# Telegraf logparser plugin is not working **URL:** \ **Category:** Telegraf\ **Tags:** telegraf\ **Created:** [April 12, 2018, 8:19am UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/telegraf-logparser-plugin-is-not-working/4734 "2018-04-12T08:19:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![NinjaDude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/977dab/32.png) [@NinjaDude](https://community.influxdata.com/u/NinjaDude)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2018, 8:19am UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/telegraf-logparser-plugin-is-not-working/4734/1 "2018-04-12T08:19:04Z")
Hi, i’m trying to collect data from a csv file, and output it to stdout, for some reason the process starts but nothing happens. **this is my telegraf config file:** ``` # Telegraf configuration # Use 'telegraf -config telegraf.conf -test' to see what metrics a config # Global tags can be specified here in key="value" format. [global_tags] # dc = "us-east-1" # will tag all metrics with dc=us-east-1 # rack = "1a" # Configuration for telegraf agent [agent] interval = "10s" round_interval = true metric_buffer_limit = 1000 flush_buffer_when_full = true collection_jitter = "0s" flush_interval = "10s" flush_jitter = "0s" ## Logging configuration: debug = false quiet = false logfile = "/Program Files/Telegraf/telegraf.log" ## Override default hostname, if empty use os.Hostname() hostname = "" ############################################################################### # OUTPUTS # ############################################################################### # # Configuration for influxdb server to send metrics to # [[outputs.influxdb]] # urls = ["http://192.168.21.128:8086"] # required # # The target database for metrics (telegraf will create it if not exists) # database = "telegraf" # required # precision = "s" # # timeout = "5s" # # username = "telegraf" # # password = "metricsmetricsmetricsmetrics" # # Set the user agent for HTTP POSTs (can be useful for log differentiation) # # user_agent = "telegraf" # # Set UDP payload size, defaults to InfluxDB UDP Client default (512 bytes) # # udp_payload = 512 # [[outputs.file]] ## Files to write to, "stdout" is a specially handled file. files = ["stdout"] ## Data format to output. ## Each data format has its own unique set of configuration options, read ## more about them here: ## https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/blob/master/docs/DATA_FORMATS_OUTPUT.md data_format = "influx" ## Additional configuration options go here ############################################################################### # INPUTS # ############################################################################### [[inputs.logparser]] ## Log files to parse. files = ["C:/SafesList_AMAN_IBV.csv"] from_beginning = false ## Method used to watch for file updates. Can be either "inotify" or "poll". # watch_method = "inotify" ## Parse logstash-style "grok" patterns: ## Telegraf built-in parsing patterns: https://goo.gl/dkay10 [inputs.logparser.grok] ## This is a list of patterns to check the given log file(s) for. ## Note that adding patterns here increases processing time. The most ## efficient configuration is to have one pattern per logparser. ## Other common built-in patterns are: ## %{COMMON_LOG_FORMAT} (plain apache & nginx access logs) ## %{COMBINED_LOG_FORMAT} (access logs + referrer & agent) patterns = ["%{GREEDYDATA:batata}"] ## Name of the outputted measurement name. measurement = "apache_access_log" ## Full path(s) to custom pattern files. custom_pattern_files = [] ## Custom patterns can also be defined here. Put one pattern per line. custom_patterns = ''' ''' ## Timezone allows you to provide an override for timestamps that ## don't already include an offset ## e.g. 04/06/2016 12:41:45 data one two 5.43µs ## ## Default: "" which renders UTC ## Options are as follows: ## 1. Local -- interpret based on machine localtime ## 2. "Canada/Eastern" -- Unix TZ values like those found in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tz_database_time_zones ## 3. UTC -- or blank/unspe cified, will return timestamp in UTC timezone = "Local" ``` **this is what the log file is showing:** ``` 2018-04-12T08:08:29Z I! Starting Telegraf v1.5.3 2018-04-12T08:08:29Z I! Loaded outputs: file 2018-04-12T08:08:29Z I! Loaded inputs: inputs.logparser 2018-04-12T08:08:29Z I! Tags enabled: host=LAP-DAVIDG 2018-04-12T08:08:29Z I! Agent Config: Interval:10s, Quiet:false, Hostname:"LAP-DAVIDG", Flush Interval:10s ``` **and this is a sample from the csv file:** ``` 21,"BLMS",0,"\",651,50,1,"08/04/2018 22:00:18","NO","NO",7,56,0,0,24,0,0,0,90,0,30,5,1,0,7,"YES","NO","Administrator","NO","NO","NO","YES","25/03/2010 15:47:56","Administrator","-1" 24,"YoavM",0,"\",182318,500,35,"09/04/2018 11:10:20","NO","NO",7,56,0,0,24,0,0,0,90,7,30,5,1,0,7,"YES","NO","Administrator","YES","NO","NO","NO","13/04/2010 14:42:32","Administrator","0" 29,"Kostya",0,"\",0,5000,0,"08/04/2018 22:00:18","NO","NO",7,56,0,0,24,0,0,0,90,7,30,5,1,0,7,"YES","NO","Administrator","YES","NO","NO","YES","02/08/2010 14:38:51","Administrator","-1" 68,"Meitav",0,"\",0,50,0,"08/04/2018 22:00:19","NO","NO",7,56,0,0,24,0,0,0,90,0,30,0,1,0,7,"YES","NO","Administrator","YES","NO","NO","YES","16/08/2010 15:55:42","Administrator","-1" 86,"VaultInternal",0,"\",12,50,0,"08/04/2018 22:00:19","NO","NO",7,56,0,0,24,0,0,0,90,90,30,5,0,0,7,"NO","NO","Administrator","YES","NO","NO","YES","15/09/2010 16:00:24","Administrator","-1" 125,"Vault Explorer",0,"\",32939,50,64,"08/04/2018 22:00:19","NO","NO",7,56,0,0,24,0,0,0,90,3,30,0,1,0,7,"YES","NO","Master","YES","NO","NO","YES","29/11/2010 09:23:56","yoav_admin","-1" 129,"Clalit",0,"\",0,50,0,"08/04/2018 22:00:19","NO","NO",7,56,0,0,24,0,0,0,90,7,30,0,1,0,7,"YES","NO","Administrator","YES","NO","NO","NO","09/12/2010 12:05:11","Administrator","0" 131,"Harel",0,"\",0,150,0,"08/04/2018 22:00:19","NO","NO",7,56,0,0,24,0,0,0,90,30,30,5,1,2,7,"YES","NO","Administrator","YES","YES","NO","NO","21/12/2010 13:35:56","Administrator","-1" 251,"SFE_conf",0,"\",169,50,0,"08/04/2018 22:00:19","NO","NO",7,56,0,0,24,0,0,0,14,5,30,5,0,0,7,"NO","NO","Administrator","YES","NO","NO","NO","17/07/2011 14:12:51","Administrator","-1" 252,"SFE_userpref",0,"\",382,50,0,"08/04/2018 22:00:19","NO","NO",7,56,0,0,24,0,0,0,14,5,30,5,0,0,7,"NO","NO","Administrator","NO","NO","NO","NO","17/07/2011 14:12:52","Administrator","-1" ``` thanks, david. ---
**Author:** ![conet](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/community.influxdata.com/conet/32/1253_2.png) [@conet](https://community.influxdata.com/u/conet)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2018, 8:27am UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/telegraf-logparser-plugin-is-not-working/4734/2 "2018-04-12T08:27:55Z")
> [@NinjaDude](#): > > from\_beginning = false If this is set to false only new data appended to the file after the process is started in parsed. ---
**Author:** ![NinjaDude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/977dab/32.png) [@NinjaDude](https://community.influxdata.com/u/NinjaDude)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2018, 9:50am UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/telegraf-logparser-plugin-is-not-working/4734/3 "2018-04-12T09:50:26Z")
didn’t see that 🙂 thanks alot. SOLVED