feat(cli): List available parsers and serializers (#15426)

Co-authored-by: Joshua Powers <powersj@fastmail.com>

cmd/telegraf/cmd_plugins.go

@@ -10,8 +10,10 @@ import (
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/aggregators"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/outputs"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/parsers"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/processors"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/secretstores"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/serializers"
 	"github.com/urfave/cli/v2"
 )
 
@@ -42,12 +44,16 @@ func getPluginCommands(outputBuffer io.Writer) []*cli.Command {
 					outputBuffer.Write(pluginNames(processors.Deprecations, "processors"))
 					outputBuffer.Write(pluginNames(aggregators.Deprecations, "aggregators"))
 					outputBuffer.Write(pluginNames(secretstores.Deprecations, "secretstores"))
+					outputBuffer.Write(pluginNames(parsers.Deprecations, "parsers"))
+					outputBuffer.Write(pluginNames(serializers.Deprecations, "serializers"))
 				} else {
 					outputBuffer.Write(pluginNames(inputs.Inputs, "inputs"))
 					outputBuffer.Write(pluginNames(outputs.Outputs, "outputs"))
 					outputBuffer.Write(pluginNames(processors.Processors, "processors"))
 					outputBuffer.Write(pluginNames(aggregators.Aggregators, "aggregators"))
 					outputBuffer.Write(pluginNames(secretstores.SecretStores, "secretstores"))
+					outputBuffer.Write(pluginNames(parsers.Parsers, "parsers"))
+					outputBuffer.Write(pluginNames(serializers.Serializers, "serializers"))
 				}
 
 				return nil
@@ -143,6 +149,42 @@ func getPluginCommands(outputBuffer io.Writer) []*cli.Command {
 						return nil
 					},
 				},
+				{
+					Name:  "parsers",
+					Usage: "Print available parser plugins",
+					Flags: []cli.Flag{
+						&cli.BoolFlag{
+							Name:  "deprecated",
+							Usage: "print only deprecated plugins",
+						},
+					},
+					Action: func(cCtx *cli.Context) error {
+						if cCtx.Bool("deprecated") {
+							outputBuffer.Write(pluginNames(parsers.Deprecations, "parsers"))
+						} else {
+							outputBuffer.Write(pluginNames(parsers.Parsers, "parsers"))
+						}
+						return nil
+					},
+				},
+				{
+					Name:  "serializers",
+					Usage: "Print available serializer plugins",
+					Flags: []cli.Flag{
+						&cli.BoolFlag{
+							Name:  "deprecated",
+							Usage: "print only deprecated plugins",
+						},
+					},
+					Action: func(cCtx *cli.Context) error {
+						if cCtx.Bool("deprecated") {
+							outputBuffer.Write(pluginNames(serializers.Deprecations, "serializers"))
+						} else {
+							outputBuffer.Write(pluginNames(serializers.Serializers, "serializers"))
+						}
+						return nil
+					},
+				},
 			},
 		},
 	}

docs/CUSTOMIZATION.md

@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ You can build customized versions of Telegraf with a specific plugin set using
 the [custom builder](/tools/custom_builder) tool or
 [build-tags](https://pkg.go.dev/cmd/go#hdr-Build_constraints).
 For build tags, the plugins can be selected either category-wise, i.e.
-`inputs`, `outputs`,`processors`, `aggregators` and `parsers` or
+`inputs`, `outputs`,`processors`, `aggregators`, `parsers`, `secretstores`
-individually, e.g. `inputs.modbus` or `outputs.influxdb`.
+and `serializers` or individually, e.g. `inputs.modbus` or `outputs.influxdb`.
 
 Usually the build tags correspond to the plugin names used in the Telegraf
 configuration. To be sure, check the files in the corresponding

plugins/parsers/deprecations.go

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+package parsers
+
+import "github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+
+// Deprecations lists the deprecated plugins
+var Deprecations = map[string]telegraf.DeprecationInfo{}

plugins/serializers/deprecations.go

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+package serializers
+
+import "github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+
+// Deprecations lists the deprecated plugins
+var Deprecations = map[string]telegraf.DeprecationInfo{}