telegraf/plugins/inputs/nats_consumer/README.md

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# NATS Consumer
The [NATS](http://www.nats.io/about/) consumer plugin reads from
specified NATS subjects and adds messages to InfluxDB. The plugin expects messages
in the [Telegraf Input Data Formats](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/blob/master/DATA_FORMATS_INPUT.md).
A [Queue Group](http://www.nats.io/documentation/concepts/nats-queueing/)
is used when subscribing to subjects so multiple instances of telegraf can read
from a NATS cluster in parallel.
## Configuration
```
# Read metrics from NATS subject(s)
[[inputs.nats_consumer]]
### urls of NATS servers
servers = ["nats://localhost:4222"]
### Use Transport Layer Security
secure = false
### subject(s) to consume
subjects = ["telegraf"]
### name a queue group
queue_group = "telegraf_consumers"
### Maximum number of metrics to buffer between collection intervals
metric_buffer = 100000
### Data format to consume. This can be "json", "influx" or "graphite"
### Each data format has it's own unique set of configuration options, read
### more about them here:
### https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/blob/master/DATA_FORMATS_INPUT.md
data_format = "influx"
```
## Testing
To run tests:
```
go test
```