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--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@ -1,10 +1,21 @@
 ## v0.10.3 [unreleased]

 ### Release Notes
+- Users of the `exec` and `kafka_consumer` can now specify the incoming data
+format that they would like to parse. Currently supports: "json", "influx", and
+"graphite"
+- More info on parsing arbitrary data formats can be found
+[here](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/blob/master/DATA_FORMATS_INPUT.md)

 ### Features
+- [#652](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/652): CouchDB Input Plugin
+- [#655](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/655): Support parsing arbitrary data formats. Currently limited to kafka_consumer and exec inputs.
+- [#671](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/671): Dovecot input plugin.

 ### Bugfixes
+- [#443](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/443): Fix Ping command timeout parameter on Linux.
+- [#662](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/667): Change `[tags]` to `[global_tags]` to fix multiple-plugin tags bug.
+- [#642](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/642): Riemann output plugin issues.

 ## v0.10.2 [2016-02-04]

--- a/CONFIGURATION.md
+++ b/CONFIGURATION.md
@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ To generate a file with specific inputs and outputs, you can use the
 -input-filter and -output-filter flags:
 `telegraf -sample-config -input-filter cpu:mem:net:swap -output-filter influxdb:kafka`

-## `[tags]` Configuration
+## `[global_tags]` Configuration

-Global tags can be specific in the `[tags]` section of the config file in
+Global tags can be specific in the `[global_tags]` section of the config file in
 key="value" format. All metrics being gathered on this host will be tagged
 with the tags specified here.

@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ measurements at a 10s interval and will collect per-cpu data, dropping any
 fields which begin with `time_`.

 ```toml
-[tags]
+[global_tags]
  dc = "denver-1"

 [agent]
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@ -129,6 +129,52 @@ func init() {
 }
 ```

+## Input Plugins Accepting Arbitrary Data Formats
+
+Some input plugins (such as
+[exec](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/tree/master/plugins/inputs/exec))
+accept arbitrary input data formats. An overview of these data formats can
+be found
+[here](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/blob/master/DATA_FORMATS_INPUT.md).
+
+In order to enable this, you must specify a `SetParser(parser parsers.Parser)`
+function on the plugin object (see the exec plugin for an example), as well as
+defining `parser` as a field of the object.
+
+You can then utilize the parser internally in your plugin, parsing data as you
+see fit. Telegraf's configuration layer will take care of instantiating and
+creating the `Parser` object.
+
+You should also add the following to your SampleConfig() return:
+
+```toml
+  ### Data format to consume. This can be "json", "influx" or "graphite"
+  ### Each data format has it's own unique set of configuration options, read
+  ### more about them here:
+  ### https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/blob/master/DATA_FORMATS_INPUT.md
+  data_format = "influx"
+```
+
+Below is the `Parser` interface.
+
+```go
+// Parser is an interface defining functions that a parser plugin must satisfy.
+type Parser interface {
+    // Parse takes a byte buffer separated by newlines
+    // ie, `cpu.usage.idle 90\ncpu.usage.busy 10`
+    // and parses it into telegraf metrics
+    Parse(buf []byte) ([]telegraf.Metric, error)
+
+    // ParseLine takes a single string metric
+    // ie, "cpu.usage.idle 90"
+    // and parses it into a telegraf metric.
+    ParseLine(line string) (telegraf.Metric, error)
+}
+```
+
+And you can view the code
+[here.](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/blob/henrypfhu-master/plugins/parsers/registry.go)
+
 ## Service Input Plugins

 This section is for developers who want to create new "service" collection
--- a/DATA_FORMATS_INPUT.md
+++ b/DATA_FORMATS_INPUT.md
@ -0,0 +1,274 @@
+# Telegraf Input Data Formats
+
+Telegraf metrics, like InfluxDB
+[points](https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/v0.10/write_protocols/line/),
+are a combination of four basic parts:
+
+1. Measurement Name
+1. Tags
+1. Fields
+1. Timestamp
+
+These four parts are easily defined when using InfluxDB line-protocol as a
+data format. But there are other data formats that users may want to use which
+require more advanced configuration to create usable Telegraf metrics.
+
+Plugins such as `exec` and `kafka_consumer` parse textual data. Up until now,
+these plugins were statically configured to parse just a single
+data format. `exec` mostly only supported parsing JSON, and `kafka_consumer` only
+supported data in InfluxDB line-protocol.
+
+But now we are normalizing the parsing of various data formats across all
+plugins that can support it. You will be able to identify a plugin that supports
+different data formats by the presence of a `data_format` config option, for
+example, in the exec plugin:
+
+```toml
+[[inputs.exec]]
+  ### Commands array
+  commands = ["/tmp/test.sh", "/usr/bin/mycollector --foo=bar"]
+
+  ### measurement name suffix (for separating different commands)
+  name_suffix = "_mycollector"
+
+  ### Data format to consume. This can be "json", "influx" or "graphite"
+  ### Each data format has it's own unique set of configuration options, read
+  ### more about them here:
+  ### https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/blob/master/DATA_FORMATS_INPUT.md
+  data_format = "json"
+
+  ### Additional configuration options go here
+```
+
+Each data_format has an additional set of configuration options available, which
+I'll go over below.
+
+## Influx:
+
+There are no additional configuration options for InfluxDB line-protocol. The
+metrics are parsed directly into Telegraf metrics.
+
+#### Influx Configuration:
+
+```toml
+[[inputs.exec]]
+  ### Commands array
+  commands = ["/tmp/test.sh", "/usr/bin/mycollector --foo=bar"]
+
+  ### measurement name suffix (for separating different commands)
+  name_suffix = "_mycollector"
+
+  ### Data format to consume. This can be "json", "influx" or "graphite"
+  ### Each data format has it's own unique set of configuration options, read
+  ### more about them here:
+  ### https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/blob/master/DATA_FORMATS_INPUT.md
+  data_format = "influx"
+```
+
+## JSON:
+
+The JSON data format flattens JSON into metric _fields_. For example, this JSON:
+
+```json
+{
+    "a": 5,
+    "b": {
+        "c": 6
+    }
+}
+```
+
+Would get translated into _fields_ of a measurement:
+
+```
+myjsonmetric a=5,b_c=6
+```
+
+The _measurement_ _name_ is usually the name of the plugin,
+but can be overridden using the `name_override` config option.
+
+#### JSON Configuration:
+
+The JSON data format supports specifying "tag keys". If specified, keys
+will be searched for in the root-level of the JSON blob. If the key(s) exist,
+they will be applied as tags to the Telegraf metrics.
+
+For example, if you had this configuration:
+
+```toml
+[[inputs.exec]]
+  ### Commands array
+  commands = ["/tmp/test.sh", "/usr/bin/mycollector --foo=bar"]
+
+  ### measurement name suffix (for separating different commands)
+  name_suffix = "_mycollector"
+
+  ### Data format to consume. This can be "json", "influx" or "graphite"
+  ### Each data format has it's own unique set of configuration options, read
+  ### more about them here:
+  ### https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/blob/master/DATA_FORMATS_INPUT.md
+  data_format = "json"
+
+  ### List of tag names to extract from top-level of JSON server response
+  tag_keys = [
+    "my_tag_1",
+    "my_tag_2"
+  ]
+```
+
+with this JSON output from a command:
+
+```json
+{
+    "a": 5,
+    "b": {
+        "c": 6
+    },
+    "my_tag_1": "foo"
+}
+```
+
+Your Telegraf metrics would get tagged with "my_tag_1"
+
+```
+exec_mycollector,my_tag_1=foo a=5,b_c=6
+```
+
+## Graphite:
+
+The Graphite data format translates graphite _dot_ buckets directly into
+telegraf measurement names, with a single value field, and without any tags. For
+more advanced options, Telegraf supports specifying "templates" to translate
+graphite buckets into Telegraf metrics.
+
+#### Separator:
+
+You can specify a separator to use for the parsed metrics.
+By default, it will leave the metrics with a "." separator.
+Setting `separator = "_"` will translate:
+
+```
+cpu.usage.idle 99
+=> cpu_usage_idle value=99
+```
+
+#### Measurement/Tag Templates:
+
+The most basic template is to specify a single transformation to apply to all
+incoming metrics. _measurement_ is a special keyword that tells Telegraf which
+parts of the graphite bucket to combine into the measurement name. It can have a
+trailing `*` to indicate that the remainder of the metric should be used.
+Other words are considered tag keys. So the following template:
+
+```toml
+templates = [
+    "region.measurement*"
+]
+```
+
+would result in the following Graphite -> Telegraf transformation.
+
+```
+us-west.cpu.load 100
+=> cpu.load,region=us-west value=100
+```
+
+#### Field Templates:
+
+There is also a _field_ keyword, which can only be specified once.
+The field keyword tells Telegraf to give the metric that field name.
+So the following template:
+
+```toml
+templates = [
+    "measurement.measurement.field.region"
+]
+```
+
+would result in the following Graphite -> Telegraf transformation.
+
+```
+cpu.usage.idle.us-west 100
+=> cpu_usage,region=us-west idle=100
+```
+
+#### Filter Templates:
+
+Users can also filter the template(s) to use based on the name of the bucket,
+using glob matching, like so:
+
+```toml
+templates = [
+    "cpu.* measurement.measurement.region",
+    "mem.* measurement.measurement.host"
+]
+```
+
+which would result in the following transformation:
+
+```
+cpu.load.us-west 100
+=> cpu_load,region=us-west value=100
+
+mem.cached.localhost 256
+=> mem_cached,host=localhost value=256
+```
+
+#### Adding Tags:
+
+Additional tags can be added to a metric that don't exist on the received metric.
+You can add additional tags by specifying them after the pattern.
+Tags have the same format as the line protocol.
+Multiple tags are separated by commas.
+
+```toml
+templates = [
+    "measurement.measurement.field.region datacenter=1a"
+]
+```
+
+would result in the following Graphite -> Telegraf transformation.
+
+```
+cpu.usage.idle.us-west 100
+=> cpu_usage,region=us-west,datacenter=1a idle=100
+```
+
+There are many more options available,
+[More details can be found here](https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb/tree/master/services/graphite#templates)
+
+#### Graphite Configuration:
+
+```toml
+[[inputs.exec]]
+  ### Commands array
+  commands = ["/tmp/test.sh", "/usr/bin/mycollector --foo=bar"]
+
+  ### measurement name suffix (for separating different commands)
+  name_suffix = "_mycollector"
+
+  ### Data format to consume. This can be "json", "influx" or "graphite" (line-protocol)
+  ### Each data format has it's own unique set of configuration options, read
+  ### more about them here:
+  ### https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/blob/master/DATA_FORMATS_INPUT.md
+  data_format = "graphite"
+
+  ### This string will be used to join the matched values.
+  separator = "_"
+
+  ### Each template line requires a template pattern. It can have an optional
+  ### filter before the template and separated by spaces. It can also have optional extra
+  ### tags following the template. Multiple tags should be separated by commas and no spaces
+  ### similar to the line protocol format. There can be only one default template.
+  ### Templates support below format:
+  ### 1. filter + template
+  ### 2. filter + template + extra tag
+  ### 3. filter + template with field key
+  ### 4. default template
+  templates = [
+    "*.app env.service.resource.measurement",
+    "stats.* .host.measurement* region=us-west,agent=sensu",
+    "stats2.* .host.measurement.field",
+    "measurement*"
+  ]
+```
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@ -155,10 +155,12 @@ Currently implemented sources:
 * aerospike
 * apache
 * bcache
+* couchdb
 * disque
 * docker
+* dovecot
 * elasticsearch
-* exec (generic JSON-emitting executable plugin)
+* exec (generic executable plugin, support JSON, influx and graphite)
 * haproxy
 * httpjson (generic JSON-emitting http service plugin)
 * influxdb
--- a/build.py
+++ b/build.py
@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ def generate_md5_from_file(path):
            m.update(data)
    return m.hexdigest()

-def build_packages(build_output, version, nightly=False, rc=None, iteration=1):
+def build_packages(build_output, version, pkg_arch, nightly=False, rc=None, iteration=1):
    outfiles = []
    tmp_build_dir = create_temp_dir()
    if debug:
@ -461,6 +461,9 @@ def build_packages(build_output, version, nightly=False, rc=None, iteration=1):
                        current_location = os.path.join(current_location, name + '.tar.gz')
                    if rc is not None:
                        package_iteration = "0.rc{}".format(rc)
+                    saved_a = a
+                    if pkg_arch is not None:
+                        a = pkg_arch
                    if a == '386':
                        a = 'i386'
                    fpm_command = "fpm {} --name {} -a {} -t {} --version {} --iteration {} -C {} -p {} ".format(
@ -472,6 +475,8 @@ def build_packages(build_output, version, nightly=False, rc=None, iteration=1):
                        package_iteration,
                        build_root,
                        current_location)
+                    if pkg_arch is not None:
+                        a = saved_a
                    if package_type == "rpm":
                        fpm_command += "--depends coreutils "
                        fpm_command += "--depends lsof"
@ -506,6 +511,7 @@ def print_usage():
    print("\t --goarm=<arm version> \n\t\t- Build for specified ARM version (when building for ARM). Default value is: 6")
    print("\t --platform=<platform> \n\t\t- Build for specified platform. Acceptable values: linux, windows, darwin, or all")
    print("\t --version=<version> \n\t\t- Version information to apply to build metadata. If not specified, will be pulled from repo tag.")
+    print("\t --pkgarch=<package-arch> \n\t\t- Package architecture if different from <arch>")
    print("\t --commit=<commit> \n\t\t- Use specific commit for build (currently a NOOP).")
    print("\t --branch=<branch> \n\t\t- Build from a specific branch (currently a NOOP).")
    print("\t --rc=<rc number> \n\t\t- Whether or not the build is a release candidate (affects version information).")
@ -532,6 +538,7 @@ def main():
    commit = None
    target_platform = None
    target_arch = None
+    package_arch = None
    nightly = False
    race = False
    branch = None
@ -570,6 +577,9 @@ def main():
        elif '--version' in arg:
            # Version to assign to this build (0.9.5, etc)
            version = arg.split("=")[1]
+        elif '--pkgarch' in arg:
+            # Package architecture if different from <arch> (armhf, etc)
+            package_arch = arg.split("=")[1]
        elif '--rc' in arg:
            # Signifies that this is a release candidate build.
            rc = arg.split("=")[1]
@ -703,7 +713,7 @@ def main():
        if not check_path_for("fpm"):
            print("!! Cannot package without command 'fpm'. Stopping.")
            return 1
-        packages = build_packages(build_output, version, nightly=nightly, rc=rc, iteration=iteration)
+        packages = build_packages(build_output, version, package_arch, nightly=nightly, rc=rc, iteration=iteration)
        # Optionally upload to S3
        if upload:
            upload_packages(packages, bucket_name=upload_bucket, nightly=nightly)
--- a/cmd/telegraf/telegraf.go
+++ b/cmd/telegraf/telegraf.go
@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (

 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/agent"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/internal/config"
+
 	_ "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs/all"
 	_ "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/outputs/all"
 )
--- a/etc/telegraf.conf
+++ b/etc/telegraf.conf
@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 # file would generate.

 # Global tags can be specified here in key="value" format.
-[tags]
+[global_tags]
  # dc = "us-east-1" # will tag all metrics with dc=us-east-1
  # rack = "1a"

--- a/internal/config/config.go
+++ b/internal/config/config.go
@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/internal/models"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/outputs"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/parsers"

 	"github.com/influxdata/config"
 	"github.com/naoina/toml/ast"
@ -126,7 +127,9 @@ func (c *Config) ListTags() string {
 	return strings.Join(tags, " ")
 }

-var header = `# Telegraf configuration
+var header = `###############################################################################
+#                           Telegraf Configuration                            #
+###############################################################################

 # Telegraf is entirely plugin driven. All metrics are gathered from the
 # declared inputs, and sent to the declared outputs.
@ -138,41 +141,41 @@ var header = `# Telegraf configuration
 # file would generate.

 # Global tags can be specified here in key="value" format.
-[tags]
+[global_tags]
  # dc = "us-east-1" # will tag all metrics with dc=us-east-1
  # rack = "1a"

 # Configuration for telegraf agent
 [agent]
-  # Default data collection interval for all inputs
+  ### Default data collection interval for all inputs
  interval = "10s"
-  # Rounds collection interval to 'interval'
-  # ie, if interval="10s" then always collect on :00, :10, :20, etc.
+  ### Rounds collection interval to 'interval'
+  ### ie, if interval="10s" then always collect on :00, :10, :20, etc.
  round_interval = true

-  # Telegraf will cache metric_buffer_limit metrics for each output, and will
-  # flush this buffer on a successful write.
+  ### Telegraf will cache metric_buffer_limit metrics for each output, and will
+  ### flush this buffer on a successful write.
  metric_buffer_limit = 10000

-  # Collection jitter is used to jitter the collection by a random amount.
-  # Each plugin will sleep for a random time within jitter before collecting.
-  # This can be used to avoid many plugins querying things like sysfs at the
-  # same time, which can have a measurable effect on the system.
+  ### Collection jitter is used to jitter the collection by a random amount.
+  ### Each plugin will sleep for a random time within jitter before collecting.
+  ### This can be used to avoid many plugins querying things like sysfs at the
+  ### same time, which can have a measurable effect on the system.
  collection_jitter = "0s"

-  # Default data flushing interval for all outputs. You should not set this below
-  # interval. Maximum flush_interval will be flush_interval + flush_jitter
+  ### Default flushing interval for all outputs. You shouldn't set this below
+  ### interval. Maximum flush_interval will be flush_interval + flush_jitter
  flush_interval = "10s"
-  # Jitter the flush interval by a random amount. This is primarily to avoid
-  # large write spikes for users running a large number of telegraf instances.
-  # ie, a jitter of 5s and interval 10s means flushes will happen every 10-15s
+  ### Jitter the flush interval by a random amount. This is primarily to avoid
+  ### large write spikes for users running a large number of telegraf instances.
+  ### ie, a jitter of 5s and interval 10s means flushes will happen every 10-15s
  flush_jitter = "0s"

-  # Run telegraf in debug mode
+  ### Run telegraf in debug mode
  debug = false
-  # Run telegraf in quiet mode
+  ### Run telegraf in quiet mode
  quiet = false
-  # Override default hostname, if empty use os.Hostname()
+  ### Override default hostname, if empty use os.Hostname()
  hostname = ""


@ -333,9 +336,9 @@ func (c *Config) LoadConfig(path string) error {
 				log.Printf("Could not parse [agent] config\n")
 				return err
 			}
-		case "tags":
+		case "global_tags", "tags":
 			if err = config.UnmarshalTable(subTable, c.Tags); err != nil {
-				log.Printf("Could not parse [tags] config\n")
+				log.Printf("Could not parse [global_tags] config\n")
 				return err
 			}
 		case "outputs":
@ -428,6 +431,17 @@ func (c *Config) addInput(name string, table *ast.Table) error {
 	}
 	input := creator()

+	// If the input has a SetParser function, then this means it can accept
+	// arbitrary types of input, so build the parser and set it.
+	switch t := input.(type) {
+	case parsers.ParserInput:
+		parser, err := buildParser(name, table)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		t.SetParser(parser)
+	}
+
 	pluginConfig, err := buildInput(name, table)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@ -583,6 +597,69 @@ func buildInput(name string, tbl *ast.Table) (*internal_models.InputConfig, erro
 	return cp, nil
 }

+// buildParser grabs the necessary entries from the ast.Table for creating
+// a parsers.Parser object, and creates it, which can then be added onto
+// an Input object.
+func buildParser(name string, tbl *ast.Table) (parsers.Parser, error) {
+	c := &parsers.Config{}
+
+	if node, ok := tbl.Fields["data_format"]; ok {
+		if kv, ok := node.(*ast.KeyValue); ok {
+			if str, ok := kv.Value.(*ast.String); ok {
+				c.DataFormat = str.Value
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Legacy support, exec plugin originally parsed JSON by default.
+	if name == "exec" && c.DataFormat == "" {
+		c.DataFormat = "json"
+	} else if c.DataFormat == "" {
+		c.DataFormat = "influx"
+	}
+
+	if node, ok := tbl.Fields["separator"]; ok {
+		if kv, ok := node.(*ast.KeyValue); ok {
+			if str, ok := kv.Value.(*ast.String); ok {
+				c.Separator = str.Value
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	if node, ok := tbl.Fields["templates"]; ok {
+		if kv, ok := node.(*ast.KeyValue); ok {
+			if ary, ok := kv.Value.(*ast.Array); ok {
+				for _, elem := range ary.Value {
+					if str, ok := elem.(*ast.String); ok {
+						c.Templates = append(c.Templates, str.Value)
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	if node, ok := tbl.Fields["tag_keys"]; ok {
+		if kv, ok := node.(*ast.KeyValue); ok {
+			if ary, ok := kv.Value.(*ast.Array); ok {
+				for _, elem := range ary.Value {
+					if str, ok := elem.(*ast.String); ok {
+						c.TagKeys = append(c.TagKeys, str.Value)
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	c.MetricName = name
+
+	delete(tbl.Fields, "data_format")
+	delete(tbl.Fields, "separator")
+	delete(tbl.Fields, "templates")
+	delete(tbl.Fields, "tag_keys")
+
+	return parsers.NewParser(c)
+}
+
 // buildOutput parses output specific items from the ast.Table, builds the filter and returns an
 // internal_models.OutputConfig to be inserted into internal_models.RunningInput
 // Note: error exists in the return for future calls that might require error
--- a/internal/config/config_test.go
+++ b/internal/config/config_test.go
@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs/exec"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs/memcached"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs/procstat"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/parsers"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 )

@ -91,6 +92,9 @@ func TestConfig_LoadDirectory(t *testing.T) {
 		"Testdata did not produce correct memcached metadata.")

 	ex := inputs.Inputs["exec"]().(*exec.Exec)
+	p, err := parsers.NewJSONParser("exec", nil, nil)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	ex.SetParser(p)
 	ex.Command = "/usr/bin/myothercollector --foo=bar"
 	eConfig := &internal_models.InputConfig{
 		Name:              "exec",
--- a/internal/config/testdata/telegraf-agent.toml
+++ b/internal/config/testdata/telegraf-agent.toml
@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 # with 'required'. Be sure to edit those to make this configuration work.

 # Tags can also be specified via a normal map, but only one form at a time:
-[tags]
+[global_tags]
  dc = "us-east-1"

 # Configuration for telegraf agent
--- a/internal/internal.go
+++ b/internal/internal.go
@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
-	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 )
@ -35,47 +34,6 @@ func (d *Duration) UnmarshalTOML(b []byte) error {

 var NotImplementedError = errors.New("not implemented yet")

-type JSONFlattener struct {
-	Fields map[string]interface{}
-}
-
-// FlattenJSON flattens nested maps/interfaces into a fields map
-func (f *JSONFlattener) FlattenJSON(
-	fieldname string,
-	v interface{},
-) error {
-	if f.Fields == nil {
-		f.Fields = make(map[string]interface{})
-	}
-	fieldname = strings.Trim(fieldname, "_")
-	switch t := v.(type) {
-	case map[string]interface{}:
-		for k, v := range t {
-			err := f.FlattenJSON(fieldname+"_"+k+"_", v)
-			if err != nil {
-				return err
-			}
-		}
-	case []interface{}:
-		for i, v := range t {
-			k := strconv.Itoa(i)
-			err := f.FlattenJSON(fieldname+"_"+k+"_", v)
-			if err != nil {
-				return nil
-			}
-		}
-	case float64:
-		f.Fields[fieldname] = t
-	case bool, string, nil:
-		// ignored types
-		return nil
-	default:
-		return fmt.Errorf("JSON Flattener: got unexpected type %T with value %v (%s)",
-			t, t, fieldname)
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-
 // ReadLines reads contents from a file and splits them by new lines.
 // A convenience wrapper to ReadLinesOffsetN(filename, 0, -1).
 func ReadLines(filename string) ([]string, error) {
--- a/metric.go
+++ b/metric.go
@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
 package telegraf

 import (
-	"bytes"
 	"time"

 	"github.com/influxdata/influxdb/client/v2"
-	"github.com/influxdata/influxdb/models"
 )

 type Metric interface {
@ -63,25 +61,6 @@ func NewMetric(
 	}, nil
 }

-// ParseMetrics returns a slice of Metrics from a text representation of a
-// metric (in line-protocol format)
-// with each metric separated by newlines. If any metrics fail to parse,
-// a non-nil error will be returned in addition to the metrics that parsed
-// successfully.
-func ParseMetrics(buf []byte) ([]Metric, error) {
-	// parse even if the buffer begins with a newline
-	buf = bytes.TrimPrefix(buf, []byte("\n"))
-	points, err := models.ParsePoints(buf)
-	metrics := make([]Metric, len(points))
-	for i, point := range points {
-		// Ignore error here because it's impossible that a model.Point
-		// wouldn't parse into client.Point properly
-		metrics[i], _ = NewMetric(point.Name(), point.Tags(),
-			point.Fields(), point.Time())
-	}
-	return metrics, err
-}
-
 func (m *metric) Name() string {
 	return m.pt.Name()
 }
--- a/metric_test.go
+++ b/metric_test.go
@ -9,58 +9,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 )

-const validMs = `
-cpu,cpu=cpu0,host=foo,datacenter=us-east usage_idle=99,usage_busy=1 1454105876344540456
-`
-
-const invalidMs = `
-cpu, cpu=cpu0,host=foo,datacenter=us-east usage_idle=99,usage_busy=1
-cpu,host=foo usage_idle
-cpu,host usage_idle=99
-cpu,host=foo usage_idle=99 very bad metric
-`
-
-const validInvalidMs = `
-cpu,cpu=cpu0,host=foo,datacenter=us-east usage_idle=99,usage_busy=1
-cpu,cpu=cpu1,host=foo,datacenter=us-east usage_idle=51,usage_busy=49
-cpu,cpu=cpu2,host=foo,datacenter=us-east usage_idle=60,usage_busy=40
-cpu,host usage_idle=99
-`
-
-func TestParseValidMetrics(t *testing.T) {
-	metrics, err := ParseMetrics([]byte(validMs))
-	assert.NoError(t, err)
-	assert.Len(t, metrics, 1)
-	m := metrics[0]
-
-	tags := map[string]string{
-		"host":       "foo",
-		"datacenter": "us-east",
-		"cpu":        "cpu0",
-	}
-	fields := map[string]interface{}{
-		"usage_idle": float64(99),
-		"usage_busy": float64(1),
-	}
-
-	assert.Equal(t, tags, m.Tags())
-	assert.Equal(t, fields, m.Fields())
-	assert.Equal(t, "cpu", m.Name())
-	assert.Equal(t, int64(1454105876344540456), m.UnixNano())
-}
-
-func TestParseInvalidMetrics(t *testing.T) {
-	metrics, err := ParseMetrics([]byte(invalidMs))
-	assert.Error(t, err)
-	assert.Len(t, metrics, 0)
-}
-
-func TestParseValidAndInvalidMetrics(t *testing.T) {
-	metrics, err := ParseMetrics([]byte(validInvalidMs))
-	assert.Error(t, err)
-	assert.Len(t, metrics, 3)
-}
-
 func TestNewMetric(t *testing.T) {
 	now := time.Now()

--- a/plugins/inputs/aerospike/aerospike.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/aerospike/aerospike.go
@ -104,11 +104,9 @@ type Aerospike struct {
 }

 var sampleConfig = `
-  # Aerospike servers to connect to (with port)
-  # Default: servers = ["localhost:3000"]
-  #
-  # This plugin will query all namespaces the aerospike
-  # server has configured and get stats for them.
+  ### Aerospike servers to connect to (with port)
+  ### This plugin will query all namespaces the aerospike
+  ### server has configured and get stats for them.
  servers = ["localhost:3000"]
 `

--- a/plugins/inputs/all/all.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/all/all.go
@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	_ "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs/aerospike"
 	_ "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs/apache"
 	_ "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs/bcache"
+	_ "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs/couchdb"
 	_ "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs/disque"
 	_ "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs/docker"
 	_ "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs/dovecot"
--- a/plugins/inputs/apache/apache.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/apache/apache.go
@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ type Apache struct {
 }

 var sampleConfig = `
-  # An array of Apache status URI to gather stats.
+  ### An array of Apache status URI to gather stats.
  urls = ["http://localhost/server-status?auto"]
 `

--- a/plugins/inputs/bcache/bcache.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/bcache/bcache.go
@ -18,14 +18,14 @@ type Bcache struct {
 }

 var sampleConfig = `
-  # Bcache sets path
-  # If not specified, then default is:
-  # bcachePath = "/sys/fs/bcache"
-  #
-  # By default, telegraf gather stats for all bcache devices
-  # Setting devices will restrict the stats to the specified
-  # bcache devices.
-  # bcacheDevs = ["bcache0", ...]
+  ### Bcache sets path
+  ### If not specified, then default is:
+  bcachePath = "/sys/fs/bcache"
+
+  ### By default, telegraf gather stats for all bcache devices
+  ### Setting devices will restrict the stats to the specified
+  ### bcache devices.
+  bcacheDevs = ["bcache0"]
 `

 func (b *Bcache) SampleConfig() string {
--- a/plugins/inputs/couchdb/README.md
+++ b/plugins/inputs/couchdb/README.md
@ -0,0 +1,255 @@
+# CouchDB Input Plugin
+---
+
+The CouchDB plugin gathers metrics of CouchDB using [_stats](http://docs.couchdb.org/en/1.6.1/api/server/common.html?highlight=stats#get--_stats) endpoint.
+
+### Configuration:
+
+```
+# Sample Config:
+[[inputs.couchdb]]
+  hosts = ["http://localhost:5984/_stats"]
+```
+
+### Measurements & Fields:
+
+Statistics specific to the internals of CouchDB:
+
+- couchdb_auth_cache_misses
+- couchdb_database_writes
+- couchdb_open_databases
+- couchdb_auth_cache_hits
+- couchdb_request_time
+- couchdb_database_reads
+- couchdb_open_os_files
+
+Statistics of HTTP requests by method:
+
+- httpd_request_methods_put
+- httpd_request_methods_get
+- httpd_request_methods_copy
+- httpd_request_methods_delete
+- httpd_request_methods_post
+- httpd_request_methods_head
+
+Statistics of HTTP requests by response code:
+
+- httpd_status_codes_200
+- httpd_status_codes_201
+- httpd_status_codes_202
+- httpd_status_codes_301
+- httpd_status_codes_304
+- httpd_status_codes_400
+- httpd_status_codes_401
+- httpd_status_codes_403
+- httpd_status_codes_404
+- httpd_status_codes_405
+- httpd_status_codes_409
+- httpd_status_codes_412
+- httpd_status_codes_500
+
+httpd statistics:
+
+- httpd_clients_requesting_changes
+- httpd_temporary_view_reads
+- httpd_requests
+- httpd_bulk_requests
+- httpd_view_reads
+
+### Tags:
+
+- server (url of the couchdb _stats endpoint)
+
+### Example output:
+
+```
+➜  telegraf git:(master) ✗ ./telegraf -config ./config.conf  -input-filter couchdb -test
+* Plugin: couchdb,
+ Collection 1
+> couchdb,server=http://localhost:5984/_stats couchdb_auth_cache_hits_current=0,
+couchdb_auth_cache_hits_max=0,
+couchdb_auth_cache_hits_mean=0,
+couchdb_auth_cache_hits_min=0,
+couchdb_auth_cache_hits_stddev=0,
+couchdb_auth_cache_hits_sum=0,
+couchdb_auth_cache_misses_current=0,
+couchdb_auth_cache_misses_max=0,
+couchdb_auth_cache_misses_mean=0,
+couchdb_auth_cache_misses_min=0,
+couchdb_auth_cache_misses_stddev=0,
+couchdb_auth_cache_misses_sum=0,
+couchdb_database_reads_current=0,
+couchdb_database_reads_max=0,
+couchdb_database_reads_mean=0,
+couchdb_database_reads_min=0,
+couchdb_database_reads_stddev=0,
+couchdb_database_reads_sum=0,
+couchdb_database_writes_current=1102,
+couchdb_database_writes_max=131,
+couchdb_database_writes_mean=0.116,
+couchdb_database_writes_min=0,
+couchdb_database_writes_stddev=3.536,
+couchdb_database_writes_sum=1102,
+couchdb_open_databases_current=1,
+couchdb_open_databases_max=1,
+couchdb_open_databases_mean=0,
+couchdb_open_databases_min=0,
+couchdb_open_databases_stddev=0.01,
+couchdb_open_databases_sum=1,
+couchdb_open_os_files_current=2,
+couchdb_open_os_files_max=2,
+couchdb_open_os_files_mean=0,
+couchdb_open_os_files_min=0,
+couchdb_open_os_files_stddev=0.02,
+couchdb_open_os_files_sum=2,
+couchdb_request_time_current=242.21,
+couchdb_request_time_max=102,
+couchdb_request_time_mean=5.767,
+couchdb_request_time_min=1,
+couchdb_request_time_stddev=17.369,
+couchdb_request_time_sum=242.21,
+httpd_bulk_requests_current=0,
+httpd_bulk_requests_max=0,
+httpd_bulk_requests_mean=0,
+httpd_bulk_requests_min=0,
+httpd_bulk_requests_stddev=0,
+httpd_bulk_requests_sum=0,
+httpd_clients_requesting_changes_current=0,
+httpd_clients_requesting_changes_max=0,
+httpd_clients_requesting_changes_mean=0,
+httpd_clients_requesting_changes_min=0,
+httpd_clients_requesting_changes_stddev=0,
+httpd_clients_requesting_changes_sum=0,
+httpd_request_methods_copy_current=0,
+httpd_request_methods_copy_max=0,
+httpd_request_methods_copy_mean=0,
+httpd_request_methods_copy_min=0,
+httpd_request_methods_copy_stddev=0,
+httpd_request_methods_copy_sum=0,
+httpd_request_methods_delete_current=0,
+httpd_request_methods_delete_max=0,
+httpd_request_methods_delete_mean=0,
+httpd_request_methods_delete_min=0,
+httpd_request_methods_delete_stddev=0,
+httpd_request_methods_delete_sum=0,
+httpd_request_methods_get_current=31,
+httpd_request_methods_get_max=1,
+httpd_request_methods_get_mean=0.003,
+httpd_request_methods_get_min=0,
+httpd_request_methods_get_stddev=0.057,
+httpd_request_methods_get_sum=31,
+httpd_request_methods_head_current=0,
+httpd_request_methods_head_max=0,
+httpd_request_methods_head_mean=0,
+httpd_request_methods_head_min=0,
+httpd_request_methods_head_stddev=0,
+httpd_request_methods_head_sum=0,
+httpd_request_methods_post_current=1102,
+httpd_request_methods_post_max=131,
+httpd_request_methods_post_mean=0.116,
+httpd_request_methods_post_min=0,
+httpd_request_methods_post_stddev=3.536,
+httpd_request_methods_post_sum=1102,
+httpd_request_methods_put_current=1,
+httpd_request_methods_put_max=1,
+httpd_request_methods_put_mean=0,
+httpd_request_methods_put_min=0,
+httpd_request_methods_put_stddev=0.01,
+httpd_request_methods_put_sum=1,
+httpd_requests_current=1133,
+httpd_requests_max=130,
+httpd_requests_mean=0.118,
+httpd_requests_min=0,
+httpd_requests_stddev=3.512,
+httpd_requests_sum=1133,
+httpd_status_codes_200_current=31,
+httpd_status_codes_200_max=1,
+httpd_status_codes_200_mean=0.003,
+httpd_status_codes_200_min=0,
+httpd_status_codes_200_stddev=0.057,
+httpd_status_codes_200_sum=31,
+httpd_status_codes_201_current=1103,
+httpd_status_codes_201_max=130,
+httpd_status_codes_201_mean=0.116,
+httpd_status_codes_201_min=0,
+httpd_status_codes_201_stddev=3.532,
+httpd_status_codes_201_sum=1103,
+httpd_status_codes_202_current=0,
+httpd_status_codes_202_max=0,
+httpd_status_codes_202_mean=0,
+httpd_status_codes_202_min=0,
+httpd_status_codes_202_stddev=0,
+httpd_status_codes_202_sum=0,
+httpd_status_codes_301_current=0,
+httpd_status_codes_301_max=0,
+httpd_status_codes_301_mean=0,
+httpd_status_codes_301_min=0,
+httpd_status_codes_301_stddev=0,
+httpd_status_codes_301_sum=0,
+httpd_status_codes_304_current=0,
+httpd_status_codes_304_max=0,
+httpd_status_codes_304_mean=0,
+httpd_status_codes_304_min=0,
+httpd_status_codes_304_stddev=0,
+httpd_status_codes_304_sum=0,
+httpd_status_codes_400_current=0,
+httpd_status_codes_400_max=0,
+httpd_status_codes_400_mean=0,
+httpd_status_codes_400_min=0,
+httpd_status_codes_400_stddev=0,
+httpd_status_codes_400_sum=0,
+httpd_status_codes_401_current=0,
+httpd_status_codes_401_max=0,
+httpd_status_codes_401_mean=0,
+httpd_status_codes_401_min=0,
+httpd_status_codes_401_stddev=0,
+httpd_status_codes_401_sum=0,
+httpd_status_codes_403_current=0,
+httpd_status_codes_403_max=0,
+httpd_status_codes_403_mean=0,
+httpd_status_codes_403_min=0,
+httpd_status_codes_403_stddev=0,
+httpd_status_codes_403_sum=0,
+httpd_status_codes_404_current=0,
+httpd_status_codes_404_max=0,
+httpd_status_codes_404_mean=0,
+httpd_status_codes_404_min=0,
+httpd_status_codes_404_stddev=0,
+httpd_status_codes_404_sum=0,
+httpd_status_codes_405_current=0,
+httpd_status_codes_405_max=0,
+httpd_status_codes_405_mean=0,
+httpd_status_codes_405_min=0,
+httpd_status_codes_405_stddev=0,
+httpd_status_codes_405_sum=0,
+httpd_status_codes_409_current=0,
+httpd_status_codes_409_max=0,
+httpd_status_codes_409_mean=0,
+httpd_status_codes_409_min=0,
+httpd_status_codes_409_stddev=0,
+httpd_status_codes_409_sum=0,
+httpd_status_codes_412_current=0,
+httpd_status_codes_412_max=0,
+httpd_status_codes_412_mean=0,
+httpd_status_codes_412_min=0,
+httpd_status_codes_412_stddev=0,
+httpd_status_codes_412_sum=0,
+httpd_status_codes_500_current=0,
+httpd_status_codes_500_max=0,
+httpd_status_codes_500_mean=0,
+httpd_status_codes_500_min=0,
+httpd_status_codes_500_stddev=0,
+httpd_status_codes_500_sum=0,
+httpd_temporary_view_reads_current=0,
+httpd_temporary_view_reads_max=0,
+httpd_temporary_view_reads_mean=0,
+httpd_temporary_view_reads_min=0,
+httpd_temporary_view_reads_stddev=0,
+httpd_temporary_view_reads_sum=0,
+httpd_view_reads_current=0,
+httpd_view_reads_max=0,
+httpd_view_reads_mean=0,
+httpd_view_reads_min=0,
+httpd_view_reads_stddev=0,
+httpd_view_reads_sum=0 1454692257621938169
+```
--- a/plugins/inputs/couchdb/couchdb.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/couchdb/couchdb.go
@ -0,0 +1,205 @@
+package couchdb
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs"
+	"net/http"
+	"reflect"
+	"strings"
+	"sync"
+)
+
+// Schema:
+type metaData struct {
+	Description string  `json:"description"`
+	Current     float64 `json:"current"`
+	Sum         float64 `json:"sum"`
+	Mean        float64 `json:"mean"`
+	Stddev      float64 `json:"stddev"`
+	Min         float64 `json:"min"`
+	Max         float64 `json:"max"`
+}
+
+type Stats struct {
+	Couchdb struct {
+		AuthCacheMisses metaData `json:"auth_cache_misses"`
+		DatabaseWrites  metaData `json:"database_writes"`
+		OpenDatabases   metaData `json:"open_databases"`
+		AuthCacheHits   metaData `json:"auth_cache_hits"`
+		RequestTime     metaData `json:"request_time"`
+		DatabaseReads   metaData `json:"database_reads"`
+		OpenOsFiles     metaData `json:"open_os_files"`
+	} `json:"couchdb"`
+	HttpdRequestMethods struct {
+		Put    metaData `json:"PUT"`
+		Get    metaData `json:"GET"`
+		Copy   metaData `json:"COPY"`
+		Delete metaData `json:"DELETE"`
+		Post   metaData `json:"POST"`
+		Head   metaData `json:"HEAD"`
+	} `json:"httpd_request_methods"`
+	HttpdStatusCodes struct {
+		Status200 metaData `json:"200"`
+		Status201 metaData `json:"201"`
+		Status202 metaData `json:"202"`
+		Status301 metaData `json:"301"`
+		Status304 metaData `json:"304"`
+		Status400 metaData `json:"400"`
+		Status401 metaData `json:"401"`
+		Status403 metaData `json:"403"`
+		Status404 metaData `json:"404"`
+		Status405 metaData `json:"405"`
+		Status409 metaData `json:"409"`
+		Status412 metaData `json:"412"`
+		Status500 metaData `json:"500"`
+	} `json:"httpd_status_codes"`
+	Httpd struct {
+		ClientsRequestingChanges metaData `json:"clients_requesting_changes"`
+		TemporaryViewReads       metaData `json:"temporary_view_reads"`
+		Requests                 metaData `json:"requests"`
+		BulkRequests             metaData `json:"bulk_requests"`
+		ViewReads                metaData `json:"view_reads"`
+	} `json:"httpd"`
+}
+
+type CouchDB struct {
+	HOSTs []string `toml:"hosts"`
+}
+
+func (*CouchDB) Description() string {
+	return "Read CouchDB Stats from one or more servers"
+}
+
+func (*CouchDB) SampleConfig() string {
+	return `
+  ### Works with CouchDB stats endpoints out of the box
+  ### Multiple HOSTs from which to read CouchDB stats:
+  hosts = ["http://localhost:8086/_stats"]
+`
+}
+
+func (c *CouchDB) Gather(accumulator telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+	errorChannel := make(chan error, len(c.HOSTs))
+	var wg sync.WaitGroup
+	for _, u := range c.HOSTs {
+		wg.Add(1)
+		go func(host string) {
+			defer wg.Done()
+			if err := c.fetchAndInsertData(accumulator, host); err != nil {
+				errorChannel <- fmt.Errorf("[host=%s]: %s", host, err)
+			}
+		}(u)
+	}
+
+	wg.Wait()
+	close(errorChannel)
+
+	// If there weren't any errors, we can return nil now.
+	if len(errorChannel) == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	// There were errors, so join them all together as one big error.
+	errorStrings := make([]string, 0, len(errorChannel))
+	for err := range errorChannel {
+		errorStrings = append(errorStrings, err.Error())
+	}
+
+	return errors.New(strings.Join(errorStrings, "\n"))
+
+}
+
+func (c *CouchDB) fetchAndInsertData(accumulator telegraf.Accumulator, host string) error {
+
+	response, error := http.Get(host)
+	if error != nil {
+		return error
+	}
+	defer response.Body.Close()
+
+	var stats Stats
+	decoder := json.NewDecoder(response.Body)
+	decoder.Decode(&stats)
+
+	fields := map[string]interface{}{}
+
+	// CouchDB meta stats:
+	c.MapCopy(fields, c.generateFields("couchdb_auth_cache_misses", stats.Couchdb.AuthCacheMisses))
+	c.MapCopy(fields, c.generateFields("couchdb_database_writes", stats.Couchdb.DatabaseWrites))
+	c.MapCopy(fields, c.generateFields("couchdb_open_databases", stats.Couchdb.OpenDatabases))
+	c.MapCopy(fields, c.generateFields("couchdb_auth_cache_hits", stats.Couchdb.AuthCacheHits))
+	c.MapCopy(fields, c.generateFields("couchdb_request_time", stats.Couchdb.RequestTime))
+	c.MapCopy(fields, c.generateFields("couchdb_database_reads", stats.Couchdb.DatabaseReads))
+	c.MapCopy(fields, c.generateFields("couchdb_open_os_files", stats.Couchdb.OpenOsFiles))
+
+	// http request methods stats:
+	c.MapCopy(fields, c.generateFields("httpd_request_methods_put", stats.HttpdRequestMethods.Put))
+	c.MapCopy(fields, c.generateFields("httpd_request_methods_get", stats.HttpdRequestMethods.Get))
+	c.MapCopy(fields, c.generateFields("httpd_request_methods_copy", stats.HttpdRequestMethods.Copy))
+	c.MapCopy(fields, c.generateFields("httpd_request_methods_delete", stats.HttpdRequestMethods.Delete))
+	c.MapCopy(fields, c.generateFields("httpd_request_methods_post", stats.HttpdRequestMethods.Post))
+	c.MapCopy(fields, c.generateFields("httpd_request_methods_head", stats.HttpdRequestMethods.Head))
+
+	// status code stats:
+	c.MapCopy(fields, c.generateFields("httpd_status_codes_200", stats.HttpdStatusCodes.Status200))
+	c.MapCopy(fields, c.generateFields("httpd_status_codes_201", stats.HttpdStatusCodes.Status201))
+	c.MapCopy(fields, c.generateFields("httpd_status_codes_202", stats.HttpdStatusCodes.Status202))
+	c.MapCopy(fields, c.generateFields("httpd_status_codes_301", stats.HttpdStatusCodes.Status301))
+	c.MapCopy(fields, c.generateFields("httpd_status_codes_304", stats.HttpdStatusCodes.Status304))
+	c.MapCopy(fields, c.generateFields("httpd_status_codes_400", stats.HttpdStatusCodes.Status400))
+	c.MapCopy(fields, c.generateFields("httpd_status_codes_401", stats.HttpdStatusCodes.Status401))
+	c.MapCopy(fields, c.generateFields("httpd_status_codes_403", stats.HttpdStatusCodes.Status403))
+	c.MapCopy(fields, c.generateFields("httpd_status_codes_404", stats.HttpdStatusCodes.Status404))
+	c.MapCopy(fields, c.generateFields("httpd_status_codes_405", stats.HttpdStatusCodes.Status405))
+	c.MapCopy(fields, c.generateFields("httpd_status_codes_409", stats.HttpdStatusCodes.Status409))
+	c.MapCopy(fields, c.generateFields("httpd_status_codes_412", stats.HttpdStatusCodes.Status412))
+	c.MapCopy(fields, c.generateFields("httpd_status_codes_500", stats.HttpdStatusCodes.Status500))
+
+	// httpd stats:
+	c.MapCopy(fields, c.generateFields("httpd_clients_requesting_changes", stats.Httpd.ClientsRequestingChanges))
+	c.MapCopy(fields, c.generateFields("httpd_temporary_view_reads", stats.Httpd.TemporaryViewReads))
+	c.MapCopy(fields, c.generateFields("httpd_requests", stats.Httpd.Requests))
+	c.MapCopy(fields, c.generateFields("httpd_bulk_requests", stats.Httpd.BulkRequests))
+	c.MapCopy(fields, c.generateFields("httpd_view_reads", stats.Httpd.ViewReads))
+
+	tags := map[string]string{
+		"server": host,
+	}
+	accumulator.AddFields("couchdb", fields, tags)
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (*CouchDB) MapCopy(dst, src interface{}) {
+	dv, sv := reflect.ValueOf(dst), reflect.ValueOf(src)
+	for _, k := range sv.MapKeys() {
+		dv.SetMapIndex(k, sv.MapIndex(k))
+	}
+}
+
+func (*CouchDB) safeCheck(value interface{}) interface{} {
+	if value == nil {
+		return 0.0
+	}
+	return value
+}
+
+func (c *CouchDB) generateFields(prefix string, obj metaData) map[string]interface{} {
+	fields := map[string]interface{}{
+		prefix + "_current": c.safeCheck(obj.Current),
+		prefix + "_sum":     c.safeCheck(obj.Sum),
+		prefix + "_mean":    c.safeCheck(obj.Mean),
+		prefix + "_stddev":  c.safeCheck(obj.Stddev),
+		prefix + "_min":     c.safeCheck(obj.Min),
+		prefix + "_max":     c.safeCheck(obj.Max),
+	}
+	return fields
+}
+
+func init() {
+	inputs.Add("couchdb", func() telegraf.Input {
+		return &CouchDB{}
+	})
+}
--- a/plugins/inputs/couchdb/couchdb_test.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/couchdb/couchdb_test.go
@ -0,0 +1,320 @@
+package couchdb_test
+
+import (
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs/couchdb"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/testutil"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/http/httptest"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestBasic(t *testing.T) {
+	js := `
+{
+    "couchdb": {
+        "auth_cache_misses": {
+            "description": "number of authentication cache misses",
+            "current": null,
+            "sum": null,
+            "mean": null,
+            "stddev": null,
+            "min": null,
+            "max": null
+        },
+        "database_writes": {
+            "description": "number of times a database was changed",
+            "current": null,
+            "sum": null,
+            "mean": null,
+            "stddev": null,
+            "min": null,
+            "max": null
+        },
+        "open_databases": {
+            "description": "number of open databases",
+            "current": null,
+            "sum": null,
+            "mean": null,
+            "stddev": null,
+            "min": null,
+            "max": null
+        },
+        "auth_cache_hits": {
+            "description": "number of authentication cache hits",
+            "current": null,
+            "sum": null,
+            "mean": null,
+            "stddev": null,
+            "min": null,
+            "max": null
+        },
+        "request_time": {
+            "description": "length of a request inside CouchDB without MochiWeb",
+            "current": 18.0,
+            "sum": 18.0,
+            "mean": 18.0,
+            "stddev": null,
+            "min": 18.0,
+            "max": 18.0
+        },
+        "database_reads": {
+            "description": "number of times a document was read from a database",
+            "current": null,
+            "sum": null,
+            "mean": null,
+            "stddev": null,
+            "min": null,
+            "max": null
+        },
+        "open_os_files": {
+            "description": "number of file descriptors CouchDB has open",
+            "current": null,
+            "sum": null,
+            "mean": null,
+            "stddev": null,
+            "min": null,
+            "max": null
+        }
+    },
+    "httpd_request_methods": {
+        "PUT": {
+            "description": "number of HTTP PUT requests",
+            "current": null,
+            "sum": null,
+            "mean": null,
+            "stddev": null,
+            "min": null,
+            "max": null
+        },
+        "GET": {
+            "description": "number of HTTP GET requests",
+            "current": 2.0,
+            "sum": 2.0,
+            "mean": 0.25,
+            "stddev": 0.70699999999999996181,
+            "min": 0,
+            "max": 2
+        },
+        "COPY": {
+            "description": "number of HTTP COPY requests",
+            "current": null,
+            "sum": null,
+            "mean": null,
+            "stddev": null,
+            "min": null,
+            "max": null
+        },
+        "DELETE": {
+            "description": "number of HTTP DELETE requests",
+            "current": null,
+            "sum": null,
+            "mean": null,
+            "stddev": null,
+            "min": null,
+            "max": null
+        },
+        "POST": {
+            "description": "number of HTTP POST requests",
+            "current": null,
+            "sum": null,
+            "mean": null,
+            "stddev": null,
+            "min": null,
+            "max": null
+        },
+        "HEAD": {
+            "description": "number of HTTP HEAD requests",
+            "current": null,
+            "sum": null,
+            "mean": null,
+            "stddev": null,
+            "min": null,
+            "max": null
+        }
+    },
+    "httpd_status_codes": {
+        "403": {
+            "description": "number of HTTP 403 Forbidden responses",
+            "current": null,
+            "sum": null,
+            "mean": null,
+            "stddev": null,
+            "min": null,
+            "max": null
+        },
+        "202": {
+            "description": "number of HTTP 202 Accepted responses",
+            "current": null,
+            "sum": null,
+            "mean": null,
+            "stddev": null,
+            "min": null,
+            "max": null
+        },
+        "401": {
+            "description": "number of HTTP 401 Unauthorized responses",
+            "current": null,
+            "sum": null,
+            "mean": null,
+            "stddev": null,
+            "min": null,
+            "max": null
+        },
+        "409": {
+            "description": "number of HTTP 409 Conflict responses",
+            "current": null,
+            "sum": null,
+            "mean": null,
+            "stddev": null,
+            "min": null,
+            "max": null
+        },
+        "200": {
+            "description": "number of HTTP 200 OK responses",
+            "current": 1.0,
+            "sum": 1.0,
+            "mean": 0.125,
+            "stddev": 0.35399999999999998135,
+            "min": 0,
+            "max": 1
+        },
+        "405": {
+            "description": "number of HTTP 405 Method Not Allowed responses",
+            "current": null,
+            "sum": null,
+            "mean": null,
+            "stddev": null,
+            "min": null,
+            "max": null
+        },
+        "400": {
+            "description": "number of HTTP 400 Bad Request responses",
+            "current": null,
+            "sum": null,
+            "mean": null,
+            "stddev": null,
+            "min": null,
+            "max": null
+        },
+        "201": {
+            "description": "number of HTTP 201 Created responses",
+            "current": null,
+            "sum": null,
+            "mean": null,
+            "stddev": null,
+            "min": null,
+            "max": null
+        },
+        "404": {
+            "description": "number of HTTP 404 Not Found responses",
+            "current": null,
+            "sum": null,
+            "mean": null,
+            "stddev": null,
+            "min": null,
+            "max": null
+        },
+        "500": {
+            "description": "number of HTTP 500 Internal Server Error responses",
+            "current": null,
+            "sum": null,
+            "mean": null,
+            "stddev": null,
+            "min": null,
+            "max": null
+        },
+        "412": {
+            "description": "number of HTTP 412 Precondition Failed responses",
+            "current": null,
+            "sum": null,
+            "mean": null,
+            "stddev": null,
+            "min": null,
+            "max": null
+        },
+        "301": {
+            "description": "number of HTTP 301 Moved Permanently responses",
+            "current": null,
+            "sum": null,
+            "mean": null,
+            "stddev": null,
+            "min": null,
+            "max": null
+        },
+        "304": {
+            "description": "number of HTTP 304 Not Modified responses",
+            "current": null,
+            "sum": null,
+            "mean": null,
+            "stddev": null,
+            "min": null,
+            "max": null
+        }
+    },
+    "httpd": {
+        "clients_requesting_changes": {
+            "description": "number of clients for continuous _changes",
+            "current": null,
+            "sum": null,
+            "mean": null,
+            "stddev": null,
+            "min": null,
+            "max": null
+        },
+        "temporary_view_reads": {
+            "description": "number of temporary view reads",
+            "current": null,
+            "sum": null,
+            "mean": null,
+            "stddev": null,
+            "min": null,
+            "max": null
+        },
+        "requests": {
+            "description": "number of HTTP requests",
+            "current": 2.0,
+            "sum": 2.0,
+            "mean": 0.25,
+            "stddev": 0.70699999999999996181,
+            "min": 0,
+            "max": 2
+        },
+        "bulk_requests": {
+            "description": "number of bulk requests",
+            "current": null,
+            "sum": null,
+            "mean": null,
+            "stddev": null,
+            "min": null,
+            "max": null
+        },
+        "view_reads": {
+            "description": "number of view reads",
+            "current": null,
+            "sum": null,
+            "mean": null,
+            "stddev": null,
+            "min": null,
+            "max": null
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+`
+	fakeServer := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		if r.URL.Path == "/_stats" {
+			_, _ = w.Write([]byte(js))
+		} else {
+			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusNotFound)
+		}
+	}))
+	defer fakeServer.Close()
+
+	plugin := &couchdb.CouchDB{
+		HOSTs: []string{fakeServer.URL + "/_stats"},
+	}
+
+	var acc testutil.Accumulator
+	require.NoError(t, plugin.Gather(&acc))
+}
--- a/plugins/inputs/disque/disque.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/disque/disque.go
@ -22,11 +22,11 @@ type Disque struct {
 }

 var sampleConfig = `
-  # An array of URI to gather stats about. Specify an ip or hostname
-  # with optional port and password. ie disque://localhost, disque://10.10.3.33:18832,
-  # 10.0.0.1:10000, etc.
-  #
-  # If no servers are specified, then localhost is used as the host.
+  ### An array of URI to gather stats about. Specify an ip or hostname
+  ### with optional port and password. ie disque://localhost, disque://10.10.3.33:18832,
+  ### 10.0.0.1:10000, etc.
+
+  ### If no servers are specified, then localhost is used as the host.
  servers = ["localhost"]
 `

--- a/plugins/inputs/docker/docker.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/docker/docker.go
@ -21,11 +21,11 @@ type Docker struct {
 }

 var sampleConfig = `
-  # Docker Endpoint
-  #   To use TCP, set endpoint = "tcp://[ip]:[port]"
-  #   To use environment variables (ie, docker-machine), set endpoint = "ENV"
+  ### Docker Endpoint
+  ###   To use TCP, set endpoint = "tcp://[ip]:[port]"
+  ###   To use environment variables (ie, docker-machine), set endpoint = "ENV"
  endpoint = "unix:///var/run/docker.sock"
-  # Only collect metrics for these containers, collect all if empty
+  ### Only collect metrics for these containers, collect all if empty
  container_names = []
 `

--- a/plugins/inputs/dovecot/README.md
+++ b/plugins/inputs/dovecot/README.md
@ -56,10 +56,13 @@ domains. You can read Dovecot's documentation

 ### Example Output:

+```
 telegraf -config telegraf.cfg -input-filter dovecot -test
+>>>>>>> upstream/master
 * Plugin: dovecot, Collection 1
 > dovecot,domain=xxxxx.it,server=dovecot--1.mail.sys clock_time=12105746411632.5,disk_input=115285225472i,disk_output=4885067755520i,invol_cs=169701886i,last_update="2016-02-09 08:49:47.000014113 +0100 CET",mail_cache_hits=441828i,mail_lookup_attr=0i,mail_lookup_path=25323i,mail_read_bytes=241188145i,mail_read_count=11719i,maj_faults=3168i,min_faults=321438988i,num_cmds=51635i,num_connected_sessions=2i,num_logins=17149i,read_bytes=7939026951110i,read_count=3716991752i,reset_timestamp="2016-01-28 09:34:36 +0100 CET",sys_cpu=222595.288,user_cpu=267468.08,vol_cs=3288715920i,write_bytes=4483648967059i,write_count=1640646952i 1455004219924838345
 > dovecot,domain=yyyyy.com,server=dovecot-1.mail.sys clock_time=6650794455331782,disk_input=61957695569920i,disk_output=2638244004487168i,invol_cs=2004805041i,last_update="2016-02-09 08:49:49.000251296 +0100 CET",mail_cache_hits=2499112513i,mail_lookup_attr=506730i,mail_lookup_path=39128227i,mail_read_bytes=1076496874501i,mail_read_count=32615262i,maj_faults=1643304i,min_faults=4216116325i,num_cmds=85785559i,num_connected_sessions=1177i,num_logins=11658255i,read_bytes=4289150974554145i,read_count=1112000703i,reset_timestamp="2016-01-28 09:31:26 +0100 CET",sys_cpu=121125923.032,user_cpu=145561336.428,vol_cs=205451885i,write_bytes=2420130526835796i,write_count=2991367252i 1455004219925152529
 > dovecot,domain=xxxxx.it,server=dovecot-2.mail.sys clock_time=10710826586999.143,disk_input=79792410624i,disk_output=4496066158592i,invol_cs=150426876i,last_update="2016-02-09 08:48:19.000209134 +0100 CET",mail_cache_hits=5480869i,mail_lookup_attr=0i,mail_lookup_path=122563i,mail_read_bytes=340746273i,mail_read_count=44275i,maj_faults=1722i,min_faults=288071875i,num_cmds=50098i,num_connected_sessions=0i,num_logins=16389i,read_bytes=7259551999517i,read_count=3396625369i,reset_timestamp="2016-01-28 09:31:29 +0100 CET",sys_cpu=200762.792,user_cpu=242477.664,vol_cs=2996657358i,write_bytes=4133381575263i,write_count=1497242759i 1455004219924888283
 > dovecot,domain=yyyyy.com,server=dovecot-2.mail.sys clock_time=6522131245483702,disk_input=48259150004224i,disk_output=2754333359087616i,invol_cs=2294595260i,last_update="2016-02-09 08:49:49.000251919 +0100 CET",mail_cache_hits=2139113611i,mail_lookup_attr=520276i,mail_lookup_path=37940318i,mail_read_bytes=1088002215022i,mail_read_count=31350271i,maj_faults=994420i,min_faults=1486260543i,num_cmds=40414997i,num_connected_sessions=978i,num_logins=11259672i,read_bytes=4445546612487315i,read_count=1763534543i,reset_timestamp="2016-01-28 09:31:24 +0100 CET",sys_cpu=123655962.668,user_cpu=149259327.032,vol_cs=4215130546i,write_bytes=2531186030222761i,write_count=2186579650i 1455004219925398372
+```

--- a/plugins/inputs/dovecot/dovecot.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/dovecot/dovecot.go
@ -24,13 +24,13 @@ func (d *Dovecot) Description() string {
 }

 var sampleConfig = `
-  #  specify dovecot servers via an address:port list
-  #  e.g.
-  #    localhost:24242
-  #
-  # If no servers are specified, then localhost is used as the host.
+  ### specify dovecot servers via an address:port list
+  ###  e.g.
+  ###    localhost:24242
+  ###
+  ### If no servers are specified, then localhost is used as the host.
  servers = ["localhost:24242"]
-  # Only collect metrics for these domains, collect all if empty
+  ### Only collect metrics for these domains, collect all if empty
  domains = []
 `

--- a/plugins/inputs/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.go
@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ import (
 	"time"

 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/internal"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs"
+	jsonparser "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/parsers/json"
 )

 const statsPath = "/_nodes/stats"
@ -59,14 +59,14 @@ type indexHealth struct {
 }

 const sampleConfig = `
-  # specify a list of one or more Elasticsearch servers
+  ### specify a list of one or more Elasticsearch servers
  servers = ["http://localhost:9200"]

-  # set local to false when you want to read the indices stats from all nodes
-  # within the cluster
+  ### set local to false when you want to read the indices stats from all nodes
+  ### within the cluster
  local = true

-  # set cluster_health to true when you want to also obtain cluster level stats
+  ### set cluster_health to true when you want to also obtain cluster level stats
  cluster_health = false
 `

@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ func (e *Elasticsearch) gatherNodeStats(url string, acc telegraf.Accumulator) er

 		now := time.Now()
 		for p, s := range stats {
-			f := internal.JSONFlattener{}
+			f := jsonparser.JSONFlattener{}
 			err := f.FlattenJSON("", s)
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
--- a/plugins/inputs/exec/README.md
+++ b/plugins/inputs/exec/README.md
@ -1,7 +1,23 @@
 # Exec Input Plugin

-The exec plugin can execute arbitrary commands which output JSON or
-InfluxDB [line-protocol](https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/v0.9/write_protocols/line/).
+The exec plugin can execute arbitrary commands which output:
+
+* JSON
+* InfluxDB [line-protocol](https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/v0.9/write_protocols/line/)
+* Graphite [graphite-protocol](http://graphite.readthedocs.org/en/latest/feeding-carbon.html)
+
+> Graphite understands messages with this format:
+
+> ```
+metric_path value timestamp\n
+```
+
+> __metric_path__ is the metric namespace that you want to populate.
+
+> __value__ is the value that you want to assign to the metric at this time.
+
+> __timestamp__ is the unix epoch time.
+

 If using JSON, only numeric values are parsed and turned into floats. Booleans
 and strings will be ignored.
@ -11,21 +27,40 @@ and strings will be ignored.
 ```
 # Read flattened metrics from one or more commands that output JSON to stdout
 [[inputs.exec]]
-  # the command to run
-  command = "/usr/bin/mycollector --foo=bar"
+  # Shell/commands array
+  commands = ["/tmp/test.sh", "/tmp/test2.sh"]

-  # Data format to consume. This can be "json" or "influx" (line-protocol)
+  # Data format to consume. This can be "json", "influx" or "graphite" (line-protocol)
  # NOTE json only reads numerical measurements, strings and booleans are ignored.
  data_format = "json"

  # measurement name suffix (for separating different commands)
  name_suffix = "_mycollector"
+
+  ### Below configuration will be used for data_format = "graphite", can be ignored for other data_format
+  ### If matching multiple measurement files, this string will be used to join the matched values.
+  #separator = "."
+
+  ### Each template line requires a template pattern.  It can have an optional
+  ### filter before the template and separated by spaces.  It can also have optional extra
+  ### tags following the template.  Multiple tags should be separated by commas and no spaces
+  ### similar to the line protocol format.  The can be only one default template.
+  ### Templates support below format:
+  ### 1. filter + template
+  ### 2. filter + template + extra tag
+  ### 3. filter + template with field key
+  ### 4. default template
+  #templates = [
+  #  "*.app env.service.resource.measurement",
+  #  "stats.* .host.measurement* region=us-west,agent=sensu",
+  #  "stats2.* .host.measurement.field",
+  #  "measurement*"
+  #]
 ```

 Other options for modifying the measurement names are:

 ```
-name_override = "measurement_name"
 name_prefix = "prefix_"
 ```

@ -57,8 +92,11 @@ Now let's say we have the following configuration:

 ```
 [[inputs.exec]]
-  # the command to run
-  command = "/usr/bin/line_protocol_collector"
+  # Shell/commands array
+  # compatible with old version
+  # we can still use the old command configuration
+  # command = "/usr/bin/line_protocol_collector"
+  commands = ["/usr/bin/line_protocol_collector","/tmp/test2.sh"]

  # Data format to consume. This can be "json" or "influx" (line-protocol)
  # NOTE json only reads numerical measurements, strings and booleans are ignored.
@ -80,3 +118,63 @@ cpu,cpu=cpu6,host=foo,datacenter=us-east usage_idle=99,usage_busy=1
 You will get data in InfluxDB exactly as it is defined above,
 tags are cpu=cpuN, host=foo, and datacenter=us-east with fields usage_idle
 and usage_busy. They will receive a timestamp at collection time.
+
+
+### Example 3
+
+We can also change the data_format to "graphite" to use the metrics collecting scripts such as (compatible with graphite):
+
+* Nagios [Mertics Plugins] (https://exchange.nagios.org/directory/Plugins)
+* Sensu [Mertics Plugins] (https://github.com/sensu-plugins)
+
+#### Configuration
+```
+# Read flattened metrics from one or more commands that output JSON to stdout
+[[inputs.exec]]
+  # Shell/commands array
+  commands = ["/tmp/test.sh","/tmp/test2.sh"]
+
+  # Data format to consume. This can be "json", "influx" or "graphite" (line-protocol)
+  # NOTE json only reads numerical measurements, strings and booleans are ignored.
+  data_format = "graphite"
+
+  # measurement name suffix (for separating different commands)
+  name_suffix = "_mycollector"
+
+  ### Below configuration will be used for data_format = "graphite", can be ignored for other data_format
+  ### If matching multiple measurement files, this string will be used to join the matched values.
+  separator = "."
+
+  ### Each template line requires a template pattern.  It can have an optional
+  ### filter before the template and separated by spaces.  It can also have optional extra
+  ### tags following the template.  Multiple tags should be separated by commas and no spaces
+  ### similar to the line protocol format.  The can be only one default template.
+  ### Templates support below format:
+  ### 1. filter + template
+  ### 2. filter + template + extra tag
+  ### 3. filter + template with field key
+  ### 4. default template
+  templates = [
+    "*.app env.service.resource.measurement",
+    "stats.* .host.measurement* region=us-west,agent=sensu",
+    "stats2.* .host.measurement.field",
+    "measurement*"
+  ]
+```
+
+And test.sh/test2.sh will output:
+
+```
+sensu.metric.net.server0.eth0.rx_packets 461295119435 1444234982
+sensu.metric.net.server0.eth0.tx_bytes 1093086493388480 1444234982
+sensu.metric.net.server0.eth0.rx_bytes 1015633926034834 1444234982
+sensu.metric.net.server0.eth0.tx_errors 0 1444234982
+sensu.metric.net.server0.eth0.rx_errors 0 1444234982
+sensu.metric.net.server0.eth0.tx_dropped 0 1444234982
+sensu.metric.net.server0.eth0.rx_dropped 0 1444234982
+```
+
+The templates configuration will be used to parse the graphite metrics to support influxdb/opentsdb tagging store engines.
+
+More detail information about templates, please refer to [The graphite Input] (https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb/blob/master/services/graphite/README.md)
+
--- a/plugins/inputs/exec/exec.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/exec/exec.go
@ -2,62 +2,90 @@ package exec

 import (
 	"bytes"
-	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"os/exec"
-	"time"
+	"sync"

 	"github.com/gonuts/go-shellquote"

 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/internal"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/parsers"
 )

 const sampleConfig = `
-  # the command to run
-  command = "/usr/bin/mycollector --foo=bar"
+  ### Commands array
+  commands = ["/tmp/test.sh", "/usr/bin/mycollector --foo=bar"]

-  # Data format to consume. This can be "json" or "influx" (line-protocol)
-  # NOTE json only reads numerical measurements, strings and booleans are ignored.
-  data_format = "json"
-
-  # measurement name suffix (for separating different commands)
+  ### measurement name suffix (for separating different commands)
  name_suffix = "_mycollector"
+
+  ### Data format to consume. This can be "json", "influx" or "graphite"
+  ### Each data format has it's own unique set of configuration options, read
+  ### more about them here:
+  ### https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/blob/master/DATA_FORMATS_INPUT.md
+  data_format = "influx"
 `

 type Exec struct {
+	Commands []string
 	Command  string
-	DataFormat string
+
+	parser parsers.Parser
+
+	wg sync.WaitGroup

 	runner  Runner
+	errChan chan error
+}
+
+func NewExec() *Exec {
+	return &Exec{
+		runner: CommandRunner{},
+	}
 }

 type Runner interface {
-	Run(*Exec) ([]byte, error)
+	Run(*Exec, string) ([]byte, error)
 }

 type CommandRunner struct{}

-func (c CommandRunner) Run(e *Exec) ([]byte, error) {
-	split_cmd, err := shellquote.Split(e.Command)
+func (c CommandRunner) Run(e *Exec, command string) ([]byte, error) {
+	split_cmd, err := shellquote.Split(command)
 	if err != nil || len(split_cmd) == 0 {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("exec: unable to parse command, %s", err)
 	}

 	cmd := exec.Command(split_cmd[0], split_cmd[1:]...)
+
 	var out bytes.Buffer
 	cmd.Stdout = &out

 	if err := cmd.Run(); err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("exec: %s for command '%s'", err, e.Command)
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("exec: %s for command '%s'", err, command)
 	}

 	return out.Bytes(), nil
 }

-func NewExec() *Exec {
-	return &Exec{runner: CommandRunner{}}
+func (e *Exec) ProcessCommand(command string, acc telegraf.Accumulator) {
+	defer e.wg.Done()
+
+	out, err := e.runner.Run(e, command)
+	if err != nil {
+		e.errChan <- err
+		return
+	}
+
+	metrics, err := e.parser.Parse(out)
+	if err != nil {
+		e.errChan <- err
+	} else {
+		for _, metric := range metrics {
+			acc.AddFields(metric.Name(), metric.Fields(), metric.Tags(), metric.Time())
+		}
+	}
 }

 func (e *Exec) SampleConfig() string {
@ -65,42 +93,37 @@ func (e *Exec) SampleConfig() string {
 }

 func (e *Exec) Description() string {
-	return "Read flattened metrics from one or more commands that output JSON to stdout"
+	return "Read metrics from one or more commands that can output to stdout"
+}
+
+func (e *Exec) SetParser(parser parsers.Parser) {
+	e.parser = parser
 }

 func (e *Exec) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
-	out, err := e.runner.Run(e)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
+	// Legacy single command support
+	if e.Command != "" {
+		e.Commands = append(e.Commands, e.Command)
+		e.Command = ""
 	}

-	switch e.DataFormat {
-	case "", "json":
-		var jsonOut interface{}
-		err = json.Unmarshal(out, &jsonOut)
-		if err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("exec: unable to parse output of '%s' as JSON, %s",
-				e.Command, err)
-		}
+	e.errChan = make(chan error, len(e.Commands))

-		f := internal.JSONFlattener{}
-		err = f.FlattenJSON("", jsonOut)
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
+	e.wg.Add(len(e.Commands))
+	for _, command := range e.Commands {
+		go e.ProcessCommand(command, acc)
 	}
-		acc.AddFields("exec", f.Fields, nil)
-	case "influx":
-		now := time.Now()
-		metrics, err := telegraf.ParseMetrics(out)
-		for _, metric := range metrics {
-			acc.AddFields(metric.Name(), metric.Fields(), metric.Tags(), now)
-		}
-		return err
+	e.wg.Wait()
+
+	select {
 	default:
-		return fmt.Errorf("Unsupported data format: %s. Must be either json "+
-			"or influx.", e.DataFormat)
-	}
+		close(e.errChan)
 		return nil
+	case err := <-e.errChan:
+		close(e.errChan)
+		return err
+	}
+
 }

 func init() {
--- a/plugins/inputs/exec/exec_test.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/exec/exec_test.go
@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"testing"

+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/parsers"
+
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/testutil"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
@ -55,7 +57,7 @@ func newRunnerMock(out []byte, err error) Runner {
 	}
 }

-func (r runnerMock) Run(e *Exec) ([]byte, error) {
+func (r runnerMock) Run(e *Exec, command string) ([]byte, error) {
 	if r.err != nil {
 		return nil, r.err
 	}
@ -63,9 +65,11 @@ func (r runnerMock) Run(e *Exec) ([]byte, error) {
 }

 func TestExec(t *testing.T) {
+	parser, _ := parsers.NewJSONParser("exec", []string{}, nil)
 	e := &Exec{
 		runner:   newRunnerMock([]byte(validJson), nil),
-		Command: "testcommand arg1",
+		Commands: []string{"testcommand arg1"},
+		parser:   parser,
 	}

 	var acc testutil.Accumulator
@ -87,9 +91,11 @@ func TestExec(t *testing.T) {
 }

 func TestExecMalformed(t *testing.T) {
+	parser, _ := parsers.NewJSONParser("exec", []string{}, nil)
 	e := &Exec{
 		runner:   newRunnerMock([]byte(malformedJson), nil),
-		Command: "badcommand arg1",
+		Commands: []string{"badcommand arg1"},
+		parser:   parser,
 	}

 	var acc testutil.Accumulator
@ -99,9 +105,11 @@ func TestExecMalformed(t *testing.T) {
 }

 func TestCommandError(t *testing.T) {
+	parser, _ := parsers.NewJSONParser("exec", []string{}, nil)
 	e := &Exec{
 		runner:   newRunnerMock(nil, fmt.Errorf("exit status code 1")),
-		Command: "badcommand",
+		Commands: []string{"badcommand"},
+		parser:   parser,
 	}

 	var acc testutil.Accumulator
@ -111,10 +119,11 @@ func TestCommandError(t *testing.T) {
 }

 func TestLineProtocolParse(t *testing.T) {
+	parser, _ := parsers.NewInfluxParser()
 	e := &Exec{
 		runner:   newRunnerMock([]byte(lineProtocol), nil),
-		Command:    "line-protocol",
-		DataFormat: "influx",
+		Commands: []string{"line-protocol"},
+		parser:   parser,
 	}

 	var acc testutil.Accumulator
@ -133,10 +142,11 @@ func TestLineProtocolParse(t *testing.T) {
 }

 func TestLineProtocolParseMultiple(t *testing.T) {
+	parser, _ := parsers.NewInfluxParser()
 	e := &Exec{
 		runner:   newRunnerMock([]byte(lineProtocolMulti), nil),
-		Command:    "line-protocol",
-		DataFormat: "influx",
+		Commands: []string{"line-protocol"},
+		parser:   parser,
 	}

 	var acc testutil.Accumulator
@ -158,15 +168,3 @@ func TestLineProtocolParseMultiple(t *testing.T) {
 		acc.AssertContainsTaggedFields(t, "cpu", fields, tags)
 	}
 }
-
-func TestInvalidDataFormat(t *testing.T) {
-	e := &Exec{
-		runner:     newRunnerMock([]byte(lineProtocol), nil),
-		Command:    "bad data format",
-		DataFormat: "FooBar",
-	}
-
-	var acc testutil.Accumulator
-	err := e.Gather(&acc)
-	require.Error(t, err)
-}
--- a/plugins/inputs/github_webhooks/github_webhooks.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/github_webhooks/github_webhooks.go
@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ func NewGithubWebhooks() *GithubWebhooks {

 func (gh *GithubWebhooks) SampleConfig() string {
 	return `
-  # Address and port to host Webhook listener on
+  ### Address and port to host Webhook listener on
  service_address = ":1618"
 `
 }
--- a/plugins/inputs/haproxy/haproxy.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/haproxy/haproxy.go
@ -86,13 +86,13 @@ type haproxy struct {
 }

 var sampleConfig = `
-  # An array of address to gather stats about. Specify an ip on hostname
-  # with optional port. ie localhost, 10.10.3.33:1936, etc.
-  #
-  # If no servers are specified, then default to 127.0.0.1:1936
+  ### An array of address to gather stats about. Specify an ip on hostname
+  ### with optional port. ie localhost, 10.10.3.33:1936, etc.
+
+  ### If no servers are specified, then default to 127.0.0.1:1936
  servers = ["http://myhaproxy.com:1936", "http://anotherhaproxy.com:1936"]
-  # Or you can also use local socket(not work yet)
-  # servers = ["socket://run/haproxy/admin.sock"]
+  ### Or you can also use local socket(not work yet)
+  ### servers = ["socket://run/haproxy/admin.sock"]
 `

 func (r *haproxy) SampleConfig() string {
--- a/plugins/inputs/httpjson/httpjson.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/httpjson/httpjson.go
@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package httpjson

 import (
-	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io/ioutil"
@ -12,8 +11,8 @@ import (
 	"time"

 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/internal"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/parsers"
 )

 type HttpJson struct {
@ -47,37 +46,36 @@ func (c RealHTTPClient) MakeRequest(req *http.Request) (*http.Response, error) {
 }

 var sampleConfig = `
-  # NOTE This plugin only reads numerical measurements, strings and booleans
-  # will be ignored.
+  ### NOTE This plugin only reads numerical measurements, strings and booleans
+  ### will be ignored.

-  # a name for the service being polled
+  ### a name for the service being polled
  name = "webserver_stats"

-  # URL of each server in the service's cluster
+  ### URL of each server in the service's cluster
  servers = [
    "http://localhost:9999/stats/",
    "http://localhost:9998/stats/",
  ]

-  # HTTP method to use (case-sensitive)
+  ### HTTP method to use (case-sensitive)
  method = "GET"

-  # List of tag names to extract from top-level of JSON server response
+  ### List of tag names to extract from top-level of JSON server response
  # tag_keys = [
  #   "my_tag_1",
  #   "my_tag_2"
  # ]

-  # HTTP parameters (all values must be strings)
+  ### HTTP parameters (all values must be strings)
  [inputs.httpjson.parameters]
    event_type = "cpu_spike"
    threshold = "0.75"

-  # HTTP Header parameters (all values must be strings)
+  ### HTTP Header parameters (all values must be strings)
  # [inputs.httpjson.headers]
  #   X-Auth-Token = "my-xauth-token"
  #   apiVersion = "v1"
-
 `

 func (h *HttpJson) SampleConfig() string {
@ -137,39 +135,34 @@ func (h *HttpJson) gatherServer(
 		return err
 	}

-	var jsonOut map[string]interface{}
-	if err = json.Unmarshal([]byte(resp), &jsonOut); err != nil {
-		return errors.New("Error decoding JSON response")
-	}
-
-	tags := map[string]string{
-		"server": serverURL,
-	}
-
-	for _, tag := range h.TagKeys {
-		switch v := jsonOut[tag].(type) {
-		case string:
-			tags[tag] = v
-		}
-		delete(jsonOut, tag)
-	}
-
-	if responseTime >= 0 {
-		jsonOut["response_time"] = responseTime
-	}
-	f := internal.JSONFlattener{}
-	err = f.FlattenJSON("", jsonOut)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
 	var msrmnt_name string
 	if h.Name == "" {
 		msrmnt_name = "httpjson"
 	} else {
 		msrmnt_name = "httpjson_" + h.Name
 	}
-	acc.AddFields(msrmnt_name, f.Fields, tags)
+	tags := map[string]string{
+		"server": serverURL,
+	}
+
+	parser, err := parsers.NewJSONParser(msrmnt_name, h.TagKeys, tags)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	metrics, err := parser.Parse([]byte(resp))
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	for _, metric := range metrics {
+		fields := make(map[string]interface{})
+		for k, v := range metric.Fields() {
+			fields[k] = v
+		}
+		fields["response_time"] = responseTime
+		acc.AddFields(metric.Name(), fields, metric.Tags())
+	}
 	return nil
 }

--- a/plugins/inputs/influxdb/influxdb.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/influxdb/influxdb.go
@ -22,11 +22,11 @@ func (*InfluxDB) Description() string {

 func (*InfluxDB) SampleConfig() string {
 	return `
-  # Works with InfluxDB debug endpoints out of the box,
-  # but other services can use this format too.
-  # See the influxdb plugin's README for more details.
+  ### Works with InfluxDB debug endpoints out of the box,
+  ### but other services can use this format too.
+  ### See the influxdb plugin's README for more details.

-  # Multiple URLs from which to read InfluxDB-formatted JSON
+  ### Multiple URLs from which to read InfluxDB-formatted JSON
  urls = [
    "http://localhost:8086/debug/vars"
  ]
--- a/plugins/inputs/jolokia/jolokia.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/jolokia/jolokia.go
@ -46,10 +46,10 @@ type Jolokia struct {

 func (j *Jolokia) SampleConfig() string {
 	return `
-  # This is the context root used to compose the jolokia url
+  ### This is the context root used to compose the jolokia url
  context = "/jolokia/read"

-  # List of servers exposing jolokia read service
+  ### List of servers exposing jolokia read service
  [[inputs.jolokia.servers]]
    name = "stable"
    host = "192.168.103.2"
@ -57,9 +57,10 @@ func (j *Jolokia) SampleConfig() string {
    # username = "myuser"
    # password = "mypassword"

-  # List of metrics collected on above servers
-  # Each metric consists in a name, a jmx path and either a pass or drop slice attributes
-  # This collect all heap memory usage metrics
+  ### List of metrics collected on above servers
+  ### Each metric consists in a name, a jmx path and either
+  ### a pass or drop slice attribute.
+  ### This collect all heap memory usage metrics.
  [[inputs.jolokia.metrics]]
    name = "heap_memory_usage"
    jmx  = "/java.lang:type=Memory/HeapMemoryUsage"
--- a/plugins/inputs/kafka_consumer/kafka_consumer.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/kafka_consumer/kafka_consumer.go
@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 package kafka_consumer

 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"log"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"

 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/parsers"

 	"github.com/Shopify/sarama"
 	"github.com/wvanbergen/kafka/consumergroup"
@ -20,6 +22,8 @@ type Kafka struct {
 	PointBuffer    int
 	Offset         string

+	parser parsers.Parser
+
 	sync.Mutex

 	// channel for all incoming kafka messages
@ -36,16 +40,22 @@ type Kafka struct {
 }

 var sampleConfig = `
-  # topic(s) to consume
+  ### topic(s) to consume
  topics = ["telegraf"]
-  # an array of Zookeeper connection strings
+  ### an array of Zookeeper connection strings
  zookeeper_peers = ["localhost:2181"]
-  # the name of the consumer group
+  ### the name of the consumer group
  consumer_group = "telegraf_metrics_consumers"
-  # Maximum number of points to buffer between collection intervals
+  ### Maximum number of points to buffer between collection intervals
  point_buffer = 100000
-  # Offset (must be either "oldest" or "newest")
+  ### Offset (must be either "oldest" or "newest")
  offset = "oldest"
+
+  ### Data format to consume. This can be "json", "influx" or "graphite"
+  ### Each data format has it's own unique set of configuration options, read
+  ### more about them here:
+  ### https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/blob/master/DATA_FORMATS_INPUT.md
+  data_format = "influx"
 `

 func (k *Kafka) SampleConfig() string {
@ -53,7 +63,11 @@ func (k *Kafka) SampleConfig() string {
 }

 func (k *Kafka) Description() string {
-	return "Read line-protocol metrics from Kafka topic(s)"
+	return "Read metrics from Kafka topic(s)"
+}
+
+func (k *Kafka) SetParser(parser parsers.Parser) {
+	k.parser = parser
 }

 func (k *Kafka) Start() error {
@ -96,15 +110,15 @@ func (k *Kafka) Start() error {
 	k.metricC = make(chan telegraf.Metric, k.PointBuffer)

 	// Start the kafka message reader
-	go k.parser()
+	go k.receiver()
 	log.Printf("Started the kafka consumer service, peers: %v, topics: %v\n",
 		k.ZookeeperPeers, k.Topics)
 	return nil
 }

-// parser() reads all incoming messages from the consumer, and parses them into
+// receiver() reads all incoming messages from the consumer, and parses them into
 // influxdb metric points.
-func (k *Kafka) parser() {
+func (k *Kafka) receiver() {
 	for {
 		select {
 		case <-k.done:
@ -112,13 +126,14 @@ func (k *Kafka) parser() {
 		case err := <-k.errs:
 			log.Printf("Kafka Consumer Error: %s\n", err.Error())
 		case msg := <-k.in:
-			metrics, err := telegraf.ParseMetrics(msg.Value)
+			metrics, err := k.parser.Parse(msg.Value)
 			if err != nil {
 				log.Printf("Could not parse kafka message: %s, error: %s",
 					string(msg.Value), err.Error())
 			}

 			for _, metric := range metrics {
+				fmt.Println(string(metric.Name()))
 				select {
 				case k.metricC <- metric:
 					continue
--- a/plugins/inputs/kafka_consumer/kafka_consumer_integration_test.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/kafka_consumer/kafka_consumer_integration_test.go
@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/testutil"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/parsers"
 )

 func TestReadsMetricsFromKafka(t *testing.T) {
@ -40,6 +42,8 @@ func TestReadsMetricsFromKafka(t *testing.T) {
 		PointBuffer:    100000,
 		Offset:         "oldest",
 	}
+	p, _ := parsers.NewInfluxParser()
+	k.SetParser(p)
 	if err := k.Start(); err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err.Error())
 	} else {
--- a/plugins/inputs/kafka_consumer/kafka_consumer_test.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/kafka_consumer/kafka_consumer_test.go
@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"time"

 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/parsers"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/testutil"

 	"github.com/Shopify/sarama"
@ -13,6 +14,8 @@ import (

 const (
 	testMsg         = "cpu_load_short,host=server01 value=23422.0 1422568543702900257"
+	testMsgGraphite = "cpu.load.short.graphite 23422 1454780029"
+	testMsgJSON     = "{\"a\": 5, \"b\": {\"c\": 6}}\n"
 	invalidMsg      = "cpu_load_short,host=server01 1422568543702900257"
 	pointBuffer     = 5
 )
@ -39,7 +42,8 @@ func TestRunParser(t *testing.T) {
 	k, in := NewTestKafka()
 	defer close(k.done)

-	go k.parser()
+	k.parser, _ = parsers.NewInfluxParser()
+	go k.receiver()
 	in <- saramaMsg(testMsg)
 	time.Sleep(time.Millisecond)

@ -51,7 +55,8 @@ func TestRunParserInvalidMsg(t *testing.T) {
 	k, in := NewTestKafka()
 	defer close(k.done)

-	go k.parser()
+	k.parser, _ = parsers.NewInfluxParser()
+	go k.receiver()
 	in <- saramaMsg(invalidMsg)
 	time.Sleep(time.Millisecond)

@ -63,7 +68,8 @@ func TestRunParserRespectsBuffer(t *testing.T) {
 	k, in := NewTestKafka()
 	defer close(k.done)

-	go k.parser()
+	k.parser, _ = parsers.NewInfluxParser()
+	go k.receiver()
 	for i := 0; i < pointBuffer+1; i++ {
 		in <- saramaMsg(testMsg)
 	}
@ -77,7 +83,8 @@ func TestRunParserAndGather(t *testing.T) {
 	k, in := NewTestKafka()
 	defer close(k.done)

-	go k.parser()
+	k.parser, _ = parsers.NewInfluxParser()
+	go k.receiver()
 	in <- saramaMsg(testMsg)
 	time.Sleep(time.Millisecond)

@ -89,6 +96,45 @@ func TestRunParserAndGather(t *testing.T) {
 		map[string]interface{}{"value": float64(23422)})
 }

+// Test that the parser parses kafka messages into points
+func TestRunParserAndGatherGraphite(t *testing.T) {
+	k, in := NewTestKafka()
+	defer close(k.done)
+
+	k.parser, _ = parsers.NewGraphiteParser("_", []string{}, nil)
+	go k.receiver()
+	in <- saramaMsg(testMsgGraphite)
+	time.Sleep(time.Millisecond)
+
+	acc := testutil.Accumulator{}
+	k.Gather(&acc)
+
+	assert.Equal(t, len(acc.Metrics), 1)
+	acc.AssertContainsFields(t, "cpu_load_short_graphite",
+		map[string]interface{}{"value": float64(23422)})
+}
+
+// Test that the parser parses kafka messages into points
+func TestRunParserAndGatherJSON(t *testing.T) {
+	k, in := NewTestKafka()
+	defer close(k.done)
+
+	k.parser, _ = parsers.NewJSONParser("kafka_json_test", []string{}, nil)
+	go k.receiver()
+	in <- saramaMsg(testMsgJSON)
+	time.Sleep(time.Millisecond)
+
+	acc := testutil.Accumulator{}
+	k.Gather(&acc)
+
+	assert.Equal(t, len(acc.Metrics), 1)
+	acc.AssertContainsFields(t, "kafka_json_test",
+		map[string]interface{}{
+			"a":   float64(5),
+			"b_c": float64(6),
+		})
+}
+
 func saramaMsg(val string) *sarama.ConsumerMessage {
 	return &sarama.ConsumerMessage{
 		Key:       nil,
--- a/plugins/inputs/leofs/leofs.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/leofs/leofs.go
@ -132,10 +132,8 @@ var serverTypeMapping = map[string]ServerType{
 }

 var sampleConfig = `
-  # An array of URI to gather stats about LeoFS.
-  # Specify an ip or hostname with port. ie 127.0.0.1:4020
-  #
-  # If no servers are specified, then 127.0.0.1 is used as the host and 4020 as the port.
+  ### An array of URI to gather stats about LeoFS.
+  ### Specify an ip or hostname with port. ie 127.0.0.1:4020
  servers = ["127.0.0.1:4021"]
 `

--- a/plugins/inputs/lustre2/lustre2.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/lustre2/lustre2.go
@ -29,10 +29,13 @@ type Lustre2 struct {
 }

 var sampleConfig = `
-  # An array of /proc globs to search for Lustre stats
-  # If not specified, the default will work on Lustre 2.5.x
-  #
-  # ost_procfiles = ["/proc/fs/lustre/obdfilter/*/stats", "/proc/fs/lustre/osd-ldiskfs/*/stats"]
+  ### An array of /proc globs to search for Lustre stats
+  ### If not specified, the default will work on Lustre 2.5.x
+  ###
+  # ost_procfiles = [
+  #   "/proc/fs/lustre/obdfilter/*/stats",
+  #   "/proc/fs/lustre/osd-ldiskfs/*/stats"
+  # ]
  # mds_procfiles = ["/proc/fs/lustre/mdt/*/md_stats"]
 `

--- a/plugins/inputs/mailchimp/mailchimp.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/mailchimp/mailchimp.go
@ -17,13 +17,13 @@ type MailChimp struct {
 }

 var sampleConfig = `
-  # MailChimp API key
-  # get from https://admin.mailchimp.com/account/api/
+  ### MailChimp API key
+  ### get from https://admin.mailchimp.com/account/api/
  api_key = "" # required
-  # Reports for campaigns sent more than days_old ago will not be collected.
-  # 0 means collect all.
+  ### Reports for campaigns sent more than days_old ago will not be collected.
+  ### 0 means collect all.
  days_old = 0
-  # Campaign ID to get, if empty gets all campaigns, this option overrides days_old
+  ### Campaign ID to get, if empty gets all campaigns, this option overrides days_old
  # campaign_id = ""
 `

--- a/plugins/inputs/memcached/memcached.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/memcached/memcached.go
@ -19,10 +19,8 @@ type Memcached struct {
 }

 var sampleConfig = `
-  # An array of address to gather stats about. Specify an ip on hostname
-  # with optional port. ie localhost, 10.0.0.1:11211, etc.
-  #
-  # If no servers are specified, then localhost is used as the host.
+  ### An array of address to gather stats about. Specify an ip on hostname
+  ### with optional port. ie localhost, 10.0.0.1:11211, etc.
  servers = ["localhost:11211"]
  # unix_sockets = ["/var/run/memcached.sock"]
 `
--- a/plugins/inputs/mongodb/mongodb.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/mongodb/mongodb.go
@ -26,11 +26,11 @@ type Ssl struct {
 }

 var sampleConfig = `
-  # An array of URI to gather stats about. Specify an ip or hostname
-  # with optional port add password. ie mongodb://user:auth_key@10.10.3.30:27017,
-  # mongodb://10.10.3.33:18832, 10.0.0.1:10000, etc.
-  #
-  # If no servers are specified, then 127.0.0.1 is used as the host and 27107 as the port.
+  ### An array of URI to gather stats about. Specify an ip or hostname
+  ### with optional port add password. ie,
+  ###   mongodb://user:auth_key@10.10.3.30:27017,
+  ###   mongodb://10.10.3.33:18832,
+  ###   10.0.0.1:10000, etc.
  servers = ["127.0.0.1:27017"]
 `

--- a/plugins/inputs/mysql/mysql.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/mysql/mysql.go
@ -15,14 +15,14 @@ type Mysql struct {
 }

 var sampleConfig = `
-  # specify servers via a url matching:
-  #  [username[:password]@][protocol[(address)]]/[?tls=[true|false|skip-verify]]
-  #  see https://github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql#dsn-data-source-name
-  #  e.g.
-  #    root:passwd@tcp(127.0.0.1:3306)/?tls=false
-  #    root@tcp(127.0.0.1:3306)/?tls=false
-  #
-  # If no servers are specified, then localhost is used as the host.
+  ### specify servers via a url matching:
+  ###  [username[:password]@][protocol[(address)]]/[?tls=[true|false|skip-verify]]
+  ###  see https://github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql#dsn-data-source-name
+  ###  e.g.
+  ###    root:passwd@tcp(127.0.0.1:3306)/?tls=false
+  ###    root@tcp(127.0.0.1:3306)/?tls=false
+  ###
+  ### If no servers are specified, then localhost is used as the host.
  servers = ["tcp(127.0.0.1:3306)/"]
 `

--- a/plugins/inputs/nginx/nginx.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/nginx/nginx.go
@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ type Nginx struct {
 }

 var sampleConfig = `
-  # An array of Nginx stub_status URI to gather stats.
+  ### An array of Nginx stub_status URI to gather stats.
  urls = ["http://localhost/status"]
 `

--- a/plugins/inputs/nsq/nsq.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/nsq/nsq.go
@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ type NSQ struct {
 }

 var sampleConfig = `
-  # An array of NSQD HTTP API endpoints
+  ### An array of NSQD HTTP API endpoints
  endpoints = ["http://localhost:4151"]
 `

--- a/plugins/inputs/passenger/passenger.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/passenger/passenger.go
@ -126,15 +126,14 @@ func (p *process) getUptime() int64 {
 }

 var sampleConfig = `
-	# Path of passenger-status.
-	#
-	# Plugin gather metric via parsing XML output of passenger-status
-	# More information about the tool:
-	#   https://www.phusionpassenger.com/library/admin/apache/overall_status_report.html
-	#
-	#
-	# If no path is specified, then the plugin simply execute passenger-status
-	# hopefully it can be found in your PATH
+  ### Path of passenger-status.
+  ###
+  ### Plugin gather metric via parsing XML output of passenger-status
+  ### More information about the tool:
+  ###   https://www.phusionpassenger.com/library/admin/apache/overall_status_report.html
+  ###
+  ### If no path is specified, then the plugin simply execute passenger-status
+  ### hopefully it can be found in your PATH
  command = "passenger-status -v --show=xml"
 `

--- a/plugins/inputs/phpfpm/phpfpm.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/phpfpm/phpfpm.go
@ -41,26 +41,25 @@ type phpfpm struct {
 }

 var sampleConfig = `
-  # An array of addresses to gather stats about. Specify an ip or hostname
-  # with optional port and path
-  #
-  # Plugin can be configured in three modes (either can be used):
-  #   - http: the URL must start with http:// or https://, ie:
-  #       "http://localhost/status"
-  #       "http://192.168.130.1/status?full"
-  #
-  #   - unixsocket: path to fpm socket, ie:
-  #       "/var/run/php5-fpm.sock"
-  #      or using a custom fpm status path:
-  #       "/var/run/php5-fpm.sock:fpm-custom-status-path"
-  #
-  #   - fcgi: the URL must start with fcgi:// or cgi://, and port must be present, ie:
-  #       "fcgi://10.0.0.12:9000/status"
-  #       "cgi://10.0.10.12:9001/status"
-  #
-  # Example of multiple gathering from local socket and remove host
-  # urls = ["http://192.168.1.20/status", "/tmp/fpm.sock"]
-  # If no servers are specified, then default to http://127.0.0.1/status
+  ### An array of addresses to gather stats about. Specify an ip or hostname
+  ### with optional port and path
+  ###
+  ### Plugin can be configured in three modes (either can be used):
+  ###   - http: the URL must start with http:// or https://, ie:
+  ###       "http://localhost/status"
+  ###       "http://192.168.130.1/status?full"
+  ###
+  ###   - unixsocket: path to fpm socket, ie:
+  ###       "/var/run/php5-fpm.sock"
+  ###      or using a custom fpm status path:
+  ###       "/var/run/php5-fpm.sock:fpm-custom-status-path"
+  ###
+  ###   - fcgi: the URL must start with fcgi:// or cgi://, and port must be present, ie:
+  ###       "fcgi://10.0.0.12:9000/status"
+  ###       "cgi://10.0.10.12:9001/status"
+  ###
+  ### Example of multiple gathering from local socket and remove host
+  ### urls = ["http://192.168.1.20/status", "/tmp/fpm.sock"]
  urls = ["http://localhost/status"]
 `

--- a/plugins/inputs/ping/ping.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/ping/ping.go
@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ package ping
 import (
 	"errors"
 	"os/exec"
+	"runtime"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
@ -43,18 +44,18 @@ func (_ *Ping) Description() string {
 }

 var sampleConfig = `
-  # NOTE: this plugin forks the ping command. You may need to set capabilities
-  # via setcap cap_net_raw+p /bin/ping
+  ### NOTE: this plugin forks the ping command. You may need to set capabilities
+  ### via setcap cap_net_raw+p /bin/ping

-  # urls to ping
+  ### urls to ping
  urls = ["www.google.com"] # required
-  # number of pings to send (ping -c <COUNT>)
+  ### number of pings to send (ping -c <COUNT>)
  count = 1 # required
-  # interval, in s, at which to ping. 0 == default (ping -i <PING_INTERVAL>)
+  ### interval, in s, at which to ping. 0 == default (ping -i <PING_INTERVAL>)
  ping_interval = 0.0
-  # ping timeout, in s. 0 == no timeout (ping -t <TIMEOUT>)
+  ### ping timeout, in s. 0 == no timeout (ping -t <TIMEOUT>)
  timeout = 0.0
-  # interface to send ping from (ping -I <INTERFACE>)
+  ### interface to send ping from (ping -I <INTERFACE>)
  interface = ""
 `

@ -128,12 +129,20 @@ func hostPinger(args ...string) (string, error) {
 // args returns the arguments for the 'ping' executable
 func (p *Ping) args(url string) []string {
 	// Build the ping command args based on toml config
-	args := []string{"-c", strconv.Itoa(p.Count)}
+	args := []string{"-c", strconv.Itoa(p.Count), "-n", "-s", "16"}
 	if p.PingInterval > 0 {
 		args = append(args, "-i", strconv.FormatFloat(p.PingInterval, 'f', 1, 64))
 	}
 	if p.Timeout > 0 {
+		switch runtime.GOOS {
+		case "darwin", "freebsd":
 			args = append(args, "-t", strconv.FormatFloat(p.Timeout, 'f', 1, 64))
+		case "linux":
+			args = append(args, "-W", strconv.FormatFloat(p.Timeout, 'f', 1, 64))
+		default:
+			// Not sure the best option here, just assume GNU ping?
+			args = append(args, "-W", strconv.FormatFloat(p.Timeout, 'f', 1, 64))
+		}
 	}
 	if p.Interface != "" {
 		args = append(args, "-I", p.Interface)
--- a/plugins/inputs/ping/ping_test.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/ping/ping_test.go
@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ package ping
 import (
 	"errors"
 	"reflect"
+	"runtime"
 	"sort"
 	"testing"

@ -76,7 +77,7 @@ func TestArgs(t *testing.T) {
 	// Actual and Expected arg lists must be sorted for reflect.DeepEqual

 	actual := p.args("www.google.com")
-	expected := []string{"-c", "2", "www.google.com"}
+	expected := []string{"-c", "2", "-n", "-s", "16", "www.google.com"}
 	sort.Strings(actual)
 	sort.Strings(expected)
 	assert.True(t, reflect.DeepEqual(expected, actual),
@ -84,7 +85,8 @@ func TestArgs(t *testing.T) {

 	p.Interface = "eth0"
 	actual = p.args("www.google.com")
-	expected = []string{"-c", "2", "-I", "eth0", "www.google.com"}
+	expected = []string{"-c", "2", "-n", "-s", "16", "-I", "eth0",
+		"www.google.com"}
 	sort.Strings(actual)
 	sort.Strings(expected)
 	assert.True(t, reflect.DeepEqual(expected, actual),
@ -92,7 +94,15 @@ func TestArgs(t *testing.T) {

 	p.Timeout = 12.0
 	actual = p.args("www.google.com")
-	expected = []string{"-c", "2", "-I", "eth0", "-t", "12.0", "www.google.com"}
+	switch runtime.GOOS {
+	case "darwin", "freebsd":
+		expected = []string{"-c", "2", "-n", "-s", "16", "-I", "eth0", "-t",
+			"12.0", "www.google.com"}
+	default:
+		expected = []string{"-c", "2", "-n", "-s", "16", "-I", "eth0", "-W",
+			"12.0", "www.google.com"}
+	}
+
 	sort.Strings(actual)
 	sort.Strings(expected)
 	assert.True(t, reflect.DeepEqual(expected, actual),
@ -100,8 +110,14 @@ func TestArgs(t *testing.T) {

 	p.PingInterval = 1.2
 	actual = p.args("www.google.com")
-	expected = []string{"-c", "2", "-I", "eth0", "-t", "12.0", "-i", "1.2",
-		"www.google.com"}
+	switch runtime.GOOS {
+	case "darwin", "freebsd":
+		expected = []string{"-c", "2", "-n", "-s", "16", "-I", "eth0", "-t",
+			"12.0", "-i", "1.2", "www.google.com"}
+	default:
+		expected = []string{"-c", "2", "-n", "-s", "16", "-I", "eth0", "-W",
+			"12.0", "-i", "1.2", "www.google.com"}
+	}
 	sort.Strings(actual)
 	sort.Strings(expected)
 	assert.True(t, reflect.DeepEqual(expected, actual),
--- a/plugins/inputs/postgresql/postgresql.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/postgresql/postgresql.go
@ -21,22 +21,22 @@ type Postgresql struct {
 var ignoredColumns = map[string]bool{"datid": true, "datname": true, "stats_reset": true}

 var sampleConfig = `
-  # specify address via a url matching:
-  #   postgres://[pqgotest[:password]]@localhost[/dbname]?sslmode=[disable|verify-ca|verify-full]
-  # or a simple string:
-  #   host=localhost user=pqotest password=... sslmode=... dbname=app_production
-  #
-  # All connection parameters are optional.
-  #
-  # Without the dbname parameter, the driver will default to a database
-  # with the same name as the user. This dbname is just for instantiating a
-  # connection with the server and doesn't restrict the databases we are trying
-  # to grab metrics for.
-  #
+  ### specify address via a url matching:
+  ###   postgres://[pqgotest[:password]]@localhost[/dbname]?sslmode=[disable|verify-ca|verify-full]
+  ### or a simple string:
+  ###   host=localhost user=pqotest password=... sslmode=... dbname=app_production
+  ###
+  ### All connection parameters are optional.
+  ###
+  ### Without the dbname parameter, the driver will default to a database
+  ### with the same name as the user. This dbname is just for instantiating a
+  ### connection with the server and doesn't restrict the databases we are trying
+  ### to grab metrics for.
+  ###
  address = "host=localhost user=postgres sslmode=disable"

-  # A list of databases to pull metrics about. If not specified, metrics for all
-  # databases are gathered.
+  ### A list of databases to pull metrics about. If not specified, metrics for all
+  ### databases are gathered.
  # databases = ["app_production", "testing"]
 `

--- a/plugins/inputs/powerdns/powerdns.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/powerdns/powerdns.go
@ -18,10 +18,8 @@ type Powerdns struct {
 }

 var sampleConfig = `
-  # An array of sockets to gather stats about.
-  # Specify a path to unix socket.
-  #
-  # If no servers are specified, then '/var/run/pdns.controlsocket' is used as the path.
+  ### An array of sockets to gather stats about.
+  ### Specify a path to unix socket.
  unix_sockets = ["/var/run/pdns.controlsocket"]
 `

--- a/plugins/inputs/procstat/procstat.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/procstat/procstat.go
@ -30,15 +30,15 @@ func NewProcstat() *Procstat {
 }

 var sampleConfig = `
-  # Must specify one of: pid_file, exe, or pattern
-  # PID file to monitor process
+  ### Must specify one of: pid_file, exe, or pattern
+  ### PID file to monitor process
  pid_file = "/var/run/nginx.pid"
-  # executable name (ie, pgrep <exe>)
+  ### executable name (ie, pgrep <exe>)
  # exe = "nginx"
-  # pattern as argument for pgrep (ie, pgrep -f <pattern>)
+  ### pattern as argument for pgrep (ie, pgrep -f <pattern>)
  # pattern = "nginx"

-  # Field name prefix
+  ### Field name prefix
  prefix = ""
 `

--- a/plugins/inputs/prometheus/prometheus.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/prometheus/prometheus.go
@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ type Prometheus struct {
 }

 var sampleConfig = `
-  # An array of urls to scrape metrics from.
+  ### An array of urls to scrape metrics from.
  urls = ["http://localhost:9100/metrics"]
 `

--- a/plugins/inputs/puppetagent/puppetagent.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/puppetagent/puppetagent.go
@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ type PuppetAgent struct {
 }

 var sampleConfig = `
-  # Location of puppet last run summary file
+  ### Location of puppet last run summary file
  location = "/var/lib/puppet/state/last_run_summary.yaml"
 `

--- a/plugins/inputs/rabbitmq/rabbitmq.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/rabbitmq/rabbitmq.go
@ -107,8 +107,8 @@ var sampleConfig = `
  # username = "guest"
  # password = "guest"

-  # A list of nodes to pull metrics about. If not specified, metrics for
-  # all nodes are gathered.
+  ### A list of nodes to pull metrics about. If not specified, metrics for
+  ### all nodes are gathered.
  # nodes = ["rabbit@node1", "rabbit@node2"]
 `

--- a/plugins/inputs/redis/redis.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/redis/redis.go
@ -19,14 +19,14 @@ type Redis struct {
 }

 var sampleConfig = `
-  # specify servers via a url matching:
-  #  [protocol://][:password]@address[:port]
-  #  e.g.
-  #    tcp://localhost:6379
-  #    tcp://:password@192.168.99.100
-  #
-  # If no servers are specified, then localhost is used as the host.
-  # If no port is specified, 6379 is used
+  ### specify servers via a url matching:
+  ###  [protocol://][:password]@address[:port]
+  ###  e.g.
+  ###    tcp://localhost:6379
+  ###    tcp://:password@192.168.99.100
+  ###
+  ### If no servers are specified, then localhost is used as the host.
+  ### If no port is specified, 6379 is used
  servers = ["tcp://localhost:6379"]
 `

--- a/plugins/inputs/rethinkdb/rethinkdb.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/rethinkdb/rethinkdb.go
@ -16,11 +16,11 @@ type RethinkDB struct {
 }

 var sampleConfig = `
-  # An array of URI to gather stats about. Specify an ip or hostname
-  # with optional port add password. ie rethinkdb://user:auth_key@10.10.3.30:28105,
-  # rethinkdb://10.10.3.33:18832, 10.0.0.1:10000, etc.
-  #
-  # If no servers are specified, then 127.0.0.1 is used as the host and 28015 as the port.
+  ### An array of URI to gather stats about. Specify an ip or hostname
+  ### with optional port add password. ie,
+  ###   rethinkdb://user:auth_key@10.10.3.30:28105,
+  ###   rethinkdb://10.10.3.33:18832,
+  ###   10.0.0.1:10000, etc.
  servers = ["127.0.0.1:28015"]
 `

--- a/plugins/inputs/sensors/sensors.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/sensors/sensors.go
@ -20,15 +20,15 @@ func (_ *Sensors) Description() string {
 }

 var sensorsSampleConfig = `
-  # By default, telegraf gathers stats from all sensors detected by the
-  # lm-sensors module.
-  #
-  # Only collect stats from the selected sensors. Sensors are listed as
-  # <chip name>:<feature name>. This information can be found by running the
-  # sensors command, e.g. sensors -u
-  #
-  # A * as the feature name will return all features of the chip
-  #
+  ### By default, telegraf gathers stats from all sensors detected by the
+  ### lm-sensors module.
+  ###
+  ### Only collect stats from the selected sensors. Sensors are listed as
+  ### <chip name>:<feature name>. This information can be found by running the
+  ### sensors command, e.g. sensors -u
+  ###
+  ### A * as the feature name will return all features of the chip
+  ###
  # sensors = ["coretemp-isa-0000:Core 0", "coretemp-isa-0001:*"]
 `

--- a/plugins/inputs/snmp/snmp.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/snmp/snmp.go
@ -72,11 +72,11 @@ var initNode = Node{
 var NameToOid = make(map[string]string)

 var sampleConfig = `
-  # Use 'oids.txt' file to translate oids to names
-  # To generate 'oids.txt' you need to run:
-  #   snmptranslate -m all -Tz -On | sed -e 's/"//g' > /tmp/oids.txt
-  # Or if you have an other MIB folder with custom MIBs
-  #   snmptranslate -M /mycustommibfolder -Tz -On -m all | sed -e 's/"//g' > oids.txt
+  ### Use 'oids.txt' file to translate oids to names
+  ### To generate 'oids.txt' you need to run:
+  ###   snmptranslate -m all -Tz -On | sed -e 's/"//g' > /tmp/oids.txt
+  ### Or if you have an other MIB folder with custom MIBs
+  ###   snmptranslate -M /mycustommibfolder -Tz -On -m all | sed -e 's/"//g' > oids.txt
  snmptranslate_file = "/tmp/oids.txt"
  [[inputs.snmp.host]]
    address = "192.168.2.2:161"
--- a/plugins/inputs/sqlserver/sqlserver.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/sqlserver/sqlserver.go
@ -31,14 +31,14 @@ var queries MapQuery
 var defaultServer = "Server=.;app name=telegraf;log=1;"

 var sampleConfig = `
-  # Specify instances to monitor with a list of connection strings.
-  # All connection parameters are optional.
-  # By default, the host is localhost, listening on default port, TCP 1433.
-  #   for Windows, the user is the currently running AD user (SSO).
-  #   See https://github.com/denisenkom/go-mssqldb for detailed connection parameters.
-
+  ### Specify instances to monitor with a list of connection strings.
+  ### All connection parameters are optional.
+  ### By default, the host is localhost, listening on default port, TCP 1433.
+  ###   for Windows, the user is the currently running AD user (SSO).
+  ###   See https://github.com/denisenkom/go-mssqldb for detailed connection
+  ###   parameters.
  # servers = [
-  #  "Server=192.168.1.10;Port=1433;User Id=telegraf;Password=T$l$gr@f69*;app name=telegraf;log=1;",
+  #  "Server=192.168.1.10;Port=1433;User Id=<user>;Password=<pw>;app name=telegraf;log=1;",
  # ]
 `

--- a/plugins/inputs/statsd/statsd.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/statsd/statsd.go
@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 	"time"

-	"github.com/influxdata/influxdb/services/graphite"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/parsers/graphite"

 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs"
@ -123,37 +123,39 @@ func (_ *Statsd) Description() string {
 }

 const sampleConfig = `
-  # Address and port to host UDP listener on
+  ### Address and port to host UDP listener on
  service_address = ":8125"
-  # Delete gauges every interval (default=false)
+  ### Delete gauges every interval (default=false)
  delete_gauges = false
-  # Delete counters every interval (default=false)
+  ### Delete counters every interval (default=false)
  delete_counters = false
-  # Delete sets every interval (default=false)
+  ### Delete sets every interval (default=false)
  delete_sets = false
-  # Delete timings & histograms every interval (default=true)
+  ### Delete timings & histograms every interval (default=true)
  delete_timings = true
-  # Percentiles to calculate for timing & histogram stats
+  ### Percentiles to calculate for timing & histogram stats
  percentiles = [90]

-  # convert measurement names, "." to "_" and "-" to "__"
+  ### convert measurement names, "." to "_" and "-" to "__"
  convert_names = true

+  ### Statsd data translation templates, more info can be read here:
+  ### https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/blob/master/DATA_FORMATS_INPUT.md#graphite
  # templates = [
  #     "cpu.* measurement*"
  # ]

-  # Number of UDP messages allowed to queue up, once filled,
-  # the statsd server will start dropping packets
+  ### Number of UDP messages allowed to queue up, once filled,
+  ### the statsd server will start dropping packets
  allowed_pending_messages = 10000

-  # Number of timing/histogram values to track per-measurement in the
-  # calculation of percentiles. Raising this limit increases the accuracy
-  # of percentiles but also increases the memory usage and cpu time.
+  ### Number of timing/histogram values to track per-measurement in the
+  ### calculation of percentiles. Raising this limit increases the accuracy
+  ### of percentiles but also increases the memory usage and cpu time.
  percentile_limit = 1000

-  # UDP packet size for the server to listen for. This will depend on the size
-  # of the packets that the client is sending, which is usually 1500 bytes.
+  ### UDP packet size for the server to listen for. This will depend on the size
+  ### of the packets that the client is sending, which is usually 1500 bytes.
  udp_packet_size = 1500
 `

@ -418,18 +420,14 @@ func (s *Statsd) parseName(bucket string) (string, string, map[string]string) {
 		}
 	}

-	o := graphite.Options{
-		Separator:   "_",
-		Templates:   s.Templates,
-		DefaultTags: tags,
-	}
-
 	var field string
 	name := bucketparts[0]
-	p, err := graphite.NewParserWithOptions(o)
+	p, err := graphite.NewGraphiteParser(".", s.Templates, nil)
 	if err == nil {
+		p.DefaultTags = tags
 		name, tags, field, _ = p.ApplyTemplate(name)
 	}
+
 	if s.ConvertNames {
 		name = strings.Replace(name, ".", "_", -1)
 		name = strings.Replace(name, "-", "__", -1)
--- a/plugins/inputs/system/cpu.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/system/cpu.go
@ -28,11 +28,11 @@ func (_ *CPUStats) Description() string {
 }

 var sampleConfig = `
-  # Whether to report per-cpu stats or not
+  ### Whether to report per-cpu stats or not
  percpu = true
-  # Whether to report total system cpu stats or not
+  ### Whether to report total system cpu stats or not
  totalcpu = true
-  # Comment this line if you want the raw CPU time metrics
+  ### Comment this line if you want the raw CPU time metrics
  drop = ["time_*"]
 `

--- a/plugins/inputs/system/disk.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/system/disk.go
@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ func (_ *DiskStats) Description() string {
 }

 var diskSampleConfig = `
-  # By default, telegraf gather stats for all mountpoints.
-  # Setting mountpoints will restrict the stats to the specified mountpoints.
+  ### By default, telegraf gather stats for all mountpoints.
+  ### Setting mountpoints will restrict the stats to the specified mountpoints.
  # mount_points = ["/"]
 `

--- a/plugins/inputs/system/net.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/system/net.go
@ -21,11 +21,11 @@ func (_ *NetIOStats) Description() string {
 }

 var netSampleConfig = `
-  # By default, telegraf gathers stats from any up interface (excluding loopback)
-  # Setting interfaces will tell it to gather these explicit interfaces,
-  # regardless of status.
-  #
-  # interfaces = ["eth0", ... ]
+  ### By default, telegraf gathers stats from any up interface (excluding loopback)
+  ### Setting interfaces will tell it to gather these explicit interfaces,
+  ### regardless of status.
+  ###
+  # interfaces = ["eth0"]
 `

 func (_ *NetIOStats) SampleConfig() string {
--- a/plugins/inputs/system/netstat.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/system/netstat.go
@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ type NetStats struct {
 }

 func (_ *NetStats) Description() string {
-	return "Read metrics about TCP status such as established, time wait etc and UDP sockets counts."
+	return "Read TCP metrics such as established, time wait and sockets counts."
 }

 var tcpstatSampleConfig = ""
--- a/plugins/inputs/trig/trig.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/trig/trig.go
@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ type Trig struct {
 }

 var TrigConfig = `
-  # Set the amplitude
+  ### Set the amplitude
  amplitude = 10.0
 `

@ -42,5 +42,5 @@ func (s *Trig) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 }

 func init() {
-	inputs.Add("Trig", func() telegraf.Input { return &Trig{x: 0.0} })
+	inputs.Add("trig", func() telegraf.Input { return &Trig{x: 0.0} })
 }
--- a/plugins/inputs/twemproxy/twemproxy.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/twemproxy/twemproxy.go
@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ type Twemproxy struct {
 }

 var sampleConfig = `
-  # Twemproxy stats address and port (no scheme)
+  ### Twemproxy stats address and port (no scheme)
  addr = "localhost:22222"
-  # Monitor pool name
+  ### Monitor pool name
  pools = ["redis_pool", "mc_pool"]
 `

--- a/plugins/inputs/win_perf_counters/win_perf_counters.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/win_perf_counters/win_perf_counters.go
@ -14,12 +14,12 @@ import (
 )

 var sampleConfig string = `
-  # By default this plugin returns basic CPU and Disk statistics.
-  # See the README file for more examples.
-  # Uncomment examples below or write your own as you see fit. If the system
-  # being polled for data does not have the Object at startup of the Telegraf
-  # agent, it will not be gathered.
-  # Settings:
+  ### By default this plugin returns basic CPU and Disk statistics.
+  ### See the README file for more examples.
+  ### Uncomment examples below or write your own as you see fit. If the system
+  ### being polled for data does not have the Object at startup of the Telegraf
+  ### agent, it will not be gathered.
+  ### Settings:
  # PrintValid = false # Print All matching performance counters

  [[inputs.win_perf_counters.object]]
--- a/plugins/inputs/zfs/zfs.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/zfs/zfs.go
@ -23,16 +23,16 @@ type poolInfo struct {
 }

 var sampleConfig = `
-  # ZFS kstat path
-  # If not specified, then default is:
-  # kstatPath = "/proc/spl/kstat/zfs"
-  #
-  # By default, telegraf gather all zfs stats
-  # If not specified, then default is:
-  # kstatMetrics = ["arcstats", "zfetchstats", "vdev_cache_stats"]
-  #
-  # By default, don't gather zpool stats
-  # poolMetrics = false
+  ### ZFS kstat path
+  ### If not specified, then default is:
+  kstatPath = "/proc/spl/kstat/zfs"
+
+  ### By default, telegraf gather all zfs stats
+  ### If not specified, then default is:
+  kstatMetrics = ["arcstats", "zfetchstats", "vdev_cache_stats"]
+
+  ### By default, don't gather zpool stats
+  poolMetrics = false
 `

 func (z *Zfs) SampleConfig() string {
--- a/plugins/inputs/zookeeper/zookeeper.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/zookeeper/zookeeper.go
@ -20,11 +20,11 @@ type Zookeeper struct {
 }

 var sampleConfig = `
-  # An array of address to gather stats about. Specify an ip or hostname
-  # with port. ie localhost:2181, 10.0.0.1:2181, etc.
+  ### An array of address to gather stats about. Specify an ip or hostname
+  ### with port. ie localhost:2181, 10.0.0.1:2181, etc.

-  # If no servers are specified, then localhost is used as the host.
-  # If no port is specified, 2181 is used
+  ### If no servers are specified, then localhost is used as the host.
+  ### If no port is specified, 2181 is used
  servers = [":2181"]
 `

--- a/plugins/outputs/graphite/graphite_test.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/graphite/graphite_test.go
@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ func TestGraphiteError(t *testing.T) {

 func TestGraphiteOK(t *testing.T) {
 	var wg sync.WaitGroup
+	// Start TCP server
+	wg.Add(1)
+	go TCPServer(t, &wg)
+
 	// Init plugin
 	g := Graphite{
 		Prefix: "my.prefix",
@ -63,24 +67,15 @@ func TestGraphiteOK(t *testing.T) {
 		map[string]interface{}{"value": float64(3.14)},
 		time.Date(2010, time.November, 10, 23, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC),
 	)
+
 	// Prepare point list
-	var metrics []telegraf.Metric
-	metrics = append(metrics, m1)
-	metrics = append(metrics, m2)
-	metrics = append(metrics, m3)
-	// Start TCP server
-	wg.Add(1)
-	go TCPServer(t, &wg)
-	wg.Wait()
-	// Connect
-	wg.Add(1)
+	metrics := []telegraf.Metric{m1, m2, m3}
 	err1 := g.Connect()
-	wg.Wait()
 	require.NoError(t, err1)
 	// Send Data
 	err2 := g.Write(metrics)
 	require.NoError(t, err2)
-	wg.Add(1)
+
 	// Waiting TCPserver
 	wg.Wait()
 	g.Close()
@ -88,9 +83,8 @@ func TestGraphiteOK(t *testing.T) {

 func TCPServer(t *testing.T, wg *sync.WaitGroup) {
 	tcpServer, _ := net.Listen("tcp", "127.0.0.1:2003")
-	wg.Done()
+	defer wg.Done()
 	conn, _ := tcpServer.Accept()
-	wg.Done()
 	reader := bufio.NewReader(conn)
 	tp := textproto.NewReader(reader)
 	data1, _ := tp.ReadLine()
@ -100,7 +94,6 @@ func TCPServer(t *testing.T, wg *sync.WaitGroup) {
 	data3, _ := tp.ReadLine()
 	assert.Equal(t, "my.prefix.192_168_0_1.my_measurement.value 3.14 1289430000", data3)
 	conn.Close()
-	wg.Done()
 }

 func TestGraphiteTags(t *testing.T) {
--- a/plugins/outputs/influxdb/influxdb.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/influxdb/influxdb.go
@ -33,14 +33,14 @@ type InfluxDB struct {

 var sampleConfig = `
  ### The full HTTP or UDP endpoint URL for your InfluxDB instance.
-  ### Multiple urls can be specified but it is assumed that they are part of the same
-  ### cluster, this means that only ONE of the urls will be written to each interval.
+  ### Multiple urls can be specified as part of the same cluster,
+  ### this means that only ONE of the urls will be written to each interval.
  # urls = ["udp://localhost:8089"] # UDP endpoint example
  urls = ["http://localhost:8086"] # required
  ### The target database for metrics (telegraf will create it if not exists)
  database = "telegraf" # required
  ### Precision of writes, valid values are n, u, ms, s, m, and h
-  ### note: using second precision greatly helps InfluxDB compression
+  ### note: using "s" precision greatly improves InfluxDB compression
  precision = "s"

  ### Connection timeout (for the connection with InfluxDB), formatted as a string.
--- a/plugins/outputs/riemann/riemann.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/riemann/riemann.go
@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
+	"sort"
+	"strings"

 	"github.com/amir/raidman"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
@ -13,6 +15,7 @@ import (
 type Riemann struct {
 	URL       string
 	Transport string
+	Separator string

 	client *raidman.Client
 }
@ -22,6 +25,8 @@ var sampleConfig = `
  url = "localhost:5555"
  ### transport protocol to use either tcp or udp
  transport = "tcp"
+  ### separator to use between input name and field name in Riemann service name
+  separator = " "
 `

 func (r *Riemann) Connect() error {
@ -55,7 +60,7 @@ func (r *Riemann) Write(metrics []telegraf.Metric) error {

 	var events []*raidman.Event
 	for _, p := range metrics {
-		evs := buildEvents(p)
+		evs := buildEvents(p, r.Separator)
 		for _, ev := range evs {
 			events = append(events, ev)
 		}
@ -70,7 +75,7 @@ func (r *Riemann) Write(metrics []telegraf.Metric) error {
 	return nil
 }

-func buildEvents(p telegraf.Metric) []*raidman.Event {
+func buildEvents(p telegraf.Metric, s string) []*raidman.Event {
 	events := []*raidman.Event{}
 	for fieldName, value := range p.Fields() {
 		host, ok := p.Tags()["host"]
@ -85,15 +90,48 @@ func buildEvents(p telegraf.Metric) []*raidman.Event {

 		event := &raidman.Event{
 			Host:    host,
-			Service: p.Name() + "_" + fieldName,
-			Metric:  value,
+			Service: serviceName(s, p.Name(), p.Tags(), fieldName),
 		}
+
+		switch value.(type) {
+		case string:
+			event.State = value.(string)
+		default:
+			event.Metric = value
+		}
+
 		events = append(events, event)
 	}

 	return events
 }

+func serviceName(s string, n string, t map[string]string, f string) string {
+	serviceStrings := []string{}
+	serviceStrings = append(serviceStrings, n)
+
+	// we'll skip the 'host' tag
+	tagStrings := []string{}
+	tagNames := []string{}
+
+	for tagName := range t {
+		tagNames = append(tagNames, tagName)
+	}
+	sort.Strings(tagNames)
+
+	for _, tagName := range tagNames {
+		if tagName != "host" {
+			tagStrings = append(tagStrings, t[tagName])
+		}
+	}
+	var tagString string = strings.Join(tagStrings, s)
+	if tagString != "" {
+		serviceStrings = append(serviceStrings, tagString)
+	}
+	serviceStrings = append(serviceStrings, f)
+	return strings.Join(serviceStrings, s)
+}
+
 func init() {
 	outputs.Add("riemann", func() telegraf.Output {
 		return &Riemann{}
--- a/plugins/parsers/graphite/config.go
+++ b/plugins/parsers/graphite/config.go
@ -0,0 +1,135 @@
+package graphite
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+const (
+	// DefaultSeparator is the default join character to use when joining multiple
+	// measurment parts in a template.
+	DefaultSeparator = "."
+)
+
+// Config represents the configuration for Graphite endpoints.
+type Config struct {
+	Separator string
+	Templates []string
+}
+
+// Validate validates the config's templates and tags.
+func (c *Config) Validate() error {
+	if err := c.validateTemplates(); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (c *Config) validateTemplates() error {
+	// map to keep track of filters we see
+	filters := map[string]struct{}{}
+
+	for i, t := range c.Templates {
+		parts := strings.Fields(t)
+		// Ensure template string is non-empty
+		if len(parts) == 0 {
+			return fmt.Errorf("missing template at position: %d", i)
+		}
+		if len(parts) == 1 && parts[0] == "" {
+			return fmt.Errorf("missing template at position: %d", i)
+		}
+
+		if len(parts) > 3 {
+			return fmt.Errorf("invalid template format: '%s'", t)
+		}
+
+		template := t
+		filter := ""
+		tags := ""
+		if len(parts) >= 2 {
+			// We could have <filter> <template>  or <template> <tags>.  Equals is only allowed in
+			// tags section.
+			if strings.Contains(parts[1], "=") {
+				template = parts[0]
+				tags = parts[1]
+			} else {
+				filter = parts[0]
+				template = parts[1]
+			}
+		}
+
+		if len(parts) == 3 {
+			tags = parts[2]
+		}
+
+		// Validate the template has one and only one measurement
+		if err := c.validateTemplate(template); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		// Prevent duplicate filters in the config
+		if _, ok := filters[filter]; ok {
+			return fmt.Errorf("duplicate filter '%s' found at position: %d", filter, i)
+		}
+		filters[filter] = struct{}{}
+
+		if filter != "" {
+			// Validate filter expression is valid
+			if err := c.validateFilter(filter); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+		}
+
+		if tags != "" {
+			// Validate tags
+			for _, tagStr := range strings.Split(tags, ",") {
+				if err := c.validateTag(tagStr); err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (c *Config) validateTemplate(template string) error {
+	hasMeasurement := false
+	for _, p := range strings.Split(template, ".") {
+		if p == "measurement" || p == "measurement*" {
+			hasMeasurement = true
+		}
+	}
+
+	if !hasMeasurement {
+		return fmt.Errorf("no measurement in template `%s`", template)
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (c *Config) validateFilter(filter string) error {
+	for _, p := range strings.Split(filter, ".") {
+		if p == "" {
+			return fmt.Errorf("filter contains blank section: %s", filter)
+		}
+
+		if strings.Contains(p, "*") && p != "*" {
+			return fmt.Errorf("invalid filter wildcard section: %s", filter)
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (c *Config) validateTag(keyValue string) error {
+	parts := strings.Split(keyValue, "=")
+	if len(parts) != 2 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("invalid template tags: '%s'", keyValue)
+	}
+
+	if parts[0] == "" || parts[1] == "" {
+		return fmt.Errorf("invalid template tags: %s'", keyValue)
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
--- a/plugins/parsers/graphite/errors.go
+++ b/plugins/parsers/graphite/errors.go
@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+package graphite
+
+import "fmt"
+
+// An UnsupposedValueError is returned when a parsed value is not
+// supposed.
+type UnsupposedValueError struct {
+	Field string
+	Value float64
+}
+
+func (err *UnsupposedValueError) Error() string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf(`field "%s" value: "%v" is unsupported`, err.Field, err.Value)
+}
--- a/plugins/parsers/graphite/parser.go
+++ b/plugins/parsers/graphite/parser.go
@ -0,0 +1,425 @@
+package graphite
+
+import (
+	"bufio"
+	"bytes"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"math"
+	"sort"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+)
+
+// Minimum and maximum supported dates for timestamps.
+var (
+	MinDate = time.Date(1901, 12, 13, 0, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC)
+	MaxDate = time.Date(2038, 1, 19, 0, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC)
+)
+
+// Parser encapsulates a Graphite Parser.
+type GraphiteParser struct {
+	Separator   string
+	Templates   []string
+	DefaultTags map[string]string
+
+	matcher *matcher
+}
+
+func NewGraphiteParser(
+	separator string,
+	templates []string,
+	defaultTags map[string]string,
+) (*GraphiteParser, error) {
+	var err error
+
+	if separator == "" {
+		separator = DefaultSeparator
+	}
+	p := &GraphiteParser{
+		Separator: separator,
+		Templates: templates,
+	}
+
+	if defaultTags != nil {
+		p.DefaultTags = defaultTags
+	}
+
+	matcher := newMatcher()
+	p.matcher = matcher
+	defaultTemplate, _ := NewTemplate("measurement*", nil, p.Separator)
+	matcher.AddDefaultTemplate(defaultTemplate)
+
+	for _, pattern := range p.Templates {
+		template := pattern
+		filter := ""
+		// Format is [filter] <template> [tag1=value1,tag2=value2]
+		parts := strings.Fields(pattern)
+		if len(parts) < 1 {
+			continue
+		} else if len(parts) >= 2 {
+			if strings.Contains(parts[1], "=") {
+				template = parts[0]
+			} else {
+				filter = parts[0]
+				template = parts[1]
+			}
+		}
+
+		// Parse out the default tags specific to this template
+		tags := map[string]string{}
+		if strings.Contains(parts[len(parts)-1], "=") {
+			tagStrs := strings.Split(parts[len(parts)-1], ",")
+			for _, kv := range tagStrs {
+				parts := strings.Split(kv, "=")
+				tags[parts[0]] = parts[1]
+			}
+		}
+
+		tmpl, err1 := NewTemplate(template, tags, p.Separator)
+		if err1 != nil {
+			err = err1
+			break
+		}
+		matcher.Add(filter, tmpl)
+	}
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return p, fmt.Errorf("exec input parser config is error: %s ", err.Error())
+	} else {
+		return p, nil
+	}
+}
+
+func (p *GraphiteParser) Parse(buf []byte) ([]telegraf.Metric, error) {
+	// parse even if the buffer begins with a newline
+	buf = bytes.TrimPrefix(buf, []byte("\n"))
+	// add newline to end if not exists:
+	if len(buf) > 0 && !bytes.HasSuffix(buf, []byte("\n")) {
+		buf = append(buf, []byte("\n")...)
+	}
+
+	metrics := make([]telegraf.Metric, 0)
+
+	buffer := bytes.NewBuffer(buf)
+	reader := bufio.NewReader(buffer)
+	for {
+		// Read up to the next newline.
+		buf, err := reader.ReadBytes('\n')
+		if err == io.EOF {
+			return metrics, nil
+		}
+		if err != nil && err != io.EOF {
+			return metrics, err
+		}
+
+		// Trim the buffer, even though there should be no padding
+		line := strings.TrimSpace(string(buf))
+		if metric, err := p.ParseLine(line); err == nil {
+			metrics = append(metrics, metric)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// Parse performs Graphite parsing of a single line.
+func (p *GraphiteParser) ParseLine(line string) (telegraf.Metric, error) {
+	// Break into 3 fields (name, value, timestamp).
+	fields := strings.Fields(line)
+	if len(fields) != 2 && len(fields) != 3 {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("received %q which doesn't have required fields", line)
+	}
+
+	// decode the name and tags
+	template := p.matcher.Match(fields[0])
+	measurement, tags, field, err := template.Apply(fields[0])
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	// Could not extract measurement, use the raw value
+	if measurement == "" {
+		measurement = fields[0]
+	}
+
+	// Parse value.
+	v, err := strconv.ParseFloat(fields[1], 64)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf(`field "%s" value: %s`, fields[0], err)
+	}
+
+	if math.IsNaN(v) || math.IsInf(v, 0) {
+		return nil, &UnsupposedValueError{Field: fields[0], Value: v}
+	}
+
+	fieldValues := map[string]interface{}{}
+	if field != "" {
+		fieldValues[field] = v
+	} else {
+		fieldValues["value"] = v
+	}
+
+	// If no 3rd field, use now as timestamp
+	timestamp := time.Now().UTC()
+
+	if len(fields) == 3 {
+		// Parse timestamp.
+		unixTime, err := strconv.ParseFloat(fields[2], 64)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf(`field "%s" time: %s`, fields[0], err)
+		}
+
+		// -1 is a special value that gets converted to current UTC time
+		// See https://github.com/graphite-project/carbon/issues/54
+		if unixTime != float64(-1) {
+			// Check if we have fractional seconds
+			timestamp = time.Unix(int64(unixTime), int64((unixTime-math.Floor(unixTime))*float64(time.Second)))
+			if timestamp.Before(MinDate) || timestamp.After(MaxDate) {
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("timestamp out of range")
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	// Set the default tags on the point if they are not already set
+	for k, v := range p.DefaultTags {
+		if _, ok := tags[k]; !ok {
+			tags[k] = v
+		}
+	}
+
+	return telegraf.NewMetric(measurement, tags, fieldValues, timestamp)
+}
+
+// ApplyTemplate extracts the template fields from the given line and
+// returns the measurement name and tags.
+func (p *GraphiteParser) ApplyTemplate(line string) (string, map[string]string, string, error) {
+	// Break line into fields (name, value, timestamp), only name is used
+	fields := strings.Fields(line)
+	if len(fields) == 0 {
+		return "", make(map[string]string), "", nil
+	}
+	// decode the name and tags
+	template := p.matcher.Match(fields[0])
+	name, tags, field, err := template.Apply(fields[0])
+
+	// Set the default tags on the point if they are not already set
+	for k, v := range p.DefaultTags {
+		if _, ok := tags[k]; !ok {
+			tags[k] = v
+		}
+	}
+
+	return name, tags, field, err
+}
+
+// template represents a pattern and tags to map a graphite metric string to a influxdb Point
+type template struct {
+	tags              []string
+	defaultTags       map[string]string
+	greedyMeasurement bool
+	separator         string
+}
+
+// NewTemplate returns a new template ensuring it has a measurement
+// specified.
+func NewTemplate(pattern string, defaultTags map[string]string, separator string) (*template, error) {
+	tags := strings.Split(pattern, ".")
+	hasMeasurement := false
+	template := &template{tags: tags, defaultTags: defaultTags, separator: separator}
+
+	for _, tag := range tags {
+		if strings.HasPrefix(tag, "measurement") {
+			hasMeasurement = true
+		}
+		if tag == "measurement*" {
+			template.greedyMeasurement = true
+		}
+	}
+
+	if !hasMeasurement {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("no measurement specified for template. %q", pattern)
+	}
+
+	return template, nil
+}
+
+// Apply extracts the template fields from the given line and returns the measurement
+// name and tags
+func (t *template) Apply(line string) (string, map[string]string, string, error) {
+	fields := strings.Split(line, ".")
+	var (
+		measurement []string
+		tags        = make(map[string]string)
+		field       string
+	)
+
+	// Set any default tags
+	for k, v := range t.defaultTags {
+		tags[k] = v
+	}
+
+	for i, tag := range t.tags {
+		if i >= len(fields) {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		if tag == "measurement" {
+			measurement = append(measurement, fields[i])
+		} else if tag == "field" {
+			if len(field) != 0 {
+				return "", nil, "", fmt.Errorf("'field' can only be used once in each template: %q", line)
+			}
+			field = fields[i]
+		} else if tag == "measurement*" {
+			measurement = append(measurement, fields[i:]...)
+			break
+		} else if tag != "" {
+			tags[tag] = fields[i]
+		}
+	}
+
+	return strings.Join(measurement, t.separator), tags, field, nil
+}
+
+// matcher determines which template should be applied to a given metric
+// based on a filter tree.
+type matcher struct {
+	root            *node
+	defaultTemplate *template
+}
+
+func newMatcher() *matcher {
+	return &matcher{
+		root: &node{},
+	}
+}
+
+// Add inserts the template in the filter tree based the given filter
+func (m *matcher) Add(filter string, template *template) {
+	if filter == "" {
+		m.AddDefaultTemplate(template)
+		return
+	}
+	m.root.Insert(filter, template)
+}
+
+func (m *matcher) AddDefaultTemplate(template *template) {
+	m.defaultTemplate = template
+}
+
+// Match returns the template that matches the given graphite line
+func (m *matcher) Match(line string) *template {
+	tmpl := m.root.Search(line)
+	if tmpl != nil {
+		return tmpl
+	}
+
+	return m.defaultTemplate
+}
+
+// node is an item in a sorted k-ary tree.  Each child is sorted by its value.
+// The special value of "*", is always last.
+type node struct {
+	value    string
+	children nodes
+	template *template
+}
+
+func (n *node) insert(values []string, template *template) {
+	// Add the end, set the template
+	if len(values) == 0 {
+		n.template = template
+		return
+	}
+
+	// See if the the current element already exists in the tree. If so, insert the
+	// into that sub-tree
+	for _, v := range n.children {
+		if v.value == values[0] {
+			v.insert(values[1:], template)
+			return
+		}
+	}
+
+	// New element, add it to the tree and sort the children
+	newNode := &node{value: values[0]}
+	n.children = append(n.children, newNode)
+	sort.Sort(&n.children)
+
+	// Now insert the rest of the tree into the new element
+	newNode.insert(values[1:], template)
+}
+
+// Insert inserts the given string template into the tree.  The filter string is separated
+// on "." and each part is used as the path in the tree.
+func (n *node) Insert(filter string, template *template) {
+	n.insert(strings.Split(filter, "."), template)
+}
+
+func (n *node) search(lineParts []string) *template {
+	// Nothing to search
+	if len(lineParts) == 0 || len(n.children) == 0 {
+		return n.template
+	}
+
+	// If last element is a wildcard, don't include in this search since it's sorted
+	// to the end but lexicographically it would not always be and sort.Search assumes
+	// the slice is sorted.
+	length := len(n.children)
+	if n.children[length-1].value == "*" {
+		length--
+	}
+
+	// Find the index of child with an exact match
+	i := sort.Search(length, func(i int) bool {
+		return n.children[i].value >= lineParts[0]
+	})
+
+	// Found an exact match, so search that child sub-tree
+	if i < len(n.children) && n.children[i].value == lineParts[0] {
+		return n.children[i].search(lineParts[1:])
+	}
+	// Not an exact match, see if we have a wildcard child to search
+	if n.children[len(n.children)-1].value == "*" {
+		return n.children[len(n.children)-1].search(lineParts[1:])
+	}
+	return n.template
+}
+
+func (n *node) Search(line string) *template {
+	return n.search(strings.Split(line, "."))
+}
+
+type nodes []*node
+
+// Less returns a boolean indicating whether the filter at position j
+// is less than the filter at position k.  Filters are order by string
+// comparison of each component parts.  A wildcard value "*" is never
+// less than a non-wildcard value.
+//
+// For example, the filters:
+//             "*.*"
+//             "servers.*"
+//             "servers.localhost"
+//             "*.localhost"
+//
+// Would be sorted as:
+//             "servers.localhost"
+//             "servers.*"
+//             "*.localhost"
+//             "*.*"
+func (n *nodes) Less(j, k int) bool {
+	if (*n)[j].value == "*" && (*n)[k].value != "*" {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	if (*n)[j].value != "*" && (*n)[k].value == "*" {
+		return true
+	}
+
+	return (*n)[j].value < (*n)[k].value
+}
+
+func (n *nodes) Swap(i, j int) { (*n)[i], (*n)[j] = (*n)[j], (*n)[i] }
+func (n *nodes) Len() int      { return len(*n) }
--- a/plugins/parsers/graphite/parser_test.go
+++ b/plugins/parsers/graphite/parser_test.go
@ -0,0 +1,595 @@
+package graphite
+
+import (
+	"reflect"
+	"strconv"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+func BenchmarkParse(b *testing.B) {
+	p, err := NewGraphiteParser("_", []string{
+		"*.* .wrong.measurement*",
+		"servers.* .host.measurement*",
+		"servers.localhost .host.measurement*",
+		"*.localhost .host.measurement*",
+		"*.*.cpu .host.measurement*",
+		"a.b.c .host.measurement*",
+		"influxd.*.foo .host.measurement*",
+		"prod.*.mem .host.measurement*",
+	}, nil)
+
+	if err != nil {
+		b.Fatalf("unexpected error creating parser, got %v", err)
+	}
+
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		p.Parse([]byte("servers.localhost.cpu.load 11 1435077219"))
+	}
+}
+
+func TestTemplateApply(t *testing.T) {
+	var tests = []struct {
+		test        string
+		input       string
+		template    string
+		measurement string
+		tags        map[string]string
+		err         string
+	}{
+		{
+			test:        "metric only",
+			input:       "cpu",
+			template:    "measurement",
+			measurement: "cpu",
+		},
+		{
+			test:        "metric with single series",
+			input:       "cpu.server01",
+			template:    "measurement.hostname",
+			measurement: "cpu",
+			tags:        map[string]string{"hostname": "server01"},
+		},
+		{
+			test:        "metric with multiple series",
+			input:       "cpu.us-west.server01",
+			template:    "measurement.region.hostname",
+			measurement: "cpu",
+			tags:        map[string]string{"hostname": "server01", "region": "us-west"},
+		},
+		{
+			test: "no metric",
+			tags: make(map[string]string),
+			err:  `no measurement specified for template. ""`,
+		},
+		{
+			test:        "ignore unnamed",
+			input:       "foo.cpu",
+			template:    "measurement",
+			measurement: "foo",
+			tags:        make(map[string]string),
+		},
+		{
+			test:        "name shorter than template",
+			input:       "foo",
+			template:    "measurement.A.B.C",
+			measurement: "foo",
+			tags:        make(map[string]string),
+		},
+		{
+			test:        "wildcard measurement at end",
+			input:       "prod.us-west.server01.cpu.load",
+			template:    "env.zone.host.measurement*",
+			measurement: "cpu.load",
+			tags:        map[string]string{"env": "prod", "zone": "us-west", "host": "server01"},
+		},
+		{
+			test:        "skip fields",
+			input:       "ignore.us-west.ignore-this-too.cpu.load",
+			template:    ".zone..measurement*",
+			measurement: "cpu.load",
+			tags:        map[string]string{"zone": "us-west"},
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, test := range tests {
+		tmpl, err := NewTemplate(test.template, nil, DefaultSeparator)
+		if errstr(err) != test.err {
+			t.Fatalf("err does not match.  expected %v, got %v", test.err, err)
+		}
+		if err != nil {
+			// If we erred out,it was intended and the following tests won't work
+			continue
+		}
+
+		measurement, tags, _, _ := tmpl.Apply(test.input)
+		if measurement != test.measurement {
+			t.Fatalf("name parse failer.  expected %v, got %v", test.measurement, measurement)
+		}
+		if len(tags) != len(test.tags) {
+			t.Fatalf("unexpected number of tags.  expected %v, got %v", test.tags, tags)
+		}
+		for k, v := range test.tags {
+			if tags[k] != v {
+				t.Fatalf("unexpected tag value for tags[%s].  expected %q, got %q", k, v, tags[k])
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestParseMissingMeasurement(t *testing.T) {
+	_, err := NewGraphiteParser("", []string{"a.b.c"}, nil)
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatalf("expected error creating parser, got nil")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestParse(t *testing.T) {
+	testTime := time.Now().Round(time.Second)
+	epochTime := testTime.Unix()
+	strTime := strconv.FormatInt(epochTime, 10)
+
+	var tests = []struct {
+		test        string
+		input       string
+		measurement string
+		tags        map[string]string
+		value       float64
+		time        time.Time
+		template    string
+		err         string
+	}{
+		{
+			test:        "normal case",
+			input:       `cpu.foo.bar 50 ` + strTime,
+			template:    "measurement.foo.bar",
+			measurement: "cpu",
+			tags: map[string]string{
+				"foo": "foo",
+				"bar": "bar",
+			},
+			value: 50,
+			time:  testTime,
+		},
+		{
+			test:        "metric only with float value",
+			input:       `cpu 50.554 ` + strTime,
+			measurement: "cpu",
+			template:    "measurement",
+			value:       50.554,
+			time:        testTime,
+		},
+		{
+			test:     "missing metric",
+			input:    `1419972457825`,
+			template: "measurement",
+			err:      `received "1419972457825" which doesn't have required fields`,
+		},
+		{
+			test:     "should error parsing invalid float",
+			input:    `cpu 50.554z 1419972457825`,
+			template: "measurement",
+			err:      `field "cpu" value: strconv.ParseFloat: parsing "50.554z": invalid syntax`,
+		},
+		{
+			test:     "should error parsing invalid int",
+			input:    `cpu 50z 1419972457825`,
+			template: "measurement",
+			err:      `field "cpu" value: strconv.ParseFloat: parsing "50z": invalid syntax`,
+		},
+		{
+			test:     "should error parsing invalid time",
+			input:    `cpu 50.554 14199724z57825`,
+			template: "measurement",
+			err:      `field "cpu" time: strconv.ParseFloat: parsing "14199724z57825": invalid syntax`,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, test := range tests {
+		p, err := NewGraphiteParser("", []string{test.template}, nil)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("unexpected error creating graphite parser: %v", err)
+		}
+
+		metric, err := p.ParseLine(test.input)
+		if errstr(err) != test.err {
+			t.Fatalf("err does not match.  expected %v, got %v", test.err, err)
+		}
+		if err != nil {
+			// If we erred out,it was intended and the following tests won't work
+			continue
+		}
+		if metric.Name() != test.measurement {
+			t.Fatalf("name parse failer.  expected %v, got %v",
+				test.measurement, metric.Name())
+		}
+		if len(metric.Tags()) != len(test.tags) {
+			t.Fatalf("tags len mismatch.  expected %d, got %d",
+				len(test.tags), len(metric.Tags()))
+		}
+		f := metric.Fields()["value"].(float64)
+		if metric.Fields()["value"] != f {
+			t.Fatalf("floatValue value mismatch.  expected %v, got %v",
+				test.value, f)
+		}
+		if metric.Time().UnixNano()/1000000 != test.time.UnixNano()/1000000 {
+			t.Fatalf("time value mismatch.  expected %v, got %v",
+				test.time.UnixNano(), metric.Time().UnixNano())
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestParseNaN(t *testing.T) {
+	p, err := NewGraphiteParser("", []string{"measurement*"}, nil)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+	_, err = p.ParseLine("servers.localhost.cpu_load NaN 1435077219")
+	assert.Error(t, err)
+
+	if _, ok := err.(*UnsupposedValueError); !ok {
+		t.Fatalf("expected *ErrUnsupportedValue, got %v", reflect.TypeOf(err))
+	}
+}
+
+func TestFilterMatchDefault(t *testing.T) {
+	p, err := NewGraphiteParser("", []string{"servers.localhost .host.measurement*"}, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected error creating parser, got %v", err)
+	}
+
+	exp, err := telegraf.NewMetric("miss.servers.localhost.cpu_load",
+		map[string]string{},
+		map[string]interface{}{"value": float64(11)},
+		time.Unix(1435077219, 0))
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+	m, err := p.ParseLine("miss.servers.localhost.cpu_load 11 1435077219")
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+	assert.Equal(t, exp.String(), m.String())
+}
+
+func TestFilterMatchMultipleMeasurement(t *testing.T) {
+	p, err := NewGraphiteParser("", []string{"servers.localhost .host.measurement.measurement*"}, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected error creating parser, got %v", err)
+	}
+
+	exp, err := telegraf.NewMetric("cpu.cpu_load.10",
+		map[string]string{"host": "localhost"},
+		map[string]interface{}{"value": float64(11)},
+		time.Unix(1435077219, 0))
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+	m, err := p.ParseLine("servers.localhost.cpu.cpu_load.10 11 1435077219")
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+	assert.Equal(t, exp.String(), m.String())
+}
+
+func TestFilterMatchMultipleMeasurementSeparator(t *testing.T) {
+	p, err := NewGraphiteParser("_",
+		[]string{"servers.localhost .host.measurement.measurement*"},
+		nil,
+	)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+	exp, err := telegraf.NewMetric("cpu_cpu_load_10",
+		map[string]string{"host": "localhost"},
+		map[string]interface{}{"value": float64(11)},
+		time.Unix(1435077219, 0))
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+	m, err := p.ParseLine("servers.localhost.cpu.cpu_load.10 11 1435077219")
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+	assert.Equal(t, exp.String(), m.String())
+}
+
+func TestFilterMatchSingle(t *testing.T) {
+	p, err := NewGraphiteParser("", []string{"servers.localhost .host.measurement*"}, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected error creating parser, got %v", err)
+	}
+
+	exp, err := telegraf.NewMetric("cpu_load",
+		map[string]string{"host": "localhost"},
+		map[string]interface{}{"value": float64(11)},
+		time.Unix(1435077219, 0))
+
+	m, err := p.ParseLine("servers.localhost.cpu_load 11 1435077219")
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+	assert.Equal(t, exp.String(), m.String())
+}
+
+func TestParseNoMatch(t *testing.T) {
+	p, err := NewGraphiteParser("", []string{"servers.*.cpu .host.measurement.cpu.measurement"}, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected error creating parser, got %v", err)
+	}
+
+	exp, err := telegraf.NewMetric("servers.localhost.memory.VmallocChunk",
+		map[string]string{},
+		map[string]interface{}{"value": float64(11)},
+		time.Unix(1435077219, 0))
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+	m, err := p.ParseLine("servers.localhost.memory.VmallocChunk 11 1435077219")
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+	assert.Equal(t, exp.String(), m.String())
+}
+
+func TestFilterMatchWildcard(t *testing.T) {
+	p, err := NewGraphiteParser("", []string{"servers.* .host.measurement*"}, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected error creating parser, got %v", err)
+	}
+
+	exp, err := telegraf.NewMetric("cpu_load",
+		map[string]string{"host": "localhost"},
+		map[string]interface{}{"value": float64(11)},
+		time.Unix(1435077219, 0))
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+	m, err := p.ParseLine("servers.localhost.cpu_load 11 1435077219")
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+	assert.Equal(t, exp.String(), m.String())
+}
+
+func TestFilterMatchExactBeforeWildcard(t *testing.T) {
+	p, err := NewGraphiteParser("", []string{
+		"servers.* .wrong.measurement*",
+		"servers.localhost .host.measurement*"}, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected error creating parser, got %v", err)
+	}
+
+	exp, err := telegraf.NewMetric("cpu_load",
+		map[string]string{"host": "localhost"},
+		map[string]interface{}{"value": float64(11)},
+		time.Unix(1435077219, 0))
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+	m, err := p.ParseLine("servers.localhost.cpu_load 11 1435077219")
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+	assert.Equal(t, exp.String(), m.String())
+}
+
+func TestFilterMatchMostLongestFilter(t *testing.T) {
+	p, err := NewGraphiteParser("", []string{
+		"*.* .wrong.measurement*",
+		"servers.* .wrong.measurement*",
+		"servers.localhost .wrong.measurement*",
+		"servers.localhost.cpu .host.resource.measurement*", // should match this
+		"*.localhost .wrong.measurement*",
+	}, nil)
+
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected error creating parser, got %v", err)
+	}
+
+	exp, err := telegraf.NewMetric("cpu_load",
+		map[string]string{"host": "localhost", "resource": "cpu"},
+		map[string]interface{}{"value": float64(11)},
+		time.Unix(1435077219, 0))
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+	m, err := p.ParseLine("servers.localhost.cpu.cpu_load 11 1435077219")
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+	assert.Equal(t, exp.String(), m.String())
+}
+
+func TestFilterMatchMultipleWildcards(t *testing.T) {
+	p, err := NewGraphiteParser("", []string{
+		"*.* .wrong.measurement*",
+		"servers.* .host.measurement*", // should match this
+		"servers.localhost .wrong.measurement*",
+		"*.localhost .wrong.measurement*",
+	}, nil)
+
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected error creating parser, got %v", err)
+	}
+
+	exp, err := telegraf.NewMetric("cpu_load",
+		map[string]string{"host": "server01"},
+		map[string]interface{}{"value": float64(11)},
+		time.Unix(1435077219, 0))
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+	m, err := p.ParseLine("servers.server01.cpu_load 11 1435077219")
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+	assert.Equal(t, exp.String(), m.String())
+}
+
+func TestParseDefaultTags(t *testing.T) {
+	p, err := NewGraphiteParser("", []string{"servers.localhost .host.measurement*"}, map[string]string{
+		"region": "us-east",
+		"zone":   "1c",
+		"host":   "should not set",
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected error creating parser, got %v", err)
+	}
+
+	exp, err := telegraf.NewMetric("cpu_load",
+		map[string]string{"host": "localhost", "region": "us-east", "zone": "1c"},
+		map[string]interface{}{"value": float64(11)},
+		time.Unix(1435077219, 0))
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+	m, err := p.ParseLine("servers.localhost.cpu_load 11 1435077219")
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+	assert.Equal(t, exp.String(), m.String())
+}
+
+func TestParseDefaultTemplateTags(t *testing.T) {
+	p, err := NewGraphiteParser("", []string{"servers.localhost .host.measurement* zone=1c"}, map[string]string{
+		"region": "us-east",
+		"host":   "should not set",
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected error creating parser, got %v", err)
+	}
+
+	exp, err := telegraf.NewMetric("cpu_load",
+		map[string]string{"host": "localhost", "region": "us-east", "zone": "1c"},
+		map[string]interface{}{"value": float64(11)},
+		time.Unix(1435077219, 0))
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+	m, err := p.ParseLine("servers.localhost.cpu_load 11 1435077219")
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+	assert.Equal(t, exp.String(), m.String())
+}
+
+func TestParseDefaultTemplateTagsOverridGlobal(t *testing.T) {
+	p, err := NewGraphiteParser("", []string{"servers.localhost .host.measurement* zone=1c,region=us-east"}, map[string]string{
+		"region": "shot not be set",
+		"host":   "should not set",
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected error creating parser, got %v", err)
+	}
+
+	exp, err := telegraf.NewMetric("cpu_load",
+		map[string]string{"host": "localhost", "region": "us-east", "zone": "1c"},
+		map[string]interface{}{"value": float64(11)},
+		time.Unix(1435077219, 0))
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+	m, err := p.ParseLine("servers.localhost.cpu_load 11 1435077219")
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+	assert.Equal(t, exp.String(), m.String())
+}
+
+func TestParseTemplateWhitespace(t *testing.T) {
+	p, err := NewGraphiteParser("",
+		[]string{"servers.localhost        .host.measurement*           zone=1c"},
+		map[string]string{
+			"region": "us-east",
+			"host":   "should not set",
+		})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected error creating parser, got %v", err)
+	}
+
+	exp, err := telegraf.NewMetric("cpu_load",
+		map[string]string{"host": "localhost", "region": "us-east", "zone": "1c"},
+		map[string]interface{}{"value": float64(11)},
+		time.Unix(1435077219, 0))
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+	m, err := p.ParseLine("servers.localhost.cpu_load 11 1435077219")
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+	assert.Equal(t, exp.String(), m.String())
+}
+
+// Test basic functionality of ApplyTemplate
+func TestApplyTemplate(t *testing.T) {
+	p, err := NewGraphiteParser("_",
+		[]string{"current.* measurement.measurement"},
+		nil)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+	measurement, _, _, _ := p.ApplyTemplate("current.users")
+	assert.Equal(t, "current_users", measurement)
+}
+
+// Test basic functionality of ApplyTemplate
+func TestApplyTemplateNoMatch(t *testing.T) {
+	p, err := NewGraphiteParser(".",
+		[]string{"foo.bar measurement.measurement"},
+		nil)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+	measurement, _, _, _ := p.ApplyTemplate("current.users")
+	assert.Equal(t, "current.users", measurement)
+}
+
+// Test that most specific template is chosen
+func TestApplyTemplateSpecific(t *testing.T) {
+	p, err := NewGraphiteParser("_",
+		[]string{
+			"current.* measurement.measurement",
+			"current.*.* measurement.measurement.service",
+		}, nil)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+	measurement, tags, _, _ := p.ApplyTemplate("current.users.facebook")
+	assert.Equal(t, "current_users", measurement)
+
+	service, ok := tags["service"]
+	if !ok {
+		t.Error("Expected for template to apply a 'service' tag, but not found")
+	}
+	if service != "facebook" {
+		t.Errorf("Expected service='facebook' tag, got service='%s'", service)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestApplyTemplateTags(t *testing.T) {
+	p, err := NewGraphiteParser("_",
+		[]string{"current.* measurement.measurement region=us-west"}, nil)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+	measurement, tags, _, _ := p.ApplyTemplate("current.users")
+	assert.Equal(t, "current_users", measurement)
+
+	region, ok := tags["region"]
+	if !ok {
+		t.Error("Expected for template to apply a 'region' tag, but not found")
+	}
+	if region != "us-west" {
+		t.Errorf("Expected region='us-west' tag, got region='%s'", region)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestApplyTemplateField(t *testing.T) {
+	p, err := NewGraphiteParser("_",
+		[]string{"current.* measurement.measurement.field"}, nil)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+	measurement, _, field, err := p.ApplyTemplate("current.users.logged_in")
+
+	assert.Equal(t, "current_users", measurement)
+
+	if field != "logged_in" {
+		t.Errorf("Parser.ApplyTemplate unexpected result. got %s, exp %s",
+			field, "logged_in")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestApplyTemplateFieldError(t *testing.T) {
+	p, err := NewGraphiteParser("_",
+		[]string{"current.* measurement.field.field"}, nil)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+	_, _, _, err = p.ApplyTemplate("current.users.logged_in")
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Errorf("Parser.ApplyTemplate unexpected result. got %s, exp %s", err,
+			"'field' can only be used once in each template: current.users.logged_in")
+	}
+}
+
+// Test Helpers
+func errstr(err error) string {
+	if err != nil {
+		return err.Error()
+	}
+	return ""
+}
--- a/plugins/parsers/influx/parser.go
+++ b/plugins/parsers/influx/parser.go
@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+package influx
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+
+	"github.com/influxdata/influxdb/models"
+)
+
+// InfluxParser is an object for Parsing incoming metrics.
+type InfluxParser struct {
+	// DefaultTags will be added to every parsed metric
+	DefaultTags map[string]string
+}
+
+// ParseMetrics returns a slice of Metrics from a text representation of a
+// metric (in line-protocol format)
+// with each metric separated by newlines. If any metrics fail to parse,
+// a non-nil error will be returned in addition to the metrics that parsed
+// successfully.
+func (p *InfluxParser) Parse(buf []byte) ([]telegraf.Metric, error) {
+	// parse even if the buffer begins with a newline
+	buf = bytes.TrimPrefix(buf, []byte("\n"))
+	points, err := models.ParsePoints(buf)
+	metrics := make([]telegraf.Metric, len(points))
+	for i, point := range points {
+		tags := point.Tags()
+		for k, v := range p.DefaultTags {
+			// Only set tags not in parsed metric
+			if _, ok := tags[k]; !ok {
+				tags[k] = v
+			}
+		}
+		// Ignore error here because it's impossible that a model.Point
+		// wouldn't parse into client.Point properly
+		metrics[i], _ = telegraf.NewMetric(point.Name(), tags,
+			point.Fields(), point.Time())
+	}
+	return metrics, err
+}
+
+func (p *InfluxParser) ParseLine(line string) (telegraf.Metric, error) {
+	metrics, err := p.Parse([]byte(line + "\n"))
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	if len(metrics) < 1 {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf(
+			"Can not parse the line: %s, for data format: influx ", line)
+	}
+
+	return metrics[0], nil
+}
--- a/plugins/parsers/influx/parser_test.go
+++ b/plugins/parsers/influx/parser_test.go
@ -0,0 +1,194 @@
+package influx
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+var exptime = time.Date(2009, time.November, 10, 23, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC)
+
+const (
+	validInflux        = "cpu_load_short,cpu=cpu0 value=10 1257894000000000000"
+	validInfluxNewline = "\ncpu_load_short,cpu=cpu0 value=10 1257894000000000000\n"
+	invalidInflux      = "I don't think this is line protocol"
+	invalidInflux2     = "{\"a\": 5, \"b\": {\"c\": 6}}"
+)
+
+const influxMulti = `
+cpu,host=foo,datacenter=us-east usage_idle=99,usage_busy=1
+cpu,host=foo,datacenter=us-east usage_idle=99,usage_busy=1
+cpu,host=foo,datacenter=us-east usage_idle=99,usage_busy=1
+cpu,host=foo,datacenter=us-east usage_idle=99,usage_busy=1
+cpu,host=foo,datacenter=us-east usage_idle=99,usage_busy=1
+cpu,host=foo,datacenter=us-east usage_idle=99,usage_busy=1
+cpu,host=foo,datacenter=us-east usage_idle=99,usage_busy=1
+`
+
+const influxMultiSomeInvalid = `
+cpu,host=foo,datacenter=us-east usage_idle=99,usage_busy=1
+cpu,host=foo,datacenter=us-east usage_idle=99,usage_busy=1
+cpu,host=foo,datacenter=us-east usage_idle=99,usage_busy=1
+cpu,cpu=cpu3, host=foo,datacenter=us-east usage_idle=99,usage_busy=1
+cpu,cpu=cpu4 , usage_idle=99,usage_busy=1
+cpu,host=foo,datacenter=us-east usage_idle=99,usage_busy=1
+`
+
+func TestParseValidInflux(t *testing.T) {
+	parser := InfluxParser{}
+
+	metrics, err := parser.Parse([]byte(validInflux))
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Len(t, metrics, 1)
+	assert.Equal(t, "cpu_load_short", metrics[0].Name())
+	assert.Equal(t, map[string]interface{}{
+		"value": float64(10),
+	}, metrics[0].Fields())
+	assert.Equal(t, map[string]string{
+		"cpu": "cpu0",
+	}, metrics[0].Tags())
+	assert.Equal(t, exptime, metrics[0].Time())
+
+	metrics, err = parser.Parse([]byte(validInfluxNewline))
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Len(t, metrics, 1)
+	assert.Equal(t, "cpu_load_short", metrics[0].Name())
+	assert.Equal(t, map[string]interface{}{
+		"value": float64(10),
+	}, metrics[0].Fields())
+	assert.Equal(t, map[string]string{
+		"cpu": "cpu0",
+	}, metrics[0].Tags())
+	assert.Equal(t, exptime, metrics[0].Time())
+}
+
+func TestParseLineValidInflux(t *testing.T) {
+	parser := InfluxParser{}
+
+	metric, err := parser.ParseLine(validInflux)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, "cpu_load_short", metric.Name())
+	assert.Equal(t, map[string]interface{}{
+		"value": float64(10),
+	}, metric.Fields())
+	assert.Equal(t, map[string]string{
+		"cpu": "cpu0",
+	}, metric.Tags())
+	assert.Equal(t, exptime, metric.Time())
+
+	metric, err = parser.ParseLine(validInfluxNewline)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, "cpu_load_short", metric.Name())
+	assert.Equal(t, map[string]interface{}{
+		"value": float64(10),
+	}, metric.Fields())
+	assert.Equal(t, map[string]string{
+		"cpu": "cpu0",
+	}, metric.Tags())
+	assert.Equal(t, exptime, metric.Time())
+}
+
+func TestParseMultipleValid(t *testing.T) {
+	parser := InfluxParser{}
+
+	metrics, err := parser.Parse([]byte(influxMulti))
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Len(t, metrics, 7)
+
+	for _, metric := range metrics {
+		assert.Equal(t, "cpu", metric.Name())
+		assert.Equal(t, map[string]string{
+			"datacenter": "us-east",
+			"host":       "foo",
+		}, metrics[0].Tags())
+		assert.Equal(t, map[string]interface{}{
+			"usage_idle": float64(99),
+			"usage_busy": float64(1),
+		}, metrics[0].Fields())
+	}
+}
+
+func TestParseSomeValid(t *testing.T) {
+	parser := InfluxParser{}
+
+	metrics, err := parser.Parse([]byte(influxMultiSomeInvalid))
+	assert.Error(t, err)
+	assert.Len(t, metrics, 4)
+
+	for _, metric := range metrics {
+		assert.Equal(t, "cpu", metric.Name())
+		assert.Equal(t, map[string]string{
+			"datacenter": "us-east",
+			"host":       "foo",
+		}, metrics[0].Tags())
+		assert.Equal(t, map[string]interface{}{
+			"usage_idle": float64(99),
+			"usage_busy": float64(1),
+		}, metrics[0].Fields())
+	}
+}
+
+// Test that default tags are applied.
+func TestParseDefaultTags(t *testing.T) {
+	parser := InfluxParser{
+		DefaultTags: map[string]string{
+			"tag": "default",
+		},
+	}
+
+	metrics, err := parser.Parse([]byte(influxMultiSomeInvalid))
+	assert.Error(t, err)
+	assert.Len(t, metrics, 4)
+
+	for _, metric := range metrics {
+		assert.Equal(t, "cpu", metric.Name())
+		assert.Equal(t, map[string]string{
+			"datacenter": "us-east",
+			"host":       "foo",
+			"tag":        "default",
+		}, metrics[0].Tags())
+		assert.Equal(t, map[string]interface{}{
+			"usage_idle": float64(99),
+			"usage_busy": float64(1),
+		}, metrics[0].Fields())
+	}
+}
+
+// Verify that metric tags will override default tags
+func TestParseDefaultTagsOverride(t *testing.T) {
+	parser := InfluxParser{
+		DefaultTags: map[string]string{
+			"host": "default",
+		},
+	}
+
+	metrics, err := parser.Parse([]byte(influxMultiSomeInvalid))
+	assert.Error(t, err)
+	assert.Len(t, metrics, 4)
+
+	for _, metric := range metrics {
+		assert.Equal(t, "cpu", metric.Name())
+		assert.Equal(t, map[string]string{
+			"datacenter": "us-east",
+			"host":       "foo",
+		}, metrics[0].Tags())
+		assert.Equal(t, map[string]interface{}{
+			"usage_idle": float64(99),
+			"usage_busy": float64(1),
+		}, metrics[0].Fields())
+	}
+}
+
+func TestParseInvalidInflux(t *testing.T) {
+	parser := InfluxParser{}
+
+	_, err := parser.Parse([]byte(invalidInflux))
+	assert.Error(t, err)
+	_, err = parser.Parse([]byte(invalidInflux2))
+	assert.Error(t, err)
+	_, err = parser.ParseLine(invalidInflux)
+	assert.Error(t, err)
+	_, err = parser.ParseLine(invalidInflux2)
+	assert.Error(t, err)
+}
--- a/plugins/parsers/json/parser.go
+++ b/plugins/parsers/json/parser.go
@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+package json
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+)
+
+type JSONParser struct {
+	MetricName  string
+	TagKeys     []string
+	DefaultTags map[string]string
+}
+
+func (p *JSONParser) Parse(buf []byte) ([]telegraf.Metric, error) {
+	metrics := make([]telegraf.Metric, 0)
+
+	var jsonOut map[string]interface{}
+	err := json.Unmarshal(buf, &jsonOut)
+	if err != nil {
+		err = fmt.Errorf("unable to parse out as JSON, %s", err)
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	tags := make(map[string]string)
+	for k, v := range p.DefaultTags {
+		tags[k] = v
+	}
+
+	for _, tag := range p.TagKeys {
+		switch v := jsonOut[tag].(type) {
+		case string:
+			tags[tag] = v
+		}
+		delete(jsonOut, tag)
+	}
+
+	f := JSONFlattener{}
+	err = f.FlattenJSON("", jsonOut)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	metric, err := telegraf.NewMetric(p.MetricName, tags, f.Fields, time.Now().UTC())
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return append(metrics, metric), nil
+}
+
+func (p *JSONParser) ParseLine(line string) (telegraf.Metric, error) {
+	metrics, err := p.Parse([]byte(line + "\n"))
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	if len(metrics) < 1 {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Can not parse the line: %s, for data format: influx ", line)
+	}
+
+	return metrics[0], nil
+}
+
+type JSONFlattener struct {
+	Fields map[string]interface{}
+}
+
+// FlattenJSON flattens nested maps/interfaces into a fields map
+func (f *JSONFlattener) FlattenJSON(
+	fieldname string,
+	v interface{},
+) error {
+	if f.Fields == nil {
+		f.Fields = make(map[string]interface{})
+	}
+	fieldname = strings.Trim(fieldname, "_")
+	switch t := v.(type) {
+	case map[string]interface{}:
+		for k, v := range t {
+			err := f.FlattenJSON(fieldname+"_"+k+"_", v)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+		}
+	case []interface{}:
+		for i, v := range t {
+			k := strconv.Itoa(i)
+			err := f.FlattenJSON(fieldname+"_"+k+"_", v)
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil
+			}
+		}
+	case float64:
+		f.Fields[fieldname] = t
+	case bool, string, nil:
+		// ignored types
+		return nil
+	default:
+		return fmt.Errorf("JSON Flattener: got unexpected type %T with value %v (%s)",
+			t, t, fieldname)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
--- a/plugins/parsers/json/parser_test.go
+++ b/plugins/parsers/json/parser_test.go
@ -0,0 +1,284 @@
+package json
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+const (
+	validJSON        = "{\"a\": 5, \"b\": {\"c\": 6}}"
+	validJSONNewline = "\n{\"d\": 7, \"b\": {\"d\": 8}}\n"
+	invalidJSON      = "I don't think this is JSON"
+	invalidJSON2     = "{\"a\": 5, \"b\": \"c\": 6}}"
+)
+
+const validJSONTags = `
+{
+    "a": 5,
+    "b": {
+        "c": 6
+    },
+    "mytag": "foobar",
+    "othertag": "baz"
+}
+`
+
+func TestParseValidJSON(t *testing.T) {
+	parser := JSONParser{
+		MetricName: "json_test",
+	}
+
+	// Most basic vanilla test
+	metrics, err := parser.Parse([]byte(validJSON))
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Len(t, metrics, 1)
+	assert.Equal(t, "json_test", metrics[0].Name())
+	assert.Equal(t, map[string]interface{}{
+		"a":   float64(5),
+		"b_c": float64(6),
+	}, metrics[0].Fields())
+	assert.Equal(t, map[string]string{}, metrics[0].Tags())
+
+	// Test that newlines are fine
+	metrics, err = parser.Parse([]byte(validJSONNewline))
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Len(t, metrics, 1)
+	assert.Equal(t, "json_test", metrics[0].Name())
+	assert.Equal(t, map[string]interface{}{
+		"d":   float64(7),
+		"b_d": float64(8),
+	}, metrics[0].Fields())
+	assert.Equal(t, map[string]string{}, metrics[0].Tags())
+
+	// Test that strings without TagKeys defined are ignored
+	metrics, err = parser.Parse([]byte(validJSONTags))
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Len(t, metrics, 1)
+	assert.Equal(t, "json_test", metrics[0].Name())
+	assert.Equal(t, map[string]interface{}{
+		"a":   float64(5),
+		"b_c": float64(6),
+	}, metrics[0].Fields())
+	assert.Equal(t, map[string]string{}, metrics[0].Tags())
+}
+
+func TestParseLineValidJSON(t *testing.T) {
+	parser := JSONParser{
+		MetricName: "json_test",
+	}
+
+	// Most basic vanilla test
+	metric, err := parser.ParseLine(validJSON)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, "json_test", metric.Name())
+	assert.Equal(t, map[string]interface{}{
+		"a":   float64(5),
+		"b_c": float64(6),
+	}, metric.Fields())
+	assert.Equal(t, map[string]string{}, metric.Tags())
+
+	// Test that newlines are fine
+	metric, err = parser.ParseLine(validJSONNewline)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, "json_test", metric.Name())
+	assert.Equal(t, map[string]interface{}{
+		"d":   float64(7),
+		"b_d": float64(8),
+	}, metric.Fields())
+	assert.Equal(t, map[string]string{}, metric.Tags())
+
+	// Test that strings without TagKeys defined are ignored
+	metric, err = parser.ParseLine(validJSONTags)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, "json_test", metric.Name())
+	assert.Equal(t, map[string]interface{}{
+		"a":   float64(5),
+		"b_c": float64(6),
+	}, metric.Fields())
+	assert.Equal(t, map[string]string{}, metric.Tags())
+}
+
+func TestParseInvalidJSON(t *testing.T) {
+	parser := JSONParser{
+		MetricName: "json_test",
+	}
+
+	_, err := parser.Parse([]byte(invalidJSON))
+	assert.Error(t, err)
+	_, err = parser.Parse([]byte(invalidJSON2))
+	assert.Error(t, err)
+	_, err = parser.ParseLine(invalidJSON)
+	assert.Error(t, err)
+}
+
+func TestParseWithTagKeys(t *testing.T) {
+	// Test that strings not matching tag keys are ignored
+	parser := JSONParser{
+		MetricName: "json_test",
+		TagKeys:    []string{"wrongtagkey"},
+	}
+	metrics, err := parser.Parse([]byte(validJSONTags))
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Len(t, metrics, 1)
+	assert.Equal(t, "json_test", metrics[0].Name())
+	assert.Equal(t, map[string]interface{}{
+		"a":   float64(5),
+		"b_c": float64(6),
+	}, metrics[0].Fields())
+	assert.Equal(t, map[string]string{}, metrics[0].Tags())
+
+	// Test that single tag key is found and applied
+	parser = JSONParser{
+		MetricName: "json_test",
+		TagKeys:    []string{"mytag"},
+	}
+	metrics, err = parser.Parse([]byte(validJSONTags))
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Len(t, metrics, 1)
+	assert.Equal(t, "json_test", metrics[0].Name())
+	assert.Equal(t, map[string]interface{}{
+		"a":   float64(5),
+		"b_c": float64(6),
+	}, metrics[0].Fields())
+	assert.Equal(t, map[string]string{
+		"mytag": "foobar",
+	}, metrics[0].Tags())
+
+	// Test that both tag keys are found and applied
+	parser = JSONParser{
+		MetricName: "json_test",
+		TagKeys:    []string{"mytag", "othertag"},
+	}
+	metrics, err = parser.Parse([]byte(validJSONTags))
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Len(t, metrics, 1)
+	assert.Equal(t, "json_test", metrics[0].Name())
+	assert.Equal(t, map[string]interface{}{
+		"a":   float64(5),
+		"b_c": float64(6),
+	}, metrics[0].Fields())
+	assert.Equal(t, map[string]string{
+		"mytag":    "foobar",
+		"othertag": "baz",
+	}, metrics[0].Tags())
+}
+
+func TestParseLineWithTagKeys(t *testing.T) {
+	// Test that strings not matching tag keys are ignored
+	parser := JSONParser{
+		MetricName: "json_test",
+		TagKeys:    []string{"wrongtagkey"},
+	}
+	metric, err := parser.ParseLine(validJSONTags)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, "json_test", metric.Name())
+	assert.Equal(t, map[string]interface{}{
+		"a":   float64(5),
+		"b_c": float64(6),
+	}, metric.Fields())
+	assert.Equal(t, map[string]string{}, metric.Tags())
+
+	// Test that single tag key is found and applied
+	parser = JSONParser{
+		MetricName: "json_test",
+		TagKeys:    []string{"mytag"},
+	}
+	metric, err = parser.ParseLine(validJSONTags)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, "json_test", metric.Name())
+	assert.Equal(t, map[string]interface{}{
+		"a":   float64(5),
+		"b_c": float64(6),
+	}, metric.Fields())
+	assert.Equal(t, map[string]string{
+		"mytag": "foobar",
+	}, metric.Tags())
+
+	// Test that both tag keys are found and applied
+	parser = JSONParser{
+		MetricName: "json_test",
+		TagKeys:    []string{"mytag", "othertag"},
+	}
+	metric, err = parser.ParseLine(validJSONTags)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, "json_test", metric.Name())
+	assert.Equal(t, map[string]interface{}{
+		"a":   float64(5),
+		"b_c": float64(6),
+	}, metric.Fields())
+	assert.Equal(t, map[string]string{
+		"mytag":    "foobar",
+		"othertag": "baz",
+	}, metric.Tags())
+}
+
+func TestParseValidJSONDefaultTags(t *testing.T) {
+	parser := JSONParser{
+		MetricName: "json_test",
+		TagKeys:    []string{"mytag"},
+		DefaultTags: map[string]string{
+			"t4g": "default",
+		},
+	}
+
+	// Most basic vanilla test
+	metrics, err := parser.Parse([]byte(validJSON))
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Len(t, metrics, 1)
+	assert.Equal(t, "json_test", metrics[0].Name())
+	assert.Equal(t, map[string]interface{}{
+		"a":   float64(5),
+		"b_c": float64(6),
+	}, metrics[0].Fields())
+	assert.Equal(t, map[string]string{"t4g": "default"}, metrics[0].Tags())
+
+	// Test that tagkeys and default tags are applied
+	metrics, err = parser.Parse([]byte(validJSONTags))
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Len(t, metrics, 1)
+	assert.Equal(t, "json_test", metrics[0].Name())
+	assert.Equal(t, map[string]interface{}{
+		"a":   float64(5),
+		"b_c": float64(6),
+	}, metrics[0].Fields())
+	assert.Equal(t, map[string]string{
+		"t4g":   "default",
+		"mytag": "foobar",
+	}, metrics[0].Tags())
+}
+
+// Test that default tags are overridden by tag keys
+func TestParseValidJSONDefaultTagsOverride(t *testing.T) {
+	parser := JSONParser{
+		MetricName: "json_test",
+		TagKeys:    []string{"mytag"},
+		DefaultTags: map[string]string{
+			"mytag": "default",
+		},
+	}
+
+	// Most basic vanilla test
+	metrics, err := parser.Parse([]byte(validJSON))
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Len(t, metrics, 1)
+	assert.Equal(t, "json_test", metrics[0].Name())
+	assert.Equal(t, map[string]interface{}{
+		"a":   float64(5),
+		"b_c": float64(6),
+	}, metrics[0].Fields())
+	assert.Equal(t, map[string]string{"mytag": "default"}, metrics[0].Tags())
+
+	// Test that tagkeys override default tags
+	metrics, err = parser.Parse([]byte(validJSONTags))
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Len(t, metrics, 1)
+	assert.Equal(t, "json_test", metrics[0].Name())
+	assert.Equal(t, map[string]interface{}{
+		"a":   float64(5),
+		"b_c": float64(6),
+	}, metrics[0].Fields())
+	assert.Equal(t, map[string]string{
+		"mytag": "foobar",
+	}, metrics[0].Tags())
+}
--- a/plugins/parsers/registry.go
+++ b/plugins/parsers/registry.go
@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+package parsers
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/parsers/graphite"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/parsers/influx"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/parsers/json"
+)
+
+// ParserInput is an interface for input plugins that are able to parse
+// arbitrary data formats.
+type ParserInput interface {
+	// SetParser sets the parser function for the interface
+	SetParser(parser Parser)
+}
+
+// Parser is an interface defining functions that a parser plugin must satisfy.
+type Parser interface {
+	// Parse takes a byte buffer separated by newlines
+	// ie, `cpu.usage.idle 90\ncpu.usage.busy 10`
+	// and parses it into telegraf metrics
+	Parse(buf []byte) ([]telegraf.Metric, error)
+
+	// ParseLine takes a single string metric
+	// ie, "cpu.usage.idle 90"
+	// and parses it into a telegraf metric.
+	ParseLine(line string) (telegraf.Metric, error)
+}
+
+// Config is a struct that covers the data types needed for all parser types,
+// and can be used to instantiate _any_ of the parsers.
+type Config struct {
+	// Dataformat can be one of: json, influx, graphite
+	DataFormat string
+
+	// Separator only applied to Graphite data.
+	Separator string
+	// Templates only apply to Graphite data.
+	Templates []string
+
+	// TagKeys only apply to JSON data
+	TagKeys []string
+	// MetricName only applies to JSON data. This will be the name of the measurement.
+	MetricName string
+
+	// DefaultTags are the default tags that will be added to all parsed metrics.
+	DefaultTags map[string]string
+}
+
+// NewParser returns a Parser interface based on the given config.
+func NewParser(config *Config) (Parser, error) {
+	var err error
+	var parser Parser
+	switch config.DataFormat {
+	case "json":
+		parser, err = NewJSONParser(config.MetricName,
+			config.TagKeys, config.DefaultTags)
+	case "influx":
+		parser, err = NewInfluxParser()
+	case "graphite":
+		parser, err = NewGraphiteParser(config.Separator,
+			config.Templates, config.DefaultTags)
+	default:
+		err = fmt.Errorf("Invalid data format: %s", config.DataFormat)
+	}
+	return parser, err
+}
+
+func NewJSONParser(
+	metricName string,
+	tagKeys []string,
+	defaultTags map[string]string,
+) (Parser, error) {
+	parser := &json.JSONParser{
+		MetricName:  metricName,
+		TagKeys:     tagKeys,
+		DefaultTags: defaultTags,
+	}
+	return parser, nil
+}
+
+func NewInfluxParser() (Parser, error) {
+	return &influx.InfluxParser{}, nil
+}
+
+func NewGraphiteParser(
+	separator string,
+	templates []string,
+	defaultTags map[string]string,
+) (Parser, error) {
+	return graphite.NewGraphiteParser(separator, templates, defaultTags)
+}
--- a/scripts/circle-test.sh
+++ b/scripts/circle-test.sh
@ -68,4 +68,6 @@ tmpdir=$(mktemp -d)
 exit_if_fail ./telegraf -config $tmpdir/config.toml \
    -test -input-filter cpu:mem

+mv ./telegraf $CIRCLE_ARTIFACTS
+
 exit $rc