I’m using Telegraf 1.17.2 in combination with Influx 1.8.4 and Grafana v7.4.0 on a Raspberry Pi 3 (Raspberry Pi OS Full 32-bit).
If I’m only including inputs.cpu , inputs.mem , … and similar, the entire setup works fine: I can show data from the inputs on the Grafana dashboards.
However, as a next step I wanted to include a Modbus TCP/IP communication to an energy meter. I can poll the energy meter with my computer and with my home automation system, so I’m sure this communication is working.
As soon as I modify the telegraf.conf to include the section below, I can’t restart the telegraf service anymore.
Here is the modification to the telegraf.conf file: