Telegraf plugin to separate influx database

[rpk113]

can you define an input plugin (i.e. socket) to send its data to a different influx database than the telegraf agent?

[daniel]

You can configure multiple outputs, and split the data based on the measurement name, tags, or fields. Check out this recent discussion:

Converting collecd binary stream to JSON with Telegraf or collecd forwarding?

Sorry for all the noise, but I finally figured out how to use the tagpass/tagdrop to route the telegraf inputs to two separate InfluxDBs on the same server. [[outputs.influxdb]] urls = ["http://tick-alln-001:8086"] # required ## The target database for metrics (telegraf will create it if not exists). database = "telegraf" # required [outputs.influxdb.tagdrop] source = ["prodvcs"] # Define a database for vcs collectd metrics [[outputs.influxdb]] urls = ["http://tick-alln-001:8086…