move plugin interfaces into separate package

fix plugin namespacing
update Circle build to use go1.8beta1
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 ## Directions
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-## v1.4.4 [2017-11-08]
+## v1.2 [unreleased]
 - [#3401](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/3401): Use schema specified in mqtt_consumer input.
 - [#3419](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/3419): Redact datadog API key in log output.
 - [#3311](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/3311): Fix error getting pids in netstat input.
 - [#3339](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/3339): Support HOST_VAR envvar to locate /var in system input.
 - [#3383](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/3383): Use current time if docker container read time is zero value.
 ## v1.4.3 [2017-10-25]
 ### Bugfixes
 - [#3327](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/3327): Fix container name filters in docker input.
 - [#3321](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/3321): Fix snmpwalk address format in leofs input.
 - [#3329](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/3329): Fix case sensitivity issue in sqlserver query.
 - [#3342](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/3342): Fix CPU input plugin stuck after suspend on Linux.
 - [#3013](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/3013): Fix mongodb input panic when restarting mongodb.
 - [#3224](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/3224): Preserve url path prefix in influx output.
 - [#3354](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/3354): Fix TELEGRAF_OPTS expansion in systemd service unit.
 - [#3357](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/3357): Remove warning when JSON contains null value.
 - [#3375](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/3375): Fix ACL token usage in consul input plugin.
 - [#3369](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/3369): Fix unquoting error with Tomcat 6.
 - [#3373](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/3373): Fix syscall panic in diskio on some Linux systems.
 ## v1.4.2 [2017-10-10]
 ### Bugfixes
 - [#3259](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/3259): Fix error if int larger than 32-bit in /proc/vmstat.
 - [#3265](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/3265): Fix parsing of JSON with a UTF8 BOM in httpjson.
 - [#2887](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/2887): Allow JSON data format to contain zero metrics.
 - [#3284](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/3284): Fix format of connection_timeout in mqtt_consumer.
 - [#3081](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/3081): Fix case sensitivity error in sqlserver input.
 - [#3297](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/3297): Add support for proxy environment variables to http_response.
 - [#1588](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/1588): Add support for standard proxy env vars in outputs.
 - [#3282](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/3282): Fix panic in cpu input if number of cpus changes.
 - [#2854](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/2854): Use chunked transfer encoding in InfluxDB output.
 ## v1.4.1 [2017-09-26]
 ### Bugfixes
 - [#3167](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/3167): Fix MQTT input exits if Broker is not available on startup.
 - [#3217](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/3217): Fix optional field value conversions in fluentd input.
 - [#3227](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/3227): Whitelist allowed char classes for opentsdb output.
 - [#3232](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/3232): Fix counter and gauge metric types.
 - [#3235](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/3235): Fix skipped line with empty target in iptables.
 - [#3175](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/3175): Fix duplicate keys in perf counters sqlserver query.
 - [#3230](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/3230): Fix panic in statsd p100 calculation.
 - [#3242](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/3242): Fix arm64 packages contain 32-bit executable.
 ## v1.4 [2017-09-05]
 ### Release Notes
 - The `kafka_consumer` input has been updated to support Kafka 0.9 and
  above style consumer offset handling.  The previous version of this plugin
  supporting Kafka 0.8 and below is available as the `kafka_consumer_legacy`
  plugin.
 - In the `aerospike` input the `node_name` field has been changed to be a tag
  for both the `aerospike_node` and `aerospike_namespace` measurements.
 - The default prometheus_client port has been changed to 9273.
 ### New Plugins
 - [fail2ban](./plugins/inputs/fail2ban/README.md) - Thanks to @grugrut
 - [fluentd](./plugins/inputs/fluentd/README.md) - Thanks to @DanKans
 - [histogram](./plugins/aggregators/histogram/README.md) - Thanks to @vlamug
 - [minecraft](./plugins/inputs/minecraft/README.md) - Thanks to @adamperlin & @Ayrdrie
 - [openldap](./plugins/inputs/openldap/README.md) - Thanks to @cobaugh
 - [salesforce](./plugins/inputs/salesforce/README.md) - Thanks to @rody
 - [tomcat](./plugins/inputs/tomcat/README.md) - Thanks to @mlindes
 - [win_services](./plugins/inputs/win_services/README.md) - Thanks to @vlastahajek
 - [zipkin](./plugins/inputs/zipkin/README.md) - Thanks to @adamperlin & @Ayrdrie
 ### Features
 - [#2487](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/2487): Add Kafka 0.9+ consumer support
 - [#2773](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/2773): Add support for self-signed certs to InfluxDB input plugin
 - [#2293](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/2293): Add TCP listener for statsd input
 - [#2581](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/2581): Add Docker container environment variables as tags. Only whitelisted
 - [#2817](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/2817): Add timeout option to IPMI sensor plugin
 - [#2883](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/2883): Add support for an optional SSL/TLS configuration to nginx input plugin
 - [#2882](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/2882): Add timezone support for logparser timestamps.
 - [#2814](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/2814): Add result_type field for http_response input.
 - [#2734](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/2734): Add include/exclude filters for docker containers.
 - [#2602](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/2602): Add secure connection support to graphite output.
 - [#2908](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/2908): Add min/max response time on linux/darwin to ping.
 - [#2929](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/2929): Add HTTP Proxy support to influxdb output.
 - [#2933](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/2933): Add standard SSL options to mysql input.
 - [#2875](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/2875): Add input plugin for fail2ban.
 - [#2924](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/2924): Support HOST_PROC in processes and linux_sysctl_fs inputs.
 - [#2960](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/2960): Add Minecraft input plugin.
 - [#2963](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/2963): Add support for RethinkDB 1.0 handshake protocol.
 - [#2943](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/2943): Add optional usage_active and time_active CPU metrics.
 - [#2973](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/2973): Change default prometheus_client port.
 - [#2661](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/2661): Add fluentd input plugin.
 - [#2990](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/2990): Add result_type field to net_response input plugin.
 - [#2571](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/2571): Add read timeout to socket_listener
 - [#2612](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/2612): Add input plugin for OpenLDAP.
 - [#3042](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/3042): Add network option to dns_query.
 - [#3054](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/3054): Add redis_version field to redis input.
 - [#3063](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/3063): Add tls options to docker input.
 - [#2387](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/2387): Add histogram aggregator plugin.
 - [#3080](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/3080): Add zipkin input plugin.
 - [#3023](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/3023): Add Windows Services input plugin.
 - [#3098](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/3098): Add path tag to logparser containing path of logfile.
 - [#3075](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/3075): Add salesforce input plugin.
 - [#3097](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/3097): Add option to run varnish under sudo.
 - [#3119](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/3119): Add weighted_io_time to diskio input.
 - [#2978](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/2978): Add gzip content-encoding support to influxdb output.
 - [#3127](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/3127): Allow using system plugin in Windows.
 - [#3112](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/3112): Add tomcat input plugin.
 - [#3182](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/3182): HTTP headers can be added to InfluxDB output.
 ### Bugfixes
 - [#2607](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/2607): Improve logging of errors in Cassandra input.
 - [#2819](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/2819): [enh] set db_version at 0 if query version fails
 - [#2749](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/2749): Fixed sqlserver input to work with case sensitive server collation.
 - [#2716](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/2716): Systemd does not see all shutdowns as failures
 - [#2782](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/2782): Reuse transports in input plugins
 - [#2815](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/2815): Inputs processes fails with "no such process".
 - [#1137](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/1137): Fix multiple plugin loading in win_perf_counters.
 - [#2855](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/2855):  MySQL input: log and continue on field parse error.
 - [#2885](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/2885): Fix timeout option in Windows ping input sample configuration.
 - [#2911](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/2911): Fix Kinesis output plugin in govcloud.
 - [#2917](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/2917): Fix Aerospike input adds all nodes to a single series.
 - [#2452](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/2452): Improve Prometheus Client output documentation.
 - [#2984](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/2984): Display error message if prometheus output fails to listen.
 - [#2997](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/2997): Fix elasticsearch output content type detection warning.
 - [#2914](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/2914): Prevent possible deadlock when using aggregators.
 - [#2860](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/2860): Fix combined tagdrop/tagpass filtering.
 - [#3036](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/3036): Fix filtering when both pass and drop match an item.
 - [#2964](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/2964): Only report cpu usage for online cpus in docker input.
 - [#3050](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/3050): Start first aggregator period at startup time.
 - [#2906](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/2906): Fix panic in logparser if file cannot be opened.
 - [#2886](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/2886): Default to localhost if zookeeper has no servers set.
 - [#2457](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/2457): Fix docker memory and cpu reporting in Windows.
 - [#3058](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/3058): Allow iptable entries with trailing text.
 - [#1680](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/1680): Sanitize password from couchbase metric.
 - [#3104](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/3104): Converge to typed value in prometheus output.
 - [#2899](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/2899): Skip compilcation of logparser and tail on solaris.
 - [#2951](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/2951): Discard logging from tail library.
 - [#3126](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/3126): Remove log message on ping timeout.
 - [#3144](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/3144): Don't retry points beyond retention policy.
 - [#3015](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/3015): Don't start Telegraf on install in Amazon Linux.
 - [#3153](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/3053): Enable hddtemp input on all platforms.
 - [#3142](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/3142): Escape backslash within string fields.
 - [#3162](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/3162): Fix parsing of SHM remotes in ntpq input
 - [#3149](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/3149): Don't fail parsing zpool stats if pool health is UNAVAIL on FreeBSD.
 - [#2672](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/2672): Fix NSQ input plugin when used with version 1.0.0-compat.
 - [#2523](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/2523): Added CloudWatch metric constraint validation.
 - [#3179](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/3179): Skip non-numerical values in graphite format.
 - [#3187](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/3187): Fix panic when handling string fields with escapes.
 ## v1.3.5 [2017-07-26]
 ### Bugfixes
 - [#3049](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/3049): Fix prometheus output cannot be reloaded.
 - [#3037](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/3037): Fix filestat reporting exists when cannot list directory.
 - [#2386](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/2386): Fix ntpq parse issue when using dns_lookup.
 - [#2554](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/2554): Fix panic when agent.interval = "0s".
 ## v1.3.4 [2017-07-12]
 ### Bugfixes
 - [#3001](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/3001): Fix handling of escape characters within fields.
 - [#2988](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/2988): Fix chrony plugin does not track system time offset.
 - [#3004](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/3004): Do not allow metrics with trailing slashes.
 - [#3011](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/3011): Prevent Write from being called concurrently.
 ## v1.3.3 [2017-06-28]
 ### Bugfixes
 - [#2915](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/2915): Allow dos line endings in tail and logparser.
 - [#2937](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/2937): Remove label value sanitization in prometheus output.
 - [#2948](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/2948): Fix bug parsing default timestamps with modified precision.
 - [#2954](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/2954): Fix panic in elasticsearch input if cannot determine master.
 ## v1.3.2 [2017-06-14]
 ### Bugfixes
 - [#2862](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/2862): Fix InfluxDB UDP metric splitting.
 - [#2888](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/2888): Fix mongodb/leofs urls without scheme.
 - [#2822](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/2822): Fix inconsistent label dimensions in prometheus output.
 ## v1.3.1 [2017-05-31]
 ### Bugfixes
 - [#2749](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/2749): Fixed sqlserver input to work with case sensitive server collation.
 - [#2782](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/2782): Reuse transports in input plugins
 - [#2815](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/2815): Inputs processes fails with "no such process".
 - [#2851](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/2851): Fix InfluxDB output database quoting.
 - [#2856](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/2856): Fix net input on older Linux kernels.
 - [#2848](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/2848): Fix panic in mongo input.
 - [#2869](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/2869): Fix length calculation of split metric buffer.
 ## v1.3 [2017-05-15]
 ### Release Notes
 - Users of the windows `ping` plugin will need to drop or migrate their
 measurements in order to continue using the plugin. The reason for this is that
 the windows plugin was outputting a different type than the linux plugin. This
 made it impossible to use the `ping` plugin for both windows and linux
 machines.
 - Ceph: the `ceph_pgmap_state` metric content has been modified to use a unique field `count`, with each state expressed as a `state` tag.
 Telegraf < 1.3:
 ```
 # field_name             value
 active+clean             123
 active+clean+scrubbing   3
 ```
 Telegraf >= 1.3:
 ```
 # field_name    value       tag
 count           123         state=active+clean
 count           3           state=active+clean+scrubbing
 ```
 - The [Riemann output plugin](./plugins/outputs/riemann) has been rewritten
 and the previous riemann plugin is _incompatible_ with the new one. The reasons
 for this are outlined in issue [#1878](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/1878).
 The previous riemann output will still be available using
 `outputs.riemann_legacy` if needed, but that will eventually be deprecated.
 It is highly recommended that all users migrate to the new riemann output plugin.
 - Generic [socket_listener](./plugins/inputs/socket_listener) and
 [socket_writer](./plugins/outputs/socket_writer) plugins have been implemented
 for receiving and sending UDP, TCP, unix, & unix-datagram data. These plugins
 will replace udp_listener and tcp_listener, which are still available but will
 be deprecated eventually.
 ### Features
 - [#2721](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/2721): Added SASL options for kafka output plugin.
 - [#2723](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/2723): Added SSL configuration for input haproxy.
 - [#2494](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/2494): Add interrupts input plugin.
 - [#2094](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/2094): Add generic socket listener & writer.
 - [#2204](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/2204): Extend http_response to support searching for a substring in response. Return 1 if found, else 0.
 - [#2137](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/2137): Added userstats to mysql input plugin.
 - [#2179](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/2179): Added more InnoDB metric to MySQL plugin.
 - [#2229](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/2229): `ceph_pgmap_state` metric now uses a single field `count`, with PG state published as `state` tag.
 - [#2251](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/2251): InfluxDB output: use own client for improved through-put and less allocations.
 - [#2330](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/2330): Keep -config-directory when running as Windows service.
 - [#1900](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/1900): Riemann plugin rewrite.
 - [#1453](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/1453): diskio: add support for name templates and udev tags.
 - [#2277](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/2277): add integer metrics for Consul check health state.
 - [#2201](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/2201): Add lock option to the IPtables input plugin.
 - [#2244](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/2244): Support ipmi_sensor plugin querying local ipmi sensors.
 - [#2339](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/2339): Increment gather_errors for all errors emitted by inputs.
 - [#2071](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/2071): Use official docker SDK.
 - [#1678](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/1678): Add AMQP consumer input plugin
 - [#2512](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/2512): Added pprof tool.
 - [#2501](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/2501): Support DEAD(X) state in system input plugin.
 - [#2522](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/2522): Add support for mongodb client certificates.
 - [#1948](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/1948): Support adding SNMP table indexes as tags.
 - [#2332](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/2332): Add Elasticsearch 5.x output
 - [#2587](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/2587): Add json timestamp units configurability
 - [#2597](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/2597): Add support for Linux sysctl-fs metrics.
 - [#2425](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/2425): Support to include/exclude docker container labels as tags
 - [#1667](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/1667): dmcache input plugin
 - [#2637](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/2637): Add support for precision in http_listener
 - [#2636](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/2636): Add `message_len_max` option to `kafka_consumer` input
 - [#1100](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/1100): Add collectd parser
 - [#1820](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/1820): easier plugin testing without outputs
 - [#2493](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/2493): Check signature in the GitHub webhook plugin
 - [#2038](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/2038): Add papertrail support to webhooks
 - [#2253](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/2253): Change jolokia plugin to use bulk requests.
 - [#2575](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/2575) Add diskio input for Darwin
 - [#2705](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/2705): Kinesis output: add use_random_partitionkey option
 - [#2635](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/2635): add tcp keep-alive to socket_listener & socket_writer
 - [#2031](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/2031): Add Kapacitor input plugin
 - [#2732](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/2732): Use go 1.8.1
 - [#2712](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/2712): Documentation for rabbitmq input plugin
 - [#2141](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/2141): Logparser handles newly-created files.
 ### Bugfixes
 - [#2633](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/2633): ipmi_sensor: allow @ symbol in password
 - [#2077](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/2077): SQL Server Input - Arithmetic overflow error converting numeric to data type int.
 - [#2262](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/2262): Flush jitter can inhibit metric collection.
 - [#2318](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/2318): haproxy input - Add missing fields.
 - [#2287](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/2287): Kubernetes input: Handle null startTime for stopped pods.
 - [#2356](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/2356): cpu input panic when /proc/stat is empty.
 - [#2341](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/2341): telegraf swallowing panics in --test mode.
 - [#2358](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/2358): Create pidfile with 644 permissions & defer file deletion.
 - [#2360](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/2360): Fixed install/remove of telegraf on non-systemd Debian/Ubuntu systems
 - [#2282](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/2282): Reloading telegraf freezes prometheus output.
 - [#2390](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/2390): Empty tag value causes error on InfluxDB output.
 - [#2380](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/2380): buffer_size field value is negative number from "internal" plugin.
 - [#2414](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/2414): Missing error handling in the MySQL plugin leads to segmentation violation.
 - [#2462](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/2462): Fix type conflict in windows ping plugin.
 - [#2178](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/2178): logparser: regexp with lookahead.
 - [#2466](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/2466): Telegraf can crash in LoadDirectory on 0600 files.
 - [#2215](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/2215): Iptables input: document better that rules without a comment are ignored.
 - [#2483](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/2483): Fix win_perf_counters capping values at 100.
 - [#2498](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/2498): Exporting Ipmi.Path to be set by config.
 - [#2500](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/2500): Remove warning if parse empty content
 - [#2520](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/2520): Update default value for Cloudwatch rate limit
 - [#2513](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/2513): create /etc/telegraf/telegraf.d directory in tarball.
 - [#2541](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/2541): Return error on unsupported serializer data format.
 - [#1827](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/1827): Fix Windows Performance Counters multi instance identifier
 - [#2576](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/2576): Add write timeout to Riemann output
 - [#2596](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/2596): fix timestamp parsing on prometheus plugin
 - [#2610](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/2610): Fix deadlock when output cannot write
 - [#2410](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/2410): Fix connection leak in postgresql.
 - [#2628](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/2628): Set default measurement name for snmp input.
 - [#2649](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/2649): Improve performance of diskio with many disks
 - [#2671](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/2671): The internal input plugin uses the wrong units for `heap_objects`
 - [#2684](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/2684): Fix ipmi_sensor config is shared between all plugin instances
 - [#2450](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/2450): Network statistics not collected when system has alias interfaces
 - [#1911](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/1911): Sysstat plugin needs LANG=C or similar locale
 - [#2528](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/2528): File output closes standard streams on reload.
 - [#2603](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/2603): AMQP output disconnect blocks all outputs
 - [#2706](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/2706): Improve documentation for redis input plugin
 ## v1.2.1 [2017-02-01]
 ### Bugfixes
 - [#2317](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/2317): Fix segfault on nil metrics with influxdb output.
 - [#2324](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/2324): Fix negative number handling.
 ### Features
 - [#2348](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/2348): Go version 1.7.4 -> 1.7.5
 ## v1.2 [2017-01-00]
 ### Release Notes
@@ -385,7 +44,6 @@ plugins, not just statsd.
 - [#1942](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/1942): Change Amazon Kinesis output plugin to use the built-in serializer plugins.
 - [#1980](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/1980): Hide username/password from elasticsearch error log messages.
 - [#2097](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/2097): Configurable HTTP timeouts in Jolokia plugin
 - [#2255](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/2255): Allow changing jolokia attribute delimiter
 ### Bugfixes
@@ -395,7 +53,7 @@ plugins, not just statsd.
 - [#1775](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/1775): Cache & expire metrics for delivery to prometheus.
 - [#2146](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/2146): Fix potential panic in aggregator plugin metric maker.
 - [#1843](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/1843) & [#1668](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/1668): Add optional ability to define PID as a tag.
- [#1730](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/1730) & [#2261](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/2261): Fix win_perf_counters not gathering non-English counters.
+- [#1730](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/1730): Fix win_perf_counters not gathering non-English counters.
 - [#2061](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/2061): Fix panic when file stat info cannot be collected due to permissions or other issue(s).
 - [#2045](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/2045): Graylog output should set short_message field.
 - [#1904](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/1904): Hddtemp always put the value in the field temperature.
@@ -408,10 +66,6 @@ plugins, not just statsd.
 - [#1973](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/1973): Partial fix: logparser CLF pattern with IPv6 addresses.
 - [#1975](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/1975) & [#2102](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/2102): Fix thread-safety when using multiple instances of the statsd input plugin.
 - [#2027](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/2027): docker input: interface conversion panic fix.
 - [#1814](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/1814): snmp: ensure proper context is present on error messages.
 - [#2299](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/2299): opentsdb: add tcp:// prefix if no scheme provided.
 - [#2297](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/2297): influx parser: parse line-protocol without newlines.
 - [#2245](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/2245): influxdb output: fix field type conflict blocking output buffer.
 ## v1.1.2 [2016-12-12]
@@ -562,11 +216,8 @@ which can be installed via
 evaluated at every flush interval, rather than once at startup. This makes it
 consistent with the behavior of `collection_jitter`.
 - postgresql plugins now handle oid and name typed columns seamlessly, previously they were ignored/skipped.
 ### Features
 - [#1617](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/1617): postgresql_extensible now handles name and oid types correctly.
 - [#1413](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/1413): Separate container_version from container_image tag.
 - [#1525](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/1525): Support setting per-device and total metrics for Docker network and blockio.
 - [#1466](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/1466): MongoDB input plugin: adding per DB stats from db.stats()
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ You should also add the following to your SampleConfig() return:
 ```toml
  ## Data format to consume.
-  ## Each data format has its own unique set of configuration options, read
+  ## 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_INPUT.md
  data_format = "influx"
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 ```toml
  ## Data format to output.
-  ## Each data format has its own unique set of configuration options, read
+  ## 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
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 golang.org/x/sys a646d33e2ee3172a661fc09bca23bb4889a41bc8
 github.com/go-ini/ini 9144852efba7c4daf409943ee90767da62d55438
 github.com/jmespath/go-jmespath bd40a432e4c76585ef6b72d3fd96fb9b6dc7b68d
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib/difflib 792786c7400a136282c1664665ae0a8db921c6c2
 github.com/stretchr/objx 1a9d0bb9f541897e62256577b352fdbc1fb4fd94
 gopkg.in/fsnotify.v1 a8a77c9133d2d6fd8334f3260d06f60e8d80a5fb
 gopkg.in/tomb.v1 dd632973f1e7218eb1089048e0798ec9ae7dceb8
--- a/141
+++ b/141
@@ -1,73 +1,56 @@
-PREFIX := /usr/local
+VERSION := $(shell sh -c 'git describe --always --tags')
-VERSION := $(shell git describe --exact-match --tags 2>/dev/null)
+BRANCH := $(shell sh -c 'git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD')
-BRANCH := $(shell git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)
+COMMIT := $(shell sh -c 'git rev-parse --short HEAD')
 COMMIT := $(shell git rev-parse --short HEAD)
 ifdef GOBIN
 PATH := $(GOBIN):$(PATH)
 else
 PATH := $(subst :,/bin:,$(GOPATH))/bin:$(PATH)
 endif
-TELEGRAF := telegraf$(shell go tool dist env | grep -q 'GOOS=.windows.' && echo .exe)
+# Standard Telegraf build
 default: prepare build
-LDFLAGS := $(LDFLAGS) -X main.commit=$(COMMIT) -X main.branch=$(BRANCH)
+# Windows build
-ifdef VERSION
+windows: prepare-windows build-windows
 	LDFLAGS += -X main.version=$(VERSION)
 endif
 # Only run the build (no dependency grabbing)
 build:
 	go install -ldflags \
 		"-X main.version=$(VERSION) -X main.commit=$(COMMIT) -X main.branch=$(BRANCH)" ./...
-all:
+build-windows:
-	$(MAKE) deps
+	GOOS=windows GOARCH=amd64 go build -o telegraf.exe -ldflags \
-	$(MAKE) telegraf
+		"-X main.version=$(VERSION) -X main.commit=$(COMMIT) -X main.branch=$(BRANCH)" \
 		./cmd/telegraf/telegraf.go
-deps:
+build-for-docker:
-	go get github.com/sparrc/gdm
+	CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=linux go build -installsuffix cgo -o telegraf -ldflags \
-	gdm restore
+		"-s -X main.version=$(VERSION) -X main.commit=$(COMMIT) -X main.branch=$(BRANCH)" \
-
+		./cmd/telegraf/telegraf.go
 telegraf:
 	go build -i -o $(TELEGRAF) -ldflags "$(LDFLAGS)" ./cmd/telegraf/telegraf.go
 go-install:
 	go install -ldflags "-w -s $(LDFLAGS)" ./cmd/telegraf
 install: telegraf
 	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/bin/
 	cp $(TELEGRAF) $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/bin/
 test:
 	go test -short ./...
 test-windows:
 	go test ./plugins/inputs/ping/...
 	go test ./plugins/inputs/win_perf_counters/...
 	go test ./plugins/inputs/win_services/...
 lint:
 	go vet ./...
 test-all: lint
 	go test ./...
 # run package script
 package:
 	./scripts/build.py --package --version="$(VERSION)" --platform=linux --arch=all --upload
-clean:
+# Get dependencies and use gdm to checkout changesets
-	-rm -f telegraf
+prepare:
-	-rm -f telegraf.exe
+	go get github.com/sparrc/gdm
 	gdm restore
-# Run all docker containers necessary for integration tests
+# Use the windows godeps file to prepare dependencies
 prepare-windows:
 	go get github.com/sparrc/gdm
 	gdm restore
 	gdm restore -f Godeps_windows
 # Run all docker containers necessary for unit tests
 docker-run:
 	docker run --name aerospike -p "3000:3000" -d aerospike/aerospike-server:3.9.0
 	docker run --name zookeeper -p "2181:2181" -d wurstmeister/zookeeper
 	docker run --name kafka \
-		--link zookeeper:zookeeper \
+		-e ADVERTISED_HOST=localhost \
-		-e KAFKA_ADVERTISED_HOST_NAME=localhost \
+		-e ADVERTISED_PORT=9092 \
-		-e KAFKA_ADVERTISED_PORT=9092 \
+		-p "2181:2181" -p "9092:9092" \
-		-e KAFKA_ZOOKEEPER_CONNECT=zookeeper:2181 \
+		-d spotify/kafka
 		-e KAFKA_CREATE_TOPICS="test:1:1" \
 		-p "9092:9092" \
 		-d wurstmeister/kafka
 	docker run --name elasticsearch -p "9200:9200" -p "9300:9300" -d elasticsearch:5
 	docker run --name mysql -p "3306:3306" -e MYSQL_ALLOW_EMPTY_PASSWORD=yes -d mysql
 	docker run --name memcached -p "11211:11211" -d memcached
 	docker run --name postgres -p "5432:5432" -d postgres
@@ -75,43 +58,39 @@ docker-run:
 	docker run --name redis -p "6379:6379" -d redis
 	docker run --name nsq -p "4150:4150" -d nsqio/nsq /nsqd
 	docker run --name mqtt -p "1883:1883" -d ncarlier/mqtt
-	docker run --name riemann -p "5555:5555" -d stealthly/docker-riemann
+	docker run --name riemann -p "5555:5555" -d blalor/riemann
 	docker run --name nats -p "4222:4222" -d nats
 	docker run --name openldap \
 		-e SLAPD_CONFIG_ROOTDN="cn=manager,cn=config" \
 		-e SLAPD_CONFIG_ROOTPW="secret" \
 		-p "389:389" -p "636:636" \
 		-d cobaugh/openldap-alpine
-# Run docker containers necessary for integration tests; skipping services provided
+# Run docker containers necessary for CircleCI unit tests
 # by CircleCI
 docker-run-circle:
 	docker run --name aerospike -p "3000:3000" -d aerospike/aerospike-server:3.9.0
 	docker run --name zookeeper -p "2181:2181" -d wurstmeister/zookeeper
 	docker run --name kafka \
-		--link zookeeper:zookeeper \
+		-e ADVERTISED_HOST=localhost \
-		-e KAFKA_ADVERTISED_HOST_NAME=localhost \
+		-e ADVERTISED_PORT=9092 \
-		-e KAFKA_ADVERTISED_PORT=9092 \
+		-p "2181:2181" -p "9092:9092" \
-		-e KAFKA_ZOOKEEPER_CONNECT=zookeeper:2181 \
+		-d spotify/kafka
 		-e KAFKA_CREATE_TOPICS="test:1:1" \
 		-p "9092:9092" \
 		-d wurstmeister/kafka
 	docker run --name elasticsearch -p "9200:9200" -p "9300:9300" -d elasticsearch:5
 	docker run --name nsq -p "4150:4150" -d nsqio/nsq /nsqd
 	docker run --name mqtt -p "1883:1883" -d ncarlier/mqtt
-	docker run --name riemann -p "5555:5555" -d stealthly/docker-riemann
+	docker run --name riemann -p "5555:5555" -d blalor/riemann
 	docker run --name nats -p "4222:4222" -d nats
 	docker run --name openldap \
 		-e SLAPD_CONFIG_ROOTDN="cn=manager,cn=config" \
 		-e SLAPD_CONFIG_ROOTPW="secret" \
 		-p "389:389" -p "636:636" \
 		-d cobaugh/openldap-alpine
 # Kill all docker containers, ignore errors
 docker-kill:
-	-docker kill aerospike elasticsearch kafka memcached mqtt mysql nats nsq \
+	-docker kill nsq aerospike redis rabbitmq postgres memcached mysql kafka mqtt riemann nats
-		openldap postgres rabbitmq redis riemann zookeeper
+	-docker rm nsq aerospike redis rabbitmq postgres memcached mysql kafka mqtt riemann nats
 	-docker rm aerospike elasticsearch kafka memcached mqtt mysql nats nsq \
 		openldap postgres rabbitmq redis riemann zookeeper
-.PHONY: deps telegraf telegraf.exe install test test-windows lint test-all \
+# Run full unit tests using docker containers (includes setup and teardown)
-	package clean docker-run docker-run-circle docker-kill
+test: vet docker-kill docker-run
 	# Sleeping for kafka leadership election, TSDB setup, etc.
 	sleep 60
 	# SUCCESS, running tests
 	go test -race ./...
 # Run "short" unit tests
 test-short: vet
 	go test -short ./...
 vet:
 	go vet ./...
 .PHONY: test test-short vet build default
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -20,35 +20,74 @@ For more information on Processor and Aggregator plugins please [read this](./do
 New plugins are designed to be easy to contribute,
 we'll eagerly accept pull
 requests and will manage the set of plugins that Telegraf supports.
-
+See the [contributing guide](CONTRIBUTING.md) for instructions on writing
-## Contributing
+new plugins.
 There are many ways to contribute:
 - Fix and [report bugs](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/new)
 - [Improve documentation](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues?q=is%3Aopen+label%3Adocumentation)
 - [Review code and feature proposals](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pulls)
 - Answer questions on github and on the [Community Site](https://community.influxdata.com/)
 - [Contribute plugins](CONTRIBUTING.md)
 ## Installation:
-You can download the binaries directly from the [downloads](https://www.influxdata.com/downloads) page
+### Linux deb and rpm Packages:
-or from the [releases](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/releases) section.
+
 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
 ### FreeBSD tarball:
 Latest:
 * https://dl.influxdata.com/telegraf/releases/telegraf-1.1.1_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 requires golang version 1.8+, the Makefile requires GNU make.
+Telegraf manages dependencies via [gdm](https://github.com/sparrc/gdm),
-
+which gets installed via the Makefile
-Dependencies are managed with [gdm](https://github.com/sparrc/gdm),
+if you don't have it already. You also must build with golang version 1.5+.
 which is installed by the Makefile if you don't have it already.
 1. [Install Go](https://golang.org/doc/install)
 2. [Setup your GOPATH](https://golang.org/doc/code.html#GOPATH)
-3. Run `go get -d github.com/influxdata/telegraf`
+3. Run `go get github.com/influxdata/telegraf`
 4. Run `cd $GOPATH/src/github.com/influxdata/telegraf`
 5. Run `make`
@@ -57,37 +96,37 @@ which is installed by the Makefile if you don't have it already.
 See usage with:
 ```
-./telegraf --help
+telegraf --help
 ```
-#### Generate a telegraf config file:
+### Generate a telegraf config file:
 ```
-./telegraf config > telegraf.conf
+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
+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
+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
+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
+telegraf --config telegraf.conf -input-filter cpu:mem -output-filter influxdb
 ```
@@ -98,48 +137,38 @@ configuration options.
 ## Input Plugins
 * [aerospike](./plugins/inputs/aerospike)
 * [amqp_consumer](./plugins/inputs/amqp_consumer) (rabbitmq)
 * [apache](./plugins/inputs/apache)
 * [aws cloudwatch](./plugins/inputs/cloudwatch)
 * [aerospike](./plugins/inputs/aerospike)
 * [apache](./plugins/inputs/apache)
 * [bcache](./plugins/inputs/bcache)
 * [cassandra](./plugins/inputs/cassandra)
 * [ceph](./plugins/inputs/ceph)
 * [cgroup](./plugins/inputs/cgroup)
 * [chrony](./plugins/inputs/chrony)
 * [consul](./plugins/inputs/consul)
 * [conntrack](./plugins/inputs/conntrack)
 * [couchbase](./plugins/inputs/couchbase)
 * [couchdb](./plugins/inputs/couchdb)
 * [disque](./plugins/inputs/disque)
 * [dmcache](./plugins/inputs/dmcache)
 * [dns query time](./plugins/inputs/dns_query)
 * [docker](./plugins/inputs/docker)
 * [dovecot](./plugins/inputs/dovecot)
 * [elasticsearch](./plugins/inputs/elasticsearch)
 * [exec](./plugins/inputs/exec) (generic executable plugin, support JSON, influx, graphite and nagios)
 * [fail2ban](./plugins/inputs/fail2ban)
 * [filestat](./plugins/inputs/filestat)
 * [fluentd](./plugins/inputs/fluentd)
 * [graylog](./plugins/inputs/graylog)
 * [haproxy](./plugins/inputs/haproxy)
 * [hddtemp](./plugins/inputs/hddtemp)
 * [http_response](./plugins/inputs/http_response)
 * [httpjson](./plugins/inputs/httpjson) (generic JSON-emitting http service plugin)
 * [internal](./plugins/inputs/internal)
 * [influxdb](./plugins/inputs/influxdb)
 * [interrupts](./plugins/inputs/interrupts)
 * [ipmi_sensor](./plugins/inputs/ipmi_sensor)
 * [iptables](./plugins/inputs/iptables)
 * [jolokia](./plugins/inputs/jolokia)
 * [kapacitor](./plugins/inputs/kapacitor)
 * [kubernetes](./plugins/inputs/kubernetes)
 * [leofs](./plugins/inputs/leofs)
 * [lustre2](./plugins/inputs/lustre2)
 * [mailchimp](./plugins/inputs/mailchimp)
 * [memcached](./plugins/inputs/memcached)
 * [mesos](./plugins/inputs/mesos)
 * [minecraft](./plugins/inputs/minecraft)
 * [mongodb](./plugins/inputs/mongodb)
 * [mysql](./plugins/inputs/mysql)
 * [net_response](./plugins/inputs/net_response)
@@ -147,7 +176,6 @@ configuration options.
 * [nsq](./plugins/inputs/nsq)
 * [nstat](./plugins/inputs/nstat)
 * [ntpq](./plugins/inputs/ntpq)
 * [openldap](./plugins/inputs/openldap)
 * [phpfpm](./plugins/inputs/phpfpm)
 * [phusion passenger](./plugins/inputs/passenger)
 * [ping](./plugins/inputs/ping)
@@ -155,25 +183,22 @@ configuration options.
 * [postgresql_extensible](./plugins/inputs/postgresql_extensible)
 * [powerdns](./plugins/inputs/powerdns)
 * [procstat](./plugins/inputs/procstat)
-* [prometheus](./plugins/inputs/prometheus) (can be used for [Caddy server](./plugins/inputs/prometheus/README.md#usage-for-caddy-http-server))
+* [prometheus](./plugins/inputs/prometheus)
 * [puppetagent](./plugins/inputs/puppetagent)
 * [rabbitmq](./plugins/inputs/rabbitmq)
 * [raindrops](./plugins/inputs/raindrops)
 * [redis](./plugins/inputs/redis)
 * [rethinkdb](./plugins/inputs/rethinkdb)
 * [riak](./plugins/inputs/riak)
 * [salesforce](./plugins/inputs/salesforce)
 * [sensors](./plugins/inputs/sensors)
 * [snmp](./plugins/inputs/snmp)
 * [snmp_legacy](./plugins/inputs/snmp_legacy)
 * [sql server](./plugins/inputs/sqlserver) (microsoft)
 * [tomcat](./plugins/inputs/tomcat)
 * [twemproxy](./plugins/inputs/twemproxy)
 * [varnish](./plugins/inputs/varnish)
 * [zfs](./plugins/inputs/zfs)
 * [zookeeper](./plugins/inputs/zookeeper)
-* [win_perf_counters](./plugins/inputs/win_perf_counters) (windows performance counters)
+* [win_perf_counters ](./plugins/inputs/win_perf_counters) (windows performance counters)
 * [win_services](./plugins/inputs/win_services)
 * [sysstat](./plugins/inputs/sysstat)
 * [system](./plugins/inputs/system)
    * cpu
@@ -186,7 +211,6 @@ configuration options.
    * processes
    * kernel (/proc/stat)
    * kernel (/proc/vmstat)
    * linux_sysctl_fs (/proc/sys/fs)
 Telegraf can also collect metrics via the following service plugins:
@@ -197,27 +221,14 @@ Telegraf can also collect metrics via the following service plugins:
 * [nsq_consumer](./plugins/inputs/nsq_consumer)
 * [logparser](./plugins/inputs/logparser)
 * [statsd](./plugins/inputs/statsd)
 * [socket_listener](./plugins/inputs/socket_listener)
 * [tail](./plugins/inputs/tail)
-* [tcp_listener](./plugins/inputs/socket_listener)
+* [tcp_listener](./plugins/inputs/tcp_listener)
-* [udp_listener](./plugins/inputs/socket_listener)
+* [udp_listener](./plugins/inputs/udp_listener)
 * [webhooks](./plugins/inputs/webhooks)
  * [filestack](./plugins/inputs/webhooks/filestack)
  * [github](./plugins/inputs/webhooks/github)
  * [mandrill](./plugins/inputs/webhooks/mandrill)
  * [rollbar](./plugins/inputs/webhooks/rollbar)
  * [papertrail](./plugins/inputs/webhooks/papertrail)
 * [zipkin](./plugins/inputs/zipkin)
 Telegraf is able to parse the following input data formats into metrics, these
 formats may be used with input plugins supporting the `data_format` option:
 * [InfluxDB Line Protocol](./docs/DATA_FORMATS_INPUT.md#influx)
 * [JSON](./docs/DATA_FORMATS_INPUT.md#json)
 * [Graphite](./docs/DATA_FORMATS_INPUT.md#graphite)
 * [Value](./docs/DATA_FORMATS_INPUT.md#value)
 * [Nagios](./docs/DATA_FORMATS_INPUT.md#nagios)
 * [Collectd](./docs/DATA_FORMATS_INPUT.md#collectd)
 ## Processor Plugins
@@ -226,18 +237,16 @@ formats may be used with input plugins supporting the `data_format` option:
 ## Aggregator Plugins
 * [minmax](./plugins/aggregators/minmax)
 * [histogram](./plugins/aggregators/histogram)
 ## Output Plugins
 * [influxdb](./plugins/outputs/influxdb)
 * [amon](./plugins/outputs/amon)
-* [amqp](./plugins/outputs/amqp) (rabbitmq)
+* [amqp](./plugins/outputs/amqp)
 * [aws kinesis](./plugins/outputs/kinesis)
 * [aws cloudwatch](./plugins/outputs/cloudwatch)
 * [datadog](./plugins/outputs/datadog)
 * [discard](./plugins/outputs/discard)
 * [elasticsearch](./plugins/outputs/elasticsearch)
 * [file](./plugins/outputs/file)
 * [graphite](./plugins/outputs/graphite)
 * [graylog](./plugins/outputs/graylog)
@@ -250,7 +259,9 @@ formats may be used with input plugins supporting the `data_format` option:
 * [opentsdb](./plugins/outputs/opentsdb)
 * [prometheus](./plugins/outputs/prometheus_client)
 * [riemann](./plugins/outputs/riemann)
-* [riemann_legacy](./plugins/outputs/riemann_legacy)
+
-* [socket_writer](./plugins/outputs/socket_writer)
+## Contributing
-* [tcp](./plugins/outputs/socket_writer)
+
-* [udp](./plugins/outputs/socket_writer)
+Please see the
 [contributing guide](CONTRIBUTING.md)
 for details on contributing a plugin to Telegraf.
--- a/agent/accumulator.go
+++ b/agent/accumulator.go
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"log"
 	"time"
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/selfstat"
 )
@@ -18,14 +18,14 @@ type MetricMaker interface {
 		measurement string,
 		fields map[string]interface{},
 		tags map[string]string,
-		mType telegraf.ValueType,
+		mType plugins.ValueType,
 		t time.Time,
-	) telegraf.Metric
+	) plugins.Metric
 }
 func NewAccumulator(
 	maker MetricMaker,
-	metrics chan telegraf.Metric,
+	metrics chan plugins.Metric,
 ) *accumulator {
 	acc := accumulator{
 		maker:     maker,
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ func NewAccumulator(
 }
 type accumulator struct {
-	metrics chan telegraf.Metric
+	metrics chan plugins.Metric
 	maker MetricMaker
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ func (ac *accumulator) AddFields(
 	tags map[string]string,
 	t ...time.Time,
 ) {
-	if m := ac.maker.MakeMetric(measurement, fields, tags, telegraf.Untyped, ac.getTime(t)); m != nil {
+	if m := ac.maker.MakeMetric(measurement, fields, tags, plugins.Untyped, ac.getTime(t)); m != nil {
 		ac.metrics <- m
 	}
 }
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ func (ac *accumulator) AddGauge(
 	tags map[string]string,
 	t ...time.Time,
 ) {
-	if m := ac.maker.MakeMetric(measurement, fields, tags, telegraf.Gauge, ac.getTime(t)); m != nil {
+	if m := ac.maker.MakeMetric(measurement, fields, tags, plugins.Gauge, ac.getTime(t)); m != nil {
 		ac.metrics <- m
 	}
 }
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ func (ac *accumulator) AddCounter(
 	tags map[string]string,
 	t ...time.Time,
 ) {
-	if m := ac.maker.MakeMetric(measurement, fields, tags, telegraf.Counter, ac.getTime(t)); m != nil {
+	if m := ac.maker.MakeMetric(measurement, fields, tags, plugins.Counter, ac.getTime(t)); m != nil {
 		ac.metrics <- m
 	}
 }
--- a/agent/accumulator_test.go
+++ b/agent/accumulator_test.go
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/metric"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import (
 func TestAdd(t *testing.T) {
 	now := time.Now()
-	metrics := make(chan telegraf.Metric, 10)
+	metrics := make(chan plugins.Metric, 10)
 	defer close(metrics)
 	a := NewAccumulator(&TestMetricMaker{}, metrics)
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ func TestAdd(t *testing.T) {
 func TestAddFields(t *testing.T) {
 	now := time.Now()
-	metrics := make(chan telegraf.Metric, 10)
+	metrics := make(chan plugins.Metric, 10)
 	defer close(metrics)
 	a := NewAccumulator(&TestMetricMaker{}, metrics)
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ func TestAccAddError(t *testing.T) {
 	log.SetOutput(errBuf)
 	defer log.SetOutput(os.Stderr)
-	metrics := make(chan telegraf.Metric, 10)
+	metrics := make(chan plugins.Metric, 10)
 	defer close(metrics)
 	a := NewAccumulator(&TestMetricMaker{}, metrics)
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ func TestAccAddError(t *testing.T) {
 func TestAddNoIntervalWithPrecision(t *testing.T) {
 	now := time.Date(2006, time.February, 10, 12, 0, 0, 82912748, time.UTC)
-	metrics := make(chan telegraf.Metric, 10)
+	metrics := make(chan plugins.Metric, 10)
 	defer close(metrics)
 	a := NewAccumulator(&TestMetricMaker{}, metrics)
 	a.SetPrecision(0, time.Second)
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ func TestAddNoIntervalWithPrecision(t *testing.T) {
 func TestAddDisablePrecision(t *testing.T) {
 	now := time.Date(2006, time.February, 10, 12, 0, 0, 82912748, time.UTC)
-	metrics := make(chan telegraf.Metric, 10)
+	metrics := make(chan plugins.Metric, 10)
 	defer close(metrics)
 	a := NewAccumulator(&TestMetricMaker{}, metrics)
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ func TestAddDisablePrecision(t *testing.T) {
 func TestAddNoPrecisionWithInterval(t *testing.T) {
 	now := time.Date(2006, time.February, 10, 12, 0, 0, 82912748, time.UTC)
-	metrics := make(chan telegraf.Metric, 10)
+	metrics := make(chan plugins.Metric, 10)
 	defer close(metrics)
 	a := NewAccumulator(&TestMetricMaker{}, metrics)
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ func TestAddNoPrecisionWithInterval(t *testing.T) {
 func TestDifferentPrecisions(t *testing.T) {
 	now := time.Date(2006, time.February, 10, 12, 0, 0, 82912748, time.UTC)
-	metrics := make(chan telegraf.Metric, 10)
+	metrics := make(chan plugins.Metric, 10)
 	defer close(metrics)
 	a := NewAccumulator(&TestMetricMaker{}, metrics)
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ func TestDifferentPrecisions(t *testing.T) {
 func TestAddGauge(t *testing.T) {
 	now := time.Now()
-	metrics := make(chan telegraf.Metric, 10)
+	metrics := make(chan plugins.Metric, 10)
 	defer close(metrics)
 	a := NewAccumulator(&TestMetricMaker{}, metrics)
@@ -260,24 +260,24 @@ func TestAddGauge(t *testing.T) {
 	testm := <-metrics
 	actual := testm.String()
 	assert.Contains(t, actual, "acctest value=101")
-	assert.Equal(t, testm.Type(), telegraf.Gauge)
+	assert.Equal(t, testm.Type(), plugins.Gauge)
 	testm = <-metrics
 	actual = testm.String()
 	assert.Contains(t, actual, "acctest,acc=test value=101")
-	assert.Equal(t, testm.Type(), telegraf.Gauge)
+	assert.Equal(t, testm.Type(), plugins.Gauge)
 	testm = <-metrics
 	actual = testm.String()
 	assert.Equal(t,
 		fmt.Sprintf("acctest,acc=test value=101 %d\n", now.UnixNano()),
 		actual)
-	assert.Equal(t, testm.Type(), telegraf.Gauge)
+	assert.Equal(t, testm.Type(), plugins.Gauge)
 }
 func TestAddCounter(t *testing.T) {
 	now := time.Now()
-	metrics := make(chan telegraf.Metric, 10)
+	metrics := make(chan plugins.Metric, 10)
 	defer close(metrics)
 	a := NewAccumulator(&TestMetricMaker{}, metrics)
@@ -294,19 +294,19 @@ func TestAddCounter(t *testing.T) {
 	testm := <-metrics
 	actual := testm.String()
 	assert.Contains(t, actual, "acctest value=101")
-	assert.Equal(t, testm.Type(), telegraf.Counter)
+	assert.Equal(t, testm.Type(), plugins.Counter)
 	testm = <-metrics
 	actual = testm.String()
 	assert.Contains(t, actual, "acctest,acc=test value=101")
-	assert.Equal(t, testm.Type(), telegraf.Counter)
+	assert.Equal(t, testm.Type(), plugins.Counter)
 	testm = <-metrics
 	actual = testm.String()
 	assert.Equal(t,
 		fmt.Sprintf("acctest,acc=test value=101 %d\n", now.UnixNano()),
 		actual)
-	assert.Equal(t, testm.Type(), telegraf.Counter)
+	assert.Equal(t, testm.Type(), plugins.Counter)
 }
 type TestMetricMaker struct {
@@ -319,20 +319,20 @@ func (tm *TestMetricMaker) MakeMetric(
 	measurement string,
 	fields map[string]interface{},
 	tags map[string]string,
-	mType telegraf.ValueType,
+	mType plugins.ValueType,
 	t time.Time,
-) telegraf.Metric {
+) plugins.Metric {
 	switch mType {
-	case telegraf.Untyped:
+	case plugins.Untyped:
 		if m, err := metric.New(measurement, tags, fields, t); err == nil {
 			return m
 		}
-	case telegraf.Counter:
+	case plugins.Counter:
-		if m, err := metric.New(measurement, tags, fields, t, telegraf.Counter); err == nil {
+		if m, err := metric.New(measurement, tags, fields, t, plugins.Counter); err == nil {
 			return m
 		}
-	case telegraf.Gauge:
+	case plugins.Gauge:
-		if m, err := metric.New(measurement, tags, fields, t, telegraf.Gauge); err == nil {
+		if m, err := metric.New(measurement, tags, fields, t, plugins.Gauge); err == nil {
 			return m
 		}
 	}
--- a/agent/agent.go
+++ b/agent/agent.go
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/internal"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/internal/config"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/internal/models"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/selfstat"
 )
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ func NewAgent(config *config.Config) (*Agent, error) {
 func (a *Agent) Connect() error {
 	for _, o := range a.Config.Outputs {
 		switch ot := o.Output.(type) {
-		case telegraf.ServiceOutput:
+		case plugins.ServiceOutput:
 			if err := ot.Start(); err != nil {
 				log.Printf("E! Service for output %s failed to start, exiting\n%s\n",
 					o.Name, err.Error())
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ func (a *Agent) Close() error {
 	for _, o := range a.Config.Outputs {
 		err = o.Output.Close()
 		switch ot := o.Output.(type) {
-		case telegraf.ServiceOutput:
+		case plugins.ServiceOutput:
 			ot.Stop()
 		}
 	}
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ func (a *Agent) gatherer(
 	shutdown chan struct{},
 	input *models.RunningInput,
 	interval time.Duration,
-	metricC chan telegraf.Metric,
+	metricC chan plugins.Metric,
 ) {
 	defer panicRecover(input)
@@ -157,13 +157,13 @@ func gatherWithTimeout(
 		select {
 		case err := <-done:
 			if err != nil {
-				acc.AddError(err)
+				log.Printf("E! ERROR in input [%s]: %s", input.Name(), err)
 			}
 			return
 		case <-ticker.C:
-			err := fmt.Errorf("took longer to collect than collection interval (%s)",
+			log.Printf("E! ERROR: input [%s] took longer to collect than "+
-				timeout)
+				"collection interval (%s)",
-			acc.AddError(err)
+				input.Name(), timeout)
 			continue
 		case <-shutdown:
 			return
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ func gatherWithTimeout(
 func (a *Agent) Test() error {
 	shutdown := make(chan struct{})
 	defer close(shutdown)
-	metricC := make(chan telegraf.Metric)
+	metricC := make(chan plugins.Metric)
 	// dummy receiver for the point channel
 	go func() {
@@ -191,12 +191,6 @@ func (a *Agent) Test() error {
 	}()
 	for _, input := range a.Config.Inputs {
 		if _, ok := input.Input.(telegraf.ServiceInput); ok {
 			fmt.Printf("\nWARNING: skipping plugin [[%s]]: service inputs not supported in --test mode\n",
 				input.Name())
 			continue
 		}
 		acc := NewAccumulator(input, metricC)
 		acc.SetPrecision(a.Config.Agent.Precision.Duration,
 			a.Config.Agent.Interval.Duration)
@@ -215,7 +209,7 @@ func (a *Agent) Test() error {
 		// Special instructions for some inputs. cpu, for example, needs to be
 		// run twice in order to return cpu usage percentages.
 		switch input.Name() {
-		case "inputs.cpu", "inputs.mongodb", "inputs.procstat":
+		case "cpu", "mongodb", "procstat":
 			time.Sleep(500 * time.Millisecond)
 			fmt.Printf("* Plugin: %s, Collection 2\n", input.Name())
 			if err := input.Input.Gather(acc); err != nil {
@@ -247,14 +241,14 @@ func (a *Agent) flush() {
 }
 // flusher monitors the metrics input channel and flushes on the minimum interval
-func (a *Agent) flusher(shutdown chan struct{}, metricC chan telegraf.Metric, aggC chan telegraf.Metric) error {
+func (a *Agent) flusher(shutdown chan struct{}, metricC chan plugins.Metric) error {
 	// Inelegant, but this sleep is to allow the Gather threads to run, so that
 	// the flusher will flush after metrics are collected.
 	time.Sleep(time.Millisecond * 300)
 	// create an output metric channel and a gorouting that continously passes
 	// each metric onto the output plugins & aggregators.
-	outMetricC := make(chan telegraf.Metric, 100)
+	outMetricC := make(chan plugins.Metric, 100)
 	var wg sync.WaitGroup
 	wg.Add(1)
 	go func() {
@@ -291,31 +285,7 @@ func (a *Agent) flusher(shutdown chan struct{}, metricC chan telegraf.Metric, ag
 		}
 	}()
 	wg.Add(1)
 	go func() {
 		defer wg.Done()
 		for {
 			select {
 			case <-shutdown:
 				if len(aggC) > 0 {
 					// keep going until aggC is flushed
 					continue
 				}
 				return
 			case metric := <-aggC:
 				metrics := []telegraf.Metric{metric}
 				for _, processor := range a.Config.Processors {
 					metrics = processor.Apply(metrics...)
 				}
 				for _, m := range metrics {
 					outMetricC <- m
 				}
 			}
 		}
 	}()
 	ticker := time.NewTicker(a.Config.Agent.FlushInterval.Duration)
 	semaphore := make(chan struct{}, 1)
 	for {
 		select {
 		case <-shutdown:
@@ -325,22 +295,12 @@ func (a *Agent) flusher(shutdown chan struct{}, metricC chan telegraf.Metric, ag
 			a.flush()
 			return nil
 		case <-ticker.C:
 			go func() {
 				select {
 				case semaphore <- struct{}{}:
 			internal.RandomSleep(a.Config.Agent.FlushJitter.Duration, shutdown)
 			a.flush()
 					<-semaphore
 				default:
 					// skipping this flush because one is already happening
 					log.Println("W! Skipping a scheduled flush because there is" +
 						" already a flush ongoing.")
 				}
 			}()
 		case metric := <-metricC:
 			// NOTE potential bottleneck here as we put each metric through the
 			// processors serially.
-			mS := []telegraf.Metric{metric}
+			mS := []plugins.Metric{metric}
 			for _, processor := range a.Config.Processors {
 				mS = processor.Apply(mS...)
 			}
@@ -361,16 +321,13 @@ func (a *Agent) Run(shutdown chan struct{}) error {
 		a.Config.Agent.Hostname, a.Config.Agent.FlushInterval.Duration)
 	// channel shared between all input threads for accumulating metrics
-	metricC := make(chan telegraf.Metric, 100)
+	metricC := make(chan plugins.Metric, 100)
 	aggC := make(chan telegraf.Metric, 100)
 	now := time.Now()
 	// Start all ServicePlugins
 	for _, input := range a.Config.Inputs {
 		input.SetDefaultTags(a.Config.Tags)
 		switch p := input.Input.(type) {
-		case telegraf.ServiceInput:
+		case plugins.ServiceInput:
 			acc := NewAccumulator(input, metricC)
 			// Service input plugins should set their own precision of their
 			// metrics.
@@ -393,7 +350,7 @@ func (a *Agent) Run(shutdown chan struct{}) error {
 	wg.Add(1)
 	go func() {
 		defer wg.Done()
-		if err := a.flusher(shutdown, metricC, aggC); err != nil {
+		if err := a.flusher(shutdown, metricC); err != nil {
 			log.Printf("E! Flusher routine failed, exiting: %s\n", err.Error())
 			close(shutdown)
 		}
@@ -403,10 +360,10 @@ func (a *Agent) Run(shutdown chan struct{}) error {
 	for _, aggregator := range a.Config.Aggregators {
 		go func(agg *models.RunningAggregator) {
 			defer wg.Done()
-			acc := NewAccumulator(agg, aggC)
+			acc := NewAccumulator(agg, metricC)
 			acc.SetPrecision(a.Config.Agent.Precision.Duration,
 				a.Config.Agent.Interval.Duration)
-			agg.Run(acc, now, shutdown)
+			agg.Run(acc, shutdown)
 		}(aggregator)
 	}
@@ -424,6 +381,5 @@ func (a *Agent) Run(shutdown chan struct{}) error {
 	}
 	wg.Wait()
 	a.Close()
 	return nil
 }
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
 version: "{build}"
 cache:
 - C:\Cache
 clone_folder: C:\gopath\src\github.com\influxdata\telegraf
 environment:
  GOPATH: C:\gopath
 platform: x64
 install:
  - IF NOT EXIST "C:\Cache" mkdir C:\Cache
  - IF NOT EXIST "C:\Cache\go1.8.1.msi" curl -o "C:\Cache\go1.8.1.msi" https://storage.googleapis.com/golang/go1.8.1.windows-amd64.msi
  - IF NOT EXIST "C:\Cache\gnuwin32-bin.zip" curl -o "C:\Cache\gnuwin32-bin.zip" https://dl.influxdata.com/telegraf/ci/make-3.81-bin.zip
  - IF NOT EXIST "C:\Cache\gnuwin32-dep.zip" curl -o "C:\Cache\gnuwin32-dep.zip" https://dl.influxdata.com/telegraf/ci/make-3.81-dep.zip
  - IF EXIST "C:\Go" rmdir /S /Q C:\Go
  - msiexec.exe /i "C:\Cache\go1.8.1.msi" /quiet
  - 7z x "C:\Cache\gnuwin32-bin.zip" -oC:\GnuWin32 -y
  - 7z x "C:\Cache\gnuwin32-dep.zip" -oC:\GnuWin32 -y
  - go version
  - go env
 build_script:
  - cmd: C:\GnuWin32\bin\make
 test_script:
  - cmd: C:\GnuWin32\bin\make test-windows
 artifacts:
  - path: telegraf.exe
--- a/circle.yml
+++ b/circle.yml
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
 machine:
  services:
    - docker
    - memcached
    - redis
    - rabbitmq-server
  post:
-    - sudo rm -rf /usr/local/go
+    - sudo service zookeeper stop
-    - wget https://storage.googleapis.com/golang/go1.8.4.linux-amd64.tar.gz
+    - go version
-    - sudo tar -C /usr/local -xzf go1.8.4.linux-amd64.tar.gz
+    - go version | grep 1.7.4 || sudo rm -rf /usr/local/go
    - wget https://storage.googleapis.com/golang/go1.8beta1.linux-amd64.tar.gz
    - sudo tar -C /usr/local -xzf go1.8beta1.linux-amd64.tar.gz
    - go version
 dependencies:
--- a/cmd/telegraf/telegraf.go
+++ b/cmd/telegraf/telegraf.go
@@ -4,10 +4,11 @@ import (
 	"flag"
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
 	"net/http"
 	_ "net/http/pprof" // Comment this line to disable pprof endpoint.
 	"os"
 	"os/signal"
 	"path"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"plugin"
 	"runtime"
 	"strings"
 	"syscall"
@@ -15,19 +16,20 @@ import (
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/agent"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/internal/config"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/logger"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/aggregators"
 	_ "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/aggregators/all"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs"
 	_ "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs/all"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/outputs"
 	_ "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/outputs/all"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/processors"
 	_ "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/processors/all"
 	"github.com/kardianos/service"
 )
 var fDebug = flag.Bool("debug", false,
 	"turn on debug logging")
 var pprofAddr = flag.String("pprof-addr", "",
 	"pprof address to listen on, not activate pprof if empty")
 var fQuiet = flag.Bool("quiet", false,
 	"run in quiet mode")
 var fTest = flag.Bool("test", false, "gather metrics, print them out, and exit")
@@ -51,15 +53,15 @@ var fAggregatorFilters = flag.String("aggregator-filter", "",
 var fProcessorFilters = flag.String("processor-filter", "",
 	"filter the processors to enable, separator is :")
 var fUsage = flag.String("usage", "",
-	"print usage for a plugin, ie, 'telegraf --usage mysql'")
+	"print usage for a plugin, ie, 'telegraf -usage mysql'")
 var fService = flag.String("service", "",
 	"operate on the service")
 var fPlugins = flag.String("plugins", "",
 	"path to directory containing external plugins")
 // Telegraf version, populated linker.
 //   ie, -ldflags "-X main.version=`git describe --always --tags`"
 var (
 	nextVersion = "1.4.0"
 	version string
 	commit  string
 	branch  string
@@ -93,7 +95,6 @@ The commands & flags are:
  --output-filter     filter the output plugins to enable, separator is :
  --usage             print usage for a plugin, ie, 'telegraf --usage mysql'
  --debug             print metrics as they're generated to stdout
  --pprof-addr        pprof address to listen on, format: localhost:6060 or :6060
  --quiet             run in quiet mode
 Examples:
@@ -105,216 +106,60 @@ Examples:
  telegraf --input-filter cpu --output-filter influxdb config
  # run a single telegraf collection, outputing metrics to stdout
-  telegraf --config telegraf.conf --test
+  telegraf --config telegraf.conf -test
  # run telegraf with all plugins defined in config file
  telegraf --config telegraf.conf
  # run telegraf, enabling the cpu & memory input, and influxdb output plugins
  telegraf --config telegraf.conf --input-filter cpu:mem --output-filter influxdb
  # run telegraf with pprof
  telegraf --config telegraf.conf --pprof-addr localhost:6060
 `
 var stop chan struct{}
-func reloadLoop(
+var srvc service.Service
-	stop chan struct{},
+
-	inputFilters []string,
+type program struct{}
-	outputFilters []string,
+
-	aggregatorFilters []string,
+func reloadLoop(stop chan struct{}, s service.Service) {
-	processorFilters []string,
+	defer func() {
-) {
+		if service.Interactive() {
 			os.Exit(0)
 		}
 		return
 	}()
 	reload := make(chan bool, 1)
 	reload <- true
 	for <-reload {
 		reload <- false
 		// If no other options are specified, load the config file and run.
 		c := config.NewConfig()
 		c.OutputFilters = outputFilters
 		c.InputFilters = inputFilters
 		err := c.LoadConfig(*fConfig)
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Fatal("E! " + err.Error())
 		}
 		if *fConfigDirectory != "" {
 			err = c.LoadDirectory(*fConfigDirectory)
 			if err != nil {
 				log.Fatal("E! " + err.Error())
 			}
 		}
 		if !*fTest && len(c.Outputs) == 0 {
 			log.Fatalf("E! Error: no outputs found, did you provide a valid config file?")
 		}
 		if len(c.Inputs) == 0 {
 			log.Fatalf("E! Error: no inputs found, did you provide a valid config file?")
 		}
 		if int64(c.Agent.Interval.Duration) <= 0 {
 			log.Fatalf("E! Agent interval must be positive, found %s",
 				c.Agent.Interval.Duration)
 		}
 		if int64(c.Agent.FlushInterval.Duration) <= 0 {
 			log.Fatalf("E! Agent flush_interval must be positive; found %s",
 				c.Agent.Interval.Duration)
 		}
 		ag, err := agent.NewAgent(c)
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Fatal("E! " + err.Error())
 		}
 		// Setup logging
 		logger.SetupLogging(
 			ag.Config.Agent.Debug || *fDebug,
 			ag.Config.Agent.Quiet || *fQuiet,
 			ag.Config.Agent.Logfile,
 		)
 		if *fTest {
 			err = ag.Test()
 			if err != nil {
 				log.Fatal("E! " + err.Error())
 			}
 			os.Exit(0)
 		}
 		err = ag.Connect()
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Fatal("E! " + err.Error())
 		}
 		shutdown := make(chan struct{})
 		signals := make(chan os.Signal)
 		signal.Notify(signals, os.Interrupt, syscall.SIGHUP)
 		go func() {
 			select {
 			case sig := <-signals:
 				if sig == os.Interrupt {
 					close(shutdown)
 				}
 				if sig == syscall.SIGHUP {
 					log.Printf("I! Reloading Telegraf config\n")
 					<-reload
 					reload <- true
 					close(shutdown)
 				}
 			case <-stop:
 				close(shutdown)
 			}
 		}()
 		log.Printf("I! Starting Telegraf %s\n", displayVersion())
 		log.Printf("I! Loaded outputs: %s", strings.Join(c.OutputNames(), " "))
 		log.Printf("I! Loaded inputs: %s", strings.Join(c.InputNames(), " "))
 		log.Printf("I! Tags enabled: %s", c.ListTags())
 		if *fPidfile != "" {
 			f, err := os.OpenFile(*fPidfile, os.O_CREATE|os.O_WRONLY, 0644)
 			if err != nil {
 				log.Printf("E! Unable to create pidfile: %s", err)
 			} else {
 				fmt.Fprintf(f, "%d\n", os.Getpid())
 				f.Close()
 				defer func() {
 					err := os.Remove(*fPidfile)
 					if err != nil {
 						log.Printf("E! Unable to remove pidfile: %s", err)
 					}
 				}()
 			}
 		}
 		ag.Run(shutdown)
 	}
 }
 func usageExit(rc int) {
 	fmt.Println(usage)
 	os.Exit(rc)
 }
 type program struct {
 	inputFilters      []string
 	outputFilters     []string
 	aggregatorFilters []string
 	processorFilters  []string
 }
 func (p *program) Start(s service.Service) error {
 	go p.run()
 	return nil
 }
 func (p *program) run() {
 	stop = make(chan struct{})
 	reloadLoop(
 		stop,
 		p.inputFilters,
 		p.outputFilters,
 		p.aggregatorFilters,
 		p.processorFilters,
 	)
 }
 func (p *program) Stop(s service.Service) error {
 	close(stop)
 	return nil
 }
 func displayVersion() string {
 	if version == "" {
 		return fmt.Sprintf("v%s~pre%s", nextVersion, commit)
 	}
 	return "v" + version
 }
 func main() {
 	flag.Usage = func() { usageExit(0) }
 		flag.Parse()
 		args := flag.Args()
-	inputFilters, outputFilters := []string{}, []string{}
+		var inputFilters []string
 		if *fInputFilters != "" {
-		inputFilters = strings.Split(":"+strings.TrimSpace(*fInputFilters)+":", ":")
+			inputFilter := strings.TrimSpace(*fInputFilters)
 			inputFilters = strings.Split(":"+inputFilter+":", ":")
 		}
 		var outputFilters []string
 		if *fOutputFilters != "" {
-		outputFilters = strings.Split(":"+strings.TrimSpace(*fOutputFilters)+":", ":")
+			outputFilter := strings.TrimSpace(*fOutputFilters)
 			outputFilters = strings.Split(":"+outputFilter+":", ":")
 		}
-
+		var aggregatorFilters []string
 	aggregatorFilters, processorFilters := []string{}, []string{}
 		if *fAggregatorFilters != "" {
-		aggregatorFilters = strings.Split(":"+strings.TrimSpace(*fAggregatorFilters)+":", ":")
+			aggregatorFilter := strings.TrimSpace(*fAggregatorFilters)
 			aggregatorFilters = strings.Split(":"+aggregatorFilter+":", ":")
 		}
 		var processorFilters []string
 		if *fProcessorFilters != "" {
-		processorFilters = strings.Split(":"+strings.TrimSpace(*fProcessorFilters)+":", ":")
+			processorFilter := strings.TrimSpace(*fProcessorFilters)
-	}
+			processorFilters = strings.Split(":"+processorFilter+":", ":")
 	if *pprofAddr != "" {
 		go func() {
 			pprofHostPort := *pprofAddr
 			parts := strings.Split(pprofHostPort, ":")
 			if len(parts) == 2 && parts[0] == "" {
 				pprofHostPort = fmt.Sprintf("localhost:%s", parts[1])
 			}
 			pprofHostPort = "http://" + pprofHostPort + "/debug/pprof"
 			log.Printf("I! Starting pprof HTTP server at: %s", pprofHostPort)
 			if err := http.ListenAndServe(*pprofAddr, nil); err != nil {
 				log.Fatal("E! " + err.Error())
 			}
 		}()
 		}
 		if len(args) > 0 {
 			switch args[0] {
 			case "version":
-			fmt.Printf("Telegraf %s (git: %s %s)\n", displayVersion(), branch, commit)
+				fmt.Printf("Telegraf v%s (git: %s %s)\n", version, branch, commit)
 				return
 			case "config":
 				config.PrintSampleConfig(
@@ -342,7 +187,7 @@ func main() {
 			}
 			return
 		case *fVersion:
-		fmt.Printf("Telegraf %s (git: %s %s)\n", displayVersion(), branch, commit)
+			fmt.Printf("Telegraf v%s (git: %s %s)\n", version, branch, commit)
 			return
 		case *fSampleConfig:
 			config.PrintSampleConfig(
@@ -353,14 +198,207 @@ func main() {
 			)
 			return
 		case *fUsage != "":
-		err := config.PrintInputConfig(*fUsage)
+			if err := config.PrintInputConfig(*fUsage); err != nil {
-		err2 := config.PrintOutputConfig(*fUsage)
+				if err2 := config.PrintOutputConfig(*fUsage); err2 != nil {
 		if err != nil && err2 != nil {
 					log.Fatalf("E! %s and %s", err, err2)
 				}
 			}
 			return
 		}
 		// If no other options are specified, load the config file and run.
 		c := config.NewConfig()
 		c.OutputFilters = outputFilters
 		c.InputFilters = inputFilters
 		err := c.LoadConfig(*fConfig)
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Fatal("E! " + err.Error())
 		}
 		if *fConfigDirectory != "" {
 			err = c.LoadDirectory(*fConfigDirectory)
 			if err != nil {
 				log.Fatal("E! " + err.Error())
 			}
 		}
 		if len(c.Outputs) == 0 {
 			log.Fatalf("E! Error: no outputs found, did you provide a valid config file?")
 		}
 		if len(c.Inputs) == 0 {
 			log.Fatalf("E! Error: no inputs found, did you provide a valid config file?")
 		}
 		ag, err := agent.NewAgent(c)
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Fatal("E! " + err.Error())
 		}
 		// Setup logging
 		logger.SetupLogging(
 			ag.Config.Agent.Debug || *fDebug,
 			ag.Config.Agent.Quiet || *fQuiet,
 			ag.Config.Agent.Logfile,
 		)
 		if *fTest {
 			err = ag.Test()
 			if err != nil {
 				log.Fatal("E! " + err.Error())
 			}
 			return
 		}
 		err = ag.Connect()
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Fatal("E! " + err.Error())
 		}
 		shutdown := make(chan struct{})
 		signals := make(chan os.Signal)
 		signal.Notify(signals, os.Interrupt, syscall.SIGHUP)
 		go func() {
 			select {
 			case sig := <-signals:
 				if sig == os.Interrupt {
 					close(shutdown)
 				}
 				if sig == syscall.SIGHUP {
 					log.Printf("I! Reloading Telegraf config\n")
 					<-reload
 					reload <- true
 					close(shutdown)
 				}
 			case <-stop:
 				close(shutdown)
 			}
 		}()
 		log.Printf("I! Starting Telegraf (version %s)\n", version)
 		log.Printf("I! Loaded outputs: %s", strings.Join(c.OutputNames(), " "))
 		log.Printf("I! Loaded inputs: %s", strings.Join(c.InputNames(), " "))
 		log.Printf("I! Tags enabled: %s", c.ListTags())
 		if *fPidfile != "" {
 			f, err := os.Create(*fPidfile)
 			if err != nil {
 				log.Fatalf("E! Unable to create pidfile: %s", err)
 			}
 			fmt.Fprintf(f, "%d\n", os.Getpid())
 			f.Close()
 		}
 		ag.Run(shutdown)
 	}
 }
 func usageExit(rc int) {
 	fmt.Println(usage)
 	os.Exit(rc)
 }
 func (p *program) Start(s service.Service) error {
 	srvc = s
 	go p.run()
 	return nil
 }
 func (p *program) run() {
 	stop = make(chan struct{})
 	reloadLoop(stop, srvc)
 }
 func (p *program) Stop(s service.Service) error {
 	close(stop)
 	return nil
 }
 // loadExternalPlugins loads external plugins from shared libraries (.so, .dll, etc.)
 // in the specified directory.
 func loadExternalPlugins(dir string) error {
 	return filepath.Walk(dir, func(pth string, info os.FileInfo, err error) error {
 		// Stop if there was an error.
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 		// Ignore directories.
 		if info.IsDir() {
 			return nil
 		}
 		// Ignore files that aren't shared libraries.
 		ext := strings.ToLower(path.Ext(pth))
 		if ext != ".so" && ext != ".dll" {
 			return nil
 		}
 		// Load plugin.
 		p, err := plugin.Open(pth)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 		// Register plugin.
 		if err := registerPlugin(dir, pth, p); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 		return nil
 	})
 }
 // registerPlugin registers an external plugin with telegraf.
 func registerPlugin(pluginsDir, filePath string, p *plugin.Plugin) error {
 	// Clean the file path and make sure it's relative to the root plugins directory.
 	// This is done because plugin names are namespaced using the directory
 	// structure. E.g., if the root plugin directory, passed in the pluginsDir
 	// argument, is '/home/jdoe/bin/telegraf/plugins' and we're registering plugin
 	// '/home/jdoe/bin/telegraf/plugins/input/mysql.so'
 	pluginsDir = filepath.Clean(pluginsDir)
 	parentDir, _ := filepath.Split(pluginsDir)
 	var err error
 	if filePath, err = filepath.Rel(parentDir, filePath); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	// Strip the file extension and save it.
 	ext := path.Ext(filePath)
 	filePath = strings.TrimSuffix(filePath, ext)
 	// Convert path separators to "." to generate a plugin name namespaced by directory names.
 	name := strings.Replace(filePath, string(os.PathSeparator), ".", -1)
 	if create, err := p.Lookup("NewInput"); err == nil {
 		inputs.Add(name, inputs.Creator(create.(func() plugins.Input)))
 	} else if create, err := p.Lookup("NewOutput"); err == nil {
 		outputs.Add(name, outputs.Creator(create.(func() plugins.Output)))
 	} else if create, err := p.Lookup("NewProcessor"); err == nil {
 		processors.Add(name, processors.Creator(create.(func() plugins.Processor)))
 	} else if create, err := p.Lookup("NewAggregator"); err == nil {
 		aggregators.Add(name, aggregators.Creator(create.(func() plugins.Aggregator)))
 	} else {
 		return fmt.Errorf("not a telegraf plugin: %s%s", filePath, ext)
 	}
 	log.Printf("I! Registered: %s (from %s%s)\n", name, filePath, ext)
 	return nil
 }
 func main() {
 	flag.Usage = func() { usageExit(0) }
 	flag.Parse()
 	// Load external plugins, if requested.
 	if *fPlugins != "" {
 		pluginsDir, err := filepath.Abs(*fPlugins)
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Fatal("E! " + err.Error())
 		}
 		log.Printf("I! Loading external plugins from: %s\n", pluginsDir)
 		if err := loadExternalPlugins(*fPlugins); err != nil {
 			log.Fatal("E! " + err.Error())
 		}
 	}
 	if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
 		svcConfig := &service.Config{
 			Name:        "telegraf",
@@ -370,12 +408,7 @@ func main() {
 			Arguments: []string{"-config", "C:\\Program Files\\Telegraf\\telegraf.conf"},
 		}
-		prg := &program{
+		prg := &program{}
 			inputFilters:      inputFilters,
 			outputFilters:     outputFilters,
 			aggregatorFilters: aggregatorFilters,
 			processorFilters:  processorFilters,
 		}
 		s, err := service.New(prg, svcConfig)
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Fatal("E! " + err.Error())
@@ -386,14 +419,10 @@ func main() {
 			if *fConfig != "" {
 				(*svcConfig).Arguments = []string{"-config", *fConfig}
 			}
 			if *fConfigDirectory != "" {
 				(*svcConfig).Arguments = append((*svcConfig).Arguments, "-config-directory", *fConfigDirectory)
 			}
 			err := service.Control(s, *fService)
 			if err != nil {
 				log.Fatal("E! " + err.Error())
 			}
 			os.Exit(0)
 		} else {
 			err = s.Run()
 			if err != nil {
@@ -402,12 +431,6 @@ func main() {
 		}
 	} else {
 		stop = make(chan struct{})
-		reloadLoop(
+		reloadLoop(stop, nil)
 			stop,
 			inputFilters,
 			outputFilters,
 			aggregatorFilters,
 			processorFilters,
 		)
 	}
 }
--- a/docs/CONFIGURATION.md
+++ b/docs/CONFIGURATION.md
@@ -24,16 +24,6 @@ Environment variables can be used anywhere in the config file, simply prepend
 them with $. For strings the variable must be within quotes (ie, "$STR_VAR"),
 for numbers and booleans they should be plain (ie, $INT_VAR, $BOOL_VAR)
 ## Configuration file locations
 The location of the configuration file can be set via the `--config` command
 line flag. Telegraf will also pick up all files matching the pattern `*.conf` if
 the `-config-directory` command line flag is used.
 On most systems, the default locations are `/etc/telegraf/telegraf.conf` for
 the main configuration file and `/etc/telegraf/telegraf.d` for the directory of
 configuration files.
 # Global Tags
 Global tags can be specified in the `[global_tags]` section of the config file
@@ -66,14 +56,11 @@ interval. Maximum flush_interval will be flush_interval + flush_jitter
 This is primarily to avoid
 large write spikes for users running a large number of telegraf instances.
 ie, a jitter of 5s and flush_interval 10s means flushes will happen every 10-15s.
-* **precision**:
+* **precision**: By default, precision will be set to the same timestamp order
-   By default or when set to "0s", precision will be set to the same
+as the collection interval, with the maximum being 1s. Precision will NOT
-   timestamp order as the collection interval, with the maximum being 1s.
+be used for service inputs, such as logparser and statsd. Valid values are
-   Precision will NOT be used for service inputs. It is up to each individual
+"ns", "us" (or "µs"), "ms", "s".
-   service input to set the timestamp at the appropriate precision.
+* **logfile**: Specify the log file name. The empty string means to log to stdout.
   Valid time units are "ns", "us" (or "µs"), "ms", "s".
 * **logfile**: Specify the log file name. The empty string means to log to stderr.
 * **debug**: Run telegraf in debug mode.
 * **quiet**: Run telegraf in quiet mode (error messages only).
 * **hostname**: Override default hostname, if empty use os.Hostname().
@@ -127,41 +114,31 @@ is not specified then processor execution order will be random.
 Filters can be configured per input, output, processor, or aggregator,
 see below for examples.
-* **namepass**:
+* **namepass**: An array of strings that is used to filter metrics generated by the
-An array of glob pattern strings.  Only points whose measurement name matches
+current input. Each string in the array is tested as a glob match against
-a pattern in this list are emitted.
+measurement names and if it matches, the field is emitted.
-* **namedrop**:
+* **namedrop**: The inverse of pass, if a measurement name matches, it is not emitted.
-The inverse of `namepass`.  If a match is found the point is discarded. This
+* **fieldpass**: An array of strings that is used to filter metrics generated by the
-is tested on points after they have passed the `namepass` test.
+current input. Each string in the array is tested as a glob match against field names
-* **fieldpass**:
+and if it matches, the field is emitted. fieldpass is not available for outputs.
-An array of glob pattern strings.  Only fields whose field key matches a
+* **fielddrop**: The inverse of pass, if a field name matches, it is not emitted.
-pattern in this list are emitted.  Not available for outputs.
+fielddrop is not available for outputs.
-* **fielddrop**:
+* **tagpass**: tag names and arrays of strings that are used to filter
-The inverse of `fieldpass`.  Fields with a field key matching one of the
+measurements by the current input. Each string in the array is tested as a glob
-patterns will be discarded from the point.  This is tested on points after
+match against the tag name, and if it matches the measurement is emitted.
-they have passed the `fieldpass` test.  Not available for outputs.
+* **tagdrop**: The inverse of tagpass. If a tag matches, the measurement is not
-* **tagpass**:
+emitted. This is tested on measurements that have passed the tagpass test.
-A table mapping tag keys to arrays of glob pattern strings.  Only points
+* **tagexclude**: tagexclude can be used to exclude a tag from measurement(s).
-that contain a tag key in the table and a tag value matching one of its
+As opposed to tagdrop, which will drop an entire measurement based on it's
-patterns is emitted.
+tags, tagexclude simply strips the given tag keys from the measurement. This
-* **tagdrop**:
+can be used on inputs & outputs, but it is _recommended_ to be used on inputs,
-The inverse of `tagpass`.  If a match is found the point is discarded. This
+as it is more efficient to filter out tags at the ingestion point.
-is tested on points after they have passed the `tagpass` test.
+* **taginclude**: taginclude is the inverse of tagexclude. It will only include
-* **taginclude**:
+the tag keys in the final measurement.
 An array of glob pattern strings.  Only tags with a tag key matching one of
 the patterns are emitted.  In contrast to `tagpass`, which will pass an entire
 point based on its tag, `taginclude` removes all non matching tags from the
 point.  This filter can be used on both inputs & outputs, but it is
 _recommended_ to be used on inputs, as it is more efficient to filter out tags
 at the ingestion point.
 * **tagexclude**:
 The inverse of `taginclude`. Tags with a tag key matching one of the patterns
 will be discarded from the point.
-**NOTE** Due to the way TOML is parsed, `tagpass` and `tagdrop` parameters
+**NOTE** `tagpass` and `tagdrop` parameters must be defined at the _end_ of
-must be defined at the _end_ of the plugin definition, otherwise subsequent
+the plugin definition, otherwise subsequent plugin config options will be
-plugin config options will be interpreted as part of the tagpass/tagdrop
+interpreted as part of the tagpass/tagdrop map.
 tables.
 #### Input Configuration Examples
@@ -181,6 +158,7 @@ fields which begin with `time_`.
 [[outputs.influxdb]]
  url = "http://192.168.59.103:8086" # required.
  database = "telegraf" # required.
  precision = "s"
 # INPUTS
 [[inputs.cpu]]
@@ -319,18 +297,21 @@ to avoid measurement collisions:
 [[outputs.influxdb]]
  urls = [ "http://localhost:8086" ]
  database = "telegraf"
  precision = "s"
  # Drop all measurements that start with "aerospike"
  namedrop = ["aerospike*"]
 [[outputs.influxdb]]
  urls = [ "http://localhost:8086" ]
  database = "telegraf-aerospike-data"
  precision = "s"
  # Only accept aerospike data:
  namepass = ["aerospike*"]
 [[outputs.influxdb]]
  urls = [ "http://localhost:8086" ]
  database = "telegraf-cpu0-data"
  precision = "s"
  # Only store measurements where the tag "cpu" matches the value "cpu0"
  [outputs.influxdb.tagpass]
    cpu = ["cpu0"]
--- a/docs/DATA_FORMATS_INPUT.md
+++ b/docs/DATA_FORMATS_INPUT.md
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ Telegraf is able to parse the following input data formats into metrics:
 1. [Graphite](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/blob/master/docs/DATA_FORMATS_INPUT.md#graphite)
 1. [Value](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/blob/master/docs/DATA_FORMATS_INPUT.md#value), ie: 45 or "booyah"
 1. [Nagios](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/blob/master/docs/DATA_FORMATS_INPUT.md#nagios) (exec input only)
 1. [Collectd](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/blob/master/docs/DATA_FORMATS_INPUT.md#collectd)
 Telegraf metrics, like InfluxDB
 [points](https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/v0.10/write_protocols/line/),
@@ -41,7 +40,7 @@ example, in the exec plugin:
  name_suffix = "_mycollector"
  ## Data format to consume.
-  ## Each data format has its own unique set of configuration options, read
+  ## 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_INPUT.md
  data_format = "json"
@@ -68,7 +67,7 @@ metrics are parsed directly into Telegraf metrics.
  name_suffix = "_mycollector"
  ## Data format to consume.
-  ## Each data format has its own unique set of configuration options, read
+  ## 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_INPUT.md
  data_format = "influx"
@@ -118,7 +117,7 @@ For example, if you had this configuration:
  name_suffix = "_mycollector"
  ## Data format to consume.
-  ## Each data format has its own unique set of configuration options, read
+  ## 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_INPUT.md
  data_format = "json"
@@ -162,7 +161,7 @@ For example, if the following configuration:
  name_suffix = "_mycollector"
  ## Data format to consume.
-  ## Each data format has its own unique set of configuration options, read
+  ## 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_INPUT.md
  data_format = "json"
@@ -233,7 +232,7 @@ name of the plugin.
  name_override = "entropy_available"
  ## Data format to consume.
-  ## Each data format has its own unique set of configuration options, read
+  ## 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_INPUT.md
  data_format = "value"
@@ -391,7 +390,7 @@ There are many more options available,
  name_suffix = "_mycollector"
  ## Data format to consume.
-  ## Each data format has its own unique set of configuration options, read
+  ## 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_INPUT.md
  data_format = "graphite"
@@ -428,54 +427,14 @@ Note: Nagios Input Data Formats is only supported in `exec` input plugin.
 ```toml
 [[inputs.exec]]
  ## Commands array
-  commands = ["/usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_load -w 5,6,7 -c 7,8,9"]
+  commands = ["/usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_load", "-w 5,6,7 -c 7,8,9"]
  ## measurement name suffix (for separating different commands)
  name_suffix = "_mycollector"
  ## Data format to consume.
-  ## Each data format has its own unique set of configuration options, read
+  ## 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_INPUT.md
  data_format = "nagios"
 ```
 # Collectd:
 The collectd format parses the collectd binary network protocol.  Tags are
 created for host, instance, type, and type instance.  All collectd values are
 added as float64 fields.
 For more information about the binary network protocol see
 [here](https://collectd.org/wiki/index.php/Binary_protocol).
 You can control the cryptographic settings with parser options.  Create an
 authentication file and set `collectd_auth_file` to the path of the file, then
 set the desired security level in `collectd_security_level`.
 Additional information including client setup can be found
 [here](https://collectd.org/wiki/index.php/Networking_introduction#Cryptographic_setup).
 You can also change the path to the typesdb or add additional typesdb using
 `collectd_typesdb`.
 #### Collectd Configuration:
 ```toml
 [[inputs.socket_listener]]
  service_address = "udp://127.0.0.1:25826"
  name_prefix = "collectd_"
  ## Data format to consume.
  ## Each data format has its own unique set of configuration options, read
  ## more about them here:
  ## https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/blob/master/docs/DATA_FORMATS_INPUT.md
  data_format = "collectd"
  ## Authentication file for cryptographic security levels
  collectd_auth_file = "/etc/collectd/auth_file"
  ## One of none (default), sign, or encrypt
  collectd_security_level = "encrypt"
  ## Path of to TypesDB specifications
  collectd_typesdb = ["/usr/share/collectd/types.db"]
 ```
--- a/docs/DATA_FORMATS_OUTPUT.md
+++ b/docs/DATA_FORMATS_OUTPUT.md
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ config option, for example, in the `file` output plugin:
  files = ["stdout"]
  ## Data format to output.
-  ## Each data format has its own unique set of configuration options, read
+  ## 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"
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ metrics are serialized directly into InfluxDB line-protocol.
  files = ["stdout", "/tmp/metrics.out"]
  ## Data format to output.
-  ## Each data format has its own unique set of configuration options, read
+  ## 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"
@@ -96,9 +96,6 @@ tars.cpu-total.us-east-1.cpu.usage_user 0.89 1455320690
 tars.cpu-total.us-east-1.cpu.usage_idle 98.09 1455320690
 ```
 Fields with string values will be skipped.  Boolean fields will be converted
 to 1 (true) or 0 (false).
 ### Graphite Configuration:
 ```toml
@@ -107,7 +104,7 @@ to 1 (true) or 0 (false).
  files = ["stdout", "/tmp/metrics.out"]
  ## Data format to output.
-  ## Each data format has its own unique set of configuration options, read
+  ## 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 = "graphite"
@@ -146,18 +143,8 @@ The JSON data format serialized Telegraf metrics in json format. The format is:
  files = ["stdout", "/tmp/metrics.out"]
  ## Data format to output.
-  ## Each data format has its own unique set of configuration options, read
+  ## 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 = "json"
  json_timestamp_units = "1ns"
 ```
 By default, the timestamp that is output in JSON data format serialized Telegraf
 metrics is in seconds. The precision of this timestamp can be adjusted for any output
 by adding the optional `json_timestamp_units` parameter to the configuration for
 that output. This parameter can be used to set the timestamp units to  nanoseconds (`ns`),
 microseconds (`us` or `µs`), milliseconds (`ms`), or seconds (`s`). Note that this
 parameter will be truncated to the nearest power of 10 that, so if the `json_timestamp_units`
 are set to `15ms` the timestamps for the JSON format serialized Telegraf metrics will be
 output in hundredths of a second (`10ms`).
--- a/docs/LICENSE_OF_DEPENDENCIES.md
+++ b/docs/LICENSE_OF_DEPENDENCIES.md
@@ -1,102 +1,33 @@
-# Licenses of dependencies
+# List
 - github.com/Shopify/sarama [MIT LICENSE](https://github.com/Shopify/sarama/blob/master/MIT-LICENSE)
 - github.com/Sirupsen/logrus [MIT LICENSE](https://github.com/Sirupsen/logrus/blob/master/LICENSE)
 - github.com/armon/go-metrics [MIT LICENSE](https://github.com/armon/go-metrics/blob/master/LICENSE)
 - github.com/boltdb/bolt [MIT LICENSE](https://github.com/boltdb/bolt/blob/master/LICENSE)
 - github.com/cenkalti/backoff [MIT LICENSE](https://github.com/cenkalti/backoff/blob/master/LICENSE)
 - github.com/dancannon/gorethink [APACHE LICENSE](https://github.com/dancannon/gorethink/blob/master/LICENSE)
 - github.com/eapache/go-resiliency [MIT LICENSE](https://github.com/eapache/go-resiliency/blob/master/LICENSE)
 - github.com/eapache/queue [MIT LICENSE](https://github.com/eapache/queue/blob/master/LICENSE)
 - github.com/fsouza/go-dockerclient [BSD LICENSE](https://github.com/fsouza/go-dockerclient/blob/master/LICENSE)
 - github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql [MPL LICENSE](https://github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql/blob/master/LICENSE)
 - github.com/gogo/protobuf [BSD LICENSE](https://github.com/gogo/protobuf/blob/master/LICENSE)
 - github.com/golang/protobuf [BSD LICENSE](https://github.com/golang/protobuf/blob/master/LICENSE)
 - github.com/golang/snappy [BSD LICENSE](https://github.com/golang/snappy/blob/master/LICENSE)
 - github.com/hashicorp/go-msgpack [BSD LICENSE](https://github.com/hashicorp/go-msgpack/blob/master/LICENSE)
 - github.com/hashicorp/raft [MPL LICENSE](https://github.com/hashicorp/raft/blob/master/LICENSE)
 - github.com/hashicorp/raft-boltdb [MPL LICENSE](https://github.com/hashicorp/raft-boltdb/blob/master/LICENSE)
 - github.com/kardianos/service [ZLIB LICENSE](https://github.com/kardianos/service/blob/master/LICENSE) (License not named but matches word for word with ZLib)
 - github.com/kballard/go-shellquote [MIT LICENSE](https://github.com/kballard/go-shellquote/blob/master/LICENSE)
 - github.com/lib/pq [MIT LICENSE](https://github.com/lib/pq/blob/master/LICENSE.md)
 - github.com/matttproud/golang_protobuf_extensions [APACHE LICENSE](https://github.com/matttproud/golang_protobuf_extensions/blob/master/LICENSE)
 - github.com/naoina/go-stringutil [MIT LICENSE](https://github.com/naoina/go-stringutil/blob/master/LICENSE)
 - github.com/naoina/toml [MIT LICENSE](https://github.com/naoina/toml/blob/master/LICENSE)
 - github.com/prometheus/client_golang [APACHE LICENSE](https://github.com/prometheus/client_golang/blob/master/LICENSE)
 - github.com/samuel/go-zookeeper [BSD LICENSE](https://github.com/samuel/go-zookeeper/blob/master/LICENSE)
 - github.com/stretchr/objx [MIT LICENSE](github.com/stretchr/objx)
 - github.com/stretchr/testify [MIT LICENSE](https://github.com/stretchr/testify/blob/master/LICENCE.txt)
 - github.com/wvanbergen/kafka [MIT LICENSE](https://github.com/wvanbergen/kafka/blob/master/LICENSE)
 - github.com/wvanbergen/kazoo-go [MIT LICENSE](https://github.com/wvanbergen/kazoo-go/blob/master/MIT-LICENSE)
 - gopkg.in/dancannon/gorethink.v1 [APACHE LICENSE](https://github.com/dancannon/gorethink/blob/v1.1.2/LICENSE)
 - gopkg.in/mgo.v2 [BSD LICENSE](https://github.com/go-mgo/mgo/blob/v2/LICENSE)
 - golang.org/x/crypto/ [BSD LICENSE](https://github.com/golang/crypto/blob/master/LICENSE)
 When distributed in a binary form, Telegraf may contain portions of the
 following works:
 - collectd.org [MIT](https://github.com/collectd/go-collectd/blob/master/LICENSE)
 - github.com/aerospike/aerospike-client-go [APACHE](https://github.com/aerospike/aerospike-client-go/blob/master/LICENSE)
 - github.com/amir/raidman [PUBLIC DOMAIN](https://github.com/amir/raidman/blob/master/UNLICENSE)
 - github.com/armon/go-metrics [MIT](https://github.com/armon/go-metrics/blob/master/LICENSE)
 - github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go [APACHE](https://github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/blob/master/LICENSE.txt)
 - github.com/beorn7/perks [MIT](https://github.com/beorn7/perks/blob/master/LICENSE)
 - github.com/boltdb/bolt [MIT](https://github.com/boltdb/bolt/blob/master/LICENSE)
 - github.com/bsm/sarama-cluster [MIT](https://github.com/bsm/sarama-cluster/blob/master/LICENSE)
 - github.com/cenkalti/backoff [MIT](https://github.com/cenkalti/backoff/blob/master/LICENSE)
 - github.com/chuckpreslar/rcon [MIT](https://github.com/chuckpreslar/rcon#license)
 - github.com/couchbase/go-couchbase [MIT](https://github.com/couchbase/go-couchbase/blob/master/LICENSE)
 - github.com/couchbase/gomemcached [MIT](https://github.com/couchbase/gomemcached/blob/master/LICENSE)
 - github.com/couchbase/goutils [MIT](https://github.com/couchbase/go-couchbase/blob/master/LICENSE)
 - github.com/dancannon/gorethink [APACHE](https://github.com/dancannon/gorethink/blob/master/LICENSE)
 - github.com/davecgh/go-spew [ISC](https://github.com/davecgh/go-spew/blob/master/LICENSE)
 - github.com/docker/docker [APACHE](https://github.com/docker/docker/blob/master/LICENSE)
 - github.com/docker/cli [APACHE](https://github.com/docker/cli/blob/master/LICENSE)
 - github.com/eapache/go-resiliency [MIT](https://github.com/eapache/go-resiliency/blob/master/LICENSE)
 - github.com/eapache/go-xerial-snappy [MIT](https://github.com/eapache/go-xerial-snappy/blob/master/LICENSE)
 - github.com/eapache/queue [MIT](https://github.com/eapache/queue/blob/master/LICENSE)
 - github.com/eclipse/paho.mqtt.golang [ECLIPSE](https://github.com/eclipse/paho.mqtt.golang/blob/master/LICENSE)
 - github.com/fsouza/go-dockerclient [BSD](https://github.com/fsouza/go-dockerclient/blob/master/LICENSE)
 - github.com/gobwas/glob [MIT](https://github.com/gobwas/glob/blob/master/LICENSE)
 - github.com/google/go-cmp [BSD](https://github.com/google/go-cmp/blob/master/LICENSE)
 - github.com/gogo/protobuf [BSD](https://github.com/gogo/protobuf/blob/master/LICENSE)
 - github.com/golang/protobuf [BSD](https://github.com/golang/protobuf/blob/master/LICENSE)
 - github.com/golang/snappy [BSD](https://github.com/golang/snappy/blob/master/LICENSE)
 - github.com/go-logfmt/logfmt [MIT](https://github.com/go-logfmt/logfmt/blob/master/LICENSE)
 - github.com/gorilla/mux [BSD](https://github.com/gorilla/mux/blob/master/LICENSE)
 - github.com/go-ini/ini [APACHE](https://github.com/go-ini/ini/blob/master/LICENSE)
 - github.com/go-ole/go-ole [MPL](http://mattn.mit-license.org/2013)
 - github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql [MPL](https://github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql/blob/master/LICENSE)
 - github.com/hailocab/go-hostpool [MIT](https://github.com/hailocab/go-hostpool/blob/master/LICENSE)
 - github.com/hashicorp/consul [MPL](https://github.com/hashicorp/consul/blob/master/LICENSE)
 - github.com/hashicorp/go-msgpack [BSD](https://github.com/hashicorp/go-msgpack/blob/master/LICENSE)
 - github.com/hashicorp/raft-boltdb [MPL](https://github.com/hashicorp/raft-boltdb/blob/master/LICENSE)
 - github.com/hashicorp/raft [MPL](https://github.com/hashicorp/raft/blob/master/LICENSE)
 - github.com/influxdata/tail [MIT](https://github.com/influxdata/tail/blob/master/LICENSE.txt)
 - github.com/influxdata/toml [MIT](https://github.com/influxdata/toml/blob/master/LICENSE)
 - github.com/influxdata/wlog [MIT](https://github.com/influxdata/wlog/blob/master/LICENSE)
 - github.com/jackc/pgx [MIT](https://github.com/jackc/pgx/blob/master/LICENSE)
 - github.com/jmespath/go-jmespath [APACHE](https://github.com/jmespath/go-jmespath/blob/master/LICENSE)
 - github.com/kardianos/osext [BSD](https://github.com/kardianos/osext/blob/master/LICENSE)
 - github.com/kardianos/service [ZLIB](https://github.com/kardianos/service/blob/master/LICENSE) (License not named but matches word for word with ZLib)
 - github.com/kballard/go-shellquote [MIT](https://github.com/kballard/go-shellquote/blob/master/LICENSE)
 - github.com/lib/pq [MIT](https://github.com/lib/pq/blob/master/LICENSE.md)
 - github.com/matttproud/golang_protobuf_extensions [APACHE](https://github.com/matttproud/golang_protobuf_extensions/blob/master/LICENSE)
 - github.com/Microsoft/go-winio [MIT](https://github.com/Microsoft/go-winio/blob/master/LICENSE)
 - github.com/miekg/dns [BSD](https://github.com/miekg/dns/blob/master/LICENSE)
 - github.com/naoina/go-stringutil [MIT](https://github.com/naoina/go-stringutil/blob/master/LICENSE)
 - github.com/naoina/toml [MIT](https://github.com/naoina/toml/blob/master/LICENSE)
 - github.com/nats-io/go-nats [MIT](https://github.com/nats-io/go-nats/blob/master/LICENSE)
 - github.com/nats-io/nats [MIT](https://github.com/nats-io/nats/blob/master/LICENSE)
 - github.com/nats-io/nuid [MIT](https://github.com/nats-io/nuid/blob/master/LICENSE)
 - github.com/nsqio/go-nsq [MIT](https://github.com/nsqio/go-nsq/blob/master/LICENSE)
 - github.com/opentracing-contrib/go-observer [APACHE](https://github.com/opentracing-contrib/go-observer/blob/master/LICENSE)
 - github.com/opentracing/opentracing-go [MIT](https://github.com/opentracing/opentracing-go/blob/master/LICENSE)
 - github.com/openzipkin/zipkin-go-opentracing [MIT](https://github.com/openzipkin/zipkin-go-opentracing/blob/master/LICENSE)
 - github.com/pierrec/lz4 [BSD](https://github.com/pierrec/lz4/blob/master/LICENSE)
 - github.com/pierrec/xxHash [BSD](https://github.com/pierrec/xxHash/blob/master/LICENSE)
 - github.com/pkg/errors [BSD](https://github.com/pkg/errors/blob/master/LICENSE)
 - github.com/pmezard/go-difflib [BSD](https://github.com/pmezard/go-difflib/blob/master/LICENSE)
 - github.com/prometheus/client_golang [APACHE](https://github.com/prometheus/client_golang/blob/master/LICENSE)
 - github.com/prometheus/client_model [APACHE](https://github.com/prometheus/client_model/blob/master/LICENSE)
 - github.com/prometheus/common [APACHE](https://github.com/prometheus/common/blob/master/LICENSE)
 - github.com/prometheus/procfs [APACHE](https://github.com/prometheus/procfs/blob/master/LICENSE)
 - github.com/rcrowley/go-metrics [BSD](https://github.com/rcrowley/go-metrics/blob/master/LICENSE)
 - github.com/samuel/go-zookeeper [BSD](https://github.com/samuel/go-zookeeper/blob/master/LICENSE)
 - github.com/satori/go.uuid [MIT](https://github.com/satori/go.uuid/blob/master/LICENSE)
 - github.com/shirou/gopsutil [BSD](https://github.com/shirou/gopsutil/blob/master/LICENSE)
 - github.com/shirou/w32 [BSD](https://github.com/shirou/w32/blob/master/LICENSE)
 - github.com/Shopify/sarama [MIT](https://github.com/Shopify/sarama/blob/master/MIT-LICENSE)
 - github.com/Sirupsen/logrus [MIT](https://github.com/Sirupsen/logrus/blob/master/LICENSE)
 - github.com/StackExchange/wmi [MIT](https://github.com/StackExchange/wmi/blob/master/LICENSE)
 - github.com/stretchr/objx [MIT](https://github.com/stretchr/objx/blob/master/LICENSE.md)
 - github.com/soniah/gosnmp [BSD](https://github.com/soniah/gosnmp/blob/master/LICENSE)
 - github.com/streadway/amqp [BSD](https://github.com/streadway/amqp/blob/master/LICENSE)
 - github.com/stretchr/objx [MIT](https://github.com/stretchr/objx/blob/master/LICENSE.md)
 - github.com/stretchr/testify [MIT](https://github.com/stretchr/testify/blob/master/LICENCE.txt)
 - github.com/vjeantet/grok [APACHE](https://github.com/vjeantet/grok/blob/master/LICENSE)
 - github.com/wvanbergen/kafka [MIT](https://github.com/wvanbergen/kafka/blob/master/LICENSE)
 - github.com/wvanbergen/kazoo-go [MIT](https://github.com/wvanbergen/kazoo-go/blob/master/MIT-LICENSE)
 - github.com/yuin/gopher-lua [MIT](https://github.com/yuin/gopher-lua/blob/master/LICENSE)
 - github.com/zensqlmonitor/go-mssqldb [BSD](https://github.com/zensqlmonitor/go-mssqldb/blob/master/LICENSE.txt)
 - golang.org/x/crypto [BSD](https://github.com/golang/crypto/blob/master/LICENSE)
 - golang.org/x/net [BSD](https://go.googlesource.com/net/+/master/LICENSE)
 - golang.org/x/text [BSD](https://go.googlesource.com/text/+/master/LICENSE)
 - golang.org/x/sys [BSD](https://go.googlesource.com/sys/+/master/LICENSE)
 - gopkg.in/asn1-ber.v1 [MIT](https://github.com/go-asn1-ber/asn1-ber/blob/v1.2/LICENSE)
 - gopkg.in/dancannon/gorethink.v1 [APACHE](https://github.com/dancannon/gorethink/blob/v1.1.2/LICENSE)
 - gopkg.in/fatih/pool.v2 [MIT](https://github.com/fatih/pool/blob/v2.0.0/LICENSE)
 - gopkg.in/fsnotify.v1 [BSD](https://github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify/blob/v1.4.2/LICENSE)
 - gopkg.in/ldap.v2 [MIT](https://github.com/go-ldap/ldap/blob/v2.5.0/LICENSE)
 - gopkg.in/mgo.v2 [BSD](https://github.com/go-mgo/mgo/blob/v2/LICENSE)
 - gopkg.in/olivere/elastic.v5 [MIT](https://github.com/olivere/elastic/blob/v5.0.38/LICENSE)
 - gopkg.in/tomb.v1 [BSD](https://github.com/go-tomb/tomb/blob/v1/LICENSE)
 - gopkg.in/yaml.v2 [APACHE](https://github.com/go-yaml/yaml/blob/v2/LICENSE)
--- a/docs/PROFILING.md
+++ b/docs/PROFILING.md
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
 # Telegraf profiling
 Telegraf uses the standard package `net/http/pprof`. This package serves via its HTTP server runtime profiling data in the format expected by the pprof visualization tool.
 By default, the profiling is turned off.
 To enable profiling you need to specify address to config parameter `pprof-addr`, for example:
 ```
 telegraf --config telegraf.conf --pprof-addr localhost:6060
 ```
 There are several paths to get different profiling information:
 To look at the heap profile:
 `go tool pprof http://localhost:6060/debug/pprof/heap`
 or to look at a 30-second CPU profile:
 `go tool pprof http://localhost:6060/debug/pprof/profile?seconds=30`
 To view all available profiles, open `http://localhost:6060/debug/pprof/` in your browser.
--- a/docs/WINDOWS_SERVICE.md
+++ b/docs/WINDOWS_SERVICE.md
@@ -37,9 +37,3 @@ Telegraf can manage its own service through the --service flag:
 | `telegraf.exe --service start`     | Start the telegraf service    |
 | `telegraf.exe --service stop`      | Stop the telegraf service     |
 Trobleshooting  common error #1067
 When installing as service in Windows, always double check to specify full path of the config file, otherwise windows service will fail to start
 --config C:\"Program Files"\Telegraf\telegraf.conf
--- a/etc/telegraf.conf
+++ b/etc/telegraf.conf
--- a/etc/telegraf_windows.conf
+++ b/etc/telegraf_windows.conf
@@ -105,11 +105,10 @@
      "% Privileged Time",
      "% User Time",
      "% Processor Time",
      "% DPC Time",
    ]
    Measurement = "win_cpu"
    # Set to true to include _Total instance when querying for all (*).
-    IncludeTotal=true
+    #IncludeTotal=false
  [[inputs.win_perf_counters.object]]
    # Disk times and queues
@@ -117,54 +116,21 @@
    Instances = ["*"]
    Counters = [
      "% Idle Time",
-      "% Disk Time",
+      "% Disk Time","% Disk Read Time",
      "% Disk Read Time",
      "% Disk Write Time",
      "% User Time",
      "Current Disk Queue Length",
      "% Free Space",
      "Free Megabytes",
    ]
    Measurement = "win_disk"
    # Set to true to include _Total instance when querying for all (*).
    #IncludeTotal=false
  [[inputs.win_perf_counters.object]]
    ObjectName = "PhysicalDisk"
    Instances = ["*"]
    Counters = [
      "Disk Read Bytes/sec",
      "Disk Write Bytes/sec",
      "Current Disk Queue Length",
      "Disk Reads/sec",
      "Disk Writes/sec",
      "% Disk Time",
      "% Disk Read Time",
      "% Disk Write Time",
    ]
    Measurement = "win_diskio"
  [[inputs.win_perf_counters.object]]
    ObjectName = "Network Interface"
    Instances = ["*"]
    Counters = [
      "Bytes Received/sec",
      "Bytes Sent/sec",
      "Packets Received/sec",
      "Packets Sent/sec",
      "Packets Received Discarded",
      "Packets Outbound Discarded",
      "Packets Received Errors",
      "Packets Outbound Errors",
    ]
    Measurement = "win_net"
  [[inputs.win_perf_counters.object]]
    ObjectName = "System"
    Counters = [
      "Context Switches/sec",
      "System Calls/sec",
      "Processor Queue Length",
      "System Up Time",
    ]
    Instances = ["------"]
    Measurement = "win_system"
@@ -184,10 +150,6 @@
      "Transition Faults/sec",
      "Pool Nonpaged Bytes",
      "Pool Paged Bytes",
      "Standby Cache Reserve Bytes",
      "Standby Cache Normal Priority Bytes",
      "Standby Cache Core Bytes",
    ]
    # Use 6 x - to remove the Instance bit from the query.
    Instances = ["------"]
@@ -195,31 +157,6 @@
    # Set to true to include _Total instance when querying for all (*).
    #IncludeTotal=false
  [[inputs.win_perf_counters.object]]
    # Example query where the Instance portion must be removed to get data back,
    # such as from the Paging File object.
    ObjectName = "Paging File"
    Counters = [
      "% Usage",
    ]
    Instances = ["_Total"]
    Measurement = "win_swap"
  [[inputs.win_perf_counters.object]]
    ObjectName = "Network Interface"
    Instances = ["*"]
    Counters = [
      "Bytes Sent/sec",
      "Bytes Received/sec",
      "Packets Sent/sec",
      "Packets Received/sec",
      "Packets Received Discarded",
      "Packets Received Errors",
      "Packets Outbound Discarded",
      "Packets Outbound Errors",
    ]
 # Windows system plugins using WMI (disabled by default, using
 # win_perf_counters over WMI is recommended)
--- a/filter/filter.go
+++ b/filter/filter.go
@@ -77,40 +77,3 @@ func compileFilterNoGlob(filters []string) Filter {
 	}
 	return &out
 }
 type IncludeExcludeFilter struct {
 	include Filter
 	exclude Filter
 }
 func NewIncludeExcludeFilter(
 	include []string,
 	exclude []string,
 ) (Filter, error) {
 	in, err := Compile(include)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	ex, err := Compile(exclude)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	return &IncludeExcludeFilter{in, ex}, nil
 }
 func (f *IncludeExcludeFilter) Match(s string) bool {
 	if f.include != nil {
 		if !f.include.Match(s) {
 			return false
 		}
 	}
 	if f.exclude != nil {
 		if f.exclude.Match(s) {
 			return false
 		}
 	}
 	return true
 }
--- a/internal/buffer/buffer.go
+++ b/internal/buffer/buffer.go
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ package buffer
 import (
 	"sync"
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/selfstat"
 )
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ var (
 // Buffer is an object for storing metrics in a circular buffer.
 type Buffer struct {
-	buf chan telegraf.Metric
+	buf chan plugins.Metric
 	mu sync.Mutex
 }
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ type Buffer struct {
 //   called when the buffer is full, then the oldest metric(s) will be dropped.
 func NewBuffer(size int) *Buffer {
 	return &Buffer{
-		buf: make(chan telegraf.Metric, size),
+		buf: make(chan plugins.Metric, size),
 	}
 }
@@ -39,17 +39,15 @@ func (b *Buffer) Len() int {
 }
 // Add adds metrics to the buffer.
-func (b *Buffer) Add(metrics ...telegraf.Metric) {
+func (b *Buffer) Add(metrics ...plugins.Metric) {
 	for i, _ := range metrics {
 		MetricsWritten.Incr(1)
 		select {
 		case b.buf <- metrics[i]:
 		default:
 			b.mu.Lock()
 			MetricsDropped.Incr(1)
 			<-b.buf
 			b.buf <- metrics[i]
 			b.mu.Unlock()
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -57,10 +55,10 @@ func (b *Buffer) Add(metrics ...telegraf.Metric) {
 // Batch returns a batch of metrics of size batchSize.
 // the batch will be of maximum length batchSize. It can be less than batchSize,
 // if the length of Buffer is less than batchSize.
-func (b *Buffer) Batch(batchSize int) []telegraf.Metric {
+func (b *Buffer) Batch(batchSize int) []plugins.Metric {
 	b.mu.Lock()
 	n := min(len(b.buf), batchSize)
-	out := make([]telegraf.Metric, n)
+	out := make([]plugins.Metric, n)
 	for i := 0; i < n; i++ {
 		out[i] = <-b.buf
 	}
--- a/internal/buffer/buffer_test.go
+++ b/internal/buffer/buffer_test.go
@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@ package buffer
 import (
 	"testing"
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/testutil"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 )
-var metricList = []telegraf.Metric{
+var metricList = []plugins.Metric{
 	testutil.TestMetric(2, "mymetric1"),
 	testutil.TestMetric(1, "mymetric2"),
 	testutil.TestMetric(11, "mymetric3"),
--- a/internal/config/config.go
+++ b/internal/config/config.go
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"log"
 	"math"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"regexp"
@@ -16,9 +15,9 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/internal"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/internal/models"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/aggregators"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/outputs"
@@ -26,6 +25,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/processors"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/serializers"
 	"github.com/influxdata/config"
 	"github.com/influxdata/toml"
 	"github.com/influxdata/toml/ast"
 )
@@ -85,8 +85,8 @@ type AgentConfig struct {
 	//     ie, if Interval=10s then always collect on :00, :10, :20, etc.
 	RoundInterval bool
-	// By default or when set to "0s", precision will be set to the same
+	// By default, precision will be set to the same timestamp order as the
-	// timestamp order as the collection interval, with the maximum being 1s.
+	// collection interval, with the maximum being 1s.
 	//   ie, when interval = "10s", precision will be "1s"
 	//       when interval = "250ms", precision will be "1ms"
 	// Precision will NOT be used for service inputs. It is up to each individual
@@ -230,13 +230,10 @@ var header = `# Telegraf Configuration
  ## ie, a jitter of 5s and interval 10s means flushes will happen every 10-15s
  flush_jitter = "0s"
-  ## By default or when set to "0s", precision will be set to the same
+  ## By default, precision will be set to the same timestamp order as the
-  ## timestamp order as the collection interval, with the maximum being 1s.
+  ## collection interval, with the maximum being 1s.
-  ##   ie, when interval = "10s", precision will be "1s"
+  ## Precision will NOT be used for service inputs, such as logparser and statsd.
-  ##       when interval = "250ms", precision will be "1ms"
+  ## Valid values are "ns", "us" (or "µs"), "ms", "s".
  ## Precision will NOT be used for service inputs. It is up to each individual
  ## service input to set the timestamp at the appropriate precision.
  ## Valid time units are "ns", "us" (or "µs"), "ms", "s".
  precision = ""
  ## Logging configuration:
@@ -402,7 +399,7 @@ func printFilteredInputs(inputFilters []string, commented bool) {
 	sort.Strings(pnames)
 	// cache service inputs to print them at the end
-	servInputs := make(map[string]telegraf.ServiceInput)
+	servInputs := make(map[string]plugins.ServiceInput)
 	// for alphabetical looping:
 	servInputNames := []string{}
@@ -412,7 +409,7 @@ func printFilteredInputs(inputFilters []string, commented bool) {
 		input := creator()
 		switch p := input.(type) {
-		case telegraf.ServiceInput:
+		case plugins.ServiceInput:
 			servInputs[pname] = p
 			servInputNames = append(servInputNames, pname)
 			continue
@@ -509,10 +506,6 @@ func PrintOutputConfig(name string) error {
 func (c *Config) LoadDirectory(path string) error {
 	walkfn := func(thispath string, info os.FileInfo, _ error) error {
 		if info == nil {
 			log.Printf("W! Telegraf is not permitted to read %s", thispath)
 			return nil
 		}
 		if info.IsDir() {
 			return nil
 		}
@@ -573,7 +566,7 @@ func (c *Config) LoadConfig(path string) error {
 			if !ok {
 				return fmt.Errorf("%s: invalid configuration", path)
 			}
-			if err = toml.UnmarshalTable(subTable, c.Tags); err != nil {
+			if err = config.UnmarshalTable(subTable, c.Tags); err != nil {
 				log.Printf("E! Could not parse [global_tags] config\n")
 				return fmt.Errorf("Error parsing %s, %s", path, err)
 			}
@@ -586,7 +579,7 @@ func (c *Config) LoadConfig(path string) error {
 		if !ok {
 			return fmt.Errorf("%s: invalid configuration", path)
 		}
-		if err = toml.UnmarshalTable(subTable, c.Agent); err != nil {
+		if err = config.UnmarshalTable(subTable, c.Agent); err != nil {
 			log.Printf("E! Could not parse [agent] config\n")
 			return fmt.Errorf("Error parsing %s, %s", path, err)
 		}
@@ -723,7 +716,7 @@ func (c *Config) addAggregator(name string, table *ast.Table) error {
 		return err
 	}
-	if err := toml.UnmarshalTable(table, aggregator); err != nil {
+	if err := config.UnmarshalTable(table, aggregator); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -743,7 +736,7 @@ func (c *Config) addProcessor(name string, table *ast.Table) error {
 		return err
 	}
-	if err := toml.UnmarshalTable(table, processor); err != nil {
+	if err := config.UnmarshalTable(table, processor); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -783,7 +776,7 @@ func (c *Config) addOutput(name string, table *ast.Table) error {
 		return err
 	}
-	if err := toml.UnmarshalTable(table, output); err != nil {
+	if err := config.UnmarshalTable(table, output); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -824,7 +817,7 @@ func (c *Config) addInput(name string, table *ast.Table) error {
 		return err
 	}
-	if err := toml.UnmarshalTable(table, input); err != nil {
+	if err := config.UnmarshalTable(table, input); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -916,7 +909,7 @@ func buildAggregator(name string, tbl *ast.Table) (*models.AggregatorConfig, err
 	conf.Tags = make(map[string]string)
 	if node, ok := tbl.Fields["tags"]; ok {
 		if subtbl, ok := node.(*ast.Table); ok {
-			if err := toml.UnmarshalTable(subtbl, conf.Tags); err != nil {
+			if err := config.UnmarshalTable(subtbl, conf.Tags); err != nil {
 				log.Printf("Could not parse tags for input %s\n", name)
 			}
 		}
@@ -1153,7 +1146,7 @@ func buildInput(name string, tbl *ast.Table) (*models.InputConfig, error) {
 	cp.Tags = make(map[string]string)
 	if node, ok := tbl.Fields["tags"]; ok {
 		if subtbl, ok := node.(*ast.Table); ok {
-			if err := toml.UnmarshalTable(subtbl, cp.Tags); err != nil {
+			if err := config.UnmarshalTable(subtbl, cp.Tags); err != nil {
 				log.Printf("E! Could not parse tags for input %s\n", name)
 			}
 		}
@@ -1233,34 +1226,6 @@ func buildParser(name string, tbl *ast.Table) (parsers.Parser, error) {
 		}
 	}
 	if node, ok := tbl.Fields["collectd_auth_file"]; ok {
 		if kv, ok := node.(*ast.KeyValue); ok {
 			if str, ok := kv.Value.(*ast.String); ok {
 				c.CollectdAuthFile = str.Value
 			}
 		}
 	}
 	if node, ok := tbl.Fields["collectd_security_level"]; ok {
 		if kv, ok := node.(*ast.KeyValue); ok {
 			if str, ok := kv.Value.(*ast.String); ok {
 				c.CollectdSecurityLevel = str.Value
 			}
 		}
 	}
 	if node, ok := tbl.Fields["collectd_typesdb"]; 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.CollectdTypesDB = append(c.CollectdTypesDB, str.Value)
 					}
 				}
 			}
 		}
 	}
 	c.MetricName = name
 	delete(tbl.Fields, "data_format")
@@ -1268,9 +1233,6 @@ func buildParser(name string, tbl *ast.Table) (parsers.Parser, error) {
 	delete(tbl.Fields, "templates")
 	delete(tbl.Fields, "tag_keys")
 	delete(tbl.Fields, "data_type")
 	delete(tbl.Fields, "collectd_auth_file")
 	delete(tbl.Fields, "collectd_security_level")
 	delete(tbl.Fields, "collectd_typesdb")
 	return parsers.NewParser(c)
 }
@@ -1279,7 +1241,7 @@ func buildParser(name string, tbl *ast.Table) (parsers.Parser, error) {
 // a serializers.Serializer object, and creates it, which can then be added onto
 // an Output object.
 func buildSerializer(name string, tbl *ast.Table) (serializers.Serializer, error) {
-	c := &serializers.Config{TimestampUnits: time.Duration(1 * time.Second)}
+	c := &serializers.Config{}
 	if node, ok := tbl.Fields["data_format"]; ok {
 		if kv, ok := node.(*ast.KeyValue); ok {
@@ -1309,26 +1271,9 @@ func buildSerializer(name string, tbl *ast.Table) (serializers.Serializer, error
 		}
 	}
 	if node, ok := tbl.Fields["json_timestamp_units"]; ok {
 		if kv, ok := node.(*ast.KeyValue); ok {
 			if str, ok := kv.Value.(*ast.String); ok {
 				timestampVal, err := time.ParseDuration(str.Value)
 				if err != nil {
 					return nil, fmt.Errorf("Unable to parse json_timestamp_units as a duration, %s", err)
 				}
 				// now that we have a duration, truncate it to the nearest
 				// power of ten (just in case)
 				nearest_exponent := int64(math.Log10(float64(timestampVal.Nanoseconds())))
 				new_nanoseconds := int64(math.Pow(10.0, float64(nearest_exponent)))
 				c.TimestampUnits = time.Duration(new_nanoseconds)
 			}
 		}
 	}
 	delete(tbl.Fields, "data_format")
 	delete(tbl.Fields, "prefix")
 	delete(tbl.Fields, "template")
 	delete(tbl.Fields, "json_timestamp_units")
 	return serializers.NewSerializer(c)
 }
--- a/internal/config/testdata/telegraf-agent.toml
+++ b/internal/config/testdata/telegraf-agent.toml
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
  # Kafka topic for producer messages
  topic = "telegraf"
  # Telegraf tag to use as a routing key
-  #  ie, if this tag exists, its value will be used as the routing key
+  #  ie, if this tag exists, it's value will be used as the routing key
  routing_tag = "host"
@@ -143,31 +143,19 @@
 [[inputs.diskio]]
  # no configuration
-# read metrics from a Kafka 0.9+ topic
+# read metrics from a Kafka topic
 [[inputs.kafka_consumer]]
-  ## kafka brokers
+  # topic(s) to consume
  brokers = ["localhost:9092"]
  ## topic(s) to consume
  topics = ["telegraf"]
  ## the name of the consumer group
  consumer_group = "telegraf_metrics_consumers"
  ## Offset (must be either "oldest" or "newest")
  offset = "oldest"
 # read metrics from a Kafka legacy topic
 [[inputs.kafka_consumer_legacy]]
  ## topic(s) to consume
  topics = ["telegraf"]
  # 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
  point_buffer = 100000
-  ## Offset (must be either "oldest" or "newest")
+  # Offset (must be either "oldest" or "newest")
  offset = "oldest"
 # Read metrics from a LeoFS Server via SNMP
 [[inputs.leofs]]
  # An array of URI to gather stats about LeoFS.
--- a/internal/errchan/errchan.go
+++ b/internal/errchan/errchan.go
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
 package errchan
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"strings"
 )
 type ErrChan struct {
 	C chan error
 }
 // New returns an error channel of max length 'n'
 // errors can be sent to the ErrChan.C channel, and will be returned when
 // ErrChan.Error() is called.
 func New(n int) *ErrChan {
 	return &ErrChan{
 		C: make(chan error, n),
 	}
 }
 // Error closes the ErrChan.C channel and returns an error if there are any
 // non-nil errors, otherwise returns nil.
 func (e *ErrChan) Error() error {
 	close(e.C)
 	var out string
 	for err := range e.C {
 		if err != nil {
 			out += "[" + err.Error() + "], "
 		}
 	}
 	if out != "" {
 		return fmt.Errorf("Errors encountered: " + strings.TrimRight(out, ", "))
 	}
 	return nil
 }
--- a/internal/globpath/globpath.go
+++ b/internal/globpath/globpath.go
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ func (g *GlobPath) Match() map[string]os.FileInfo {
 	if !g.hasMeta {
 		out := make(map[string]os.FileInfo)
 		info, err := os.Stat(g.path)
-		if err == nil {
+		if !os.IsNotExist(err) {
 			out[g.path] = info
 		}
 		return out
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ func (g *GlobPath) Match() map[string]os.FileInfo {
 		files, _ := filepath.Glob(g.path)
 		for _, file := range files {
 			info, err := os.Stat(file)
-			if err == nil {
+			if !os.IsNotExist(err) {
 				out[file] = info
 			}
 		}
--- a/internal/globpath/globpath_test.go
+++ b/internal/globpath/globpath_test.go
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package globpath
 import (
 	"os"
 	"runtime"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
@@ -29,7 +28,7 @@ func TestCompileAndMatch(t *testing.T) {
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	matches := g1.Match()
-	assert.Len(t, matches, 6)
+	assert.Len(t, matches, 3)
 	matches = g2.Match()
 	assert.Len(t, matches, 2)
 	matches = g3.Match()
@@ -57,34 +56,7 @@ func TestFindRootDir(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 func TestFindNestedTextFile(t *testing.T) {
 	dir := getTestdataDir()
 	// test super asterisk
 	g1, err := Compile(dir + "/**.txt")
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	matches := g1.Match()
 	assert.Len(t, matches, 1)
 }
 func getTestdataDir() string {
 	_, filename, _, _ := runtime.Caller(1)
 	return strings.Replace(filename, "globpath_test.go", "testdata", 1)
 }
 func TestMatch_ErrPermission(t *testing.T) {
 	tests := []struct {
 		input    string
 		expected map[string]os.FileInfo
 	}{
 		{"/root/foo", map[string]os.FileInfo{}},
 		{"/root/f*", map[string]os.FileInfo{}},
 	}
 	for _, test := range tests {
 		glob, err := Compile(test.input)
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 		actual := glob.Match()
 		require.Equal(t, test.expected, actual)
 	}
 }
--- a/internal/globpath/testdata/nested1/nested2/nested.txt
+++ b/internal/globpath/testdata/nested1/nested2/nested.txt
--- a/internal/models/filter.go
+++ b/internal/models/filter.go
@@ -132,7 +132,6 @@ func (f *Filter) Apply(
 	return true
 }
 // IsActive checking if filter is active
 func (f *Filter) IsActive() bool {
 	return f.isActive
 }
@@ -140,66 +139,43 @@ func (f *Filter) IsActive() bool {
 // shouldNamePass returns true if the metric should pass, false if should drop
 // based on the drop/pass filter parameters
 func (f *Filter) shouldNamePass(key string) bool {
-
+	if f.namePass != nil {
 	pass := func(f *Filter) bool {
 		if f.namePass.Match(key) {
 			return true
 		}
 		return false
 	}
-	drop := func(f *Filter) bool {
+	if f.nameDrop != nil {
 		if f.nameDrop.Match(key) {
 			return false
 		}
 		return true
 	}
 	if f.namePass != nil && f.nameDrop != nil {
 		return pass(f) && drop(f)
 	} else if f.namePass != nil {
 		return pass(f)
 	} else if f.nameDrop != nil {
 		return drop(f)
 	}
 	return true
 }
 // shouldFieldPass returns true if the metric should pass, false if should drop
 // based on the drop/pass filter parameters
 func (f *Filter) shouldFieldPass(key string) bool {
-
+	if f.fieldPass != nil {
 	pass := func(f *Filter) bool {
 		if f.fieldPass.Match(key) {
 			return true
 		}
 		return false
 	}
-	drop := func(f *Filter) bool {
+	if f.fieldDrop != nil {
 		if f.fieldDrop.Match(key) {
 			return false
 		}
 		return true
 	}
 	if f.fieldPass != nil && f.fieldDrop != nil {
 		return pass(f) && drop(f)
 	} else if f.fieldPass != nil {
 		return pass(f)
 	} else if f.fieldDrop != nil {
 		return drop(f)
 	}
 	return true
 }
 // shouldTagsPass returns true if the metric should pass, false if should drop
 // based on the tagdrop/tagpass filter parameters
 func (f *Filter) shouldTagsPass(tags map[string]string) bool {
-
+	if f.TagPass != nil {
 	pass := func(f *Filter) bool {
 		for _, pat := range f.TagPass {
 			if pat.filter == nil {
 				continue
@@ -213,7 +189,7 @@ func (f *Filter) shouldTagsPass(tags map[string]string) bool {
 		return false
 	}
-	drop := func(f *Filter) bool {
+	if f.TagDrop != nil {
 		for _, pat := range f.TagDrop {
 			if pat.filter == nil {
 				continue
@@ -227,18 +203,6 @@ func (f *Filter) shouldTagsPass(tags map[string]string) bool {
 		return true
 	}
 	// Add additional logic in case where both parameters are set.
 	// see: https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/2860
 	if f.TagPass != nil && f.TagDrop != nil {
 		// return true only in case when tag pass and won't be dropped (true, true).
 		// in case when the same tag should be passed and dropped it will be dropped (true, false).
 		return pass(f) && drop(f)
 	} else if f.TagPass != nil {
 		return pass(f)
 	} else if f.TagDrop != nil {
 		return drop(f)
 	}
 	return true
 }
--- a/internal/models/filter_test.go
+++ b/internal/models/filter_test.go
@@ -357,88 +357,3 @@ func TestFilter_FilterTagsMatches(t *testing.T) {
 		"mytag": "foobar",
 	}, pretags)
 }
 // TestFilter_FilterNamePassAndDrop used for check case when
 // both parameters were defined
 // see: https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/2860
 func TestFilter_FilterNamePassAndDrop(t *testing.T) {
 	inputData := []string{"name1", "name2", "name3", "name4"}
 	expectedResult := []bool{false, true, false, false}
 	f := Filter{
 		NamePass: []string{"name1", "name2"},
 		NameDrop: []string{"name1", "name3"},
 	}
 	require.NoError(t, f.Compile())
 	for i, name := range inputData {
 		assert.Equal(t, f.shouldNamePass(name), expectedResult[i])
 	}
 }
 // TestFilter_FilterFieldPassAndDrop used for check case when
 // both parameters were defined
 // see: https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/2860
 func TestFilter_FilterFieldPassAndDrop(t *testing.T) {
 	inputData := []string{"field1", "field2", "field3", "field4"}
 	expectedResult := []bool{false, true, false, false}
 	f := Filter{
 		FieldPass: []string{"field1", "field2"},
 		FieldDrop: []string{"field1", "field3"},
 	}
 	require.NoError(t, f.Compile())
 	for i, field := range inputData {
 		assert.Equal(t, f.shouldFieldPass(field), expectedResult[i])
 	}
 }
 // TestFilter_FilterTagsPassAndDrop used for check case when
 // both parameters were defined
 // see: https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/2860
 func TestFilter_FilterTagsPassAndDrop(t *testing.T) {
 	inputData := []map[string]string{
 		{"tag1": "1", "tag2": "3"},
 		{"tag1": "1", "tag2": "2"},
 		{"tag1": "2", "tag2": "1"},
 		{"tag1": "4", "tag2": "1"},
 	}
 	expectedResult := []bool{false, true, false, false}
 	filterPass := []TagFilter{
 		TagFilter{
 			Name:   "tag1",
 			Filter: []string{"1", "4"},
 		},
 	}
 	filterDrop := []TagFilter{
 		TagFilter{
 			Name:   "tag1",
 			Filter: []string{"4"},
 		},
 		TagFilter{
 			Name:   "tag2",
 			Filter: []string{"3"},
 		},
 	}
 	f := Filter{
 		TagDrop: filterDrop,
 		TagPass: filterPass,
 	}
 	require.NoError(t, f.Compile())
 	for i, tag := range inputData {
 		assert.Equal(t, f.shouldTagsPass(tag), expectedResult[i])
 	}
 }
--- a/internal/models/makemetric.go
+++ b/internal/models/makemetric.go
@@ -3,11 +3,10 @@ package models
 import (
 	"log"
 	"math"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/metric"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins"
 )
 // makemetric is used by both RunningAggregator & RunningInput
@@ -33,9 +32,9 @@ func makemetric(
 	daemonTags map[string]string,
 	filter Filter,
 	applyFilter bool,
-	mType telegraf.ValueType,
+	mType plugins.ValueType,
 	t time.Time,
-) telegraf.Metric {
+) plugins.Metric {
 	if len(fields) == 0 || len(measurement) == 0 {
 		return nil
 	}
@@ -78,27 +77,7 @@ func makemetric(
 		}
 	}
 	for k, v := range tags {
 		if strings.HasSuffix(k, `\`) {
 			log.Printf("D! Measurement [%s] tag [%s] "+
 				"ends with a backslash, skipping", measurement, k)
 			delete(tags, k)
 			continue
 		} else if strings.HasSuffix(v, `\`) {
 			log.Printf("D! Measurement [%s] tag [%s] has a value "+
 				"ending with a backslash, skipping", measurement, k)
 			delete(tags, k)
 			continue
 		}
 	}
 	for k, v := range fields {
 		if strings.HasSuffix(k, `\`) {
 			log.Printf("D! Measurement [%s] field [%s] "+
 				"ends with a backslash, skipping", measurement, k)
 			delete(fields, k)
 			continue
 		}
 		// Validate uint64 and float64 fields
 		// convert all int & uint types to int64
 		switch val := v.(type) {
@@ -149,8 +128,6 @@ func makemetric(
 				delete(fields, k)
 				continue
 			}
 		case string:
 			fields[k] = v
 		default:
 			fields[k] = v
 		}
--- a/internal/models/running_aggregator.go
+++ b/internal/models/running_aggregator.go
@@ -3,28 +3,28 @@ package models
 import (
 	"time"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/metric"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins"
 )
 type RunningAggregator struct {
-	a      telegraf.Aggregator
+	a      plugins.Aggregator
 	Config *AggregatorConfig
-	metrics chan telegraf.Metric
+	metrics chan plugins.Metric
 	periodStart time.Time
 	periodEnd   time.Time
 }
 func NewRunningAggregator(
-	a telegraf.Aggregator,
+	a plugins.Aggregator,
 	conf *AggregatorConfig,
 ) *RunningAggregator {
 	return &RunningAggregator{
 		a:       a,
 		Config:  conf,
-		metrics: make(chan telegraf.Metric, 100),
+		metrics: make(chan plugins.Metric, 100),
 	}
 }
@@ -52,9 +52,9 @@ func (r *RunningAggregator) MakeMetric(
 	measurement string,
 	fields map[string]interface{},
 	tags map[string]string,
-	mType telegraf.ValueType,
+	mType plugins.ValueType,
 	t time.Time,
-) telegraf.Metric {
+) plugins.Metric {
 	m := makemetric(
 		measurement,
 		fields,
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ func (r *RunningAggregator) MakeMetric(
 // Add applies the given metric to the aggregator.
 // Before applying to the plugin, it will run any defined filters on the metric.
 // Apply returns true if the original metric should be dropped.
-func (r *RunningAggregator) Add(in telegraf.Metric) bool {
+func (r *RunningAggregator) Add(in plugins.Metric) bool {
 	if r.Config.Filter.IsActive() {
 		// check if the aggregator should apply this metric
 		name := in.Name()
@@ -98,11 +98,11 @@ func (r *RunningAggregator) Add(in telegraf.Metric) bool {
 	r.metrics <- in
 	return r.Config.DropOriginal
 }
-func (r *RunningAggregator) add(in telegraf.Metric) {
+func (r *RunningAggregator) add(in plugins.Metric) {
 	r.a.Add(in)
 }
-func (r *RunningAggregator) push(acc telegraf.Accumulator) {
+func (r *RunningAggregator) push(acc plugins.Accumulator) {
 	r.a.Push(acc)
 }
@@ -113,8 +113,7 @@ func (r *RunningAggregator) reset() {
 // Run runs the running aggregator, listens for incoming metrics, and waits
 // for period ticks to tell it when to push and reset the aggregator.
 func (r *RunningAggregator) Run(
-	acc telegraf.Accumulator,
+	acc plugins.Accumulator,
 	now time.Time,
 	shutdown chan struct{},
 ) {
 	// The start of the period is truncated to the nearest second.
@@ -133,6 +132,7 @@ func (r *RunningAggregator) Run(
 	// 2nd interval: 00:10 - 00:20.5
 	// etc.
 	//
 	now := time.Now()
 	r.periodStart = now.Truncate(time.Second)
 	truncation := now.Sub(r.periodStart)
 	r.periodEnd = r.periodStart.Add(r.Config.Period)
--- a/internal/models/running_aggregator_test.go
+++ b/internal/models/running_aggregator_test.go
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/testutil"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
@@ -24,13 +24,13 @@ func TestAdd(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 	assert.NoError(t, ra.Config.Filter.Compile())
 	acc := testutil.Accumulator{}
-	go ra.Run(&acc, time.Now(), make(chan struct{}))
+	go ra.Run(&acc, make(chan struct{}))
 	m := ra.MakeMetric(
 		"RITest",
 		map[string]interface{}{"value": int(101)},
 		map[string]string{},
-		telegraf.Untyped,
+		plugins.Untyped,
 		time.Now().Add(time.Millisecond*150),
 	)
 	assert.False(t, ra.Add(m))
@@ -55,14 +55,14 @@ func TestAddMetricsOutsideCurrentPeriod(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 	assert.NoError(t, ra.Config.Filter.Compile())
 	acc := testutil.Accumulator{}
-	go ra.Run(&acc, time.Now(), make(chan struct{}))
+	go ra.Run(&acc, make(chan struct{}))
 	// metric before current period
 	m := ra.MakeMetric(
 		"RITest",
 		map[string]interface{}{"value": int(101)},
 		map[string]string{},
-		telegraf.Untyped,
+		plugins.Untyped,
 		time.Now().Add(-time.Hour),
 	)
 	assert.False(t, ra.Add(m))
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ func TestAddMetricsOutsideCurrentPeriod(t *testing.T) {
 		"RITest",
 		map[string]interface{}{"value": int(101)},
 		map[string]string{},
-		telegraf.Untyped,
+		plugins.Untyped,
 		time.Now().Add(time.Hour),
 	)
 	assert.False(t, ra.Add(m))
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ func TestAddMetricsOutsideCurrentPeriod(t *testing.T) {
 		"RITest",
 		map[string]interface{}{"value": int(101)},
 		map[string]string{},
-		telegraf.Untyped,
+		plugins.Untyped,
 		time.Now().Add(time.Millisecond*50),
 	)
 	assert.False(t, ra.Add(m))
@@ -113,14 +113,14 @@ func TestAddAndPushOnePeriod(t *testing.T) {
 	wg.Add(1)
 	go func() {
 		defer wg.Done()
-		ra.Run(&acc, time.Now(), shutdown)
+		ra.Run(&acc, shutdown)
 	}()
 	m := ra.MakeMetric(
 		"RITest",
 		map[string]interface{}{"value": int(101)},
 		map[string]string{},
-		telegraf.Untyped,
+		plugins.Untyped,
 		time.Now().Add(time.Millisecond*100),
 	)
 	assert.False(t, ra.Add(m))
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ func TestAddDropOriginal(t *testing.T) {
 		"RITest",
 		map[string]interface{}{"value": int(101)},
 		map[string]string{},
-		telegraf.Untyped,
+		plugins.Untyped,
 		time.Now(),
 	)
 	assert.True(t, ra.Add(m))
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ func TestAddDropOriginal(t *testing.T) {
 		"foobar",
 		map[string]interface{}{"value": int(101)},
 		map[string]string{},
-		telegraf.Untyped,
+		plugins.Untyped,
 		time.Now(),
 	)
 	assert.False(t, ra.Add(m2))
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ func TestMakeMetricA(t *testing.T) {
 		"RITest",
 		map[string]interface{}{"value": int(101)},
 		map[string]string{},
-		telegraf.Untyped,
+		plugins.Untyped,
 		now,
 	)
 	assert.Equal(
@@ -190,14 +190,14 @@ func TestMakeMetricA(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(
 		t,
 		m.Type(),
-		telegraf.Untyped,
+		plugins.Untyped,
 	)
 	m = ra.MakeMetric(
 		"RITest",
 		map[string]interface{}{"value": int(101)},
 		map[string]string{},
-		telegraf.Counter,
+		plugins.Counter,
 		now,
 	)
 	assert.Equal(
@@ -208,14 +208,14 @@ func TestMakeMetricA(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(
 		t,
 		m.Type(),
-		telegraf.Counter,
+		plugins.Counter,
 	)
 	m = ra.MakeMetric(
 		"RITest",
 		map[string]interface{}{"value": int(101)},
 		map[string]string{},
-		telegraf.Gauge,
+		plugins.Gauge,
 		now,
 	)
 	assert.Equal(
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ func TestMakeMetricA(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(
 		t,
 		m.Type(),
-		telegraf.Gauge,
+		plugins.Gauge,
 	)
 }
@@ -240,14 +240,14 @@ func (t *TestAggregator) Reset() {
 	atomic.StoreInt64(&t.sum, 0)
 }
-func (t *TestAggregator) Push(acc telegraf.Accumulator) {
+func (t *TestAggregator) Push(acc plugins.Accumulator) {
 	acc.AddFields("TestMetric",
 		map[string]interface{}{"sum": t.sum},
 		map[string]string{},
 	)
 }
-func (t *TestAggregator) Add(in telegraf.Metric) {
+func (t *TestAggregator) Add(in plugins.Metric) {
 	for _, v := range in.Fields() {
 		if vi, ok := v.(int64); ok {
 			atomic.AddInt64(&t.sum, vi)
--- a/internal/models/running_input.go
+++ b/internal/models/running_input.go
@@ -4,14 +4,14 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"time"
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/selfstat"
 )
 var GlobalMetricsGathered = selfstat.Register("agent", "metrics_gathered", map[string]string{})
 type RunningInput struct {
-	Input  telegraf.Input
+	Input  plugins.Input
 	Config *InputConfig
 	trace       bool
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ type RunningInput struct {
 }
 func NewRunningInput(
-	input telegraf.Input,
+	input plugins.Input,
 	config *InputConfig,
 ) *RunningInput {
 	return &RunningInput{
@@ -56,9 +56,9 @@ func (r *RunningInput) MakeMetric(
 	measurement string,
 	fields map[string]interface{},
 	tags map[string]string,
-	mType telegraf.ValueType,
+	mType plugins.ValueType,
 	t time.Time,
-) telegraf.Metric {
+) plugins.Metric {
 	m := makemetric(
 		measurement,
 		fields,
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ func (r *RunningInput) MakeMetric(
 	)
 	if r.trace && m != nil {
-		fmt.Print("> " + m.String())
+		fmt.Println("> " + m.String())
 	}
 	r.MetricsGathered.Incr(1)
--- a/internal/models/running_input_test.go
+++ b/internal/models/running_input_test.go
@@ -6,10 +6,9 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
 func TestMakeMetricNoFields(t *testing.T) {
@@ -22,7 +21,7 @@ func TestMakeMetricNoFields(t *testing.T) {
 		"RITest",
 		map[string]interface{}{},
 		map[string]string{},
-		telegraf.Untyped,
+		plugins.Untyped,
 		now,
 	)
 	assert.Nil(t, m)
@@ -42,7 +41,7 @@ func TestMakeMetricNilFields(t *testing.T) {
 			"nil":   nil,
 		},
 		map[string]string{},
-		telegraf.Untyped,
+		plugins.Untyped,
 		now,
 	)
 	assert.Equal(
@@ -67,7 +66,7 @@ func TestMakeMetric(t *testing.T) {
 		"RITest",
 		map[string]interface{}{"value": int(101)},
 		map[string]string{},
-		telegraf.Untyped,
+		plugins.Untyped,
 		now,
 	)
 	assert.Equal(
@@ -78,14 +77,14 @@ func TestMakeMetric(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(
 		t,
 		m.Type(),
-		telegraf.Untyped,
+		plugins.Untyped,
 	)
 	m = ri.MakeMetric(
 		"RITest",
 		map[string]interface{}{"value": int(101)},
 		map[string]string{},
-		telegraf.Counter,
+		plugins.Counter,
 		now,
 	)
 	assert.Equal(
@@ -96,14 +95,14 @@ func TestMakeMetric(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(
 		t,
 		m.Type(),
-		telegraf.Counter,
+		plugins.Counter,
 	)
 	m = ri.MakeMetric(
 		"RITest",
 		map[string]interface{}{"value": int(101)},
 		map[string]string{},
-		telegraf.Gauge,
+		plugins.Gauge,
 		now,
 	)
 	assert.Equal(
@@ -114,7 +113,7 @@ func TestMakeMetric(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(
 		t,
 		m.Type(),
-		telegraf.Gauge,
+		plugins.Gauge,
 	)
 }
@@ -134,7 +133,7 @@ func TestMakeMetricWithPluginTags(t *testing.T) {
 		"RITest",
 		map[string]interface{}{"value": int(101)},
 		nil,
-		telegraf.Untyped,
+		plugins.Untyped,
 		now,
 	)
 	assert.Equal(
@@ -162,7 +161,7 @@ func TestMakeMetricFilteredOut(t *testing.T) {
 		"RITest",
 		map[string]interface{}{"value": int(101)},
 		nil,
-		telegraf.Untyped,
+		plugins.Untyped,
 		now,
 	)
 	assert.Nil(t, m)
@@ -184,7 +183,7 @@ func TestMakeMetricWithDaemonTags(t *testing.T) {
 		"RITest",
 		map[string]interface{}{"value": int(101)},
 		map[string]string{},
-		telegraf.Untyped,
+		plugins.Untyped,
 		now,
 	)
 	assert.Equal(
@@ -214,7 +213,7 @@ func TestMakeMetricInfFields(t *testing.T) {
 			"ninf":  ninf,
 		},
 		map[string]string{},
-		telegraf.Untyped,
+		plugins.Untyped,
 		now,
 	)
 	assert.Equal(
@@ -251,7 +250,7 @@ func TestMakeMetricAllFieldTypes(t *testing.T) {
 			"m": true,
 		},
 		map[string]string{},
-		telegraf.Untyped,
+		plugins.Untyped,
 		now,
 	)
 	assert.Contains(t, m.String(), "a=10i")
@@ -281,7 +280,7 @@ func TestMakeMetricNameOverride(t *testing.T) {
 		"RITest",
 		map[string]interface{}{"value": int(101)},
 		map[string]string{},
-		telegraf.Untyped,
+		plugins.Untyped,
 		now,
 	)
 	assert.Equal(
@@ -302,7 +301,7 @@ func TestMakeMetricNamePrefix(t *testing.T) {
 		"RITest",
 		map[string]interface{}{"value": int(101)},
 		map[string]string{},
-		telegraf.Untyped,
+		plugins.Untyped,
 		now,
 	)
 	assert.Equal(
@@ -323,7 +322,7 @@ func TestMakeMetricNameSuffix(t *testing.T) {
 		"RITest",
 		map[string]interface{}{"value": int(101)},
 		map[string]string{},
-		telegraf.Untyped,
+		plugins.Untyped,
 		now,
 	)
 	assert.Equal(
@@ -333,131 +332,8 @@ func TestMakeMetricNameSuffix(t *testing.T) {
 	)
 }
 func TestMakeMetric_TrailingSlash(t *testing.T) {
 	now := time.Now()
 	tests := []struct {
 		name                string
 		measurement         string
 		fields              map[string]interface{}
 		tags                map[string]string
 		expectedNil         bool
 		expectedMeasurement string
 		expectedFields      map[string]interface{}
 		expectedTags        map[string]string
 	}{
 		{
 			name:        "Measurement cannot have trailing slash",
 			measurement: `cpu\`,
 			fields: map[string]interface{}{
 				"value": int64(42),
 			},
 			tags:        map[string]string{},
 			expectedNil: true,
 		},
 		{
 			name:        "Field key with trailing slash dropped",
 			measurement: `cpu`,
 			fields: map[string]interface{}{
 				"value": int64(42),
 				`bad\`:  `xyzzy`,
 			},
 			tags:                map[string]string{},
 			expectedMeasurement: `cpu`,
 			expectedFields: map[string]interface{}{
 				"value": int64(42),
 			},
 			expectedTags: map[string]string{},
 		},
 		{
 			name:        "Field value with trailing slash okay",
 			measurement: `cpu`,
 			fields: map[string]interface{}{
 				"value": int64(42),
 				"ok":    `xyzzy\`,
 			},
 			tags:                map[string]string{},
 			expectedMeasurement: `cpu`,
 			expectedFields: map[string]interface{}{
 				"value": int64(42),
 				"ok":    `xyzzy\`,
 			},
 			expectedTags: map[string]string{},
 		},
 		{
 			name:        "Must have one field after dropped",
 			measurement: `cpu`,
 			fields: map[string]interface{}{
 				"bad": math.NaN(),
 			},
 			tags:        map[string]string{},
 			expectedNil: true,
 		},
 		{
 			name:        "Tag key with trailing slash dropped",
 			measurement: `cpu`,
 			fields: map[string]interface{}{
 				"value": int64(42),
 			},
 			tags: map[string]string{
 				`host\`: "localhost",
 				"a":     "x",
 			},
 			expectedMeasurement: `cpu`,
 			expectedFields: map[string]interface{}{
 				"value": int64(42),
 			},
 			expectedTags: map[string]string{
 				"a": "x",
 			},
 		},
 		{
 			name:        "Tag value with trailing slash dropped",
 			measurement: `cpu`,
 			fields: map[string]interface{}{
 				"value": int64(42),
 			},
 			tags: map[string]string{
 				`host`: `localhost\`,
 				"a":    "x",
 			},
 			expectedMeasurement: `cpu`,
 			expectedFields: map[string]interface{}{
 				"value": int64(42),
 			},
 			expectedTags: map[string]string{
 				"a": "x",
 			},
 		},
 	}
 	ri := NewRunningInput(&testInput{}, &InputConfig{
 		Name: "TestRunningInput",
 	})
 	for _, tc := range tests {
 		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
 			m := ri.MakeMetric(
 				tc.measurement,
 				tc.fields,
 				tc.tags,
 				telegraf.Untyped,
 				now)
 			if tc.expectedNil {
 				require.Nil(t, m)
 			} else {
 				require.NotNil(t, m)
 				require.Equal(t, tc.expectedMeasurement, m.Name())
 				require.Equal(t, tc.expectedFields, m.Fields())
 				require.Equal(t, tc.expectedTags, m.Tags())
 			}
 		})
 	}
 }
 type testInput struct{}
 func (t *testInput) Description() string                   { return "" }
 func (t *testInput) SampleConfig() string                  { return "" }
-func (t *testInput) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error { return nil }
+func (t *testInput) Gather(acc plugins.Accumulator) error { return nil }
--- a/internal/models/running_output.go
+++ b/internal/models/running_output.go
@@ -2,10 +2,9 @@ package models
 import (
 	"log"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/internal/buffer"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/metric"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/selfstat"
@@ -22,7 +21,7 @@ const (
 // RunningOutput contains the output configuration
 type RunningOutput struct {
 	Name              string
-	Output            telegraf.Output
+	Output            plugins.Output
 	Config            *OutputConfig
 	MetricBufferLimit int
 	MetricBatchSize   int
@@ -35,14 +34,11 @@ type RunningOutput struct {
 	metrics     *buffer.Buffer
 	failMetrics *buffer.Buffer
 	// Guards against concurrent calls to the Output as described in #3009
 	sync.Mutex
 }
 func NewRunningOutput(
 	name string,
-	output telegraf.Output,
+	output plugins.Output,
 	conf *OutputConfig,
 	batchSize int,
 	bufferLimit int,
@@ -93,10 +89,7 @@ func NewRunningOutput(
 // AddMetric adds a metric to the output. This function can also write cached
 // points if FlushBufferWhenFull is true.
-func (ro *RunningOutput) AddMetric(m telegraf.Metric) {
+func (ro *RunningOutput) AddMetric(m plugins.Metric) {
 	if m == nil {
 		return
 	}
 	// Filter any tagexclude/taginclude parameters before adding metric
 	if ro.Config.Filter.IsActive() {
 		// In order to filter out tags, we need to create a new metric, since
@@ -126,9 +119,9 @@ func (ro *RunningOutput) AddMetric(m telegraf.Metric) {
 // Write writes all cached points to this output.
 func (ro *RunningOutput) Write() error {
 	nFails, nMetrics := ro.failMetrics.Len(), ro.metrics.Len()
 	ro.BufferSize.Set(int64(nFails + nMetrics))
 	log.Printf("D! Output [%s] buffer fullness: %d / %d metrics. ",
 		ro.Name, nFails+nMetrics, ro.MetricBufferLimit)
 	ro.BufferSize.Incr(int64(nFails + nMetrics))
 	var err error
 	if !ro.failMetrics.IsEmpty() {
 		// how many batches of failed writes we need to write.
@@ -168,13 +161,11 @@ func (ro *RunningOutput) Write() error {
 	return nil
 }
-func (ro *RunningOutput) write(metrics []telegraf.Metric) error {
+func (ro *RunningOutput) write(metrics []plugins.Metric) error {
 	nMetrics := len(metrics)
 	if nMetrics == 0 {
 		return nil
 	}
 	ro.Lock()
 	defer ro.Unlock()
 	start := time.Now()
 	err := ro.Output.Write(metrics)
 	elapsed := time.Since(start)
@@ -182,6 +173,7 @@ func (ro *RunningOutput) write(metrics []telegraf.Metric) error {
 		log.Printf("D! Output [%s] wrote batch of %d metrics in %s\n",
 			ro.Name, nMetrics, elapsed)
 		ro.MetricsWritten.Incr(int64(nMetrics))
 		ro.BufferSize.Incr(-int64(nMetrics))
 		ro.WriteTime.Incr(elapsed.Nanoseconds())
 	}
 	return err
--- a/internal/models/running_output_test.go
+++ b/internal/models/running_output_test.go
@@ -5,14 +5,14 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 	"testing"
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/testutil"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
-var first5 = []telegraf.Metric{
+var first5 = []plugins.Metric{
 	testutil.TestMetric(101, "metric1"),
 	testutil.TestMetric(101, "metric2"),
 	testutil.TestMetric(101, "metric3"),
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ var first5 = []telegraf.Metric{
 	testutil.TestMetric(101, "metric5"),
 }
-var next5 = []telegraf.Metric{
+var next5 = []plugins.Metric{
 	testutil.TestMetric(101, "metric6"),
 	testutil.TestMetric(101, "metric7"),
 	testutil.TestMetric(101, "metric8"),
@@ -75,23 +75,6 @@ func BenchmarkRunningOutputAddFailWrites(b *testing.B) {
 	}
 }
 func TestAddingNilMetric(t *testing.T) {
 	conf := &OutputConfig{
 		Filter: Filter{},
 	}
 	m := &mockOutput{}
 	ro := NewRunningOutput("test", m, conf, 1000, 10000)
 	ro.AddMetric(nil)
 	ro.AddMetric(nil)
 	ro.AddMetric(nil)
 	err := ro.Write()
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 	assert.Len(t, m.Metrics(), 0)
 }
 // Test that NameDrop filters ger properly applied.
 func TestRunningOutput_DropFilter(t *testing.T) {
 	conf := &OutputConfig{
@@ -482,7 +465,7 @@ func TestRunningOutputWriteFailOrder3(t *testing.T) {
 type mockOutput struct {
 	sync.Mutex
-	metrics []telegraf.Metric
+	metrics []plugins.Metric
 	// if true, mock a write failure
 	failWrite bool
@@ -504,7 +487,7 @@ func (m *mockOutput) SampleConfig() string {
 	return ""
 }
-func (m *mockOutput) Write(metrics []telegraf.Metric) error {
+func (m *mockOutput) Write(metrics []plugins.Metric) error {
 	m.Lock()
 	defer m.Unlock()
 	if m.failWrite {
@@ -512,7 +495,7 @@ func (m *mockOutput) Write(metrics []telegraf.Metric) error {
 	}
 	if m.metrics == nil {
-		m.metrics = []telegraf.Metric{}
+		m.metrics = []plugins.Metric{}
 	}
 	for _, metric := range metrics {
@@ -521,7 +504,7 @@ func (m *mockOutput) Write(metrics []telegraf.Metric) error {
 	return nil
 }
-func (m *mockOutput) Metrics() []telegraf.Metric {
+func (m *mockOutput) Metrics() []plugins.Metric {
 	m.Lock()
 	defer m.Unlock()
 	return m.metrics
@@ -548,7 +531,7 @@ func (m *perfOutput) SampleConfig() string {
 	return ""
 }
-func (m *perfOutput) Write(metrics []telegraf.Metric) error {
+func (m *perfOutput) Write(metrics []plugins.Metric) error {
 	if m.failWrite {
 		return fmt.Errorf("Failed Write!")
 	}
--- a/internal/models/running_processor.go
+++ b/internal/models/running_processor.go
@@ -1,16 +1,12 @@
 package models
 import (
-	"sync"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
 )
 type RunningProcessor struct {
 	Name      string
-
+	Processor plugins.Processor
 	sync.Mutex
 	Processor telegraf.Processor
 	Config    *ProcessorConfig
 }
@@ -27,11 +23,8 @@ type ProcessorConfig struct {
 	Filter Filter
 }
-func (rp *RunningProcessor) Apply(in ...telegraf.Metric) []telegraf.Metric {
+func (rp *RunningProcessor) Apply(in ...plugins.Metric) []plugins.Metric {
-	rp.Lock()
+	ret := []plugins.Metric{}
 	defer rp.Unlock()
 	ret := []telegraf.Metric{}
 	for _, metric := range in {
 		if rp.Config.Filter.IsActive() {
--- a/internal/models/running_processor_test.go
+++ b/internal/models/running_processor_test.go
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ package models
 import (
 	"testing"
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/testutil"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ func (f *TestProcessor) Description() string  { return "" }
 //   "foo" to "fuz"
 //   "bar" to "baz"
 // And it also drops measurements named "dropme"
-func (f *TestProcessor) Apply(in ...telegraf.Metric) []telegraf.Metric {
+func (f *TestProcessor) Apply(in ...plugins.Metric) []plugins.Metric {
-	out := make([]telegraf.Metric, 0)
+	out := make([]plugins.Metric, 0)
 	for _, m := range in {
 		switch m.Name() {
 		case "foo":
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ func NewTestRunningProcessor() *RunningProcessor {
 }
 func TestRunningProcessor(t *testing.T) {
-	inmetrics := []telegraf.Metric{
+	inmetrics := []plugins.Metric{
 		testutil.TestMetric(1, "foo"),
 		testutil.TestMetric(1, "bar"),
 		testutil.TestMetric(1, "baz"),
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ func TestRunningProcessor(t *testing.T) {
 }
 func TestRunningProcessor_WithNameDrop(t *testing.T) {
-	inmetrics := []telegraf.Metric{
+	inmetrics := []plugins.Metric{
 		testutil.TestMetric(1, "foo"),
 		testutil.TestMetric(1, "bar"),
 		testutil.TestMetric(1, "baz"),
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ func TestRunningProcessor_WithNameDrop(t *testing.T) {
 }
 func TestRunningProcessor_DroppedMetric(t *testing.T) {
-	inmetrics := []telegraf.Metric{
+	inmetrics := []plugins.Metric{
 		testutil.TestMetric(1, "dropme"),
 		testutil.TestMetric(1, "foo"),
 		testutil.TestMetric(1, "bar"),
--- a/logger/logger.go
+++ b/logger/logger.go
@@ -4,14 +4,11 @@ import (
 	"io"
 	"log"
 	"os"
 	"regexp"
 	"time"
 	"github.com/influxdata/wlog"
 )
 var prefixRegex = regexp.MustCompile("^[DIWE]!")
 // newTelegrafWriter returns a logging-wrapped writer.
 func newTelegrafWriter(w io.Writer) io.Writer {
 	return &telegrafLog{
@@ -24,13 +21,7 @@ type telegrafLog struct {
 }
 func (t *telegrafLog) Write(b []byte) (n int, err error) {
-	var line []byte
+	return t.writer.Write(append([]byte(time.Now().UTC().Format(time.RFC3339)+" "), b...))
 	if !prefixRegex.Match(b) {
 		line = append([]byte(time.Now().UTC().Format(time.RFC3339)+" I! "), b...)
 	} else {
 		line = append([]byte(time.Now().UTC().Format(time.RFC3339)+" "), b...)
 	}
 	return t.writer.Write(line)
 }
 // SetupLogging configures the logging output.
--- a/logger/logger_test.go
+++ b/logger/logger_test.go
@@ -51,19 +51,6 @@ func TestErrorWriteLogToFile(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, f[19:], []byte("Z E! TEST\n"))
 }
 func TestAddDefaultLogLevel(t *testing.T) {
 	tmpfile, err := ioutil.TempFile("", "")
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 	defer func() { os.Remove(tmpfile.Name()) }()
 	SetupLogging(true, false, tmpfile.Name())
 	log.Printf("TEST")
 	f, err := ioutil.ReadFile(tmpfile.Name())
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 	assert.Equal(t, f[19:], []byte("Z I! TEST\n"))
 }
 func BenchmarkTelegrafLogWrite(b *testing.B) {
 	var msg = []byte("test")
 	var buf bytes.Buffer
--- a/metric/escape.go
+++ b/metric/escape.go
@@ -20,14 +20,8 @@ var (
 	// stringFieldEscaper is for escaping string field values only.
 	// see https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/v1.0/write_protocols/line_protocol_tutorial/#special-characters-and-keywords
-	stringFieldEscaper = strings.NewReplacer(
+	stringFieldEscaper   = strings.NewReplacer(`"`, `\"`)
-		`"`, `\"`,
+	stringFieldUnEscaper = strings.NewReplacer(`\"`, `"`)
 		`\`, `\\`,
 	)
 	stringFieldUnEscaper = strings.NewReplacer(
 		`\"`, `"`,
 		`\\`, `\`,
 	)
 )
 func escape(s string, t string) string {
--- a/metric/metric.go
+++ b/metric/metric.go
@@ -6,10 +6,12 @@ import (
 	"hash/fnv"
 	"sort"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins"
 	// TODO remove
 	"github.com/influxdata/influxdb/client/v2"
 )
 const MaxInt = int(^uint(0) >> 1)
@@ -19,23 +21,20 @@ func New(
 	tags map[string]string,
 	fields map[string]interface{},
 	t time.Time,
-	mType ...telegraf.ValueType,
+	mType ...plugins.ValueType,
-) (telegraf.Metric, error) {
+) (plugins.Metric, error) {
 	if len(name) == 0 {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("missing measurement name")
 	}
 	if len(fields) == 0 {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("%s: must have one or more fields", name)
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Metric cannot be made without any fields")
 	}
-	if strings.HasSuffix(name, `\`) {
+	if len(name) == 0 {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("%s: measurement name cannot end with a backslash", name)
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Metric cannot be made with an empty name")
 	}
-	var thisType telegraf.ValueType
+	var thisType plugins.ValueType
 	if len(mType) > 0 {
 		thisType = mType[0]
 	} else {
-		thisType = telegraf.Untyped
+		thisType = plugins.Untyped
 	}
 	m := &metric{
@@ -48,25 +47,13 @@ func New(
 	// pre-allocate exact size of the tags slice
 	taglen := 0
 	for k, v := range tags {
-		if strings.HasSuffix(k, `\`) {
+		// TODO check that length of tag key & value are > 0
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("%s: tag key cannot end with a backslash: %s", name, k)
 		}
 		if strings.HasSuffix(v, `\`) {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("%s: tag value cannot end with a backslash: %s", name, v)
 		}
 		if len(k) == 0 || len(v) == 0 {
 			continue
 		}
 		taglen += 2 + len(escape(k, "tagkey")) + len(escape(v, "tagval"))
 	}
 	m.tags = make([]byte, taglen)
 	i := 0
 	for k, v := range tags {
 		if len(k) == 0 || len(v) == 0 {
 			continue
 		}
 		m.tags[i] = ','
 		i++
 		i += copy(m.tags[i:], escape(k, "tagkey"))
@@ -78,10 +65,6 @@ func New(
 	// pre-allocate capacity of the fields slice
 	fieldlen := 0
 	for k, _ := range fields {
 		if strings.HasSuffix(k, `\`) {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("%s: field key cannot end with a backslash: %s", name, k)
 		}
 		// 10 bytes is completely arbitrary, but will at least prevent some
 		// amount of allocations. There's a small possibility this will create
 		// slightly more allocations for a metric that has many short fields.
@@ -102,31 +85,8 @@ func New(
 }
 // indexUnescapedByte finds the index of the first byte equal to b in buf that
-// is not escaped.  Does not allow the escape char to be escaped. Returns -1 if
+// is not escaped. Returns -1 if not found.
 // not found.
 func indexUnescapedByte(buf []byte, b byte) int {
 	var keyi int
 	for {
 		i := bytes.IndexByte(buf[keyi:], b)
 		if i == -1 {
 			return -1
 		} else if i == 0 {
 			break
 		}
 		keyi += i
 		if buf[keyi-1] != '\\' {
 			break
 		} else {
 			keyi++
 		}
 	}
 	return keyi
 }
 // indexUnescapedByteBackslashEscaping finds the index of the first byte equal
 // to b in buf that is not escaped.  Allows for the escape char `\` to be
 // escaped.  Returns -1 if not found.
 func indexUnescapedByteBackslashEscaping(buf []byte, b byte) int {
 	var keyi int
 	for {
 		i := bytes.IndexByte(buf[keyi:], b)
@@ -169,7 +129,7 @@ type metric struct {
 	fields []byte
 	t      []byte
-	mType     telegraf.ValueType
+	mType     plugins.ValueType
 	aggregate bool
 	// cached values for reuse in "get" functions
@@ -177,6 +137,11 @@ type metric struct {
 	nsec   int64
 }
 func (m *metric) Point() *client.Point {
 	c, _ := client.NewPoint(m.Name(), m.Tags(), m.Fields(), m.Time())
 	return c
 }
 func (m *metric) String() string {
 	return string(m.name) + string(m.tags) + " " + string(m.fields) + " " + string(m.t) + "\n"
 }
@@ -189,7 +154,7 @@ func (m *metric) IsAggregate() bool {
 	return m.aggregate
 }
-func (m *metric) Type() telegraf.ValueType {
+func (m *metric) Type() plugins.ValueType {
 	return m.mType
 }
@@ -213,53 +178,11 @@ func (m *metric) Serialize() []byte {
 	return tmp
 }
-func (m *metric) SerializeTo(dst []byte) int {
+func (m *metric) Split(maxSize int) []plugins.Metric {
-	i := 0
+	if m.Len() < maxSize {
-	if i >= len(dst) {
+		return []plugins.Metric{m}
 		return i
 	}
-
+	var out []plugins.Metric
 	i += copy(dst[i:], m.name)
 	if i >= len(dst) {
 		return i
 	}
 	i += copy(dst[i:], m.tags)
 	if i >= len(dst) {
 		return i
 	}
 	dst[i] = ' '
 	i++
 	if i >= len(dst) {
 		return i
 	}
 	i += copy(dst[i:], m.fields)
 	if i >= len(dst) {
 		return i
 	}
 	dst[i] = ' '
 	i++
 	if i >= len(dst) {
 		return i
 	}
 	i += copy(dst[i:], m.t)
 	if i >= len(dst) {
 		return i
 	}
 	dst[i] = '\n'
 	return i + 1
 }
 func (m *metric) Split(maxSize int) []telegraf.Metric {
 	if m.Len() <= maxSize {
 		return []telegraf.Metric{m}
 	}
 	var out []telegraf.Metric
 	// constant number of bytes for each metric (in addition to field bytes)
 	constant := len(m.name) + len(m.tags) + len(m.t) + 3
@@ -286,7 +209,7 @@ func (m *metric) Split(maxSize int) []telegraf.Metric {
 		// if true, then we need to create a metric _not_ including the currently
 		// selected field
-		if len(m.fields[i:j])+len(fields)+constant >= maxSize {
+		if len(m.fields[i:j])+len(fields)+constant > maxSize {
 			// if false, then we'll create a metric including the currently
 			// selected field anyways. This means that the given maxSize is too
 			// small for a single field to fit.
@@ -324,7 +247,7 @@ func (m *metric) Fields() map[string]interface{} {
 		// end index of field value
 		var i3 int
 		if m.fields[i:][i2] == '"' {
-			i3 = indexUnescapedByteBackslashEscaping(m.fields[i:][i2+1:], '"')
+			i3 = indexUnescapedByte(m.fields[i:][i2+1:], '"')
 			if i3 == -1 {
 				i3 = len(m.fields[i:])
 			}
@@ -340,7 +263,7 @@ func (m *metric) Fields() map[string]interface{} {
 		case '"':
 			// string field
 			fieldMap[unescape(string(m.fields[i:][0:i1]), "fieldkey")] = unescape(string(m.fields[i:][i2+1:i3-1]), "fieldval")
-		case '-', '0', '1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9':
+		case '0', '1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9':
 			// number field
 			switch m.fields[i:][i3-1] {
 			case 'i':
@@ -507,11 +430,11 @@ func (m *metric) RemoveField(key string) error {
 	return nil
 }
-func (m *metric) Copy() telegraf.Metric {
+func (m *metric) Copy() plugins.Metric {
 	return copyWith(m.name, m.tags, m.fields, m.t)
 }
-func copyWith(name, tags, fields, t []byte) telegraf.Metric {
+func copyWith(name, tags, fields, t []byte) plugins.Metric {
 	out := metric{
 		name:   make([]byte, len(name)),
 		tags:   make([]byte, len(tags)),
--- a/metric/metric_benchmark_test.go
+++ b/metric/metric_benchmark_test.go
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins"
 )
 // vars for making sure that the compiler doesnt optimize out the benchmarks:
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ var (
 )
 func BenchmarkNewMetric(b *testing.B) {
-	var mt telegraf.Metric
+	var mt plugins.Metric
 	for n := 0; n < b.N; n++ {
 		mt, _ = New("test_metric",
 			map[string]string{
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ func BenchmarkNewMetric(b *testing.B) {
 }
 func BenchmarkAddTag(b *testing.B) {
-	var mt telegraf.Metric
+	var mt plugins.Metric
 	mt = &metric{
 		name:   []byte("cpu"),
 		tags:   []byte(",host=localhost"),
@@ -51,14 +51,14 @@ func BenchmarkAddTag(b *testing.B) {
 }
 func BenchmarkSplit(b *testing.B) {
-	var mt telegraf.Metric
+	var mt plugins.Metric
 	mt = &metric{
 		name:   []byte("cpu"),
 		tags:   []byte(",host=localhost"),
 		fields: []byte("a=101,b=10i,c=10101,d=101010,e=42"),
 		t:      []byte("1480614053000000000"),
 	}
-	var metrics []telegraf.Metric
+	var metrics []plugins.Metric
 	for n := 0; n < b.N; n++ {
 		metrics = mt.Split(60)
 	}
--- a/metric/metric_test.go
+++ b/metric/metric_test.go
@@ -7,10 +7,9 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
 func TestNewMetric(t *testing.T) {
@@ -27,11 +26,11 @@ func TestNewMetric(t *testing.T) {
 	m, err := New("cpu", tags, fields, now)
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
-	assert.Equal(t, telegraf.Untyped, m.Type())
+	assert.Equal(t, plugins.Untyped, m.Type())
 	assert.Equal(t, tags, m.Tags())
 	assert.Equal(t, fields, m.Fields())
 	assert.Equal(t, "cpu", m.Name())
-	assert.Equal(t, now.UnixNano(), m.Time().UnixNano())
+	assert.Equal(t, now, m.Time())
 	assert.Equal(t, now.UnixNano(), m.UnixNano())
 }
@@ -255,10 +254,6 @@ func TestNewMetric_Fields(t *testing.T) {
 		"bool":   true,
 		"false":  false,
 		"string": "test",
 		"quote_string":           `x"y`,
 		"backslash_quote_string": `x\"y`,
 		"backslash":              `x\y`,
 		"ends_with_backslash":    `x\`,
 	}
 	m, err := New("cpu", tags, fields, now)
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
@@ -371,7 +366,7 @@ func TestIndexUnescapedByte(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			in:       []byte(`foo\\bar`),
 			b:        'b',
-			expected: -1,
+			expected: 5,
 		},
 		{
 			in:       []byte(`foobar`),
@@ -407,14 +402,14 @@ func TestNewGaugeMetric(t *testing.T) {
 		"usage_idle": float64(99),
 		"usage_busy": float64(1),
 	}
-	m, err := New("cpu", tags, fields, now, telegraf.Gauge)
+	m, err := New("cpu", tags, fields, now, plugins.Gauge)
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
-	assert.Equal(t, telegraf.Gauge, m.Type())
+	assert.Equal(t, plugins.Gauge, m.Type())
 	assert.Equal(t, tags, m.Tags())
 	assert.Equal(t, fields, m.Fields())
 	assert.Equal(t, "cpu", m.Name())
-	assert.Equal(t, now.UnixNano(), m.Time().UnixNano())
+	assert.Equal(t, now, m.Time())
 	assert.Equal(t, now.UnixNano(), m.UnixNano())
 }
@@ -429,14 +424,14 @@ func TestNewCounterMetric(t *testing.T) {
 		"usage_idle": float64(99),
 		"usage_busy": float64(1),
 	}
-	m, err := New("cpu", tags, fields, now, telegraf.Counter)
+	m, err := New("cpu", tags, fields, now, plugins.Counter)
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
-	assert.Equal(t, telegraf.Counter, m.Type())
+	assert.Equal(t, plugins.Counter, m.Type())
 	assert.Equal(t, tags, m.Tags())
 	assert.Equal(t, fields, m.Fields())
 	assert.Equal(t, "cpu", m.Name())
-	assert.Equal(t, now.UnixNano(), m.Time().UnixNano())
+	assert.Equal(t, now, m.Time())
 	assert.Equal(t, now.UnixNano(), m.UnixNano())
 }
@@ -463,7 +458,7 @@ func TestSplitMetric(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Len(t, split70, 3)
 	split60 := m.Split(60)
-	assert.Len(t, split60, 5)
+	assert.Len(t, split60, 4)
 }
 // test splitting metric into various max lengths
@@ -583,42 +578,6 @@ func TestSplitMetric_OneField(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, "cpu,host=localhost float=100001 1480940990034083306\n", split[0].String())
 }
 func TestSplitMetric_ExactSize(t *testing.T) {
 	now := time.Unix(0, 1480940990034083306)
 	tags := map[string]string{
 		"host": "localhost",
 	}
 	fields := map[string]interface{}{
 		"float":  float64(100001),
 		"int":    int64(100001),
 		"bool":   true,
 		"false":  false,
 		"string": "test",
 	}
 	m, err := New("cpu", tags, fields, now)
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 	actual := m.Split(m.Len())
 	// check that no copy was made
 	require.Equal(t, &m, &actual[0])
 }
 func TestSplitMetric_NoRoomForNewline(t *testing.T) {
 	now := time.Unix(0, 1480940990034083306)
 	tags := map[string]string{
 		"host": "localhost",
 	}
 	fields := map[string]interface{}{
 		"float": float64(100001),
 		"int":   int64(100001),
 		"bool":  true,
 		"false": false,
 	}
 	m, err := New("cpu", tags, fields, now)
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 	actual := m.Split(m.Len() - 1)
 	require.Equal(t, 2, len(actual))
 }
 func TestNewMetricAggregate(t *testing.T) {
 	now := time.Now()
@@ -636,6 +595,25 @@ func TestNewMetricAggregate(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.True(t, m.IsAggregate())
 }
 func TestNewMetricPoint(t *testing.T) {
 	now := time.Now()
 	tags := map[string]string{
 		"host": "localhost",
 	}
 	fields := map[string]interface{}{
 		"usage_idle": float64(99),
 	}
 	m, err := New("cpu", tags, fields, now)
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 	p := m.Point()
 	assert.Equal(t, fields, m.Fields())
 	assert.Equal(t, fields, p.Fields())
 	assert.Equal(t, "cpu", p.Name())
 }
 func TestNewMetricString(t *testing.T) {
 	now := time.Now()
@@ -666,72 +644,3 @@ func TestNewMetricFailNaN(t *testing.T) {
 	_, err := New("cpu", tags, fields, now)
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 }
 func TestEmptyTagValueOrKey(t *testing.T) {
 	now := time.Now()
 	tags := map[string]string{
 		"host":     "localhost",
 		"emptytag": "",
 		"":         "valuewithoutkey",
 	}
 	fields := map[string]interface{}{
 		"usage_idle": float64(99),
 	}
 	m, err := New("cpu", tags, fields, now)
 	assert.True(t, m.HasTag("host"))
 	assert.False(t, m.HasTag("emptytag"))
 	assert.Equal(t,
 		fmt.Sprintf("cpu,host=localhost usage_idle=99 %d\n", now.UnixNano()),
 		m.String())
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 }
 func TestNewMetric_TrailingSlash(t *testing.T) {
 	now := time.Now()
 	tests := []struct {
 		name   string
 		tags   map[string]string
 		fields map[string]interface{}
 	}{
 		{
 			name: `cpu\`,
 			fields: map[string]interface{}{
 				"value": int64(42),
 			},
 		},
 		{
 			name: "cpu",
 			fields: map[string]interface{}{
 				`value\`: "x",
 			},
 		},
 		{
 			name: "cpu",
 			tags: map[string]string{
 				`host\`: "localhost",
 			},
 			fields: map[string]interface{}{
 				"value": int64(42),
 			},
 		},
 		{
 			name: "cpu",
 			tags: map[string]string{
 				"host": `localhost\`,
 			},
 			fields: map[string]interface{}{
 				"value": int64(42),
 			},
 		},
 	}
 	for _, tc := range tests {
 		_, err := New(tc.name, tc.tags, tc.fields, now)
 		assert.Error(t, err)
 	}
 }
--- a/metric/parse.go
+++ b/metric/parse.go
@@ -4,10 +4,9 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"strconv"
 	"time"
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins"
 )
 var (
@@ -40,26 +39,15 @@ const (
 	fieldsState
 )
-func Parse(buf []byte) ([]telegraf.Metric, error) {
+func Parse(buf []byte) ([]plugins.Metric, error) {
-	return ParseWithDefaultTimePrecision(buf, time.Now(), "")
+	return ParseWithDefaultTime(buf, time.Now())
 }
-func ParseWithDefaultTime(buf []byte, t time.Time) ([]telegraf.Metric, error) {
+func ParseWithDefaultTime(buf []byte, t time.Time) ([]plugins.Metric, error) {
 	return ParseWithDefaultTimePrecision(buf, t, "")
 }
 func ParseWithDefaultTimePrecision(
 	buf []byte,
 	t time.Time,
 	precision string,
 ) ([]telegraf.Metric, error) {
 	if len(buf) == 0 {
 		return []telegraf.Metric{}, nil
 	}
 	if len(buf) <= 6 {
-		return []telegraf.Metric{}, makeError("buffer too short", buf, 0)
+		return []plugins.Metric{}, makeError("buffer too short", buf, 0)
 	}
-	metrics := make([]telegraf.Metric, 0, bytes.Count(buf, []byte("\n"))+1)
+	metrics := make([]plugins.Metric, 0, bytes.Count(buf, []byte("\n"))+1)
 	var errStr string
 	i := 0
 	for {
@@ -72,7 +60,7 @@ func ParseWithDefaultTimePrecision(
 			continue
 		}
-		m, err := parseMetric(buf[i:i+j], t, precision)
+		m, err := parseMetric(buf[i:i+j], t)
 		if err != nil {
 			i += j + 1 // increment i past the previous newline
 			errStr += " " + err.Error()
@@ -89,10 +77,7 @@ func ParseWithDefaultTimePrecision(
 	return metrics, nil
 }
-func parseMetric(buf []byte,
+func parseMetric(buf []byte, defaultTime time.Time) (plugins.Metric, error) {
 	defaultTime time.Time,
 	precision string,
 ) (telegraf.Metric, error) {
 	var dTime string
 	// scan the first block which is measurement[,tag1=value1,tag2=value=2...]
 	pos, key, err := scanKey(buf, 0)
@@ -126,23 +111,9 @@ func parseMetric(buf []byte,
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	// apply precision multiplier
 	var nsec int64
 	multiplier := getPrecisionMultiplier(precision)
 	if len(ts) > 0 && multiplier > 1 {
 		tsint, err := parseIntBytes(ts, 10, 64)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
 		nsec := multiplier * tsint
 		ts = []byte(strconv.FormatInt(nsec, 10))
 	}
 	m := &metric{
 		fields: fields,
 		t:      ts,
 		nsec:   nsec,
 	}
 	// parse out the measurement name
@@ -654,21 +625,3 @@ func makeError(reason string, buf []byte, i int) error {
 	return fmt.Errorf("metric parsing error, reason: [%s], buffer: [%s], index: [%d]",
 		reason, buf, i)
 }
 // getPrecisionMultiplier will return a multiplier for the precision specified.
 func getPrecisionMultiplier(precision string) int64 {
 	d := time.Nanosecond
 	switch precision {
 	case "u":
 		d = time.Microsecond
 	case "ms":
 		d = time.Millisecond
 	case "s":
 		d = time.Second
 	case "m":
 		d = time.Minute
 	case "h":
 		d = time.Hour
 	}
 	return int64(d)
 }
--- a/metric/parse_test.go
+++ b/metric/parse_test.go
@@ -44,9 +44,6 @@ cpu,host=foo,datacenter=us-east idle=99,busy=1i,b=true,s="string"
 cpu,host=foo,datacenter=us-east idle=99,busy=1i,b=true,s="string"
 `
 const negMetrics = `weather,host=local temp=-99i,temp_float=-99.4 1465839830100400200
 `
 // some metrics are invalid
 const someInvalid = `cpu,host=foo,datacenter=us-east usage_idle=99,usage_busy=1
 cpu,host=foo,datacenter=us-east usage_idle=99,usage_busy=1
@@ -88,26 +85,6 @@ func TestParse(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 func TestParseNegNumbers(t *testing.T) {
 	metrics, err := Parse([]byte(negMetrics))
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 	assert.Len(t, metrics, 1)
 	assert.Equal(t,
 		map[string]interface{}{
 			"temp":       int64(-99),
 			"temp_float": float64(-99.4),
 		},
 		metrics[0].Fields(),
 	)
 	assert.Equal(t,
 		map[string]string{
 			"host": "local",
 		},
 		metrics[0].Tags(),
 	)
 }
 func TestParseErrors(t *testing.T) {
 	start := time.Now()
 	metrics, err := Parse([]byte(someInvalid))
@@ -364,41 +341,6 @@ func TestParseNegativeTimestamps(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 func TestParsePrecision(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, tt := range []struct {
 		line      string
 		precision string
 		expected  int64
 	}{
 		{"test v=42 1491847420", "s", 1491847420000000000},
 		{"test v=42 1491847420123", "ms", 1491847420123000000},
 		{"test v=42 1491847420123456", "u", 1491847420123456000},
 		{"test v=42 1491847420123456789", "ns", 1491847420123456789},
 		{"test v=42 1491847420123456789", "1s", 1491847420123456789},
 		{"test v=42 1491847420123456789", "asdf", 1491847420123456789},
 	} {
 		metrics, err := ParseWithDefaultTimePrecision(
 			[]byte(tt.line+"\n"), time.Now(), tt.precision)
 		assert.NoError(t, err)
 		assert.Equal(t, tt.expected, metrics[0].UnixNano())
 	}
 }
 func TestParsePrecisionUnsetTime(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, tt := range []struct {
 		line      string
 		precision string
 	}{
 		{"test v=42", "s"},
 		{"test v=42", "ns"},
 	} {
 		_, err := ParseWithDefaultTimePrecision(
 			[]byte(tt.line+"\n"), time.Now(), tt.precision)
 		assert.NoError(t, err)
 	}
 }
 func TestParseMaxKeyLength(t *testing.T) {
 	key := ""
 	for {
--- a/metric/reader.go
+++ b/metric/reader.go
@@ -1,159 +0,0 @@
 package metric
 import (
 	"io"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
 )
 type state int
 const (
 	_ state = iota
 	// normal state copies whole metrics into the given buffer until we can't
 	// fit the next metric.
 	normal
 	// split state means that we have a metric that we were able to split, so
 	// that we can fit it into multiple metrics (and calls to Read)
 	split
 	// overflow state means that we have a metric that didn't fit into a single
 	// buffer, and needs to be split across multiple calls to Read.
 	overflow
 	// splitOverflow state means that a split metric didn't fit into a single
 	// buffer, and needs to be split across multiple calls to Read.
 	splitOverflow
 	// done means we're done reading metrics, and now always return (0, io.EOF)
 	done
 )
 type reader struct {
 	metrics      []telegraf.Metric
 	splitMetrics []telegraf.Metric
 	buf          []byte
 	state        state
 	// metric index
 	iM int
 	// split metric index
 	iSM int
 	// buffer index
 	iB int
 }
 func NewReader(metrics []telegraf.Metric) io.Reader {
 	return &reader{
 		metrics: metrics,
 		state:   normal,
 	}
 }
 func (r *reader) Read(p []byte) (n int, err error) {
 	var i int
 	switch r.state {
 	case done:
 		return 0, io.EOF
 	case normal:
 		for {
 			// this for-loop is the sunny-day scenario, where we are given a
 			// buffer that is large enough to hold at least a single metric.
 			// all of the cases below it are edge-cases.
 			if r.metrics[r.iM].Len() <= len(p[i:]) {
 				i += r.metrics[r.iM].SerializeTo(p[i:])
 			} else {
 				break
 			}
 			r.iM++
 			if r.iM == len(r.metrics) {
 				r.state = done
 				return i, io.EOF
 			}
 		}
 		// if we haven't written any bytes, check if we can split the current
 		// metric into multiple full metrics at a smaller size.
 		if i == 0 {
 			tmp := r.metrics[r.iM].Split(len(p))
 			if len(tmp) > 1 {
 				r.splitMetrics = tmp
 				r.state = split
 				if r.splitMetrics[0].Len() <= len(p) {
 					i += r.splitMetrics[0].SerializeTo(p)
 					r.iSM = 1
 				} else {
 					// splitting didn't quite work, so we'll drop down and
 					// overflow the metric.
 					r.state = normal
 					r.iSM = 0
 				}
 			}
 		}
 		// if we haven't written any bytes and we're not at the end of the metrics
 		// slice, then it means we have a single metric that is larger than the
 		// provided buffer.
 		if i == 0 {
 			r.buf = r.metrics[r.iM].Serialize()
 			i += copy(p, r.buf[r.iB:])
 			r.iB += i
 			r.state = overflow
 		}
 	case split:
 		if r.splitMetrics[r.iSM].Len() <= len(p) {
 			// write the current split metric
 			i += r.splitMetrics[r.iSM].SerializeTo(p)
 			r.iSM++
 			if r.iSM >= len(r.splitMetrics) {
 				// done writing the current split metrics
 				r.iSM = 0
 				r.iM++
 				if r.iM == len(r.metrics) {
 					r.state = done
 					return i, io.EOF
 				}
 				r.state = normal
 			}
 		} else {
 			// This would only happen if we split the metric, and then a
 			// subsequent buffer was smaller than the initial one given,
 			// so that our split metric no longer fits.
 			r.buf = r.splitMetrics[r.iSM].Serialize()
 			i += copy(p, r.buf[r.iB:])
 			r.iB += i
 			r.state = splitOverflow
 		}
 	case splitOverflow:
 		i = copy(p, r.buf[r.iB:])
 		r.iB += i
 		if r.iB >= len(r.buf) {
 			r.iB = 0
 			r.iSM++
 			if r.iSM == len(r.splitMetrics) {
 				r.iM++
 				if r.iM == len(r.metrics) {
 					r.state = done
 					return i, io.EOF
 				}
 				r.state = normal
 			} else {
 				r.state = split
 			}
 		}
 	case overflow:
 		i = copy(p, r.buf[r.iB:])
 		r.iB += i
 		if r.iB >= len(r.buf) {
 			r.iB = 0
 			r.iM++
 			if r.iM == len(r.metrics) {
 				r.state = done
 				return i, io.EOF
 			}
 			r.state = normal
 		}
 	}
 	return i, nil
 }
--- a/metric/reader_test.go
+++ b/metric/reader_test.go
@@ -1,713 +0,0 @@
 package metric
 import (
 	"io"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"regexp"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
 func BenchmarkMetricReader(b *testing.B) {
 	metrics := make([]telegraf.Metric, 10)
 	for i := 0; i < 10; i++ {
 		metrics[i], _ = New("foo", map[string]string{},
 			map[string]interface{}{"value": int64(1)}, time.Now())
 	}
 	for n := 0; n < b.N; n++ {
 		r := NewReader(metrics)
 		io.Copy(ioutil.Discard, r)
 	}
 }
 func TestMetricReader(t *testing.T) {
 	ts := time.Unix(1481032190, 0)
 	metrics := make([]telegraf.Metric, 10)
 	for i := 0; i < 10; i++ {
 		metrics[i], _ = New("foo", map[string]string{},
 			map[string]interface{}{"value": int64(1)}, ts)
 	}
 	r := NewReader(metrics)
 	buf := make([]byte, 35)
 	for i := 0; i < 10; i++ {
 		n, err := r.Read(buf)
 		if err != nil {
 			assert.True(t, err == io.EOF, err.Error())
 		}
 		assert.Equal(t, 33, n)
 		assert.Equal(t, "foo value=1i 1481032190000000000\n", string(buf[0:n]))
 	}
 	// reader should now be done, and always return 0, io.EOF
 	for i := 0; i < 10; i++ {
 		n, err := r.Read(buf)
 		assert.True(t, err == io.EOF, err.Error())
 		assert.Equal(t, 0, n)
 	}
 }
 func TestMetricReader_OverflowMetric(t *testing.T) {
 	ts := time.Unix(1481032190, 0)
 	m, _ := New("foo", map[string]string{},
 		map[string]interface{}{"value": int64(10)}, ts)
 	metrics := []telegraf.Metric{m}
 	r := NewReader(metrics)
 	buf := make([]byte, 5)
 	tests := []struct {
 		exp string
 		err error
 		n   int
 	}{
 		{
 			"foo v",
 			nil,
 			5,
 		},
 		{
 			"alue=",
 			nil,
 			5,
 		},
 		{
 			"10i 1",
 			nil,
 			5,
 		},
 		{
 			"48103",
 			nil,
 			5,
 		},
 		{
 			"21900",
 			nil,
 			5,
 		},
 		{
 			"00000",
 			nil,
 			5,
 		},
 		{
 			"000\n",
 			io.EOF,
 			4,
 		},
 		{
 			"",
 			io.EOF,
 			0,
 		},
 	}
 	for _, test := range tests {
 		n, err := r.Read(buf)
 		assert.Equal(t, test.n, n)
 		assert.Equal(t, test.exp, string(buf[0:n]))
 		assert.Equal(t, test.err, err)
 	}
 }
 // Regression test for when a metric is the same size as the buffer.
 //
 // Previously EOF would not be set until the next call to Read.
 func TestMetricReader_MetricSizeEqualsBufferSize(t *testing.T) {
 	ts := time.Unix(1481032190, 0)
 	m1, _ := New("foo", map[string]string{},
 		map[string]interface{}{"a": int64(1)}, ts)
 	metrics := []telegraf.Metric{m1}
 	r := NewReader(metrics)
 	buf := make([]byte, m1.Len())
 	for {
 		n, err := r.Read(buf)
 		// Should never read 0 bytes unless at EOF, unless input buffer is 0 length
 		if n == 0 {
 			require.Equal(t, io.EOF, err)
 			break
 		}
 		// Lines should be terminated with a LF
 		if err == io.EOF {
 			require.Equal(t, uint8('\n'), buf[n-1])
 			break
 		}
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 	}
 }
 // Regression test for when a metric requires to be split and one of the
 // split metrics is exactly the size of the buffer.
 //
 // Previously an empty string would be returned on the next Read without error,
 // and then next Read call would panic.
 func TestMetricReader_SplitWithExactLengthSplit(t *testing.T) {
 	ts := time.Unix(1481032190, 0)
 	m1, _ := New("foo", map[string]string{},
 		map[string]interface{}{"a": int64(1), "bb": int64(2)}, ts)
 	metrics := []telegraf.Metric{m1}
 	r := NewReader(metrics)
 	buf := make([]byte, 30)
 	//  foo a=1i,bb=2i 1481032190000000000\n // len 35
 	//
 	// Requires this specific split order:
 	//  foo a=1i 1481032190000000000\n  // len 29
 	//  foo bb=2i 1481032190000000000\n // len 30
 	for {
 		n, err := r.Read(buf)
 		// Should never read 0 bytes unless at EOF, unless input buffer is 0 length
 		if n == 0 {
 			require.Equal(t, io.EOF, err)
 			break
 		}
 		// Lines should be terminated with a LF
 		if err == io.EOF {
 			require.Equal(t, uint8('\n'), buf[n-1])
 			break
 		}
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 	}
 }
 // Regresssion test for when a metric requires to be split and one of the
 // split metrics is larger than the buffer.
 //
 // Previously the metric index would be set incorrectly causing a panic.
 func TestMetricReader_SplitOverflowOversized(t *testing.T) {
 	ts := time.Unix(1481032190, 0)
 	m1, _ := New("foo", map[string]string{},
 		map[string]interface{}{
 			"a":   int64(1),
 			"bbb": int64(2),
 		}, ts)
 	metrics := []telegraf.Metric{m1}
 	r := NewReader(metrics)
 	buf := make([]byte, 30)
 	// foo a=1i,bbb=2i 1481032190000000000\n // len 36
 	//
 	// foo a=1i 1481032190000000000\n  // len 29
 	// foo bbb=2i 1481032190000000000\n // len 31
 	for {
 		n, err := r.Read(buf)
 		// Should never read 0 bytes unless at EOF, unless input buffer is 0 length
 		if n == 0 {
 			require.Equal(t, io.EOF, err)
 			break
 		}
 		// Lines should be terminated with a LF
 		if err == io.EOF {
 			require.Equal(t, uint8('\n'), buf[n-1])
 			break
 		}
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 	}
 }
 // Regresssion test for when a split metric exactly fits in the buffer.
 //
 // Previously the metric would be overflow split when not required.
 func TestMetricReader_SplitOverflowUneeded(t *testing.T) {
 	ts := time.Unix(1481032190, 0)
 	m1, _ := New("foo", map[string]string{},
 		map[string]interface{}{"a": int64(1), "b": int64(2)}, ts)
 	metrics := []telegraf.Metric{m1}
 	r := NewReader(metrics)
 	buf := make([]byte, 29)
 	// foo a=1i,b=2i 1481032190000000000\n // len 34
 	//
 	// foo a=1i 1481032190000000000\n  // len 29
 	// foo b=2i 1481032190000000000\n // len 29
 	for {
 		n, err := r.Read(buf)
 		// Should never read 0 bytes unless at EOF, unless input buffer is 0 length
 		if n == 0 {
 			require.Equal(t, io.EOF, err)
 			break
 		}
 		// Lines should be terminated with a LF
 		if err == io.EOF {
 			require.Equal(t, uint8('\n'), buf[n-1])
 			break
 		}
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 	}
 }
 func TestMetricReader_OverflowMultipleMetrics(t *testing.T) {
 	ts := time.Unix(1481032190, 0)
 	m, _ := New("foo", map[string]string{},
 		map[string]interface{}{"value": int64(10)}, ts)
 	metrics := []telegraf.Metric{m, m.Copy()}
 	r := NewReader(metrics)
 	buf := make([]byte, 10)
 	tests := []struct {
 		exp string
 		err error
 		n   int
 	}{
 		{
 			"foo value=",
 			nil,
 			10,
 		},
 		{
 			"10i 148103",
 			nil,
 			10,
 		},
 		{
 			"2190000000",
 			nil,
 			10,
 		},
 		{
 			"000\n",
 			nil,
 			4,
 		},
 		{
 			"foo value=",
 			nil,
 			10,
 		},
 		{
 			"10i 148103",
 			nil,
 			10,
 		},
 		{
 			"2190000000",
 			nil,
 			10,
 		},
 		{
 			"000\n",
 			io.EOF,
 			4,
 		},
 		{
 			"",
 			io.EOF,
 			0,
 		},
 	}
 	for _, test := range tests {
 		n, err := r.Read(buf)
 		assert.Equal(t, test.n, n)
 		assert.Equal(t, test.exp, string(buf[0:n]))
 		assert.Equal(t, test.err, err)
 	}
 }
 // test splitting a metric
 func TestMetricReader_SplitMetric(t *testing.T) {
 	ts := time.Unix(1481032190, 0)
 	m1, _ := New("foo", map[string]string{},
 		map[string]interface{}{
 			"value1": int64(10),
 			"value2": int64(10),
 			"value3": int64(10),
 			"value4": int64(10),
 			"value5": int64(10),
 			"value6": int64(10),
 		},
 		ts,
 	)
 	metrics := []telegraf.Metric{m1}
 	r := NewReader(metrics)
 	buf := make([]byte, 60)
 	tests := []struct {
 		expRegex string
 		err      error
 		n        int
 	}{
 		{
 			`foo value\d=10i,value\d=10i,value\d=10i 1481032190000000000\n`,
 			nil,
 			57,
 		},
 		{
 			`foo value\d=10i,value\d=10i,value\d=10i 1481032190000000000\n`,
 			io.EOF,
 			57,
 		},
 		{
 			"",
 			io.EOF,
 			0,
 		},
 	}
 	for _, test := range tests {
 		n, err := r.Read(buf)
 		assert.Equal(t, test.n, n)
 		re := regexp.MustCompile(test.expRegex)
 		assert.True(t, re.MatchString(string(buf[0:n])), string(buf[0:n]))
 		assert.Equal(t, test.err, err)
 	}
 }
 // test an array with one split metric and one unsplit
 func TestMetricReader_SplitMetric2(t *testing.T) {
 	ts := time.Unix(1481032190, 0)
 	m1, _ := New("foo", map[string]string{},
 		map[string]interface{}{
 			"value1": int64(10),
 			"value2": int64(10),
 			"value3": int64(10),
 			"value4": int64(10),
 			"value5": int64(10),
 			"value6": int64(10),
 		},
 		ts,
 	)
 	m2, _ := New("foo", map[string]string{},
 		map[string]interface{}{
 			"value1": int64(10),
 		},
 		ts,
 	)
 	metrics := []telegraf.Metric{m1, m2}
 	r := NewReader(metrics)
 	buf := make([]byte, 60)
 	tests := []struct {
 		expRegex string
 		err      error
 		n        int
 	}{
 		{
 			`foo value\d=10i,value\d=10i,value\d=10i 1481032190000000000\n`,
 			nil,
 			57,
 		},
 		{
 			`foo value\d=10i,value\d=10i,value\d=10i 1481032190000000000\n`,
 			nil,
 			57,
 		},
 		{
 			`foo value1=10i 1481032190000000000\n`,
 			io.EOF,
 			35,
 		},
 		{
 			"",
 			io.EOF,
 			0,
 		},
 	}
 	for _, test := range tests {
 		n, err := r.Read(buf)
 		assert.Equal(t, test.n, n)
 		re := regexp.MustCompile(test.expRegex)
 		assert.True(t, re.MatchString(string(buf[0:n])), string(buf[0:n]))
 		assert.Equal(t, test.err, err)
 	}
 }
 // test split that results in metrics that are still too long, which results in
 // the reader falling back to regular overflow.
 func TestMetricReader_SplitMetricTooLong(t *testing.T) {
 	ts := time.Unix(1481032190, 0)
 	m1, _ := New("foo", map[string]string{},
 		map[string]interface{}{
 			"value1": int64(10),
 			"value2": int64(10),
 		},
 		ts,
 	)
 	metrics := []telegraf.Metric{m1}
 	r := NewReader(metrics)
 	buf := make([]byte, 30)
 	tests := []struct {
 		expRegex string
 		err      error
 		n        int
 	}{
 		{
 			`foo value\d=10i,value\d=10i 1481`,
 			nil,
 			30,
 		},
 		{
 			`032190000000000\n`,
 			io.EOF,
 			16,
 		},
 		{
 			"",
 			io.EOF,
 			0,
 		},
 	}
 	for _, test := range tests {
 		n, err := r.Read(buf)
 		assert.Equal(t, test.n, n)
 		re := regexp.MustCompile(test.expRegex)
 		assert.True(t, re.MatchString(string(buf[0:n])), string(buf[0:n]))
 		assert.Equal(t, test.err, err)
 	}
 }
 // test split with a changing buffer size in the middle of subsequent calls
 // to Read
 func TestMetricReader_SplitMetricChangingBuffer(t *testing.T) {
 	ts := time.Unix(1481032190, 0)
 	m1, _ := New("foo", map[string]string{},
 		map[string]interface{}{
 			"value1": int64(10),
 			"value2": int64(10),
 			"value3": int64(10),
 		},
 		ts,
 	)
 	m2, _ := New("foo", map[string]string{},
 		map[string]interface{}{
 			"value1": int64(10),
 		},
 		ts,
 	)
 	metrics := []telegraf.Metric{m1, m2}
 	r := NewReader(metrics)
 	tests := []struct {
 		expRegex string
 		err      error
 		n        int
 		buf      []byte
 	}{
 		{
 			`foo value\d=10i 1481032190000000000\n`,
 			nil,
 			35,
 			make([]byte, 36),
 		},
 		{
 			`foo value\d=10i 148103219000000`,
 			nil,
 			30,
 			make([]byte, 30),
 		},
 		{
 			`0000\n`,
 			nil,
 			5,
 			make([]byte, 30),
 		},
 		{
 			`foo value\d=10i 1481032190000000000\n`,
 			nil,
 			35,
 			make([]byte, 36),
 		},
 		{
 			`foo value1=10i 1481032190000000000\n`,
 			io.EOF,
 			35,
 			make([]byte, 36),
 		},
 		{
 			"",
 			io.EOF,
 			0,
 			make([]byte, 36),
 		},
 	}
 	for _, test := range tests {
 		n, err := r.Read(test.buf)
 		assert.Equal(t, test.n, n, test.expRegex)
 		re := regexp.MustCompile(test.expRegex)
 		assert.True(t, re.MatchString(string(test.buf[0:n])), string(test.buf[0:n]))
 		assert.Equal(t, test.err, err, test.expRegex)
 	}
 }
 // test split with a changing buffer size in the middle of subsequent calls
 // to Read
 func TestMetricReader_SplitMetricChangingBuffer2(t *testing.T) {
 	ts := time.Unix(1481032190, 0)
 	m1, _ := New("foo", map[string]string{},
 		map[string]interface{}{
 			"value1": int64(10),
 			"value2": int64(10),
 		},
 		ts,
 	)
 	m2, _ := New("foo", map[string]string{},
 		map[string]interface{}{
 			"value1": int64(10),
 		},
 		ts,
 	)
 	metrics := []telegraf.Metric{m1, m2}
 	r := NewReader(metrics)
 	tests := []struct {
 		expRegex string
 		err      error
 		n        int
 		buf      []byte
 	}{
 		{
 			`foo value\d=10i 1481032190000000000\n`,
 			nil,
 			35,
 			make([]byte, 36),
 		},
 		{
 			`foo value\d=10i 148103219000000`,
 			nil,
 			30,
 			make([]byte, 30),
 		},
 		{
 			`0000\n`,
 			nil,
 			5,
 			make([]byte, 30),
 		},
 		{
 			`foo value1=10i 1481032190000000000\n`,
 			io.EOF,
 			35,
 			make([]byte, 36),
 		},
 		{
 			"",
 			io.EOF,
 			0,
 			make([]byte, 36),
 		},
 	}
 	for _, test := range tests {
 		n, err := r.Read(test.buf)
 		assert.Equal(t, test.n, n, test.expRegex)
 		re := regexp.MustCompile(test.expRegex)
 		assert.True(t, re.MatchString(string(test.buf[0:n])), string(test.buf[0:n]))
 		assert.Equal(t, test.err, err, test.expRegex)
 	}
 }
 func TestReader_Read(t *testing.T) {
 	epoch := time.Unix(0, 0)
 	type args struct {
 		name   string
 		tags   map[string]string
 		fields map[string]interface{}
 		t      time.Time
 		mType  []telegraf.ValueType
 	}
 	tests := []struct {
 		name     string
 		args     args
 		expected []byte
 	}{
 		{
 			name: "escape backslashes in string field",
 			args: args{
 				name:   "cpu",
 				tags:   map[string]string{},
 				fields: map[string]interface{}{"value": `test\`},
 				t:      epoch,
 			},
 			expected: []byte(`cpu value="test\\" 0`),
 		},
 		{
 			name: "escape quote in string field",
 			args: args{
 				name:   "cpu",
 				tags:   map[string]string{},
 				fields: map[string]interface{}{"value": `test"`},
 				t:      epoch,
 			},
 			expected: []byte(`cpu value="test\"" 0`),
 		},
 		{
 			name: "escape quote and backslash in string field",
 			args: args{
 				name:   "cpu",
 				tags:   map[string]string{},
 				fields: map[string]interface{}{"value": `test\"`},
 				t:      epoch,
 			},
 			expected: []byte(`cpu value="test\\\"" 0`),
 		},
 		{
 			name: "escape multiple backslash in string field",
 			args: args{
 				name:   "cpu",
 				tags:   map[string]string{},
 				fields: map[string]interface{}{"value": `test\\`},
 				t:      epoch,
 			},
 			expected: []byte(`cpu value="test\\\\" 0`),
 		},
 	}
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
 			buf := make([]byte, 512)
 			m, err := New(tt.args.name, tt.args.tags, tt.args.fields, tt.args.t, tt.args.mType...)
 			require.NoError(t, err)
 			r := NewReader([]telegraf.Metric{m})
 			num, err := r.Read(buf)
 			if err != io.EOF {
 				require.NoError(t, err)
 			}
 			line := string(buf[:num])
 			// This is done so that we can use raw strings in the test spec
 			noeol := strings.TrimRight(line, "\n")
 			require.Equal(t, string(tt.expected), noeol)
 			require.Equal(t, len(tt.expected)+1, num)
 		})
 	}
 }
 func TestMetricRoundtrip(t *testing.T) {
 	const lp = `nstat,bu=linux,cls=server,dc=cer,env=production,host=hostname,name=netstat,sr=database IpExtInBcastOctets=12570626154i,IpExtInBcastPkts=95541226i,IpExtInCEPkts=0i,IpExtInCsumErrors=0i,IpExtInECT0Pkts=55674i,IpExtInECT1Pkts=0i,IpExtInMcastOctets=5928296i,IpExtInMcastPkts=174365i,IpExtInNoECTPkts=17965863529i,IpExtInNoRoutes=20i,IpExtInOctets=3334866321815i,IpExtInTruncatedPkts=0i,IpExtOutBcastOctets=0i,IpExtOutBcastPkts=0i,IpExtOutMcastOctets=0i,IpExtOutMcastPkts=0i,IpExtOutOctets=31397892391399i,TcpExtArpFilter=0i,TcpExtBusyPollRxPackets=0i,TcpExtDelayedACKLocked=14094i,TcpExtDelayedACKLost=302083i,TcpExtDelayedACKs=55486507i,TcpExtEmbryonicRsts=11879i,TcpExtIPReversePathFilter=0i,TcpExtListenDrops=1736i,TcpExtListenOverflows=0i,TcpExtLockDroppedIcmps=0i,TcpExtOfoPruned=0i,TcpExtOutOfWindowIcmps=8i,TcpExtPAWSActive=0i,TcpExtPAWSEstab=974i,TcpExtPAWSPassive=0i,TcpExtPruneCalled=0i,TcpExtRcvPruned=0i,TcpExtSyncookiesFailed=12593i,TcpExtSyncookiesRecv=0i,TcpExtSyncookiesSent=0i,TcpExtTCPACKSkippedChallenge=0i,TcpExtTCPACKSkippedFinWait2=0i,TcpExtTCPACKSkippedPAWS=806i,TcpExtTCPACKSkippedSeq=519i,TcpExtTCPACKSkippedSynRecv=0i,TcpExtTCPACKSkippedTimeWait=0i,TcpExtTCPAbortFailed=0i,TcpExtTCPAbortOnClose=22i,TcpExtTCPAbortOnData=36593i,TcpExtTCPAbortOnLinger=0i,TcpExtTCPAbortOnMemory=0i,TcpExtTCPAbortOnTimeout=674i,TcpExtTCPAutoCorking=494253233i,TcpExtTCPBacklogDrop=0i,TcpExtTCPChallengeACK=281i,TcpExtTCPDSACKIgnoredNoUndo=93354i,TcpExtTCPDSACKIgnoredOld=336i,TcpExtTCPDSACKOfoRecv=0i,TcpExtTCPDSACKOfoSent=7i,TcpExtTCPDSACKOldSent=302073i,TcpExtTCPDSACKRecv=215884i,TcpExtTCPDSACKUndo=7633i,TcpExtTCPDeferAcceptDrop=0i,TcpExtTCPDirectCopyFromBacklog=0i,TcpExtTCPDirectCopyFromPrequeue=0i,TcpExtTCPFACKReorder=1320i,TcpExtTCPFastOpenActive=0i,TcpExtTCPFastOpenActiveFail=0i,TcpExtTCPFastOpenCookieReqd=0i,TcpExtTCPFastOpenListenOverflow=0i,TcpExtTCPFastOpenPassive=0i,TcpExtTCPFastOpenPassiveFail=0i,TcpExtTCPFastRetrans=350681i,TcpExtTCPForwardRetrans=142168i,TcpExtTCPFromZeroWindowAdv=4317i,TcpExtTCPFullUndo=29502i,TcpExtTCPHPAcks=10267073000i,TcpExtTCPHPHits=5629837098i,TcpExtTCPHPHitsToUser=0i,TcpExtTCPHystartDelayCwnd=285127i,TcpExtTCPHystartDelayDetect=12318i,TcpExtTCPHystartTrainCwnd=69160570i,TcpExtTCPHystartTrainDetect=3315799i,TcpExtTCPLossFailures=109i,TcpExtTCPLossProbeRecovery=110819i,TcpExtTCPLossProbes=233995i,TcpExtTCPLossUndo=5276i,TcpExtTCPLostRetransmit=397i,TcpExtTCPMD5NotFound=0i,TcpExtTCPMD5Unexpected=0i,TcpExtTCPMemoryPressures=0i,TcpExtTCPMinTTLDrop=0i,TcpExtTCPOFODrop=0i,TcpExtTCPOFOMerge=7i,TcpExtTCPOFOQueue=15196i,TcpExtTCPOrigDataSent=29055119435i,TcpExtTCPPartialUndo=21320i,TcpExtTCPPrequeueDropped=0i,TcpExtTCPPrequeued=0i,TcpExtTCPPureAcks=1236441827i,TcpExtTCPRcvCoalesce=225590473i,TcpExtTCPRcvCollapsed=0i,TcpExtTCPRenoFailures=0i,TcpExtTCPRenoRecovery=0i,TcpExtTCPRenoRecoveryFail=0i,TcpExtTCPRenoReorder=0i,TcpExtTCPReqQFullDoCookies=0i,TcpExtTCPReqQFullDrop=0i,TcpExtTCPRetransFail=41i,TcpExtTCPSACKDiscard=0i,TcpExtTCPSACKReneging=0i,TcpExtTCPSACKReorder=4307i,TcpExtTCPSYNChallenge=244i,TcpExtTCPSackFailures=1698i,TcpExtTCPSackMerged=184668i,TcpExtTCPSackRecovery=97369i,TcpExtTCPSackRecoveryFail=381i,TcpExtTCPSackShiftFallback=2697079i,TcpExtTCPSackShifted=760299i,TcpExtTCPSchedulerFailed=0i,TcpExtTCPSlowStartRetrans=9276i,TcpExtTCPSpuriousRTOs=959i,TcpExtTCPSpuriousRtxHostQueues=2973i,TcpExtTCPSynRetrans=200970i,TcpExtTCPTSReorder=15221i,TcpExtTCPTimeWaitOverflow=0i,TcpExtTCPTimeouts=70127i,TcpExtTCPToZeroWindowAdv=4317i,TcpExtTCPWantZeroWindowAdv=2133i,TcpExtTW=24809813i,TcpExtTWKilled=0i,TcpExtTWRecycled=0i 1496460785000000000
 nstat,bu=linux,cls=server,dc=cer,env=production,host=hostname,name=snmp,sr=database IcmpInAddrMaskReps=0i,IcmpInAddrMasks=90i,IcmpInCsumErrors=0i,IcmpInDestUnreachs=284401i,IcmpInEchoReps=9i,IcmpInEchos=1761912i,IcmpInErrors=407i,IcmpInMsgs=2047767i,IcmpInParmProbs=0i,IcmpInRedirects=0i,IcmpInSrcQuenchs=0i,IcmpInTimeExcds=46i,IcmpInTimestampReps=0i,IcmpInTimestamps=1309i,IcmpMsgInType0=9i,IcmpMsgInType11=46i,IcmpMsgInType13=1309i,IcmpMsgInType17=90i,IcmpMsgInType3=284401i,IcmpMsgInType8=1761912i,IcmpMsgOutType0=1761912i,IcmpMsgOutType14=1248i,IcmpMsgOutType3=108709i,IcmpMsgOutType8=9i,IcmpOutAddrMaskReps=0i,IcmpOutAddrMasks=0i,IcmpOutDestUnreachs=108709i,IcmpOutEchoReps=1761912i,IcmpOutEchos=9i,IcmpOutErrors=0i,IcmpOutMsgs=1871878i,IcmpOutParmProbs=0i,IcmpOutRedirects=0i,IcmpOutSrcQuenchs=0i,IcmpOutTimeExcds=0i,IcmpOutTimestampReps=1248i,IcmpOutTimestamps=0i,IpDefaultTTL=64i,IpForwDatagrams=0i,IpForwarding=2i,IpFragCreates=0i,IpFragFails=0i,IpFragOKs=0i,IpInAddrErrors=0i,IpInDelivers=17658795773i,IpInDiscards=0i,IpInHdrErrors=0i,IpInReceives=17659269339i,IpInUnknownProtos=0i,IpOutDiscards=236976i,IpOutNoRoutes=1009i,IpOutRequests=23466783734i,IpReasmFails=0i,IpReasmOKs=0i,IpReasmReqds=0i,IpReasmTimeout=0i,TcpActiveOpens=23308977i,TcpAttemptFails=3757543i,TcpCurrEstab=280i,TcpEstabResets=184792i,TcpInCsumErrors=0i,TcpInErrs=232i,TcpInSegs=17536573089i,TcpMaxConn=-1i,TcpOutRsts=4051451i,TcpOutSegs=29836254873i,TcpPassiveOpens=176546974i,TcpRetransSegs=878085i,TcpRtoAlgorithm=1i,TcpRtoMax=120000i,TcpRtoMin=200i,UdpInCsumErrors=0i,UdpInDatagrams=24441661i,UdpInErrors=0i,UdpLiteInCsumErrors=0i,UdpLiteInDatagrams=0i,UdpLiteInErrors=0i,UdpLiteNoPorts=0i,UdpLiteOutDatagrams=0i,UdpLiteRcvbufErrors=0i,UdpLiteSndbufErrors=0i,UdpNoPorts=17660i,UdpOutDatagrams=51807896i,UdpRcvbufErrors=0i,UdpSndbufErrors=236922i 1496460785000000000
 `
 	metrics, err := Parse([]byte(lp))
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	r := NewReader(metrics)
 	buf := make([]byte, 128)
 	_, err = r.Read(buf)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	metrics, err = Parse(buf)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 }
--- a/plugins/accumulator.go
+++ b/plugins/accumulator.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package telegraf
+package plugins
 import "time"
--- a/plugins/aggregator.go
+++ b/plugins/aggregator.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package telegraf
+package plugins
 // Aggregator is an interface for implementing an Aggregator plugin.
 // the RunningAggregator wraps this interface and guarantees that
--- a/plugins/aggregators/all/all.go
+++ b/plugins/aggregators/all/all.go
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 package all
 import (
 	_ "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/aggregators/histogram"
 	_ "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/aggregators/minmax"
 )
--- a/plugins/aggregators/histogram/README.md
+++ b/plugins/aggregators/histogram/README.md
@@ -1,97 +0,0 @@
 # Histogram Aggregator Plugin
 The histogram aggregator plugin creates histograms containing the counts of
 field values within a range.
 Values added to a bucket are also added to the larger buckets in the
 distribution.  This creates a [cumulative histogram](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Histogram#/media/File:Cumulative_vs_normal_histogram.svg).
 Like other Telegraf aggregators, the metric is emitted every `period` seconds.
 Bucket counts however are not reset between periods and will be non-strictly
 increasing while Telegraf is running.
 #### Design
 Each metric is passed to the aggregator and this aggregator searches
 histogram buckets for those fields, which have been specified in the
 config. If buckets are found, the aggregator will increment +1 to the appropriate
 bucket otherwise it will be added to the `+Inf` bucket.  Every `period`
 seconds this data will be forwarded to the outputs.
 The algorithm of hit counting to buckets was implemented on the base
 of the algorithm which is implemented in the Prometheus
 [client](https://github.com/prometheus/client_golang/blob/master/prometheus/histogram.go).
 ### Configuration
 ```toml
 # Configuration for aggregate histogram metrics
 [[aggregators.histogram]]
  ## The period in which to flush the aggregator.
  period = "30s"
  ## If true, the original metric will be dropped by the
  ## aggregator and will not get sent to the output plugins.
  drop_original = false
  ## Example config that aggregates all fields of the metric.
  # [[aggregators.histogram.config]]
  #   ## The set of buckets.
  #   buckets = [0.0, 15.6, 34.5, 49.1, 71.5, 80.5, 94.5, 100.0]
  #   ## The name of metric.
  #   measurement_name = "cpu"
  ## Example config that aggregates only specific fields of the metric.
  # [[aggregators.histogram.config]]
  #   ## The set of buckets.
  #   buckets = [0.0, 10.0, 20.0, 30.0, 40.0, 50.0, 60.0, 70.0, 80.0, 90.0, 100.0]
  #   ## The name of metric.
  #   measurement_name = "diskio"
  #   ## The concrete fields of metric
  #   fields = ["io_time", "read_time", "write_time"]
 ```
 The user is responsible for defining the bounds of the histogram bucket as
 well as the measurement name and fields to aggregate.
 Each histogram config section must contain a `buckets` and `measurement_name`
 option.  Optionally, if `fields` is set only the fields listed will be
 aggregated.  If `fields` is not set all fields are aggregated.
 The `buckets` option contains a list of floats which specify the bucket
 boundaries.  Each float value defines the inclusive upper bound of the bucket.
 The `+Inf` bucket is added automatically and does not need to be defined.
 ### Measurements & Fields:
 The postfix `bucket` will be added to each field key.
 - measurement1
    - field1_bucket
    - field2_bucket
 ### Tags:
 All measurements are given the tag `le`. This tag has the border value of
 bucket. It means that the metric value is less than or equal to the value of
 this tag.  For example, let assume that we have the metric value 10 and the
 following buckets: [5, 10, 30, 70, 100]. Then the tag `le` will have the value
 10, because the metrics value is passed into bucket with right border value
 `10`.
 ### Example Output:
 ```
 cpu,cpu=cpu1,host=localhost,le=0.0 usage_idle_bucket=0i 1486998330000000000
 cpu,cpu=cpu1,host=localhost,le=10.0 usage_idle_bucket=0i 1486998330000000000
 cpu,cpu=cpu1,host=localhost,le=20.0 usage_idle_bucket=1i 1486998330000000000
 cpu,cpu=cpu1,host=localhost,le=30.0 usage_idle_bucket=2i 1486998330000000000
 cpu,cpu=cpu1,host=localhost,le=40.0 usage_idle_bucket=2i 1486998330000000000
 cpu,cpu=cpu1,host=localhost,le=50.0 usage_idle_bucket=2i 1486998330000000000
 cpu,cpu=cpu1,host=localhost,le=60.0 usage_idle_bucket=2i 1486998330000000000
 cpu,cpu=cpu1,host=localhost,le=70.0 usage_idle_bucket=2i 1486998330000000000
 cpu,cpu=cpu1,host=localhost,le=80.0 usage_idle_bucket=2i 1486998330000000000
 cpu,cpu=cpu1,host=localhost,le=90.0 usage_idle_bucket=2i 1486998330000000000
 cpu,cpu=cpu1,host=localhost,le=100.0 usage_idle_bucket=2i 1486998330000000000
 cpu,cpu=cpu1,host=localhost,le=+Inf usage_idle_bucket=2i 1486998330000000000
 ```
--- a/plugins/aggregators/histogram/histogram.go
+++ b/plugins/aggregators/histogram/histogram.go
@@ -1,315 +0,0 @@
 package histogram
 import (
 	"sort"
 	"strconv"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/aggregators"
 )
 // bucketTag is the tag, which contains right bucket border
 const bucketTag = "le"
 // bucketInf is the right bucket border for infinite values
 const bucketInf = "+Inf"
 // HistogramAggregator is aggregator with histogram configs and particular histograms for defined metrics
 type HistogramAggregator struct {
 	Configs []config `toml:"config"`
 	buckets bucketsByMetrics
 	cache   map[uint64]metricHistogramCollection
 }
 // config is the config, which contains name, field of metric and histogram buckets.
 type config struct {
 	Metric  string   `toml:"measurement_name"`
 	Fields  []string `toml:"fields"`
 	Buckets buckets  `toml:"buckets"`
 }
 // bucketsByMetrics contains the buckets grouped by metric and field name
 type bucketsByMetrics map[string]bucketsByFields
 // bucketsByFields contains the buckets grouped by field name
 type bucketsByFields map[string]buckets
 // buckets contains the right borders buckets
 type buckets []float64
 // metricHistogramCollection aggregates the histogram data
 type metricHistogramCollection struct {
 	histogramCollection map[string]counts
 	name                string
 	tags                map[string]string
 }
 // counts is the number of hits in the bucket
 type counts []int64
 // groupedByCountFields contains grouped fields by their count and fields values
 type groupedByCountFields struct {
 	name            string
 	tags            map[string]string
 	fieldsWithCount map[string]int64
 }
 // NewHistogramAggregator creates new histogram aggregator
 func NewHistogramAggregator() telegraf.Aggregator {
 	h := &HistogramAggregator{}
 	h.buckets = make(bucketsByMetrics)
 	h.resetCache()
 	return h
 }
 var sampleConfig = `
  ## The period in which to flush the aggregator.
  period = "30s"
  ## If true, the original metric will be dropped by the
  ## aggregator and will not get sent to the output plugins.
  drop_original = false
  ## Example config that aggregates all fields of the metric.
  # [[aggregators.histogram.config]]
  #   ## The set of buckets.
  #   buckets = [0.0, 15.6, 34.5, 49.1, 71.5, 80.5, 94.5, 100.0]
  #   ## The name of metric.
  #   measurement_name = "cpu"
  ## Example config that aggregates only specific fields of the metric.
  # [[aggregators.histogram.config]]
  #   ## The set of buckets.
  #   buckets = [0.0, 10.0, 20.0, 30.0, 40.0, 50.0, 60.0, 70.0, 80.0, 90.0, 100.0]
  #   ## The name of metric.
  #   measurement_name = "diskio"
  #   ## The concrete fields of metric
  #   fields = ["io_time", "read_time", "write_time"]
 `
 // SampleConfig returns sample of config
 func (h *HistogramAggregator) SampleConfig() string {
 	return sampleConfig
 }
 // Description returns description of aggregator plugin
 func (h *HistogramAggregator) Description() string {
 	return "Create aggregate histograms."
 }
 // Add adds new hit to the buckets
 func (h *HistogramAggregator) Add(in telegraf.Metric) {
 	bucketsByField := make(map[string][]float64)
 	for field := range in.Fields() {
 		buckets := h.getBuckets(in.Name(), field)
 		if buckets != nil {
 			bucketsByField[field] = buckets
 		}
 	}
 	if len(bucketsByField) == 0 {
 		return
 	}
 	id := in.HashID()
 	agr, ok := h.cache[id]
 	if !ok {
 		agr = metricHistogramCollection{
 			name:                in.Name(),
 			tags:                in.Tags(),
 			histogramCollection: make(map[string]counts),
 		}
 	}
 	for field, value := range in.Fields() {
 		if buckets, ok := bucketsByField[field]; ok {
 			if agr.histogramCollection[field] == nil {
 				agr.histogramCollection[field] = make(counts, len(buckets)+1)
 			}
 			if value, ok := convert(value); ok {
 				index := sort.SearchFloat64s(buckets, value)
 				agr.histogramCollection[field][index]++
 			}
 		}
 	}
 	h.cache[id] = agr
 }
 // Push returns histogram values for metrics
 func (h *HistogramAggregator) Push(acc telegraf.Accumulator) {
 	metricsWithGroupedFields := []groupedByCountFields{}
 	for _, aggregate := range h.cache {
 		for field, counts := range aggregate.histogramCollection {
 			h.groupFieldsByBuckets(&metricsWithGroupedFields, aggregate.name, field, copyTags(aggregate.tags), counts)
 		}
 	}
 	for _, metric := range metricsWithGroupedFields {
 		acc.AddFields(metric.name, makeFieldsWithCount(metric.fieldsWithCount), metric.tags)
 	}
 }
 // groupFieldsByBuckets groups fields by metric buckets which are represented as tags
 func (h *HistogramAggregator) groupFieldsByBuckets(
 	metricsWithGroupedFields *[]groupedByCountFields,
 	name string,
 	field string,
 	tags map[string]string,
 	counts []int64,
 ) {
 	count := int64(0)
 	for index, bucket := range h.getBuckets(name, field) {
 		count += counts[index]
 		tags[bucketTag] = strconv.FormatFloat(bucket, 'f', -1, 64)
 		h.groupField(metricsWithGroupedFields, name, field, count, copyTags(tags))
 	}
 	count += counts[len(counts)-1]
 	tags[bucketTag] = bucketInf
 	h.groupField(metricsWithGroupedFields, name, field, count, tags)
 }
 // groupField groups field by count value
 func (h *HistogramAggregator) groupField(
 	metricsWithGroupedFields *[]groupedByCountFields,
 	name string,
 	field string,
 	count int64,
 	tags map[string]string,
 ) {
 	for key, metric := range *metricsWithGroupedFields {
 		if name == metric.name && isTagsIdentical(tags, metric.tags) {
 			(*metricsWithGroupedFields)[key].fieldsWithCount[field] = count
 			return
 		}
 	}
 	fieldsWithCount := map[string]int64{
 		field: count,
 	}
 	*metricsWithGroupedFields = append(
 		*metricsWithGroupedFields,
 		groupedByCountFields{name: name, tags: tags, fieldsWithCount: fieldsWithCount},
 	)
 }
 // Reset does nothing, because we need to collect counts for a long time, otherwise if config parameter 'reset' has
 // small value, we will get a histogram with a small amount of the distribution.
 func (h *HistogramAggregator) Reset() {}
 // resetCache resets cached counts(hits) in the buckets
 func (h *HistogramAggregator) resetCache() {
 	h.cache = make(map[uint64]metricHistogramCollection)
 }
 // getBuckets finds buckets and returns them
 func (h *HistogramAggregator) getBuckets(metric string, field string) []float64 {
 	if buckets, ok := h.buckets[metric][field]; ok {
 		return buckets
 	}
 	for _, config := range h.Configs {
 		if config.Metric == metric {
 			if !isBucketExists(field, config) {
 				continue
 			}
 			if _, ok := h.buckets[metric]; !ok {
 				h.buckets[metric] = make(bucketsByFields)
 			}
 			h.buckets[metric][field] = sortBuckets(config.Buckets)
 		}
 	}
 	return h.buckets[metric][field]
 }
 // isBucketExists checks if buckets exists for the passed field
 func isBucketExists(field string, cfg config) bool {
 	if len(cfg.Fields) == 0 {
 		return true
 	}
 	for _, fl := range cfg.Fields {
 		if fl == field {
 			return true
 		}
 	}
 	return false
 }
 // sortBuckets sorts the buckets if it is needed
 func sortBuckets(buckets []float64) []float64 {
 	for i, bucket := range buckets {
 		if i < len(buckets)-1 && bucket >= buckets[i+1] {
 			sort.Float64s(buckets)
 			break
 		}
 	}
 	return buckets
 }
 // convert converts interface to concrete type
 func convert(in interface{}) (float64, bool) {
 	switch v := in.(type) {
 	case float64:
 		return v, true
 	case int64:
 		return float64(v), true
 	default:
 		return 0, false
 	}
 }
 // copyTags copies tags
 func copyTags(tags map[string]string) map[string]string {
 	copiedTags := map[string]string{}
 	for key, val := range tags {
 		copiedTags[key] = val
 	}
 	return copiedTags
 }
 // isTagsIdentical checks the identity of two list of tags
 func isTagsIdentical(originalTags, checkedTags map[string]string) bool {
 	if len(originalTags) != len(checkedTags) {
 		return false
 	}
 	for tagName, tagValue := range originalTags {
 		if tagValue != checkedTags[tagName] {
 			return false
 		}
 	}
 	return true
 }
 // makeFieldsWithCount assigns count value to all metric fields
 func makeFieldsWithCount(fieldsWithCountIn map[string]int64) map[string]interface{} {
 	fieldsWithCountOut := map[string]interface{}{}
 	for field, count := range fieldsWithCountIn {
 		fieldsWithCountOut[field+"_bucket"] = count
 	}
 	return fieldsWithCountOut
 }
 // init initializes histogram aggregator plugin
 func init() {
 	aggregators.Add("histogram", func() telegraf.Aggregator {
 		return NewHistogramAggregator()
 	})
 }
--- a/plugins/aggregators/histogram/histogram_test.go
+++ b/plugins/aggregators/histogram/histogram_test.go
@@ -1,210 +0,0 @@
 package histogram
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/metric"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/testutil"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 )
 // NewTestHistogram creates new test histogram aggregation with specified config
 func NewTestHistogram(cfg []config) telegraf.Aggregator {
 	htm := &HistogramAggregator{Configs: cfg}
 	htm.buckets = make(bucketsByMetrics)
 	htm.resetCache()
 	return htm
 }
 // firstMetric1 is the first test metric
 var firstMetric1, _ = metric.New(
 	"first_metric_name",
 	map[string]string{"tag_name": "tag_value"},
 	map[string]interface{}{
 		"a": float64(15.3),
 		"b": float64(40),
 	},
 	time.Now(),
 )
 // firstMetric1 is the first test metric with other value
 var firstMetric2, _ = metric.New(
 	"first_metric_name",
 	map[string]string{"tag_name": "tag_value"},
 	map[string]interface{}{
 		"a": float64(15.9),
 		"c": float64(40),
 	},
 	time.Now(),
 )
 // secondMetric is the second metric
 var secondMetric, _ = metric.New(
 	"second_metric_name",
 	map[string]string{"tag_name": "tag_value"},
 	map[string]interface{}{
 		"a":        float64(105),
 		"ignoreme": "string",
 		"andme":    true,
 	},
 	time.Now(),
 )
 // BenchmarkApply runs benchmarks
 func BenchmarkApply(b *testing.B) {
 	histogram := NewHistogramAggregator()
 	for n := 0; n < b.N; n++ {
 		histogram.Add(firstMetric1)
 		histogram.Add(firstMetric2)
 		histogram.Add(secondMetric)
 	}
 }
 // TestHistogramWithPeriodAndOneField tests metrics for one period and for one field
 func TestHistogramWithPeriodAndOneField(t *testing.T) {
 	var cfg []config
 	cfg = append(cfg, config{Metric: "first_metric_name", Fields: []string{"a"}, Buckets: []float64{0.0, 10.0, 20.0, 30.0, 40.0}})
 	histogram := NewTestHistogram(cfg)
 	acc := &testutil.Accumulator{}
 	histogram.Add(firstMetric1)
 	histogram.Add(firstMetric2)
 	histogram.Push(acc)
 	if len(acc.Metrics) != 6 {
 		assert.Fail(t, "Incorrect number of metrics")
 	}
 	assertContainsTaggedField(t, acc, "first_metric_name", map[string]interface{}{"a_bucket": int64(0)}, "0")
 	assertContainsTaggedField(t, acc, "first_metric_name", map[string]interface{}{"a_bucket": int64(0)}, "10")
 	assertContainsTaggedField(t, acc, "first_metric_name", map[string]interface{}{"a_bucket": int64(2)}, "20")
 	assertContainsTaggedField(t, acc, "first_metric_name", map[string]interface{}{"a_bucket": int64(2)}, "30")
 	assertContainsTaggedField(t, acc, "first_metric_name", map[string]interface{}{"a_bucket": int64(2)}, "40")
 	assertContainsTaggedField(t, acc, "first_metric_name", map[string]interface{}{"a_bucket": int64(2)}, bucketInf)
 }
 // TestHistogramWithPeriodAndAllFields tests two metrics for one period and for all fields
 func TestHistogramWithPeriodAndAllFields(t *testing.T) {
 	var cfg []config
 	cfg = append(cfg, config{Metric: "first_metric_name", Buckets: []float64{0.0, 15.5, 20.0, 30.0, 40.0}})
 	cfg = append(cfg, config{Metric: "second_metric_name", Buckets: []float64{0.0, 4.0, 10.0, 23.0, 30.0}})
 	histogram := NewTestHistogram(cfg)
 	acc := &testutil.Accumulator{}
 	histogram.Add(firstMetric1)
 	histogram.Add(firstMetric2)
 	histogram.Add(secondMetric)
 	histogram.Push(acc)
 	if len(acc.Metrics) != 12 {
 		assert.Fail(t, "Incorrect number of metrics")
 	}
 	assertContainsTaggedField(t, acc, "first_metric_name", map[string]interface{}{"a_bucket": int64(0), "b_bucket": int64(0), "c_bucket": int64(0)}, "0")
 	assertContainsTaggedField(t, acc, "first_metric_name", map[string]interface{}{"a_bucket": int64(1), "b_bucket": int64(0), "c_bucket": int64(0)}, "15.5")
 	assertContainsTaggedField(t, acc, "first_metric_name", map[string]interface{}{"a_bucket": int64(2), "b_bucket": int64(0), "c_bucket": int64(0)}, "20")
 	assertContainsTaggedField(t, acc, "first_metric_name", map[string]interface{}{"a_bucket": int64(2), "b_bucket": int64(0), "c_bucket": int64(0)}, "30")
 	assertContainsTaggedField(t, acc, "first_metric_name", map[string]interface{}{"a_bucket": int64(2), "b_bucket": int64(1), "c_bucket": int64(1)}, "40")
 	assertContainsTaggedField(t, acc, "first_metric_name", map[string]interface{}{"a_bucket": int64(2), "b_bucket": int64(1), "c_bucket": int64(1)}, bucketInf)
 	assertContainsTaggedField(t, acc, "second_metric_name", map[string]interface{}{"a_bucket": int64(0), "ignoreme_bucket": int64(0), "andme_bucket": int64(0)}, "0")
 	assertContainsTaggedField(t, acc, "second_metric_name", map[string]interface{}{"a_bucket": int64(0), "ignoreme_bucket": int64(0), "andme_bucket": int64(0)}, "4")
 	assertContainsTaggedField(t, acc, "second_metric_name", map[string]interface{}{"a_bucket": int64(0), "ignoreme_bucket": int64(0), "andme_bucket": int64(0)}, "10")
 	assertContainsTaggedField(t, acc, "second_metric_name", map[string]interface{}{"a_bucket": int64(0), "ignoreme_bucket": int64(0), "andme_bucket": int64(0)}, "23")
 	assertContainsTaggedField(t, acc, "second_metric_name", map[string]interface{}{"a_bucket": int64(0), "ignoreme_bucket": int64(0), "andme_bucket": int64(0)}, "30")
 	assertContainsTaggedField(t, acc, "second_metric_name", map[string]interface{}{"a_bucket": int64(1), "ignoreme_bucket": int64(0), "andme_bucket": int64(0)}, bucketInf)
 }
 // TestHistogramDifferentPeriodsAndAllFields tests two metrics getting added with a push/reset in between (simulates
 // getting added in different periods) for all fields
 func TestHistogramDifferentPeriodsAndAllFields(t *testing.T) {
 	var cfg []config
 	cfg = append(cfg, config{Metric: "first_metric_name", Buckets: []float64{0.0, 10.0, 20.0, 30.0, 40.0}})
 	histogram := NewTestHistogram(cfg)
 	acc := &testutil.Accumulator{}
 	histogram.Add(firstMetric1)
 	histogram.Push(acc)
 	assertContainsTaggedField(t, acc, "first_metric_name", map[string]interface{}{"a_bucket": int64(0), "b_bucket": int64(0)}, "0")
 	assertContainsTaggedField(t, acc, "first_metric_name", map[string]interface{}{"a_bucket": int64(0), "b_bucket": int64(0)}, "10")
 	assertContainsTaggedField(t, acc, "first_metric_name", map[string]interface{}{"a_bucket": int64(1), "b_bucket": int64(0)}, "20")
 	assertContainsTaggedField(t, acc, "first_metric_name", map[string]interface{}{"a_bucket": int64(1), "b_bucket": int64(0)}, "30")
 	assertContainsTaggedField(t, acc, "first_metric_name", map[string]interface{}{"a_bucket": int64(1), "b_bucket": int64(1)}, "40")
 	assertContainsTaggedField(t, acc, "first_metric_name", map[string]interface{}{"a_bucket": int64(1), "b_bucket": int64(1)}, bucketInf)
 	acc.ClearMetrics()
 	histogram.Add(firstMetric2)
 	histogram.Push(acc)
 	assertContainsTaggedField(t, acc, "first_metric_name", map[string]interface{}{"a_bucket": int64(0), "b_bucket": int64(0), "c_bucket": int64(0)}, "0")
 	assertContainsTaggedField(t, acc, "first_metric_name", map[string]interface{}{"a_bucket": int64(0), "b_bucket": int64(0), "c_bucket": int64(0)}, "10")
 	assertContainsTaggedField(t, acc, "first_metric_name", map[string]interface{}{"a_bucket": int64(2), "b_bucket": int64(0), "c_bucket": int64(0)}, "20")
 	assertContainsTaggedField(t, acc, "first_metric_name", map[string]interface{}{"a_bucket": int64(2), "b_bucket": int64(0), "c_bucket": int64(0)}, "30")
 	assertContainsTaggedField(t, acc, "first_metric_name", map[string]interface{}{"a_bucket": int64(2), "b_bucket": int64(1), "c_bucket": int64(1)}, "40")
 	assertContainsTaggedField(t, acc, "first_metric_name", map[string]interface{}{"a_bucket": int64(2), "b_bucket": int64(1), "c_bucket": int64(1)}, bucketInf)
 }
 // TestWrongBucketsOrder tests the calling panic with incorrect order of buckets
 func TestWrongBucketsOrder(t *testing.T) {
 	defer func() {
 		if r := recover(); r != nil {
 			assert.Equal(
 				t,
 				"histogram buckets must be in increasing order: 90.00 >= 20.00, metrics: first_metric_name, field: a",
 				fmt.Sprint(r),
 			)
 		}
 	}()
 	var cfg []config
 	cfg = append(cfg, config{Metric: "first_metric_name", Buckets: []float64{0.0, 90.0, 20.0, 30.0, 40.0}})
 	histogram := NewTestHistogram(cfg)
 	histogram.Add(firstMetric2)
 }
 // assertContainsTaggedField is help functions to test histogram data
 func assertContainsTaggedField(t *testing.T, acc *testutil.Accumulator, metricName string, fields map[string]interface{}, le string) {
 	acc.Lock()
 	defer acc.Unlock()
 	for _, checkedMetric := range acc.Metrics {
 		// check metric name
 		if checkedMetric.Measurement != metricName {
 			continue
 		}
 		// check "le" tag
 		if checkedMetric.Tags[bucketTag] != le {
 			continue
 		}
 		// check fields
 		isFieldsIdentical := true
 		for field := range fields {
 			if _, ok := checkedMetric.Fields[field]; !ok {
 				isFieldsIdentical = false
 				break
 			}
 		}
 		if !isFieldsIdentical {
 			continue
 		}
 		// check fields with their counts
 		if assert.Equal(t, fields, checkedMetric.Fields) {
 			return
 		}
 		assert.Fail(t, fmt.Sprintf("incorrect fields %v of metric %s", fields, metricName))
 	}
 	assert.Fail(t, fmt.Sprintf("unknown measurement '%s' with tags: %v, fields: %v", metricName, map[string]string{"le": le}, fields))
 }
--- a/plugins/aggregators/minmax/minmax.go
+++ b/plugins/aggregators/minmax/minmax.go
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 package minmax
 import (
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/aggregators"
 )
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ type MinMax struct {
 	cache map[uint64]aggregate
 }
-func NewMinMax() telegraf.Aggregator {
+func NewMinMax() plugins.Aggregator {
 	mm := &MinMax{}
 	mm.Reset()
 	return mm
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ func (m *MinMax) Description() string {
 	return "Keep the aggregate min/max of each metric passing through."
 }
-func (m *MinMax) Add(in telegraf.Metric) {
+func (m *MinMax) Add(in plugins.Metric) {
 	id := in.HashID()
 	if _, ok := m.cache[id]; !ok {
 		// hit an uncached metric, create caches for first time:
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ func (m *MinMax) Add(in telegraf.Metric) {
 	}
 }
-func (m *MinMax) Push(acc telegraf.Accumulator) {
+func (m *MinMax) Push(acc plugins.Accumulator) {
 	for _, aggregate := range m.cache {
 		fields := map[string]interface{}{}
 		for k, v := range aggregate.fields {
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ func convert(in interface{}) (float64, bool) {
 }
 func init() {
-	aggregators.Add("minmax", func() telegraf.Aggregator {
+	aggregators.Add("minmax", func() plugins.Aggregator {
 		return NewMinMax()
 	})
 }
--- a/plugins/aggregators/registry.go
+++ b/plugins/aggregators/registry.go
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 package aggregators
-import "github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+import "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins"
-type Creator func() telegraf.Aggregator
+type Creator func() plugins.Aggregator
 var Aggregators = map[string]Creator{}
--- a/plugins/input.go
+++ b/plugins/input.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package telegraf
+package plugins
 type Input interface {
 	// SampleConfig returns the default configuration of the Input
--- a/plugins/inputs/EXAMPLE_README.md
+++ b/plugins/inputs/EXAMPLE_README.md
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 # Example Input Plugin
-The example plugin gathers metrics about example things.  This description
+The example plugin gathers metrics about example things
 explains at a high level what the plugin does and provides links to where
 additional information can be found.
 ### Configuration:
@@ -14,8 +12,7 @@ additional information can be found.
 ### Measurements & Fields:
-Here you should add an optional description and links to where the user can
+<optional description>
 get more information about the measurements.
 - measurement1
    - field1 (type, unit)
@@ -33,11 +30,8 @@ get more information about the measurements.
 ### Sample Queries:
-This section should contain some useful InfluxDB queries that can be used to
+These are some useful queries (to generate dashboards or other) to run against data from this plugin:
 get started with the plugin or to generate dashboards.  For each query listed,
 describe at a high level what data is returned.
 Get the max, mean, and min for the measurement in the last hour:
 ```
 SELECT max(field1), mean(field1), min(field1) FROM measurement1 WHERE tag1=bar AND time > now() - 1h GROUP BY tag
 ```
@@ -45,6 +39,7 @@ SELECT max(field1), mean(field1), min(field1) FROM measurement1 WHERE tag1=bar A
 ### Example Output:
 ```
 $ ./telegraf -config telegraf.conf -input-filter example -test
 measurement1,tag1=foo,tag2=bar field1=1i,field2=2.1 1453831884664956455
 measurement2,tag1=foo,tag2=bar,tag3=baz field3=1i 1453831884664956455
 ```
--- a/plugins/inputs/aerospike/README.md
+++ b/plugins/inputs/aerospike/README.md
--- a/plugins/inputs/aerospike/aerospike.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/aerospike/aerospike.go
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 	"time"
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/internal/errchan"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs"
 	as "github.com/aerospike/aerospike-client-go"
@@ -34,25 +35,26 @@ func (a *Aerospike) Description() string {
 	return "Read stats from aerospike server(s)"
 }
-func (a *Aerospike) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (a *Aerospike) Gather(acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
 	if len(a.Servers) == 0 {
 		return a.gatherServer("127.0.0.1:3000", acc)
 	}
 	var wg sync.WaitGroup
 	errChan := errchan.New(len(a.Servers))
 	wg.Add(len(a.Servers))
 	for _, server := range a.Servers {
 		go func(serv string) {
 			defer wg.Done()
-			acc.AddError(a.gatherServer(serv, acc))
+			errChan.C <- a.gatherServer(serv, acc)
 		}(server)
 	}
 	wg.Wait()
-	return nil
+	return errChan.Error()
 }
-func (a *Aerospike) gatherServer(hostport string, acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (a *Aerospike) gatherServer(hostport string, acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
 	host, port, err := net.SplitHostPort(hostport)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -73,9 +75,10 @@ func (a *Aerospike) gatherServer(hostport string, acc telegraf.Accumulator) erro
 	for _, n := range nodes {
 		tags := map[string]string{
 			"aerospike_host": hostport,
 		}
 		fields := map[string]interface{}{
 			"node_name": n.GetName(),
 		}
 		fields := make(map[string]interface{})
 		stats, err := as.RequestNodeStats(n)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
@@ -85,7 +88,7 @@ func (a *Aerospike) gatherServer(hostport string, acc telegraf.Accumulator) erro
 			if err == nil {
 				fields[strings.Replace(k, "-", "_", -1)] = val
 			} else {
-				log.Printf("I! skipping aerospike field %v with int64 overflow: %q", k, v)
+				log.Printf("I! skipping aerospike field %v with int64 overflow", k)
 			}
 		}
 		acc.AddFields("aerospike_node", fields, tags, time.Now())
@@ -99,10 +102,11 @@ func (a *Aerospike) gatherServer(hostport string, acc telegraf.Accumulator) erro
 		for _, namespace := range namespaces {
 			nTags := map[string]string{
 				"aerospike_host": hostport,
 				"node_name":      n.GetName(),
 			}
 			nTags["namespace"] = namespace
-			nFields := make(map[string]interface{})
+			nFields := map[string]interface{}{
 				"node_name": n.GetName(),
 			}
 			info, err := as.RequestNodeInfo(n, "namespace/"+namespace)
 			if err != nil {
 				continue
@@ -117,7 +121,7 @@ func (a *Aerospike) gatherServer(hostport string, acc telegraf.Accumulator) erro
 				if err == nil {
 					nFields[strings.Replace(parts[0], "-", "_", -1)] = val
 				} else {
-					log.Printf("I! skipping aerospike field %v with int64 overflow: %q", parts[0], parts[1])
+					log.Printf("I! skipping aerospike field %v with int64 overflow", parts[0])
 				}
 			}
 			acc.AddFields("aerospike_namespace", nFields, nTags, time.Now())
@@ -148,7 +152,7 @@ func copyTags(m map[string]string) map[string]string {
 }
 func init() {
-	inputs.Add("aerospike", func() telegraf.Input {
+	inputs.Add("aerospike", func() plugins.Input {
 		return &Aerospike{}
 	})
 }
--- a/plugins/inputs/aerospike/aerospike_test.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/aerospike/aerospike_test.go
@@ -19,14 +19,12 @@ func TestAerospikeStatistics(t *testing.T) {
 	var acc testutil.Accumulator
-	err := acc.GatherError(a.Gather)
+	err := a.Gather(&acc)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	assert.True(t, acc.HasMeasurement("aerospike_node"))
 	assert.True(t, acc.HasTag("aerospike_node", "node_name"))
 	assert.True(t, acc.HasMeasurement("aerospike_namespace"))
-	assert.True(t, acc.HasTag("aerospike_namespace", "node_name"))
+	assert.True(t, acc.HasIntField("aerospike_node", "batch_error"))
 	assert.True(t, acc.HasInt64Field("aerospike_node", "batch_error"))
 }
 func TestAerospikeStatisticsPartialErr(t *testing.T) {
@@ -43,11 +41,12 @@ func TestAerospikeStatisticsPartialErr(t *testing.T) {
 	var acc testutil.Accumulator
-	require.Error(t, acc.GatherError(a.Gather))
+	err := a.Gather(&acc)
 	require.Error(t, err)
 	assert.True(t, acc.HasMeasurement("aerospike_node"))
 	assert.True(t, acc.HasMeasurement("aerospike_namespace"))
-	assert.True(t, acc.HasInt64Field("aerospike_node", "batch_error"))
+	assert.True(t, acc.HasIntField("aerospike_node", "batch_error"))
 }
 func TestAerospikeParseValue(t *testing.T) {
--- a/plugins/inputs/all/all.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/all/all.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package all
 import (
 	_ "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs/aerospike"
 	_ "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs/amqp_consumer"
 	_ "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs/apache"
 	_ "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs/bcache"
 	_ "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs/cassandra"
@@ -15,15 +14,12 @@ import (
 	_ "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs/couchbase"
 	_ "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs/couchdb"
 	_ "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs/disque"
 	_ "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs/dmcache"
 	_ "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs/dns_query"
 	_ "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs/docker"
 	_ "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs/dovecot"
 	_ "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs/elasticsearch"
 	_ "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs/exec"
 	_ "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs/fail2ban"
 	_ "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs/filestat"
 	_ "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs/fluentd"
 	_ "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs/graylog"
 	_ "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs/haproxy"
 	_ "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs/hddtemp"
@@ -32,13 +28,10 @@ import (
 	_ "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs/httpjson"
 	_ "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs/influxdb"
 	_ "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs/internal"
 	_ "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs/interrupts"
 	_ "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs/ipmi_sensor"
 	_ "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs/iptables"
 	_ "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs/jolokia"
 	_ "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs/kafka_consumer"
 	_ "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs/kafka_consumer_legacy"
 	_ "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs/kapacitor"
 	_ "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs/kubernetes"
 	_ "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs/leofs"
 	_ "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs/logparser"
@@ -46,7 +39,6 @@ import (
 	_ "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs/mailchimp"
 	_ "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs/memcached"
 	_ "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs/mesos"
 	_ "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs/minecraft"
 	_ "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs/mongodb"
 	_ "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs/mqtt_consumer"
 	_ "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs/mysql"
@@ -57,7 +49,6 @@ import (
 	_ "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs/nsq_consumer"
 	_ "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs/nstat"
 	_ "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs/ntpq"
 	_ "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs/openldap"
 	_ "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs/passenger"
 	_ "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs/phpfpm"
 	_ "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs/ping"
@@ -72,26 +63,21 @@ import (
 	_ "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs/redis"
 	_ "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs/rethinkdb"
 	_ "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs/riak"
 	_ "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs/salesforce"
 	_ "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs/sensors"
 	_ "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs/snmp"
 	_ "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs/snmp_legacy"
 	_ "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs/socket_listener"
 	_ "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs/sqlserver"
 	_ "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs/statsd"
 	_ "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs/sysstat"
 	_ "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs/system"
 	_ "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs/tail"
 	_ "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs/tcp_listener"
 	_ "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs/tomcat"
 	_ "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs/trig"
 	_ "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs/twemproxy"
 	_ "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs/udp_listener"
 	_ "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs/varnish"
 	_ "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs/webhooks"
 	_ "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs/win_perf_counters"
 	_ "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs/win_services"
 	_ "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs/zfs"
 	_ "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs/zipkin"
 	_ "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs/zookeeper"
 )
--- a/plugins/inputs/amqp_consumer/README.md
+++ b/plugins/inputs/amqp_consumer/README.md
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
 # AMQP Consumer Input Plugin
 This plugin provides a consumer for use with AMQP 0-9-1, a promenent implementation of this protocol being [RabbitMQ](https://www.rabbitmq.com/).
 Metrics are read from a topic exchange using the configured queue and binding_key.
 Message payload should be formatted in one of the [Telegraf Data Formats](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/blob/master/docs/DATA_FORMATS_INPUT.md).
 For an introduction to AMQP see:
 - https://www.rabbitmq.com/tutorials/amqp-concepts.html
 - https://www.rabbitmq.com/getstarted.html
 The following defaults are known to work with RabbitMQ:
 ```toml
 # AMQP consumer plugin
 [[inputs.amqp_consumer]]
  ## AMQP url
  url = "amqp://localhost:5672/influxdb"
  ## AMQP exchange
  exchange = "telegraf"
  ## AMQP queue name
  queue = "telegraf"
  ## Binding Key
  binding_key = "#"
  ## Controls how many messages the server will try to keep on the network
  ## for consumers before receiving delivery acks.
  #prefetch_count = 50
  ## Auth method. PLAIN and EXTERNAL are supported.
  ## Using EXTERNAL requires enabling the rabbitmq_auth_mechanism_ssl plugin as
  ## described here: https://www.rabbitmq.com/plugins.html
  # auth_method = "PLAIN"
  ## 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 consume.
  ## Each data format has its own unique set of configuration options, read
  ## more about them here:
  ## https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/blob/master/docs/DATA_FORMATS_INPUT.md
  data_format = "influx"
 ```
--- a/plugins/inputs/amqp_consumer/amqp_consumer.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/amqp_consumer/amqp_consumer.go
@@ -1,280 +0,0 @@
 package amqp_consumer
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 	"github.com/streadway/amqp"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/internal"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/parsers"
 )
 // AMQPConsumer is the top level struct for this plugin
 type AMQPConsumer struct {
 	URL string
 	// AMQP exchange
 	Exchange string
 	// Queue Name
 	Queue string
 	// Binding Key
 	BindingKey string `toml:"binding_key"`
 	// Controls how many messages the server will try to keep on the network
 	// for consumers before receiving delivery acks.
 	PrefetchCount int
 	// AMQP Auth method
 	AuthMethod string
 	// Path to CA file
 	SSLCA string `toml:"ssl_ca"`
 	// Path to host cert file
 	SSLCert string `toml:"ssl_cert"`
 	// Path to cert key file
 	SSLKey string `toml:"ssl_key"`
 	// Use SSL but skip chain & host verification
 	InsecureSkipVerify bool
 	parser parsers.Parser
 	conn   *amqp.Connection
 	wg     *sync.WaitGroup
 }
 type externalAuth struct{}
 func (a *externalAuth) Mechanism() string {
 	return "EXTERNAL"
 }
 func (a *externalAuth) Response() string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf("\000")
 }
 const (
 	DefaultAuthMethod    = "PLAIN"
 	DefaultPrefetchCount = 50
 )
 func (a *AMQPConsumer) SampleConfig() string {
 	return `
  ## AMQP url
  url = "amqp://localhost:5672/influxdb"
  ## AMQP exchange
  exchange = "telegraf"
  ## AMQP queue name
  queue = "telegraf"
  ## Binding Key
  binding_key = "#"
  ## Maximum number of messages server should give to the worker.
  prefetch_count = 50
  ## Auth method. PLAIN and EXTERNAL are supported
  ## Using EXTERNAL requires enabling the rabbitmq_auth_mechanism_ssl plugin as
  ## described here: https://www.rabbitmq.com/plugins.html
  # auth_method = "PLAIN"
  ## 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 consume.
  ## Each data format has its own unique set of configuration options, read
  ## more about them here:
  ## https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/blob/master/docs/DATA_FORMATS_INPUT.md
  data_format = "influx"
 `
 }
 func (a *AMQPConsumer) Description() string {
 	return "AMQP consumer plugin"
 }
 func (a *AMQPConsumer) SetParser(parser parsers.Parser) {
 	a.parser = parser
 }
 // All gathering is done in the Start function
 func (a *AMQPConsumer) Gather(_ telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 	return nil
 }
 func (a *AMQPConsumer) createConfig() (*amqp.Config, error) {
 	// make new tls config
 	tls, err := internal.GetTLSConfig(
 		a.SSLCert, a.SSLKey, a.SSLCA, a.InsecureSkipVerify)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	// parse auth method
 	var sasl []amqp.Authentication // nil by default
 	if strings.ToUpper(a.AuthMethod) == "EXTERNAL" {
 		sasl = []amqp.Authentication{&externalAuth{}}
 	}
 	config := amqp.Config{
 		TLSClientConfig: tls,
 		SASL:            sasl, // if nil, it will be PLAIN
 	}
 	return &config, nil
 }
 // Start satisfies the telegraf.ServiceInput interface
 func (a *AMQPConsumer) Start(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 	amqpConf, err := a.createConfig()
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	msgs, err := a.connect(amqpConf)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	a.wg = &sync.WaitGroup{}
 	a.wg.Add(1)
 	go a.process(msgs, acc)
 	go func() {
 		err := <-a.conn.NotifyClose(make(chan *amqp.Error))
 		if err == nil {
 			return
 		}
 		log.Printf("I! AMQP consumer connection closed: %s; trying to reconnect", err)
 		for {
 			msgs, err := a.connect(amqpConf)
 			if err != nil {
 				log.Printf("E! AMQP connection failed: %s", err)
 				time.Sleep(10 * time.Second)
 				continue
 			}
 			a.wg.Add(1)
 			go a.process(msgs, acc)
 			break
 		}
 	}()
 	return nil
 }
 func (a *AMQPConsumer) connect(amqpConf *amqp.Config) (<-chan amqp.Delivery, error) {
 	conn, err := amqp.DialConfig(a.URL, *amqpConf)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	a.conn = conn
 	ch, err := conn.Channel()
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Failed to open a channel: %s", err)
 	}
 	err = ch.ExchangeDeclare(
 		a.Exchange, // name
 		"topic",    // type
 		true,       // durable
 		false,      // auto-deleted
 		false,      // internal
 		false,      // no-wait
 		nil,        // arguments
 	)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Failed to declare an exchange: %s", err)
 	}
 	q, err := ch.QueueDeclare(
 		a.Queue, // queue
 		true,    // durable
 		false,   // delete when unused
 		false,   // exclusive
 		false,   // no-wait
 		nil,     // arguments
 	)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Failed to declare a queue: %s", err)
 	}
 	err = ch.QueueBind(
 		q.Name,       // queue
 		a.BindingKey, // binding-key
 		a.Exchange,   // exchange
 		false,
 		nil,
 	)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Failed to bind a queue: %s", err)
 	}
 	err = ch.Qos(
 		a.PrefetchCount,
 		0,     // prefetch-size
 		false, // global
 	)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Failed to set QoS: %s", err)
 	}
 	msgs, err := ch.Consume(
 		q.Name, // queue
 		"",     // consumer
 		false,  // auto-ack
 		false,  // exclusive
 		false,  // no-local
 		false,  // no-wait
 		nil,    // arguments
 	)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Failed establishing connection to queue: %s", err)
 	}
 	log.Println("I! Started AMQP consumer")
 	return msgs, err
 }
 // Read messages from queue and add them to the Accumulator
 func (a *AMQPConsumer) process(msgs <-chan amqp.Delivery, acc telegraf.Accumulator) {
 	defer a.wg.Done()
 	for d := range msgs {
 		metrics, err := a.parser.Parse(d.Body)
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Printf("E! %v: error parsing metric - %v", err, string(d.Body))
 		} else {
 			for _, m := range metrics {
 				acc.AddFields(m.Name(), m.Fields(), m.Tags(), m.Time())
 			}
 		}
 		d.Ack(false)
 	}
 	log.Printf("I! AMQP consumer queue closed")
 }
 func (a *AMQPConsumer) Stop() {
 	err := a.conn.Close()
 	if err != nil && err != amqp.ErrClosed {
 		log.Printf("E! Error closing AMQP connection: %s", err)
 		return
 	}
 	a.wg.Wait()
 	log.Println("I! Stopped AMQP service")
 }
 func init() {
 	inputs.Add("amqp_consumer", func() telegraf.Input {
 		return &AMQPConsumer{
 			AuthMethod:    DefaultAuthMethod,
 			PrefetchCount: DefaultPrefetchCount,
 		}
 	})
 }
--- a/plugins/inputs/apache/README.md
+++ b/plugins/inputs/apache/README.md
@@ -1,84 +1,55 @@
-# Apache Input Plugin
+# Telegraf plugin: Apache
-The Apache plugin collects server performance information using the [`mod_status`](https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/mod/mod_status.html) module of the [Apache HTTP Server](https://httpd.apache.org/).
+#### Plugin arguments:
 - **urls** []string: List of apache-status URLs to collect from. Default is "http://localhost/server-status?auto".
 - **username** string: Username for HTTP basic authentication
 - **password** string: Password for HTTP basic authentication
 - **timeout** duration: time that the HTTP connection will remain waiting for response. Defalt 4 seconds ("4s")
-Typically, the `mod_status` module is configured to expose a page at the `/server-status?auto` location of the Apache server.  The [ExtendedStatus](https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/mod/core.html#extendedstatus) option must be enabled in order to collect all available fields.  For information about how to configure your server reference the [module documenation](https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/mod/mod_status.html#enable).
+##### Optional SSL Config
-### Configuration:
+- **ssl_ca** string: the full path for the SSL CA certicate
 - **ssl_cert** string: the full path for the SSL certificate
 - **ssl_key** string: the full path for the key file
 - **insecure_skip_verify** bool: if true HTTP client will skip all SSL verifications related to peer and host. Default to false
-```toml
+#### Description
 # Read Apache status information (mod_status)
 [[inputs.apache]]
  ## An array of URLs to gather from, must be directed at the machine
  ## readable version of the mod_status page including the auto query string.
  ## Default is "http://localhost/server-status?auto".
  urls = ["http://localhost/server-status?auto"]
-  ## Credentials for basic HTTP authentication.
+The Apache plugin collects from the /server-status?auto URL. See
-  # username = "myuser"
+[apache.org/server-status?auto](http://www.apache.org/server-status?auto) for an
-  # password = "mypassword"
+example. And
 [here](http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod_status.html) for the apache
 mod_status documentation.
-  ## Maximum time to receive response.
+# Measurements:
  # response_timeout = "5s"
-  ## Optional SSL Config
+Meta:
-  # ssl_ca = "/etc/telegraf/ca.pem"
+- tags: `port=<port>`, `server=url`
  # ssl_cert = "/etc/telegraf/cert.pem"
  # ssl_key = "/etc/telegraf/key.pem"
  ## Use SSL but skip chain & host verification
  # insecure_skip_verify = false
 ```
-### Measurements & Fields:
+- apache_TotalAccesses
 - apache_TotalkBytes
 - apache_CPULoad
 - apache_Uptime
 - apache_ReqPerSec
 - apache_BytesPerSec
 - apache_BytesPerReq
 - apache_BusyWorkers
 - apache_IdleWorkers
 - apache_ConnsTotal
 - apache_ConnsAsyncWriting
 - apache_ConnsAsyncKeepAlive
 - apache_ConnsAsyncClosing
- apache
+### Scoreboard measurements
  - BusyWorkers (float)
  - BytesPerReq (float)
  - BytesPerSec (float)
  - ConnsAsyncClosing (float)
  - ConnsAsyncKeepAlive (float)
  - ConnsAsyncWriting (float)
  - ConnsTotal (float)
  - CPUChildrenSystem (float)
  - CPUChildrenUser (float)
  - CPULoad (float)
  - CPUSystem (float)
  - CPUUser (float)
  - IdleWorkers (float)
  - Load1 (float)
  - Load5 (float)
  - Load15 (float)
  - ParentServerConfigGeneration (float)
  - ParentServerMPMGeneration (float)
  - ReqPerSec (float)
  - ServerUptimeSeconds (float)
  - TotalAccesses (float)
  - TotalkBytes (float)
  - Uptime (float)
-The following fields are collected from the `Scoreboard`, and represent the number of requests in the given state:
+- apache_scboard_waiting
-
+- apache_scboard_starting
- apache
+- apache_scboard_reading
-  - scboard_closing (float)
+- apache_scboard_sending
-  - scboard_dnslookup (float)
+- apache_scboard_keepalive
-  - scboard_finishing (float)
+- apache_scboard_dnslookup
-  - scboard_idle_cleanup (float)
+- apache_scboard_closing
-  - scboard_keepalive (float)
+- apache_scboard_logging
-  - scboard_logging (float)
+- apache_scboard_finishing
-  - scboard_open (float)
+- apache_scboard_idle_cleanup
-  - scboard_reading (float)
+- apache_scboard_open
  - scboard_sending (float)
  - scboard_starting (float)
  - scboard_waiting (float)
 ### Tags:
 - All measurements have the following tags:
    - port
    - server
 ### Example Output:
 ```
 apache,port=80,server=debian-stretch-apache BusyWorkers=1,BytesPerReq=0,BytesPerSec=0,CPUChildrenSystem=0,CPUChildrenUser=0,CPULoad=0.00995025,CPUSystem=0.01,CPUUser=0.01,ConnsAsyncClosing=0,ConnsAsyncKeepAlive=0,ConnsAsyncWriting=0,ConnsTotal=0,IdleWorkers=49,Load1=0.01,Load15=0,Load5=0,ParentServerConfigGeneration=3,ParentServerMPMGeneration=2,ReqPerSec=0.00497512,ServerUptimeSeconds=201,TotalAccesses=1,TotalkBytes=0,Uptime=201,scboard_closing=0,scboard_dnslookup=0,scboard_finishing=0,scboard_idle_cleanup=0,scboard_keepalive=0,scboard_logging=0,scboard_open=100,scboard_reading=0,scboard_sending=1,scboard_starting=0,scboard_waiting=49 1502489900000000000
 ```
--- a/plugins/inputs/apache/apache.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/apache/apache.go
@@ -8,10 +8,9 @@ import (
 	"net/url"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/internal"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs"
 )
@@ -29,22 +28,18 @@ type Apache struct {
 	SSLKey string `toml:"ssl_key"`
 	// Use SSL but skip chain & host verification
 	InsecureSkipVerify bool
 	client *http.Client
 }
 var sampleConfig = `
-  ## An array of URLs to gather from, must be directed at the machine
+  ## An array of Apache status URI to gather stats.
  ## readable version of the mod_status page including the auto query string.
  ## Default is "http://localhost/server-status?auto".
  urls = ["http://localhost/server-status?auto"]
  ## user credentials for basic HTTP authentication
  username = "myuser"
  password = "mypassword"
-  ## Credentials for basic HTTP authentication.
+  ## Timeout to the complete conection and reponse time in seconds
-  # username = "myuser"
+  response_timeout = "25s" ## default to 5 seconds
  # password = "mypassword"
  ## Maximum time to receive response.
  # response_timeout = "5s"
  ## Optional SSL Config
  # ssl_ca = "/etc/telegraf/ca.pem"
@@ -62,7 +57,7 @@ func (n *Apache) Description() string {
 	return "Read Apache status information (mod_status)"
 }
-func (n *Apache) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (n *Apache) Gather(acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
 	if len(n.Urls) == 0 {
 		n.Urls = []string{"http://localhost/server-status?auto"}
 	}
@@ -70,51 +65,55 @@ func (n *Apache) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 		n.ResponseTimeout.Duration = time.Second * 5
 	}
-	if n.client == nil {
+	var outerr error
-		client, err := n.createHttpClient()
+	var errch = make(chan error)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 		n.client = client
 	}
 	var wg sync.WaitGroup
 	wg.Add(len(n.Urls))
 	for _, u := range n.Urls {
 		addr, err := url.Parse(u)
 		if err != nil {
-			acc.AddError(fmt.Errorf("Unable to parse address '%s': %s", u, err))
+			return fmt.Errorf("Unable to parse address '%s': %s", u, err)
 			continue
 		}
 		go func(addr *url.URL) {
-			defer wg.Done()
+			errch <- n.gatherUrl(addr, acc)
 			acc.AddError(n.gatherUrl(addr, acc))
 		}(addr)
 	}
-	wg.Wait()
+	// Drain channel, waiting for all requests to finish and save last error.
-	return nil
+	for range n.Urls {
 		if err := <-errch; err != nil {
 			outerr = err
 		}
 	}
 	return outerr
 }
-func (n *Apache) createHttpClient() (*http.Client, error) {
+func (n *Apache) gatherUrl(addr *url.URL, acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
 	var tr *http.Transport
 	if addr.Scheme == "https" {
 		tlsCfg, err := internal.GetTLSConfig(
 			n.SSLCert, n.SSLKey, n.SSLCA, n.InsecureSkipVerify)
 		if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+			return err
 		}
 		tr = &http.Transport{
 			ResponseHeaderTimeout: time.Duration(3 * time.Second),
 			TLSClientConfig:       tlsCfg,
 		}
 	} else {
 		tr = &http.Transport{
 			ResponseHeaderTimeout: time.Duration(3 * time.Second),
 		}
 	}
 	client := &http.Client{
-		Transport: &http.Transport{
+		Transport: tr,
 			TLSClientConfig: tlsCfg,
 		},
 		Timeout:   n.ResponseTimeout.Duration,
 	}
 	return client, nil
 }
 func (n *Apache) gatherUrl(addr *url.URL, acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", addr.String(), nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("error on new request to %s : %s\n", addr.String(), err)
@@ -124,7 +123,7 @@ func (n *Apache) gatherUrl(addr *url.URL, acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 		req.SetBasicAuth(n.Username, n.Password)
 	}
-	resp, err := n.client.Do(req)
+	resp, err := client.Do(req)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("error on request to %s : %s\n", addr.String(), err)
 	}
@@ -229,7 +228,7 @@ func getTags(addr *url.URL) map[string]string {
 }
 func init() {
-	inputs.Add("apache", func() telegraf.Input {
+	inputs.Add("apache", func() plugins.Input {
 		return &Apache{}
 	})
 }
--- a/plugins/inputs/apache/apache_test.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/apache/apache_test.go
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ func TestHTTPApache(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	var acc testutil.Accumulator
-	err := acc.GatherError(a.Gather)
+	err := a.Gather(&acc)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	fields := map[string]interface{}{
--- a/plugins/inputs/bcache/README.md
+++ b/plugins/inputs/bcache/README.md
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ Using this configuration:
 When run with:
 ```
-./telegraf --config telegraf.conf --input-filter bcache --test
+./telegraf -config telegraf.conf -input-filter bcache -test
 ```
 It produces:
--- a/plugins/inputs/bcache/bcache.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/bcache/bcache.go
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs"
 )
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ func prettyToBytes(v string) uint64 {
 	return uint64(result)
 }
-func (b *Bcache) gatherBcache(bdev string, acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (b *Bcache) gatherBcache(bdev string, acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
 	tags := getTags(bdev)
 	metrics, err := filepath.Glob(bdev + "/stats_total/*")
 	if len(metrics) < 0 {
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ func (b *Bcache) gatherBcache(bdev string, acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 	return nil
 }
-func (b *Bcache) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (b *Bcache) Gather(acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
 	bcacheDevsChecked := make(map[string]bool)
 	var restrictDevs bool
 	if len(b.BcacheDevs) != 0 {
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ func (b *Bcache) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 }
 func init() {
-	inputs.Add("bcache", func() telegraf.Input {
+	inputs.Add("bcache", func() plugins.Input {
 		return &Bcache{}
 	})
 }
--- a/plugins/inputs/cassandra/cassandra.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/cassandra/cassandra.go
@@ -4,9 +4,10 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"log"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/url"
 	"strings"
@@ -34,13 +35,13 @@ type Cassandra struct {
 type javaMetric struct {
 	host   string
 	metric string
-	acc    telegraf.Accumulator
+	acc    plugins.Accumulator
 }
 type cassandraMetric struct {
 	host   string
 	metric string
-	acc    telegraf.Accumulator
+	acc    plugins.Accumulator
 }
 type jmxMetric interface {
@@ -48,12 +49,12 @@ type jmxMetric interface {
 }
 func newJavaMetric(host string, metric string,
-	acc telegraf.Accumulator) *javaMetric {
+	acc plugins.Accumulator) *javaMetric {
 	return &javaMetric{host: host, metric: metric, acc: acc}
 }
 func newCassandraMetric(host string, metric string,
-	acc telegraf.Accumulator) *cassandraMetric {
+	acc plugins.Accumulator) *cassandraMetric {
 	return &cassandraMetric{host: host, metric: metric, acc: acc}
 }
@@ -122,8 +123,8 @@ func (j javaMetric) addTagsFields(out map[string]interface{}) {
 		}
 		j.acc.AddFields(tokens["class"]+tokens["type"], fields, tags)
 	} else {
-		j.acc.AddError(fmt.Errorf("Missing key 'value' in '%s' output response\n%v\n",
+		fmt.Printf("Missing key 'value' in '%s' output response\n%v\n",
-			j.metric, out))
+			j.metric, out)
 	}
 }
@@ -154,8 +155,8 @@ func (c cassandraMetric) addTagsFields(out map[string]interface{}) {
 				addCassandraMetric(k, c, v.(map[string]interface{}))
 			}
 		} else {
-			c.acc.AddError(fmt.Errorf("Missing key 'value' in '%s' output response\n%v\n",
+			fmt.Printf("Missing key 'value' in '%s' output response\n%v\n",
-				c.metric, out))
+				c.metric, out)
 			return
 		}
 	} else {
@@ -163,8 +164,8 @@ func (c cassandraMetric) addTagsFields(out map[string]interface{}) {
 			addCassandraMetric(r.(map[string]interface{})["mbean"].(string),
 				c, values.(map[string]interface{}))
 		} else {
-			c.acc.AddError(fmt.Errorf("Missing key 'value' in '%s' output response\n%v\n",
+			fmt.Printf("Missing key 'value' in '%s' output response\n%v\n",
-				c.metric, out))
+				c.metric, out)
 			return
 		}
 	}
@@ -256,7 +257,7 @@ func parseServerTokens(server string) map[string]string {
 	return serverTokens
 }
-func (c *Cassandra) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (c *Cassandra) Gather(acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
 	context := c.Context
 	servers := c.Servers
 	metrics := c.Metrics
@@ -273,8 +274,8 @@ func (c *Cassandra) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 				m = newCassandraMetric(serverTokens["host"], metric, acc)
 			} else {
 				// unsupported metric type
-				acc.AddError(fmt.Errorf("E! Unsupported Cassandra metric [%s], skipping",
+				log.Printf("I! Unsupported Cassandra metric [%s], skipping",
-					metric))
+					metric)
 				continue
 			}
@@ -282,8 +283,7 @@ func (c *Cassandra) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 			requestUrl, err := url.Parse("http://" + serverTokens["host"] + ":" +
 				serverTokens["port"] + context + metric)
 			if err != nil {
-				acc.AddError(err)
+				return err
 				continue
 			}
 			if serverTokens["user"] != "" && serverTokens["passwd"] != "" {
 				requestUrl.User = url.UserPassword(serverTokens["user"],
@@ -291,12 +291,8 @@ func (c *Cassandra) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 			}
 			out, err := c.getAttr(requestUrl)
 			if err != nil {
 				acc.AddError(err)
 				continue
 			}
 			if out["status"] != 200.0 {
-				acc.AddError(fmt.Errorf("URL returned with status %v - %s\n", out["status"], requestUrl))
+				fmt.Printf("URL returned with status %v\n", out["status"])
 				continue
 			}
 			m.addTagsFields(out)
@@ -306,7 +302,7 @@ func (c *Cassandra) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 }
 func init() {
-	inputs.Add("cassandra", func() telegraf.Input {
+	inputs.Add("cassandra", func() plugins.Input {
 		return &Cassandra{jClient: &JolokiaClientImpl{client: &http.Client{}}}
 	})
 }
--- a/plugins/inputs/cassandra/cassandra_test.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/cassandra/cassandra_test.go
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ func TestHttpJsonJavaMultiValue(t *testing.T) {
 	var acc testutil.Accumulator
 	acc.SetDebug(true)
-	err := acc.GatherError(cassandra.Gather)
+	err := cassandra.Gather(&acc)
 	assert.Nil(t, err)
 	assert.Equal(t, 2, len(acc.Metrics))
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ func TestHttpJsonJavaMultiType(t *testing.T) {
 	var acc testutil.Accumulator
 	acc.SetDebug(true)
-	err := acc.GatherError(cassandra.Gather)
+	err := cassandra.Gather(&acc)
 	assert.Nil(t, err)
 	assert.Equal(t, 2, len(acc.Metrics))
@@ -197,17 +197,16 @@ func TestHttpJsonJavaMultiType(t *testing.T) {
 }
 // Test that the proper values are ignored or collected
-func TestHttp404(t *testing.T) {
+func TestHttpJsonOn404(t *testing.T) {
-	jolokia := genJolokiaClientStub(invalidJSON, 404, Servers,
+	jolokia := genJolokiaClientStub(validJavaMultiValueJSON, 404, Servers,
 		[]string{HeapMetric})
 	var acc testutil.Accumulator
-	err := acc.GatherError(jolokia.Gather)
+	err := jolokia.Gather(&acc)
-	assert.Error(t, err)
+	assert.Nil(t, err)
 	assert.Equal(t, 0, len(acc.Metrics))
 	assert.Contains(t, err.Error(), "has status code 404")
 }
 // Test that the proper values are ignored or collected for class=Cassandra
@@ -215,7 +214,7 @@ func TestHttpJsonCassandraMultiValue(t *testing.T) {
 	cassandra := genJolokiaClientStub(validCassandraMultiValueJSON, 200, Servers, []string{ReadLatencyMetric})
 	var acc testutil.Accumulator
-	err := acc.GatherError(cassandra.Gather)
+	err := cassandra.Gather(&acc)
 	assert.Nil(t, err)
 	assert.Equal(t, 1, len(acc.Metrics))
@@ -247,7 +246,7 @@ func TestHttpJsonCassandraNestedMultiValue(t *testing.T) {
 	var acc testutil.Accumulator
 	acc.SetDebug(true)
-	err := acc.GatherError(cassandra.Gather)
+	err := cassandra.Gather(&acc)
 	assert.Nil(t, err)
 	assert.Equal(t, 2, len(acc.Metrics))
--- a/plugins/inputs/ceph/README.md
+++ b/plugins/inputs/ceph/README.md
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ the cluster.  The currently supported commands are:
  ## Whether to gather statistics via ceph commands, requires ceph_user and ceph_config
  ## to be specified
-  gather_cluster_stats = false
+  gather_cluster_stats = true
 ```
 ### Measurements & Fields:
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ All fields are collected under the **ceph** measurement and stored as float64s.
  * recovering\_objects\_per\_sec (float)
 * ceph\_pgmap\_state
-  * count (float)
+  * state name e.g. active+clean (float)
 * ceph\_usage
  * bytes\_used (float)
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ All measurements will have the following tags:
 *Cluster Stats*
-* ceph\_pgmap\_state has the following tags:
+* ceph\_pg\_state has the following tags:
  * state (state for which the value applies e.g. active+clean, active+remapped+backfill)
 * ceph\_pool\_usage has the following tags:
  * id
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ All measurements will have the following tags:
 *Admin Socket Stats*
 <pre>
-telegraf --config /etc/telegraf/telegraf.conf --config-directory /etc/telegraf/telegraf.d --input-filter ceph --test
+telegraf -test -config /etc/telegraf/telegraf.conf -config-directory /etc/telegraf/telegraf.d  -input-filter ceph
 * Plugin: ceph, Collection 1
 > ceph,collection=paxos, id=node-2,role=openstack,type=mon accept_timeout=0,begin=14931264,begin_bytes.avgcount=14931264,begin_bytes.sum=180309683362,begin_keys.avgcount=0,begin_keys.sum=0,begin_latency.avgcount=14931264,begin_latency.sum=9293.29589,collect=1,collect_bytes.avgcount=1,collect_bytes.sum=24,collect_keys.avgcount=1,collect_keys.sum=1,collect_latency.avgcount=1,collect_latency.sum=0.00028,collect_timeout=0,collect_uncommitted=0,commit=14931264,commit_bytes.avgcount=0,commit_bytes.sum=0,commit_keys.avgcount=0,commit_keys.sum=0,commit_latency.avgcount=0,commit_latency.sum=0,lease_ack_timeout=0,lease_timeout=0,new_pn=0,new_pn_latency.avgcount=0,new_pn_latency.sum=0,refresh=14931264,refresh_latency.avgcount=14931264,refresh_latency.sum=8706.98498,restart=4,share_state=0,share_state_bytes.avgcount=0,share_state_bytes.sum=0,share_state_keys.avgcount=0,share_state_keys.sum=0,start_leader=0,start_peon=1,store_state=14931264,store_state_bytes.avgcount=14931264,store_state_bytes.sum=353119959211,store_state_keys.avgcount=14931264,store_state_keys.sum=289807523,store_state_latency.avgcount=14931264,store_state_latency.sum=10952.835724 1462821234814535148
 > ceph,collection=throttle-mon_client_bytes,id=node-2,type=mon get=1413017,get_or_fail_fail=0,get_or_fail_success=0,get_sum=71211705,max=104857600,put=1413013,put_sum=71211459,take=0,take_sum=0,val=246,wait.avgcount=0,wait.sum=0 1462821234814737219
@@ -213,8 +213,7 @@ telegraf --config /etc/telegraf/telegraf.conf --config-directory /etc/telegraf/t
 <pre>
 > ceph_osdmap,host=ceph-mon-0 epoch=170772,full=false,nearfull=false,num_in_osds=340,num_osds=340,num_remapped_pgs=0,num_up_osds=340 1468841037000000000
 > ceph_pgmap,host=ceph-mon-0 bytes_avail=634895531270144,bytes_total=812117151809536,bytes_used=177221620539392,data_bytes=56979991615058,num_pgs=22952,op_per_sec=15869,read_bytes_sec=43956026,version=39387592,write_bytes_sec=165344818 1468841037000000000
-> ceph_pgmap_state,host=ceph-mon-0,state=active+clean count=22952 1468928660000000000
+> ceph_pgmap_state,host=ceph-mon-0 active+clean=22952 1468928660000000000
 > ceph_pgmap_state,host=ceph-mon-0,state=active+degraded count=16 1468928660000000000
 > ceph_usage,host=ceph-mon-0 total_avail_bytes=634895514791936,total_bytes=812117151809536,total_used_bytes=177221637017600 1468841037000000000
 > ceph_pool_usage,host=ceph-mon-0,id=150,name=cinder.volumes bytes_used=12648553794802,kb_used=12352103316,max_avail=154342562489244,objects=3026295 1468841037000000000
 > ceph_pool_usage,host=ceph-mon-0,id=182,name=cinder.volumes.flash bytes_used=8541308223964,kb_used=8341121313,max_avail=39388593563936,objects=2075066 1468841037000000000
--- a/plugins/inputs/ceph/ceph.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/ceph/ceph.go
@@ -4,14 +4,13 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"log"
 	"os/exec"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs"
 )
 const (
@@ -69,14 +68,14 @@ var sampleConfig = `
  gather_admin_socket_stats = true
  ## Whether to gather statistics via ceph commands
-  gather_cluster_stats = false
+  gather_cluster_stats = true
 `
 func (c *Ceph) SampleConfig() string {
 	return sampleConfig
 }
-func (c *Ceph) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (c *Ceph) Gather(acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
 	if c.GatherAdminSocketStats {
 		if err := c.gatherAdminSocketStats(acc); err != nil {
 			return err
@@ -92,7 +91,7 @@ func (c *Ceph) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 	return nil
 }
-func (c *Ceph) gatherAdminSocketStats(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (c *Ceph) gatherAdminSocketStats(acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
 	sockets, err := findSockets(c)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to find sockets at path '%s': %v", c.SocketDir, err)
@@ -101,15 +100,15 @@ func (c *Ceph) gatherAdminSocketStats(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 	for _, s := range sockets {
 		dump, err := perfDump(c.CephBinary, s)
 		if err != nil {
-			acc.AddError(fmt.Errorf("E! error reading from socket '%s': %v", s.socket, err))
+			log.Printf("E! error reading from socket '%s': %v", s.socket, err)
 			continue
 		}
 		data, err := parseDump(dump)
 		if err != nil {
-			acc.AddError(fmt.Errorf("E! error parsing dump from socket '%s': %v", s.socket, err))
+			log.Printf("E! error parsing dump from socket '%s': %v", s.socket, err)
 			continue
 		}
-		for tag, metrics := range data {
+		for tag, metrics := range *data {
 			acc.AddFields(measurement,
 				map[string]interface{}(metrics),
 				map[string]string{"type": s.sockType, "id": s.sockId, "collection": tag})
@@ -118,10 +117,10 @@ func (c *Ceph) gatherAdminSocketStats(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 	return nil
 }
-func (c *Ceph) gatherClusterStats(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (c *Ceph) gatherClusterStats(acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
 	jobs := []struct {
 		command string
-		parser  func(telegraf.Accumulator, string) error
+		parser  func(plugins.Accumulator, string) error
 	}{
 		{"status", decodeStatus},
 		{"df", decodeDf},
@@ -156,7 +155,7 @@ func init() {
 		GatherClusterStats:     false,
 	}
-	inputs.Add(measurement, func() telegraf.Input { return &c })
+	inputs.Add(measurement, func() plugins.Input { return &c })
 }
@@ -245,19 +244,25 @@ type taggedMetricMap map[string]metricMap
 // Parses a raw JSON string into a taggedMetricMap
 // Delegates the actual parsing to newTaggedMetricMap(..)
-func parseDump(dump string) (taggedMetricMap, error) {
+func parseDump(dump string) (*taggedMetricMap, error) {
 	data := make(map[string]interface{})
 	err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(dump), &data)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to parse json: '%s': %v", dump, err)
 	}
-	return newTaggedMetricMap(data), nil
+	tmm := newTaggedMetricMap(data)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to tag dataset: '%v': %v", tmm, err)
 	}
 	return tmm, nil
 }
 // Builds a TaggedMetricMap out of a generic string map.
 // The top-level key is used as a tag and all sub-keys are flattened into metrics
-func newTaggedMetricMap(data map[string]interface{}) taggedMetricMap {
+func newTaggedMetricMap(data map[string]interface{}) *taggedMetricMap {
 	tmm := make(taggedMetricMap)
 	for tag, datapoints := range data {
 		mm := make(metricMap)
@@ -266,7 +271,7 @@ func newTaggedMetricMap(data map[string]interface{}) taggedMetricMap {
 		}
 		tmm[tag] = mm
 	}
-	return tmm
+	return &tmm
 }
 // Recursively flattens any k-v hierarchy present in data.
@@ -317,7 +322,7 @@ func (c *Ceph) exec(command string) (string, error) {
 	return output, nil
 }
-func decodeStatus(acc telegraf.Accumulator, input string) error {
+func decodeStatus(acc plugins.Accumulator, input string) error {
 	data := make(map[string]interface{})
 	err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(input), &data)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -342,7 +347,7 @@ func decodeStatus(acc telegraf.Accumulator, input string) error {
 	return nil
 }
-func decodeStatusOsdmap(acc telegraf.Accumulator, data map[string]interface{}) error {
+func decodeStatusOsdmap(acc plugins.Accumulator, data map[string]interface{}) error {
 	osdmap, ok := data["osdmap"].(map[string]interface{})
 	if !ok {
 		return fmt.Errorf("WARNING %s - unable to decode osdmap", measurement)
@@ -355,7 +360,7 @@ func decodeStatusOsdmap(acc telegraf.Accumulator, data map[string]interface{}) e
 	return nil
 }
-func decodeStatusPgmap(acc telegraf.Accumulator, data map[string]interface{}) error {
+func decodeStatusPgmap(acc plugins.Accumulator, data map[string]interface{}) error {
 	pgmap, ok := data["pgmap"].(map[string]interface{})
 	if !ok {
 		return fmt.Errorf("WARNING %s - unable to decode pgmap", measurement)
@@ -371,57 +376,40 @@ func decodeStatusPgmap(acc telegraf.Accumulator, data map[string]interface{}) er
 	return nil
 }
-func extractPgmapStates(data map[string]interface{}) ([]interface{}, error) {
+func decodeStatusPgmapState(acc plugins.Accumulator, data map[string]interface{}) error {
 	const key = "pgs_by_state"
 	pgmap, ok := data["pgmap"].(map[string]interface{})
 	if !ok {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("WARNING %s - unable to decode pgmap", measurement)
+		return fmt.Errorf("WARNING %s - unable to decode pgmap", measurement)
 	}
-
+	fields := make(map[string]interface{})
-	s, ok := pgmap[key]
+	for key, value := range pgmap {
-	if !ok {
+		switch value.(type) {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("WARNING %s - pgmap is missing the %s field", measurement, key)
+		case []interface{}:
 			if key != "pgs_by_state" {
 				continue
 			}
-
+			for _, state := range value.([]interface{}) {
-	states, ok := s.([]interface{})
+				state_map, ok := state.(map[string]interface{})
 	if !ok {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("WARNING %s - pgmap[%s] is not a list", measurement, key)
 	}
 	return states, nil
 }
 func decodeStatusPgmapState(acc telegraf.Accumulator, data map[string]interface{}) error {
 	states, err := extractPgmapStates(data)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	for _, state := range states {
 		stateMap, ok := state.(map[string]interface{})
 				if !ok {
 					return fmt.Errorf("WARNING %s - unable to decode pg state", measurement)
 				}
-		stateName, ok := stateMap["state_name"].(string)
+				state_name, ok := state_map["state_name"].(string)
 				if !ok {
 					return fmt.Errorf("WARNING %s - unable to decode pg state name", measurement)
 				}
-		stateCount, ok := stateMap["count"].(float64)
+				state_count, ok := state_map["count"].(float64)
 				if !ok {
 					return fmt.Errorf("WARNING %s - unable to decode pg state count", measurement)
 				}
-
+				fields[state_name] = state_count
 		tags := map[string]string{
 			"state": stateName,
 			}
 		fields := map[string]interface{}{
 			"count": stateCount,
 		}
 		acc.AddFields("ceph_pgmap_state", fields, tags)
 	}
 	acc.AddFields("ceph_pgmap_state", fields, map[string]string{})
 	return nil
 }
-func decodeDf(acc telegraf.Accumulator, input string) error {
+func decodeDf(acc plugins.Accumulator, input string) error {
 	data := make(map[string]interface{})
 	err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(input), &data)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -463,7 +451,7 @@ func decodeDf(acc telegraf.Accumulator, input string) error {
 	return nil
 }
-func decodeOsdPoolStats(acc telegraf.Accumulator, input string) error {
+func decodeOsdPoolStats(acc plugins.Accumulator, input string) error {
 	data := make([]map[string]interface{}, 0)
 	err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(input), &data)
 	if err != nil {
--- a/plugins/inputs/ceph/ceph_test.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/ceph/ceph_test.go
@@ -1,17 +1,15 @@
 package ceph
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/testutil"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"path"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/testutil"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 )
 const (
@@ -26,38 +24,15 @@ func TestParseSockId(t *testing.T) {
 func TestParseMonDump(t *testing.T) {
 	dump, err := parseDump(monPerfDump)
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
-	assert.InEpsilon(t, int64(5678670180), dump["cluster"]["osd_kb_used"], epsilon)
+	assert.InEpsilon(t, 5678670180, (*dump)["cluster"]["osd_kb_used"], epsilon)
-	assert.InEpsilon(t, 6866.540527000, dump["paxos"]["store_state_latency.sum"], epsilon)
+	assert.InEpsilon(t, 6866.540527000, (*dump)["paxos"]["store_state_latency.sum"], epsilon)
 }
 func TestParseOsdDump(t *testing.T) {
 	dump, err := parseDump(osdPerfDump)
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
-	assert.InEpsilon(t, 552132.109360000, dump["filestore"]["commitcycle_interval.sum"], epsilon)
+	assert.InEpsilon(t, 552132.109360000, (*dump)["filestore"]["commitcycle_interval.sum"], epsilon)
-	assert.Equal(t, float64(0), dump["mutex-FileJournal::finisher_lock"]["wait.avgcount"])
+	assert.Equal(t, float64(0), (*dump)["mutex-FileJournal::finisher_lock"]["wait.avgcount"])
 }
 func TestDecodeStatusPgmapState(t *testing.T) {
 	data := make(map[string]interface{})
 	err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(clusterStatusDump), &data)
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 	acc := &testutil.Accumulator{}
 	err = decodeStatusPgmapState(acc, data)
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 	var results = []struct {
 		fields map[string]interface{}
 		tags   map[string]string
 	}{
 		{map[string]interface{}{"count": float64(2560)}, map[string]string{"state": "active+clean"}},
 		{map[string]interface{}{"count": float64(10)}, map[string]string{"state": "active+scrubbing"}},
 		{map[string]interface{}{"count": float64(5)}, map[string]string{"state": "active+backfilling"}},
 	}
 	for _, r := range results {
 		acc.AssertContainsTaggedFields(t, "ceph_pgmap_state", r.fields, r.tags)
 	}
 }
 func TestGather(t *testing.T) {
@@ -710,127 +685,3 @@ var osdPerfDump = `
      "wait": { "avgcount": 0,
          "sum": 0.000000000}}}
 `
 var clusterStatusDump = `
 {
  "health": {
    "health": {
      "health_services": [
        {
          "mons": [
            {
              "name": "a",
              "kb_total": 114289256,
              "kb_used": 26995516,
              "kb_avail": 81465132,
              "avail_percent": 71,
              "last_updated": "2017-01-03 17:20:57.595004",
              "store_stats": {
                "bytes_total": 942117141,
                "bytes_sst": 0,
                "bytes_log": 4345406,
                "bytes_misc": 937771735,
                "last_updated": "0.000000"
              },
              "health": "HEALTH_OK"
            },
            {
              "name": "b",
              "kb_total": 114289256,
              "kb_used": 27871624,
              "kb_avail": 80589024,
              "avail_percent": 70,
              "last_updated": "2017-01-03 17:20:47.784331",
              "store_stats": {
                "bytes_total": 454853104,
                "bytes_sst": 0,
                "bytes_log": 5788320,
                "bytes_misc": 449064784,
                "last_updated": "0.000000"
              },
              "health": "HEALTH_OK"
            },
            {
              "name": "c",
              "kb_total": 130258508,
              "kb_used": 38076996,
              "kb_avail": 85541692,
              "avail_percent": 65,
              "last_updated": "2017-01-03 17:21:03.311123",
              "store_stats": {
                "bytes_total": 455555199,
                "bytes_sst": 0,
                "bytes_log": 6950876,
                "bytes_misc": 448604323,
                "last_updated": "0.000000"
              },
              "health": "HEALTH_OK"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    "timechecks": {
      "epoch": 504,
      "round": 34642,
      "round_status": "finished",
      "mons": [
        { "name": "a", "skew": 0, "latency": 0, "health": "HEALTH_OK" },
        { "name": "b", "skew": -0, "latency": 0.000951, "health": "HEALTH_OK" },
        { "name": "c", "skew": -0, "latency": 0.000946, "health": "HEALTH_OK" }
      ]
    },
    "summary": [],
    "overall_status": "HEALTH_OK",
    "detail": []
  },
  "fsid": "01234567-abcd-9876-0123-ffeeddccbbaa",
  "election_epoch": 504,
  "quorum": [ 0, 1, 2 ],
  "quorum_names": [ "a", "b", "c" ],
  "monmap": {
    "epoch": 17,
    "fsid": "01234567-abcd-9876-0123-ffeeddccbbaa",
    "modified": "2016-04-11 14:01:52.600198",
    "created": "0.000000",
    "mons": [
      { "rank": 0, "name": "a", "addr": "192.168.0.1:6789/0" },
      { "rank": 1, "name": "b", "addr": "192.168.0.2:6789/0" },
      { "rank": 2, "name": "c", "addr": "192.168.0.3:6789/0" }
    ]
  },
  "osdmap": {
    "osdmap": {
      "epoch": 21734,
      "num_osds": 24,
      "num_up_osds": 24,
      "num_in_osds": 24,
      "full": false,
      "nearfull": false,
      "num_remapped_pgs": 0
    }
  },
  "pgmap": {
    "pgs_by_state": [
      { "state_name": "active+clean", "count": 2560 },
      { "state_name": "active+scrubbing", "count": 10 },
      { "state_name": "active+backfilling", "count": 5 }
    ],
    "version": 52314277,
    "num_pgs": 2560,
    "data_bytes": 2700031960713,
    "bytes_used": 7478347665408,
    "bytes_avail": 9857462382592,
    "bytes_total": 17335810048000,
    "read_bytes_sec": 0,
    "write_bytes_sec": 367217,
    "op_per_sec": 98
  },
  "mdsmap": {
    "epoch": 1,
    "up": 0,
    "in": 0,
    "max": 0,
    "by_rank": []
  }
 }
 `
--- a/plugins/inputs/cgroup/cgroup.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/cgroup/cgroup.go
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 package cgroup
 import (
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs"
 )
@@ -34,5 +34,5 @@ func (g *CGroup) Description() string {
 }
 func init() {
-	inputs.Add("cgroup", func() telegraf.Input { return &CGroup{} })
+	inputs.Add("cgroup", func() plugins.Input { return &CGroup{} })
 }
--- a/plugins/inputs/cgroup/cgroup_linux.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/cgroup/cgroup_linux.go
@@ -11,29 +11,28 @@ import (
 	"regexp"
 	"strconv"
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins"
 )
 const metricName = "cgroup"
-func (g *CGroup) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (g *CGroup) Gather(acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
 	list := make(chan pathInfo)
 	go g.generateDirs(list)
 	for dir := range list {
 		if dir.err != nil {
-			acc.AddError(dir.err)
+			return dir.err
 			continue
 		}
 		if err := g.gatherDir(dir.path, acc); err != nil {
-			acc.AddError(err)
+			return err
 		}
 	}
 	return nil
 }
-func (g *CGroup) gatherDir(dir string, acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (g *CGroup) gatherDir(dir string, acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
 	fields := make(map[string]interface{})
 	list := make(chan pathInfo)
@@ -225,7 +224,7 @@ var fileFormats = [...]fileFormat{
 }
 func numberOrString(s string) interface{} {
-	i, err := strconv.ParseInt(s, 10, 64)
+	i, err := strconv.Atoi(s)
 	if err == nil {
 		return i
 	}
--- a/plugins/inputs/cgroup/cgroup_notlinux.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/cgroup/cgroup_notlinux.go
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
 package cgroup
 import (
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins"
 )
-func (g *CGroup) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (g *CGroup) Gather(acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
 	return nil
 }
--- a/plugins/inputs/cgroup/cgroup_test.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/cgroup/cgroup_test.go
@@ -24,24 +24,24 @@ var cg1 = &CGroup{
 func TestCgroupStatistics_1(t *testing.T) {
 	var acc testutil.Accumulator
-	err := acc.GatherError(cg1.Gather)
+	err := cg1.Gather(&acc)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	tags := map[string]string{
 		"path": "testdata/memory",
 	}
 	fields := map[string]interface{}{
-		"memory.stat.cache":           int64(1739362304123123123),
+		"memory.stat.cache":           1739362304123123123,
-		"memory.stat.rss":             int64(1775325184),
+		"memory.stat.rss":             1775325184,
-		"memory.stat.rss_huge":        int64(778043392),
+		"memory.stat.rss_huge":        778043392,
-		"memory.stat.mapped_file":     int64(421036032),
+		"memory.stat.mapped_file":     421036032,
-		"memory.stat.dirty":           int64(-307200),
+		"memory.stat.dirty":           -307200,
-		"memory.max_usage_in_bytes.0": int64(0),
+		"memory.max_usage_in_bytes.0": 0,
-		"memory.max_usage_in_bytes.1": int64(-1),
+		"memory.max_usage_in_bytes.1": -1,
-		"memory.max_usage_in_bytes.2": int64(2),
+		"memory.max_usage_in_bytes.2": 2,
-		"memory.limit_in_bytes":       int64(223372036854771712),
+		"memory.limit_in_bytes":       223372036854771712,
 		"memory.use_hierarchy":        "12-781",
-		"notify_on_release":           int64(0),
+		"notify_on_release":           0,
 	}
 	acc.AssertContainsTaggedFields(t, "cgroup", fields, tags)
 }
@@ -56,17 +56,17 @@ var cg2 = &CGroup{
 func TestCgroupStatistics_2(t *testing.T) {
 	var acc testutil.Accumulator
-	err := acc.GatherError(cg2.Gather)
+	err := cg2.Gather(&acc)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	tags := map[string]string{
 		"path": "testdata/cpu",
 	}
 	fields := map[string]interface{}{
-		"cpuacct.usage_percpu.0": int64(-1452543795404),
+		"cpuacct.usage_percpu.0": -1452543795404,
-		"cpuacct.usage_percpu.1": int64(1376681271659),
+		"cpuacct.usage_percpu.1": 1376681271659,
-		"cpuacct.usage_percpu.2": int64(1450950799997),
+		"cpuacct.usage_percpu.2": 1450950799997,
-		"cpuacct.usage_percpu.3": int64(-1473113374257),
+		"cpuacct.usage_percpu.3": -1473113374257,
 	}
 	acc.AssertContainsTaggedFields(t, "cgroup", fields, tags)
 }
@@ -81,14 +81,14 @@ var cg3 = &CGroup{
 func TestCgroupStatistics_3(t *testing.T) {
 	var acc testutil.Accumulator
-	err := acc.GatherError(cg3.Gather)
+	err := cg3.Gather(&acc)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	tags := map[string]string{
 		"path": "testdata/memory/group_1",
 	}
 	fields := map[string]interface{}{
-		"memory.limit_in_bytes": int64(223372036854771712),
+		"memory.limit_in_bytes": 223372036854771712,
 	}
 	acc.AssertContainsTaggedFields(t, "cgroup", fields, tags)
@@ -108,14 +108,14 @@ var cg4 = &CGroup{
 func TestCgroupStatistics_4(t *testing.T) {
 	var acc testutil.Accumulator
-	err := acc.GatherError(cg4.Gather)
+	err := cg4.Gather(&acc)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	tags := map[string]string{
 		"path": "testdata/memory/group_1/group_1_1",
 	}
 	fields := map[string]interface{}{
-		"memory.limit_in_bytes": int64(223372036854771712),
+		"memory.limit_in_bytes": 223372036854771712,
 	}
 	acc.AssertContainsTaggedFields(t, "cgroup", fields, tags)
@@ -140,14 +140,14 @@ var cg5 = &CGroup{
 func TestCgroupStatistics_5(t *testing.T) {
 	var acc testutil.Accumulator
-	err := acc.GatherError(cg5.Gather)
+	err := cg5.Gather(&acc)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	tags := map[string]string{
 		"path": "testdata/memory/group_1/group_1_1",
 	}
 	fields := map[string]interface{}{
-		"memory.limit_in_bytes": int64(223372036854771712),
+		"memory.limit_in_bytes": 223372036854771712,
 	}
 	acc.AssertContainsTaggedFields(t, "cgroup", fields, tags)
@@ -167,16 +167,16 @@ var cg6 = &CGroup{
 func TestCgroupStatistics_6(t *testing.T) {
 	var acc testutil.Accumulator
-	err := acc.GatherError(cg6.Gather)
+	err := cg6.Gather(&acc)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	tags := map[string]string{
 		"path": "testdata/memory",
 	}
 	fields := map[string]interface{}{
-		"memory.usage_in_bytes":      int64(3513667584),
+		"memory.usage_in_bytes":      3513667584,
 		"memory.use_hierarchy":       "12-781",
-		"memory.kmem.limit_in_bytes": int64(9223372036854771712),
+		"memory.kmem.limit_in_bytes": 9223372036854771712,
 	}
 	acc.AssertContainsTaggedFields(t, "cgroup", fields, tags)
 }
--- a/plugins/inputs/chrony/README.md
+++ b/plugins/inputs/chrony/README.md
@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@ Delete second or Not synchronised.
 ### Measurements & Fields:
 - chrony
    - system_time (float, seconds)
    - last_offset (float, seconds)
    - rms_offset (float, seconds)
    - frequency (float, ppm)
@@ -83,9 +82,9 @@ Delete second or Not synchronised.
 ### Example Output:
 ```
-$ telegraf --config telegraf.conf --input-filter chrony --test
+$ telegraf -config telegraf.conf -input-filter chrony -test
 * Plugin: chrony, Collection 1
-> chrony,leap_status=normal,reference_id=192.168.1.1,stratum=3 frequency=-35.657,system_time=0.000027073,last_offset=-0.000013616,residual_freq=-0,rms_offset=0.000027073,root_delay=0.000644,root_dispersion=0.003444,skew=0.001,update_interval=1031.2 1463750789687639161
+> chrony,leap_status=normal,reference_id=192.168.1.1,stratum=3 frequency=-35.657,last_offset=-0.000013616,residual_freq=-0,rms_offset=0.000027073,root_delay=0.000644,root_dispersion=0.003444,skew=0.001,update_interval=1031.2 1463750789687639161
 ```
--- a/plugins/inputs/chrony/chrony.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/chrony/chrony.go
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 // +build linux
 package chrony
 import (
@@ -8,7 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"time"
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/internal"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs"
 )
@@ -33,7 +35,7 @@ func (*Chrony) SampleConfig() string {
  `
 }
-func (c *Chrony) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (c *Chrony) Gather(acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
 	if len(c.path) == 0 {
 		return errors.New("chronyc not found: verify that chrony is installed and that chronyc is in your PATH")
 	}
@@ -90,7 +92,7 @@ func processChronycOutput(out string) (map[string]interface{}, map[string]string
 		}
 		name := strings.ToLower(strings.Replace(strings.TrimSpace(stats[0]), " ", "_", -1))
 		// ignore reference time
-		if strings.Contains(name, "ref_time") {
+		if strings.Contains(name, "time") {
 			continue
 		}
 		valueFields := strings.Fields(stats[1])
@@ -125,7 +127,7 @@ func init() {
 	if len(path) > 0 {
 		c.path = path
 	}
-	inputs.Add("chrony", func() telegraf.Input {
+	inputs.Add("chrony", func() plugins.Input {
 		return &c
 	})
 }
--- a/plugins/inputs/chrony/chrony_notlinux.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/chrony/chrony_notlinux.go
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
 // +build !linux
 package chrony
--- a/plugins/inputs/chrony/chrony_test.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/chrony/chrony_test.go
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 // +build linux
 package chrony
 import (
@@ -29,7 +31,6 @@ func TestGather(t *testing.T) {
 		"stratum":      "3",
 	}
 	fields := map[string]interface{}{
 		"system_time":     0.000020390,
 		"last_offset":     0.000012651,
 		"rms_offset":      0.000025577,
 		"frequency":       -16.001,
--- a/plugins/inputs/cloudwatch/README.md
+++ b/plugins/inputs/cloudwatch/README.md
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ API endpoint. In the following order the plugin will attempt to authenticate.
 1. Assumed credentials via STS if `role_arn` attribute is specified (source credentials are evaluated from subsequent rules)
 2. Explicit credentials from `access_key`, `secret_key`, and `token` attributes
 3. Shared profile from `profile` attribute
-4. [Environment Variables](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/sdk-for-go/v1/developer-guide/configuring-sdk.html#environment-variables)
+4. [Environment Variables](https://github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/wiki/configuring-sdk#environment-variables)
-5. [Shared Credentials](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/sdk-for-go/v1/developer-guide/configuring-sdk.html#shared-credentials-file)
+5. [Shared Credentials](https://github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/wiki/configuring-sdk#shared-credentials-file)
 6. [EC2 Instance Profile](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/iam-roles-for-amazon-ec2.html)
 ### Configuration:
@@ -20,24 +20,9 @@ API endpoint. In the following order the plugin will attempt to authenticate.
  ## Amazon Region (required)
  region = "us-east-1"
  ## Amazon Credentials
  ## Credentials are loaded in the following order
  ## 1) Assumed credentials via STS if role_arn is specified
  ## 2) explicit credentials from 'access_key' and 'secret_key'
  ## 3) shared profile from 'profile'
  ## 4) environment variables
  ## 5) shared credentials file
  ## 6) EC2 Instance Profile
  #access_key = ""
  #secret_key = ""
  #token = ""
  #role_arn = ""
  #profile = ""
  #shared_credential_file = ""
  # The minimum period for Cloudwatch metrics is 1 minute (60s). However not all
  # metrics are made available to the 1 minute period. Some are collected at
-  # 3 minute, 5 minute, or larger intervals. See https://aws.amazon.com/cloudwatch/faqs/#monitoring.
+  # 3 minute and 5 minutes intervals. See https://aws.amazon.com/cloudwatch/faqs/#monitoring.
  # Note that if a period is configured that is smaller than the minimum for a
  # particular metric, that metric will not be returned by the Cloudwatch API
  # and will not be collected by Telegraf.
@@ -57,10 +42,9 @@ API endpoint. In the following order the plugin will attempt to authenticate.
  namespace = "AWS/ELB"
  ## Maximum requests per second. Note that the global default AWS rate limit is
-  ## 400 reqs/sec, so if you define multiple namespaces, these should add up to a
+  ## 10 reqs/sec, so if you define multiple namespaces, these should add up to a
-  ## maximum of 400. Optional - default value is 200.
+  ## maximum of 10. Optional - default value is 10.
-  ## See http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/cloudwatch_limits.html
+  ratelimit = 10
  ratelimit = 200
  ## Metrics to Pull (optional)
  ## Defaults to all Metrics in Namespace if nothing is provided
@@ -72,6 +56,10 @@ API endpoint. In the following order the plugin will attempt to authenticate.
    [[inputs.cloudwatch.metrics.dimensions]]
      name = "LoadBalancerName"
      value = "p-example"
    [[inputs.cloudwatch.metrics.dimensions]]
      name = "AvailabilityZone"
      value = "*"
 ```
 #### Requirements and Terminology
@@ -145,6 +133,6 @@ Tag Dimension names are represented in [snake case](https://en.wikipedia.org/wik
 ### Example Output:
 ```
-$ ./telegraf --config telegraf.conf --input-filter cloudwatch --test
+$ ./telegraf -config telegraf.conf -input-filter cloudwatch -test
 > cloudwatch_aws_elb,load_balancer_name=p-example,region=us-east-1,unit=seconds latency_average=0.004810798017284538,latency_maximum=0.1100282669067383,latency_minimum=0.0006084442138671875,latency_sample_count=4029,latency_sum=19.382705211639404 1459542420000000000
 ```
--- a/plugins/inputs/cloudwatch/cloudwatch.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/cloudwatch/cloudwatch.go
@@ -10,9 +10,10 @@ import (
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/service/cloudwatch"
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/internal"
 	internalaws "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/internal/config/aws"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/internal/errchan"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/internal/limiter"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs"
 )
@@ -81,7 +82,7 @@ func (c *CloudWatch) SampleConfig() string {
  # The minimum period for Cloudwatch metrics is 1 minute (60s). However not all
  # metrics are made available to the 1 minute period. Some are collected at
-  # 3 minute, 5 minute, or larger intervals. See https://aws.amazon.com/cloudwatch/faqs/#monitoring.
+  # 3 minute and 5 minutes intervals. See https://aws.amazon.com/cloudwatch/faqs/#monitoring.
  # Note that if a period is configured that is smaller than the minimum for a
  # particular metric, that metric will not be returned by the Cloudwatch API
  # and will not be collected by Telegraf.
@@ -104,10 +105,9 @@ func (c *CloudWatch) SampleConfig() string {
  namespace = "AWS/ELB"
  ## Maximum requests per second. Note that the global default AWS rate limit is
-  ## 400 reqs/sec, so if you define multiple namespaces, these should add up to a
+  ## 10 reqs/sec, so if you define multiple namespaces, these should add up to a
-  ## maximum of 400. Optional - default value is 200.
+  ## maximum of 10. Optional - default value is 10.
-  ## See http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/cloudwatch_limits.html
+  ratelimit = 10
  ratelimit = 200
  ## Metrics to Pull (optional)
  ## Defaults to all Metrics in Namespace if nothing is provided
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ func SelectMetrics(c *CloudWatch) ([]*cloudwatch.Metric, error) {
 	return metrics, nil
 }
-func (c *CloudWatch) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (c *CloudWatch) Gather(acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
 	if c.client == nil {
 		c.initializeCloudWatch()
 	}
@@ -185,6 +185,8 @@ func (c *CloudWatch) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	metricCount := len(metrics)
 	errChan := errchan.New(metricCount)
 	now := time.Now()
@@ -199,20 +201,20 @@ func (c *CloudWatch) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 		<-lmtr.C
 		go func(inm *cloudwatch.Metric) {
 			defer wg.Done()
-			acc.AddError(c.gatherMetric(acc, inm, now))
+			c.gatherMetric(acc, inm, now, errChan.C)
 		}(m)
 	}
 	wg.Wait()
-	return nil
+	return errChan.Error()
 }
 func init() {
-	inputs.Add("cloudwatch", func() telegraf.Input {
+	inputs.Add("cloudwatch", func() plugins.Input {
 		ttl, _ := time.ParseDuration("1hr")
 		return &CloudWatch{
 			CacheTTL:  internal.Duration{Duration: ttl},
-			RateLimit: 200,
+			RateLimit: 10,
 		}
 	})
 }
@@ -279,14 +281,16 @@ func (c *CloudWatch) fetchNamespaceMetrics() ([]*cloudwatch.Metric, error) {
 * Gather given Metric and emit any error
 */
 func (c *CloudWatch) gatherMetric(
-	acc telegraf.Accumulator,
+	acc plugins.Accumulator,
 	metric *cloudwatch.Metric,
 	now time.Time,
-) error {
+	errChan chan error,
 ) {
 	params := c.getStatisticsInput(metric, now)
 	resp, err := c.client.GetMetricStatistics(params)
 	if err != nil {
-		return err
+		errChan <- err
 		return
 	}
 	for _, point := range resp.Datapoints {
@@ -321,7 +325,7 @@ func (c *CloudWatch) gatherMetric(
 		acc.AddFields(formatMeasurement(c.Namespace), fields, tags, *point.Timestamp)
 	}
-	return nil
+	errChan <- nil
 }
 /*
--- a/plugins/inputs/cloudwatch/cloudwatch_test.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/cloudwatch/cloudwatch_test.go
@@ -58,13 +58,13 @@ func TestGather(t *testing.T) {
 		Namespace: "AWS/ELB",
 		Delay:     internalDuration,
 		Period:    internalDuration,
-		RateLimit: 200,
+		RateLimit: 10,
 	}
 	var acc testutil.Accumulator
 	c.client = &mockGatherCloudWatchClient{}
-	acc.GatherError(c.Gather)
+	c.Gather(&acc)
 	fields := map[string]interface{}{}
 	fields["latency_minimum"] = 0.1
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ func TestSelectMetrics(t *testing.T) {
 		Namespace: "AWS/ELB",
 		Delay:     internalDuration,
 		Period:    internalDuration,
-		RateLimit: 200,
+		RateLimit: 10,
 		Metrics: []*Metric{
 			&Metric{
 				MetricNames: []string{"Latency", "RequestCount"},
@@ -207,13 +207,14 @@ func TestGenerateStatisticsInputParams(t *testing.T) {
 }
 func TestMetricsCacheTimeout(t *testing.T) {
 	ttl, _ := time.ParseDuration("5ms")
 	cache := &MetricCache{
 		Metrics: []*cloudwatch.Metric{},
 		Fetched: time.Now(),
-		TTL:     time.Minute,
+		TTL:     ttl,
 	}
 	assert.True(t, cache.IsValid())
-	cache.Fetched = time.Now().Add(-time.Minute)
+	time.Sleep(ttl)
 	assert.False(t, cache.IsValid())
 }
--- a/plugins/inputs/conntrack/README.md
+++ b/plugins/inputs/conntrack/README.md
@@ -51,6 +51,6 @@ This input does not use tags.
 ### Example Output:
 ```
-$ ./telegraf --config telegraf.conf --input-filter conntrack --test
+$ ./telegraf -config telegraf.conf -input-filter conntrack -test
 conntrack,host=myhost ip_conntrack_count=2,ip_conntrack_max=262144 1461620427667995735
 ```
--- a/plugins/inputs/conntrack/conntrack.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/conntrack/conntrack.go
@@ -9,8 +9,9 @@ import (
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs"
 	"log"
 	"path/filepath"
 )
@@ -69,7 +70,7 @@ func (c *Conntrack) SampleConfig() string {
 	return sampleConfig
 }
-func (c *Conntrack) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (c *Conntrack) Gather(acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
 	c.setDefaults()
 	var metricKey string
@@ -92,15 +93,15 @@ func (c *Conntrack) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 			contents, err := ioutil.ReadFile(fName)
 			if err != nil {
-				acc.AddError(fmt.Errorf("E! failed to read file '%s': %v", fName, err))
+				log.Printf("E! failed to read file '%s': %v", fName, err)
 				continue
 			}
 			v := strings.TrimSpace(string(contents))
 			fields[metricKey], err = strconv.ParseFloat(v, 64)
 			if err != nil {
-				acc.AddError(fmt.Errorf("E! failed to parse metric, expected number but "+
+				log.Printf("E! failed to parse metric, expected number but "+
-					" found '%s': %v", v, err))
+					" found '%s': %v", v, err)
 			}
 		}
 	}
@@ -115,5 +116,5 @@ func (c *Conntrack) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 }
 func init() {
-	inputs.Add(inputName, func() telegraf.Input { return &Conntrack{} })
+	inputs.Add(inputName, func() plugins.Input { return &Conntrack{} })
 }
--- a/plugins/inputs/consul/README.md
+++ b/plugins/inputs/consul/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Telegraf Input Plugin: Consul
-This plugin will collect statistics about all health checks registered in the Consul. It uses [Consul API](https://www.consul.io/docs/agent/http/health.html#health_state)
+This plugin will collect statistics about all helath checks registered in the Consul. It uses [Consul API](https://www.consul.io/docs/agent/http/health.html#health_state)
 to query the data. It will not report the [telemetry](https://www.consul.io/docs/agent/telemetry.html) but Consul can report those stats already using StatsD protocol if needed.
 ## Configuration:
@@ -35,19 +35,12 @@ Fields:
 - check_name
 - service_id
 - status
 - passing
 - critical
 - warning
 `passing`, `critical`, and `warning` are integer representations of the health
 check state. A value of `1` represents that the status was the state of the
 the health check at this sample.
 ## Example output
 ```
-$ telegraf --config ./telegraf.conf --input-filter consul --test
+$ telegraf --config ./telegraf.conf -input-filter consul -test
 * Plugin: consul, Collection 1
-> consul_health_checks,host=wolfpit,node=consul-server-node,check_id="serfHealth" check_name="Serf Health Status",service_id="",status="passing",passing=1i,critical=0i,warning=0i 1464698464486439902
+> consul_health_checks,host=wolfpit,node=consul-server-node,check_id="serfHealth" check_name="Serf Health Status",service_id="",status="passing" 1464698464486439902
-> consul_health_checks,host=wolfpit,node=consul-server-node,service_name=www.example.com,check_id="service:www-example-com.test01" check_name="Service 'www.example.com' check",service_id="www-example-com.test01",status="critical",passing=0i,critical=1i,warning=0i 1464698464486519036
+> consul_health_checks,host=wolfpit,node=consul-server-node,service_name=www.example.com,check_id="service:www-example-com.test01" check_name="Service 'www.example.com' check",service_id="www-example-com.test01",status="critical" 1464698464486519036
 ```
--- a/plugins/inputs/consul/consul.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/consul/consul.go
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"net/http"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/consul/api"
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/internal"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs"
 )
@@ -69,10 +69,6 @@ func (c *Consul) createAPIClient() (*api.Client, error) {
 		config.Datacenter = c.Datacentre
 	}
 	if c.Token != "" {
 		config.Token = c.Token
 	}
 	if c.Username != "" {
 		config.HttpAuth = &api.HttpBasicAuth{
 			Username: c.Username,
@@ -94,19 +90,14 @@ func (c *Consul) createAPIClient() (*api.Client, error) {
 	return api.NewClient(config)
 }
-func (c *Consul) GatherHealthCheck(acc telegraf.Accumulator, checks []*api.HealthCheck) {
+func (c *Consul) GatherHealthCheck(acc plugins.Accumulator, checks []*api.HealthCheck) {
 	for _, check := range checks {
 		record := make(map[string]interface{})
 		tags := make(map[string]string)
 		record["check_name"] = check.Name
 		record["service_id"] = check.ServiceID
 		record["status"] = check.Status
 		record["passing"] = 0
 		record["critical"] = 0
 		record["warning"] = 0
 		record[check.Status] = 1
 		tags["node"] = check.Node
 		tags["service_name"] = check.ServiceName
@@ -116,7 +107,7 @@ func (c *Consul) GatherHealthCheck(acc telegraf.Accumulator, checks []*api.Healt
 	}
 }
-func (c *Consul) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (c *Consul) Gather(acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
 	if c.client == nil {
 		newClient, err := c.createAPIClient()
@@ -139,7 +130,7 @@ func (c *Consul) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 }
 func init() {
-	inputs.Add("consul", func() telegraf.Input {
+	inputs.Add("consul", func() plugins.Input {
 		return &Consul{}
 	})
 }
--- a/plugins/inputs/consul/consul_test.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/consul/consul_test.go
@@ -20,13 +20,10 @@ var sampleChecks = []*api.HealthCheck{
 	},
 }
-func TestGatherHealthCheck(t *testing.T) {
+func TestGatherHealtCheck(t *testing.T) {
 	expectedFields := map[string]interface{}{
 		"check_name": "foo.health",
 		"status":     "passing",
 		"passing":    1,
 		"critical":   0,
 		"warning":    0,
 		"service_id": "foo.123",
 	}
--- a/plugins/inputs/couchbase/README.md
+++ b/plugins/inputs/couchbase/README.md
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 ### couchbase_node
 Tags:
- cluster: sanitized string from `servers` configuration field e.g.: `http://user:password@couchbase-0.example.com:8091/endpoint` -> `http://couchbase-0.example.com:8091/endpoint`
+- cluster: whatever you called it in `servers` in the configuration, e.g.: `http://couchbase-0.example.com/`
 - hostname: Couchbase's name for the node and port, e.g., `172.16.10.187:8091`
 Fields:
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ Fields:
 ## Example output
 ```
-$ telegraf --config telegraf.conf --input-filter couchbase --test
+$ telegraf -config telegraf.conf -input-filter couchbase -test
 * Plugin: couchbase, Collection 1
 > couchbase_node,cluster=https://couchbase-0.example.com/,hostname=172.16.10.187:8091 memory_free=22927384576,memory_total=64424656896 1458381183695864929
 > couchbase_node,cluster=https://couchbase-0.example.com/,hostname=172.16.10.65:8091 memory_free=23520161792,memory_total=64424656896 1458381183695972112
--- a/plugins/inputs/couchbase/couchbase.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/couchbase/couchbase.go
@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
 package couchbase
 import (
 	"regexp"
 	"sync"
 	couchbase "github.com/couchbase/go-couchbase"
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs"
 	"sync"
 )
 type Couchbase struct {
@@ -26,8 +24,6 @@ var sampleConfig = `
  servers = ["http://localhost:8091"]
 `
 var regexpURI = regexp.MustCompile(`(\S+://)?(\S+\:\S+@)`)
 func (r *Couchbase) SampleConfig() string {
 	return sampleConfig
 }
@@ -38,7 +34,7 @@ func (r *Couchbase) Description() string {
 // Reads stats from all configured clusters. Accumulates stats.
 // Returns one of the errors encountered while gathering stats (if any).
-func (r *Couchbase) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (r *Couchbase) Gather(acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
 	if len(r.Servers) == 0 {
 		r.gatherServer("http://localhost:8091/", acc, nil)
 		return nil
@@ -46,20 +42,22 @@ func (r *Couchbase) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 	var wg sync.WaitGroup
 	var outerr error
 	for _, serv := range r.Servers {
 		wg.Add(1)
 		go func(serv string) {
 			defer wg.Done()
-			acc.AddError(r.gatherServer(serv, acc, nil))
+			outerr = r.gatherServer(serv, acc, nil)
 		}(serv)
 	}
 	wg.Wait()
-	return nil
+	return outerr
 }
-func (r *Couchbase) gatherServer(addr string, acc telegraf.Accumulator, pool *couchbase.Pool) error {
+func (r *Couchbase) gatherServer(addr string, acc plugins.Accumulator, pool *couchbase.Pool) error {
 	if pool == nil {
 		client, err := couchbase.Connect(addr)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -75,17 +73,15 @@ func (r *Couchbase) gatherServer(addr string, acc telegraf.Accumulator, pool *co
 		}
 		pool = &p
 	}
 	for i := 0; i < len(pool.Nodes); i++ {
 		node := pool.Nodes[i]
-		tags := map[string]string{"cluster": regexpURI.ReplaceAllString(addr, "${1}"), "hostname": node.Hostname}
+		tags := map[string]string{"cluster": addr, "hostname": node.Hostname}
 		fields := make(map[string]interface{})
 		fields["memory_free"] = node.MemoryFree
 		fields["memory_total"] = node.MemoryTotal
 		acc.AddFields("couchbase_node", fields, tags)
 	}
-
+	for bucketName, _ := range pool.BucketMap {
 	for bucketName := range pool.BucketMap {
 		tags := map[string]string{"cluster": addr, "bucket": bucketName}
 		bs := pool.BucketMap[bucketName].BasicStats
 		fields := make(map[string]interface{})
@@ -102,7 +98,7 @@ func (r *Couchbase) gatherServer(addr string, acc telegraf.Accumulator, pool *co
 }
 func init() {
-	inputs.Add("couchbase", func() telegraf.Input {
+	inputs.Add("couchbase", func() plugins.Input {
 		return &Couchbase{}
 	})
 }
--- a/plugins/inputs/couchbase/couchbase_test.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/couchbase/couchbase_test.go
--- a/plugins/inputs/couchdb/README.md
+++ b/plugins/inputs/couchdb/README.md
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ httpd statistics:
 ### Example output:
 ```
-➜  telegraf git:(master) ✗ ./telegraf --config ./config.conf  --input-filter couchdb --test
+➜  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,
--- a/plugins/inputs/couchdb/couchdb.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/couchdb/couchdb.go
@@ -2,11 +2,13 @@ package couchdb
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs"
 	"net/http"
 	"reflect"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 )
@@ -80,21 +82,35 @@ func (*CouchDB) SampleConfig() string {
 `
 }
-func (c *CouchDB) Gather(accumulator telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+func (c *CouchDB) Gather(accumulator plugins.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 {
-				accumulator.AddError(fmt.Errorf("[host=%s]: %s", host, err))
+				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"))
 }
 var tr = &http.Transport{
@@ -106,7 +122,7 @@ var client = &http.Client{
 	Timeout:   time.Duration(4 * time.Second),
 }
-func (c *CouchDB) fetchAndInsertData(accumulator telegraf.Accumulator, host string) error {
+func (c *CouchDB) fetchAndInsertData(accumulator plugins.Accumulator, host string) error {
 	response, error := client.Get(host)
 	if error != nil {
@@ -193,7 +209,7 @@ func (c *CouchDB) generateFields(prefix string, obj metaData) map[string]interfa
 }
 func init() {
-	inputs.Add("couchdb", func() telegraf.Input {
+	inputs.Add("couchdb", func() plugins.Input {
 		return &CouchDB{}
 	})
 }
--- a/plugins/inputs/couchdb/couchdb_test.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/couchdb/couchdb_test.go
@@ -316,5 +316,5 @@ func TestBasic(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	var acc testutil.Accumulator
-	require.NoError(t, acc.GatherError(plugin.Gather))
+	require.NoError(t, plugin.Gather(&acc))
 }
--- a/Show More
+++ b/Show More
Author	SHA1	Message	Date
David Norton	81caa56859	move plugin interfaces into separate package	2016-12-23 10:18:27 -05:00
David Norton	3e6c4a53a4	fix plugin namespacing	2016-12-22 12:06:04 -05:00
David Norton	ba8f91a038	update Circle build to use go1.8beta1	2016-12-22 12:06:04 -05:00
David Norton	2b77751df8	make plugin dir configurable and fix namespacing	2016-12-22 12:06:04 -05:00
David Norton	70d678c442	load external plugins	2016-12-22 12:06:04 -05:00
`@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@`
	`package telegraf`	`package plugins`

	`import "time"`	`import "time"`