Direct people to downloads page for installation

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

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