Telegraf and timstamp in log file

Telegraf
1

Hi,

I wonder how can I change the timestamp in the telegraf.log by default in telegraf.conf it’s us-east-1:

Global tags can be specified here in key=“value” format.

[global_tags]
dc = “europe-west1” #“us-east-1” # will tag all metrics with dc=us-east-1

rack = “1a”

Environment variables can be used as tags, and throughout the config file

user = “$USER”

When changing in europe-west1 and restarting the telegraf service, I see that it didn’t change in the log file. Do I need to change something else ?

2

The Telegraf logfile always uses UTC time, but there is an open issue for supporting other time zones.

The values in global_tags are just static tags that will be added to every metric produced.

3

Thanks Daniel, I see that this issue is open since 2017, do you have any idea if this will be available for version 1.x as influxdb 2.0 is coming.

4

Well, it’s not high on our list of tasks to complete right now. It is probably something we would pull in as a community contribution or perhaps if we reworked the logging system. It wouldn’t necessarily be tied to InfluxDB 1.x or 2.x, could be added independently of that work.