Telegraf

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Telegraf is an open source server agent that collects and sends all metrics and events from databases, systems, and IoT sensors. It is written in the Go language, compiles to a single binary file, has no external dependencies, and uses very little memory. Telegraf has more than 300 plugins, written by community members, covering multiple data sources such as cloud services, applications, IoT sensors, and more. It supports flexible parsing and serialization for a variety of data formats such as JSON, CSV, Graphite, and the ability to serialize data to InfluxDB line protocols and Prometheus. Telegraf also features robust delivery guarantees, including flow back pressure, scheduler, clock drift adjustment, full current support, and more. In addition, Telegraf’s custom builder allows users to select specific plug-ins to be included in Telegraf binaries, suitable for use on resource-constrained devices.

Stakeholders:
Telegraf is for developers and system administrators who need to collect and analyze data from a variety of sources. Whether monitoring cloud services, application performance or IoT device status, Telegraf provides powerful data collection and processing capabilities. Its lightweight and flexibility make it ideal for resource-constrained environments.
Usage Scenario Examples:

• Use Telegraf to monitor resource usage on your cloud platform and optimize resource allocation.
• Integrate Telegraf into IoT projects to collect and analyze sensor data in real time.
• Telegraf is deployed in the DevOlis process to collect metrics for containers and orchestrators, improving system observability.

The features of the tool:

• Collect metrics from systems, services, and third-party apis
• Collect IoT sensor data using popular protocols such as MQTT, ModBus, OPC-UA, and Kafka
• Collect metrics from cloud platforms, containers, and orchestrators such as GitHub, Kubernetes, CloudWatch, Prometheus, and more
• Provides system telemetry metrics such as ilitables, Netstat, NGINX, and HAProxy
• Supports more than 300 community-written plug-ins covering cloud services, applications, IoT sensors, and more
• Reliable measurement delivery guarantees, including flow backpressure and scheduler capabilities
• Custom builders allow users to select specific plug-ins as needed

Steps for Use:

• 1. Download and install the Telegraf plug-in.
• 2. Configure Telegraf input and output plug-ins as required.
• 3. Start the Telegraf service to collect data.
• 4. Monitor the data collection status through the Telegraf Web interface or API.
• 5. Adjust the configuration of Telegraf as required to optimize the data collection process.

Tool’s Tabs: Data collection, indicator monitoring