip"
+  ## compress body or "identity" to apply no encoding.
+  # content_encoding = "identity"
+
+  ## When true, Telegraf will output unsigned integers as unsigned values,
+  ## i.e.: "42u".  You will need a version of InfluxDB supporting unsigned
+  ## integer values.  Enabling this option will result in field type errors if
+  ## existing data has been written.
+  # influx_uint_support = false
 
 
 # # Configuration for Amon Server to send metrics to.
@@ -1087,19 +1106,28 @@
 
 # # Gather health check statuses from services registered in Consul
 # [[inputs.consul]]
-#   ## Most of these values defaults to the one configured on a Consul's agent level.
+#   ## Consul server address
-#   ## Optional Consul server address (default: "localhost")
 #   # address = "localhost"
-#   ## Optional URI scheme for the Consul server (default: "http")
+#
+#   ## URI scheme for the Consul server, one of "http", "https"
 #   # scheme = "http"
-#   ## Optional ACL token used in every request (default: "")
+#
+#   ## ACL token used in every request
 #   # token = ""
-#   ## Optional username used for request HTTP Basic Authentication (default: "")
+#
+#   ## HTTP Basic Authentication username and password.
 #   # username = ""
-#   ## Optional password used for HTTP Basic Authentication (default: "")
 #   # password = ""
-#   ## Optional data centre to query the health checks from (default: "")
+#
+#   ## Data centre to query the health checks from
 #   # datacentre = ""
+#
+#   ## SSL Config
+#   # ssl_ca = "/etc/telegraf/ca.pem"
+#   # ssl_cert = "/etc/telegraf/cert.pem"
+#   # ssl_key = "/etc/telegraf/key.pem"
+#   ## If false, skip chain & host verification
+#   # insecure_skip_verify = true
 
 
 # # Read metrics from one or many couchbase clusters
@@ -1222,6 +1250,11 @@
 #   container_name_include = []
 #   container_name_exclude = []
 #
+#   ## Container states to include and exclude. Globs accepted.
+#   ## When empty only containers in the "running" state will be captured.
+#   # container_state_include = []
+#   # container_state_exclude = []
+#
 #   ## Timeout for docker list, info, and stats commands
 #   timeout = "5s"
 #
@@ -1291,7 +1324,7 @@
 #
 #   ## node_stats is a list of sub-stats that you want to have gathered. Valid options
 #   ## are "indices", "os", "process", "jvm", "thread_pool", "fs", "transport", "http",
-#   ## "breakers". Per default, all stats are gathered.
+#   ## "breaker". Per default, all stats are gathered.
 #   # node_stats = ["jvm", "http"]
 #
 #   ## Optional SSL Config
@@ -1790,6 +1823,13 @@
 #
 #   ## Time limit for http requests
 #   timeout = "5s"
+#
+#   ## 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
 
 
 # # Get kernel statistics from /proc/vmstat
@@ -1941,6 +1981,20 @@
 #   #
 #   ## If no servers are specified, then localhost is used as the host.
 #   servers = ["tcp(127.0.0.1:3306)/"]
+#
+#   ## Selects the metric output format.
+#   ##
+#   ## This option exists to maintain backwards compatibility, if you have
+#   ## existing metrics do not set or change this value until you are ready to
+#   ## migrate to the new format.
+#   ##
+#   ## If you do not have existing metrics from this plugin set to the latest
+#   ## version.
+#   ##
+#   ## Telegraf >=1.6: metric_version = 2
+#   ##           <1.6: metric_version = 1 (or unset)
+#   metric_version = 2
+#
 #   ## the limits for metrics form perf_events_statements
 #   perf_events_statements_digest_text_limit  = 120
 #   perf_events_statements_limit              = 250
@@ -2013,6 +2067,12 @@
 #   ## regardless of status.
 #   ##
 #   # interfaces = ["eth0"]
+#   ##
+#   ## On linux systems telegraf also collects protocol stats.
+#   ## Setting ignore_protocol_stats to true will skip reporting of protocol metrics.
+#   ##
+#   # ignore_protocol_stats = false
+#   ##
 
 
 # # TCP or UDP 'ping' given url and collect response time in seconds
@@ -2624,7 +2684,7 @@
 #   ## - MemoryClerk
 #   ## - VolumeSpace
 #   ## - PerformanceMetrics
-#   # exclude_query = [ 'PerformanceCounters','WaitStatsCatagorized' ]
+#   # exclude_query = [ 'DatabaseIO' ]
 
 
 # # Sysstat metrics collector
@@ -2797,6 +2857,17 @@
 #   ## If no servers are specified, then localhost is used as the host.
 #   ## If no port is specified, 2181 is used
 #   servers = [":2181"]
+#
+#   ## Timeout for metric collections from all servers.  Minimum timeout is "1s".
+#   # timeout = "5s"
+#
+#   ## Optional SSL Config
+#   # enable_ssl = true
+#   # ssl_ca = "/etc/telegraf/ca.pem"
+#   # ssl_cert = "/etc/telegraf/cert.pem"
+#   # ssl_key = "/etc/telegraf/key.pem"
+#   ## If false, skip chain & host verification
+#   # insecure_skip_verify = true
 
 
 
@@ -2865,8 +2936,8 @@
 #
 #   ## Optional username and password to accept for HTTP basic authentication.
 #   ## You probably want to make sure you have TLS configured above for this.
-#   basic_username = "foobar"
+#   # basic_username = "foobar"
-#   basic_password = "barfoo"
+#   # basic_password = "barfoo"
 
 
 # # Read metrics from Kafka topic(s)