Out of the box, telegraf fails to launch in Homebrew.
The Homebrew background service silently fails to start upon request.
The telegraf (foreground) process fails to launch with generic parse messages, using the Homebrew provided telegraf default configuration.
The telegraf process fails to launch with generic parse messages, when using a freshly telegraf config
generated configuration file.
Error running agent: no outputs found, probably invalid config file provided
In the event of a parse error, at a minimum, the offending line and column should be indicated. If a file handle is not able to open for reading, that should be noted. There is no useful debugging information provided.
Telegraf 1.34.1 on macOS Sequoia.
Same problem with the official Docker Hub telegraf image.