# Influx ui telegraph config is no longer loaded

**URL:** <https://community.influxdata.com/t/influx-ui-telegraph-config-is-no-longer-loaded/33975>\
**Category:** Telegraf\
**Created:** [April 18, 2024, 1:20pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/influx-ui-telegraph-config-is-no-longer-loaded/33975 "2024-04-18T13:20:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![dslaught](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8edcca/32.png) [@dslaught](https://community.influxdata.com/u/dslaught)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2024, 1:20pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/influx-ui-telegraph-config-is-no-longer-loaded/33975/1 "2024-04-18T13:20:43Z")

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I had a working configuration and something was changed on the influxdb server. Now it’s trying to load telegraf config from /etc/telegraf which was never configured. The token setting had gone missing. I created a new token and the config in influx is still not being loaded. The config is still showing in the influx ui. I was able to download it and copy to /etc/telegraf so telegraf would still function. I still would like to be able to manage telegraf config from influx ui.

Does influx have to have a specific token to load the telegraf config?

How can I find the url of the telegraf config stored in influx?

centos 7 influxdb 2.7.1 telegraf 1.27.1

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**Author:** ![jpowers](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/community.influxdata.com/jpowers/32/8569_2.png) [@jpowers](https://community.influxdata.com/u/jpowers)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2024, 1:47pm UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/influx-ui-telegraph-config-is-no-longer-loaded/33975/2 "2024-04-18T13:47:41Z")

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Hi,

Take a look at this example in the docs for [using a remote Telegraf config](https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/v2/write-data/no-code/use-telegraf/auto-config/#start-telegraf).

You would need to:

1. Ensure your token is exported in your environment as `INFLUX_TOKEN` where Telegraf is run. This token allows Telegraf to download the config.
2. Ensure you are passing the URL to telegraf via the environment variable `TELEGRAF_CONFIG_PATH`. Loading a config from `/etc/telegraf` is the default behavior if you are running as a service. In which case, you may also need to update the service file to point at the URL.

> Does influx have to have a specific token to load the telegraf config?

Influx doesn’t, but telegraf does as I mentioned above

> How can I find the url of the telegraf config stored in influx?

This is in the influx UI. There is a video at the top of the page I linked with a demo of where to get that URL.

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**Author:** ![dslaught](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8edcca/32.png) [@dslaught](https://community.influxdata.com/u/dslaught)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2024, 1:08am UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/influx-ui-telegraph-config-is-no-longer-loaded/33975/3 "2024-04-22T01:08:47Z")

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Hi,

Thank you for your response. I was able to locate the correct id for the config using the link you mentioned. I tried the url from the article and got invalid id as expected.

```auto
http://localhost:8086/api/v2/telegrafs/0xoX00oOx0xoX00o

I removed the number and tried again.

http://localhost:8086/api/v2/telegrafs

The url returned the id and name for the current telegraf config. This solved my problem.

Thank you for your help.

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