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Telegraf

This project lets you configure a Telegraf agent to send your collected Prometheus-format metrics to Logz.io.

Telegraf is a plug-in driven server agent for collecting and sending metrics and events from databases, systems, and IoT sensors.

To send your Prometheus-format metrics to Logz.io, you add the outputs.http plug-in to your Telegraf configuration file.

Configure Telegraf to send your metrics data to Logz.io​

Set up Telegraf v1.17 or higher:​

Ubuntu & Debian

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install telegraf

The configuration file is located at /etc/telegraf/telegraf.conf.

RedHat and CentOS

sudo yum install telegraf

The configuration file is located at /etc/telegraf/telegraf.conf.

SLES & openSUSE

# add go repository
zypper ar -f obs://devel:languages:go/ go
# install latest telegraf
zypper in telegraf

The configuration file is located at /etc/telegraf/telegraf.conf.

FreeBSD/PC-BSD

sudo pkg install telegraf

The configuration file is located at /etc/telegraf/telegraf.conf.

Add the outputs.http plug-in​

After you create a config file for Telegraf, configure the output plug-in to enable your data to be sent to Logz.io in Prometheus-format and add the following code to the configuration file:

[[outputs.http]]
  url = "https://<<LISTENER-HOST>>:8053"
  data_format = "prometheusremotewrite"
  [outputs.http.headers]
     Content-Type = "application/x-protobuf"
     Content-Encoding = "snappy"
     X-Prometheus-Remote-Write-Version = "0.1.0"
     Authorization = "Bearer <<PROMETHEUS-METRICS-SHIPPING-TOKEN>>"

Replace the placeholders to match your specifics. (They are indicated by the double angle brackets << >>):

  • Replace <<LISTENER-HOST>> with the Logz.io Listener URL for your region, configured to use port 8052 for http traffic, or port 8053 for https traffic.
  • Replace <<PROMETHEUS-METRICS-SHIPPING-TOKEN>> with a token for the Metrics account you want to ship to. Look up your Metrics token.
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The full list of data scraping and configuring options can be found here.

Check Logz.io for your metrics​

Install the pre-built dashboard to enhance the observability of your metrics.

To view the metrics on the main dashboard, log in to your Logz.io Metrics account, and open the Logz.io Metrics tab.