# Telegraf **URL:** https://community.influxdata.com/c/ts-collect/6.md [Latest](https://community.influxdata.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.influxdata.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://community.influxdata.com/tags.md) --- ## [Time Series Data Collection](https://community.influxdata.com/t/time-series-data-collection/16)
**Author:** [@jackzampolin](https://community.influxdata.com/u/jackzampolin)\ **Replies:** 0
This category contains topics around collection of data for time series systems. Weather you need to get nginx metrics out of a nested docker container, poll a device in Antartica, or monitor a multi datacenter deploymen… --- ## [SNMP Input plugin - SNmp table creation](https://community.influxdata.com/t/snmp-input-plugin-snmp-table-creation/58727)
**Author:** [@PabloFraire](https://community.influxdata.com/u/PabloFraire)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2026, 4:15pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/snmp-input-plugin-snmp-table-creation/58727 "2026-09-17T16:15:34Z")
Hi! Is this configuration option, no longer valid? “By default all columns of the SNMP table will be collected - it is not required to add a nested field for each column, only those which you wish to modify. To only co… --- ## [Environment variables post v1.38](https://community.influxdata.com/t/environment-variables-post-v1-38/58726)
**Author:** [@sebastianthorn](https://community.influxdata.com/u/sebastianthorn)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2026, 6:36am UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/environment-variables-post-v1-38/58726 "2026-09-17T06:36:14Z")
Hello, We are upgrading from v1.36 to v1.40. This includes the “Strict handling of environment variables” I’m facing trouble using bool and lists environment variables in the configuration-file after this change. In t… --- ## [Is there "tags" option for processors?](https://community.influxdata.com/t/is-there-tags-option-for-processors/58684)
**Author:** [@JeroenVH](https://community.influxdata.com/u/JeroenVH)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2026, 7:11am UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/is-there-tags-option-for-processors/58684 "2026-09-16T07:11:14Z")
I was doing some routing in telegraf and noticed that the tags option on processors does not get applied. The TOML parser throws no error on the tags entry but it does not get applied. Some research with Claude pointed … --- ## [Any interest in running Telegraf Controller in Docker?](https://community.influxdata.com/t/any-interest-in-running-telegraf-controller-in-docker/58653)
**Author:** [@mountaindude](https://community.influxdata.com/u/mountaindude)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2026, 2:08pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/any-interest-in-running-telegraf-controller-in-docker/58653 "2026-07-27T14:08:11Z")
Telegraf Controller is seriously cool - well done team InfluxData! The lack of a Docker image (or did I miss it??) is a shame though, maybe it’s coming - but until then I wrapped the standard Telegraf Controller in a Do… --- ## [Telegraf parsing/processing JSON data (dynamic field name)](https://community.influxdata.com/t/telegraf-parsing-processing-json-data-dynamic-field-name/58447)
**Author:** [@00fake](https://community.influxdata.com/u/00fake)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2026, 3:22pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/telegraf-parsing-processing-json-data-dynamic-field-name/58447 "2026-06-04T15:22:19Z")
Hello :slight\_smile: I got some issues storing the following data into InfluxDB. All I need is basically 2 values. Which isn’t an issue to get but to transform the values into the structure I want. I tried working wi… --- ## [RPM GPG key mismatch: telegraf-1.38.3 signed with key 0585bd3b but influxdata-archive\_compat.key URL serves old key 7df8b07e causing install failure on Amazon Linux 2](https://community.influxdata.com/t/rpm-gpg-key-mismatch-telegraf-1-38-3-signed-with-key-0585bd3b-but-influxdata-archive-compat-key-url-serves-old-key-7df8b07e-causing-install-failure-on-amazon-linux-2/58459)
**Author:** [@gkulkarni](https://community.influxdata.com/u/gkulkarni)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2026, 7:34am UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/rpm-gpg-key-mismatch-telegraf-1-38-3-signed-with-key-0585bd3b-but-influxdata-archive-compat-key-url-serves-old-key-7df8b07e-causing-install-failure-on-amazon-linux-2/58459 "2026-05-11T07:34:58Z")
Logs from Telegraf warning: telegraf-1.38.3-1.x86\_64.rpm: Header V4 RSA/SHA512 Signature, key ID 0585bd3b: NOKEY Public key for telegraf-1.38.3-1.x86\_64.rpm is not installed Retrieving key from https://repos.influxdata.… --- ## [Is there a way to detect/monitor parsing lag in the tail input plugin?](https://community.influxdata.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-detect-monitor-parsing-lag-in-the-tail-input-plugin/58442)
**Author:** [@Mihyun](https://community.influxdata.com/u/Mihyun)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2026, 5:07pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-detect-monitor-parsing-lag-in-the-tail-input-plugin/58442 "2026-04-29T17:07:34Z")
Hi everyone, I’m using the tail input plugin with the grok parser to parse application logs at scale. I’ve confirmed that when log generation exceeds the parsing throughput, Telegraf continues to parse but falls behind… --- ## [Telegraf nftables plugin - unmarshall error in set](https://community.influxdata.com/t/telegraf-nftables-plugin-unmarshall-error-in-set/58409)
**Author:** [@testinguser](https://community.influxdata.com/u/testinguser)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2026, 7:24pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/telegraf-nftables-plugin-unmarshall-error-in-set/58409 "2026-04-09T19:24:43Z")
I’m unable to use the nftables plugin in telegraf, getting this error message: Error in plugin: parsing command output failed: unable to parse set: json: cannot unmarshal string into Go struct field namedSet.elem of typ… --- ## [Disk\_used\_percent is missing for iscsi disks](https://community.influxdata.com/t/disk-used-percent-is-missing-for-iscsi-disks/58403)
**Author:** [@zorgoban](https://community.influxdata.com/u/zorgoban)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2026, 7:02am UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/disk-used-percent-is-missing-for-iscsi-disks/58403 "2026-04-07T07:02:03Z")
I can’t get telegraf to include disk\_used\_percent for iscsi disks. The metrics for the mount point “/” are properly delivered. But the metrics for “/var/lib/docker/volumes” and “/usr/local/backup” are missing. The docker… --- ## [Mosquitto server statistics](https://community.influxdata.com/t/mosquitto-server-statistics/58399)
**Author:** [@GnomiBerlin](https://community.influxdata.com/u/GnomiBerlin)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2026, 6:33am UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/mosquitto-server-statistics/58399 "2026-04-03T06:33:16Z")
Hi, I simply wanted to present Mosquitto Server statistics to my InfluxDB/Grafana. So how many events over time are processed / load the CPU and Memory of this virtual server…. I found different hints how each Topic (… --- ## [Notice: Changes to Linux memory usage tracking with the Telegraf \`mem\` input plugin](https://community.influxdata.com/t/notice-changes-to-linux-memory-usage-tracking-with-the-telegraf-mem-input-plugin/58387)
**Author:** [@scott](https://community.influxdata.com/u/scott)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2026, 4:31pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/notice-changes-to-linux-memory-usage-tracking-with-the-telegraf-mem-input-plugin/58387 "2026-03-24T16:31:00Z")
Starting in Telegraf v1.36.0, the used\_percent field reported by the mem input plugin on Linux increased by roughly 6-20% for the same memory state. This was caused by an upstream change in the gopsutil dependency (v4.25… --- ## [Problem with mapping SQL timestamp with InfluxDB time in Telegraf](https://community.influxdata.com/t/problem-with-mapping-sql-timestamp-with-influxdb-time-in-telegraf/58342)
**Author:** [@Michal1211](https://community.influxdata.com/u/Michal1211)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2026, 3:00pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/problem-with-mapping-sql-timestamp-with-influxdb-time-in-telegraf/58342 "2026-03-09T15:00:01Z")
Hi, I am trying to migrate data from MSSQL to InfluxDB for testing purpose. I have set up entire telegraf config but still have a problem with mapping “time\_event” field from MSSQL to timestamp in InfluxDB. Format from… --- ## [Inspiration help: Monitoring SQL server and sending the data to Azure monitor](https://community.influxdata.com/t/inspiration-help-monitoring-sql-server-and-sending-the-data-to-azure-monitor/58352)
**Author:** [@JanLD](https://community.influxdata.com/u/JanLD)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2026, 11:51pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/inspiration-help-monitoring-sql-server-and-sending-the-data-to-azure-monitor/58352 "2026-03-07T23:51:39Z")
Hi all, I am new to the InfluxData/Telegraf world, and what I’m trying to do is use a Telegraf Docker setup to monitor a SQL Server installation running on a VM—either in Azure or Azure Stack/Local. I have a running Do… --- ## [Telegraf Enterprise: Overview and Q&A (Webinar)](https://community.influxdata.com/t/telegraf-enterprise-overview-and-q-a-webinar/58344)
**Author:** [@scott](https://community.influxdata.com/u/scott)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2026, 4:27pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/telegraf-enterprise-overview-and-q-a-webinar/58344 "2026-03-03T16:27:35Z")
Interested in what’s coming in the world of Telegraf and metric collection? Join me Tuesday, March 10, 2026 for an introduction to Telegraf Enterprise, a soon-to-be-available offering designed to help teams manage Telegr… --- ## [Trigger input on startup as well as long interval](https://community.influxdata.com/t/trigger-input-on-startup-as-well-as-long-interval/58335)
**Author:** [@p2k](https://community.influxdata.com/u/p2k)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2026, 9:27am UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/trigger-input-on-startup-as-well-as-long-interval/58335 "2026-02-27T09:27:52Z")
I have written an input.exec plugin to fetch the kernel version of the server running telegraf. This works very fine and with ‘interval = “2h”’ it doesn’t clog my buckets. After a kernel update I want to get the new ver… --- ## [Inputs.eventhub\_consumer plugin error: Configured input plugin to read json data from azure IOT hub, write into json file, telegraf creating empty file. why?](https://community.influxdata.com/t/inputs-eventhub-consumer-plugin-error-configured-input-plugin-to-read-json-data-from-azure-iot-hub-write-into-json-file-telegraf-creating-empty-file-why/58328)
**Author:** [@Ajitmh1683](https://community.influxdata.com/u/Ajitmh1683)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2026, 2:27pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/inputs-eventhub-consumer-plugin-error-configured-input-plugin-to-read-json-data-from-azure-iot-hub-write-into-json-file-telegraf-creating-empty-file-why/58328 "2026-02-23T14:27:05Z")
Hi, I am trying to read iot data from azure IoT-Hub built-in endpont consumer group - created input plugin, and output plugin to write data on json file. When I run telegraf, it’s creating empty json file Does anybody … --- ## [Multicast communication is not being stored in procstat\_socket](https://community.influxdata.com/t/multicast-communication-is-not-being-stored-in-procstat-socket/58294)
**Author:** [@PetrCh](https://community.influxdata.com/u/PetrCh)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2026, 3:46pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/multicast-communication-is-not-being-stored-in-procstat-socket/58294 "2026-02-12T15:46:48Z")
To whom it may concern, I am trying to monitor the network usage of a certain process using Telegraf — specifically, how many bytes a particular process sends and receives over the network. I am using Procstat input plu… --- ## [Datasource NoData Alerts Every 5 minutes in Grafana](https://community.influxdata.com/t/datasource-nodata-alerts-every-5-minutes-in-grafana/58264)
**Author:** [@YetiFreeRad](https://community.influxdata.com/u/YetiFreeRad)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2026, 9:02am UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/datasource-nodata-alerts-every-5-minutes-in-grafana/58264 "2026-02-06T09:02:10Z")
I have an older instance of Telegraf and Grafana running and I am simply attempting to rebuild it. The Grafana and Telegraf configurations are exactly the same but there are about 4 instances of inputs.snmp that seem to … --- ## [Telegraf Otel Output too many colons](https://community.influxdata.com/t/telegraf-otel-output-too-many-colons/58266)
**Author:** [@arch808](https://community.influxdata.com/u/arch808)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2026, 6:00pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/telegraf-otel-output-too-many-colons/58266 "2026-02-04T18:00:20Z")
Hi, Thanks ahead, can someone suggest how to fix this? - telegraf is adding this port 443 causing an error --- ## [Support OAUTH for OTEL output plugin](https://community.influxdata.com/t/support-oauth-for-otel-output-plugin/58267)
**Author:** [@rahav\_jv](https://community.influxdata.com/u/rahav_jv)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2026, 5:56pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/support-oauth-for-otel-output-plugin/58267 "2026-02-04T17:56:54Z")
Does OTEL support oauth based authentication. Looking into the configuration options, i believe it doesnt. i was exploring using secret store plugin in tandem with OAUTH plugin to achieve this but i believe there are res… --- ## [Certificatte Issue while configuring the Telgraf.config file to write the data on influxDB from kepware](https://community.influxdata.com/t/certificatte-issue-while-configuring-the-telgraf-config-file-to-write-the-data-on-influxdb-from-kepware/58259)
**Author:** [@shaik.salahudeen](https://community.influxdata.com/u/shaik.salahudeen)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2026, 7:35am UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/certificatte-issue-while-configuring-the-telgraf-config-file-to-write-the-data-on-influxdb-from-kepware/58259 "2026-01-27T07:35:13Z")
Hello All, We’ve trying to load the data from kepware to store the data in influxdb using telegraf agent connectivity. While configuring the telegraf agent using “telegraf.conf” file we were ended with few errors. The … --- ## [Input plugins as processors](https://community.influxdata.com/t/input-plugins-as-processors/58221)
**Author:** [@JeroenVH](https://community.influxdata.com/u/JeroenVH)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2026, 3:31pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/input-plugins-as-processors/58221 "2026-01-05T15:31:15Z")
Hello, Context I am working on a starlark processor script to make telegraf instances communicate and function like a cluster with HA-groups. More info in this topic. I have a working concept where I can tag or drop me… --- ## [Telegraf Aggregation - lot of data missed](https://community.influxdata.com/t/telegraf-aggregation-lot-of-data-missed/58169)
**Author:** [@faelix](https://community.influxdata.com/u/faelix)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2026, 7:45pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/telegraf-aggregation-lot-of-data-missed/58169 "2026-01-02T19:45:46Z")
Hi there, I hope you can find the mistakes I’m making that lead to missing data if I’m using aggregation. If I set drop\_original = false I get messages from multiple devices quickly within seconds. But if I look at the … --- ## [Newbie: remapping tags and processor pivot](https://community.influxdata.com/t/newbie-remapping-tags-and-processor-pivot/58190)
**Author:** [@caseyd](https://community.influxdata.com/u/caseyd)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2026, 7:35pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/newbie-remapping-tags-and-processor-pivot/58190 "2026-01-02T19:35:27Z")
Hi Folks. I’m exploring Telegraf to consume some MQTT data from a set of devices living off in the woods. ( long story ). I feel like I am missing some core concepts. anyway specifically here’s what’s up: I’m starting … --- ## [CPU Temperature on Windows](https://community.influxdata.com/t/cpu-temperature-on-windows/14818)
**Author:** [@tkohhh](https://community.influxdata.com/u/tkohhh)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2025, 11:06pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/cpu-temperature-on-windows/14818 "2025-12-17T23:06:14Z")
I was having a hard time getting my CPU temperature information using MSAcpi\_ThermalZoneTemperature… apparently my motherboard doesn’t support it. So I ended up putting together a little program that uses CoreTemp’s sha… --- ## [Telegraf install issue -- latest key still results in NO\_PUBKEY](https://community.influxdata.com/t/telegraf-install-issue-latest-key-still-results-in-no-pubkey/58180)
**Author:** [@ssirag](https://community.influxdata.com/u/ssirag)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2025, 10:07pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/telegraf-install-issue-latest-key-still-results-in-no-pubkey/58180 "2025-12-17T22:07:32Z")
I’ve made use of the latest data available to get the most recent influxdata-archive.key, including the latest blog about key rotation. However, the latest key still has a subkey that trips up apt update with “NO\_PUBKEY… --- ## [Error writing to outputs.influxdb\_v2 with 422 Unprocessable Entity](https://community.influxdata.com/t/error-writing-to-outputs-influxdb-v2-with-422-unprocessable-entity/58167)
**Author:** [@Marty\_Belleville](https://community.influxdata.com/u/Marty_Belleville)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2025, 12:22am UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/error-writing-to-outputs-influxdb-v2-with-422-unprocessable-entity/58167 "2025-12-17T00:22:09Z")
I’ve written a pretty small telegraf file to pull data from Solar Assistant into/through Influxdb and telegraf for output into Grafana. The file works well enough and my Grafana output is just what I need. The issue co… --- ## [JSON v2 parsing - variable string inside path](https://community.influxdata.com/t/json-v2-parsing-variable-string-inside-path/57590)
**Author:** [@CZvacko](https://community.influxdata.com/u/CZvacko)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2025, 12:52pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/json-v2-parsing-variable-string-inside-path/57590 "2025-12-16T12:52:57Z")
Hello, I am trying to parse the json below (which comes from IOT / BSB-LAN). It is truncated to 3 objects (8005, 8009, 8308), but I actually have more objects, based on the device settings (the user can define which dev… --- ## [Telegraf http output plugin connection reset](https://community.influxdata.com/t/telegraf-http-output-plugin-connection-reset/58165)
**Author:** [@rahav\_jv](https://community.influxdata.com/u/rahav_jv)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2025, 6:20pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/telegraf-http-output-plugin-connection-reset/58165 "2025-12-10T18:20:06Z")
Hello Folks, I have telegraf running as a pod using a client certificate which expires every 1 hour. this cert is mounted as secret to my telegraf deployment. telegraf sends the metrics using http output plugin to envoy… [Next page](https://community.influxdata.com/c/ts-collect/6.md?page=1)