Does .conf files support environment variables?

yurividal · August 10, 2021, 4:26am

Hi. Is it possible to do something like this in a conference file?:
…
agents=[ $SWITCH_IP ]
…

And pass the variable as a linux environment variable?

Franky1 · August 10, 2021, 8:54am

Yes, env variables are supported in the telegraf conf file:

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