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CHANGELOG.md

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+## v1.18.0-rc0 [2021-03-03]
+
+#### Bugfixes
+
+  - [#7312](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/7312) `inputs.docker` [plugins/input/docker] Make perdevice affect also cpu and add class granularity through perdevice_include/total_include
+  - [#8397](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/8397) `outputs.dynatrace` Dynatrace Plugin: Make conversion to counters possible / Changed large bulk handling
+  - [#8655](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/8655) `inputs.sqlserver` SqlServer - fix for default server list
+  - [#8703](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/8703) `inputs.docker` Use consistent container name in docker input plugin
+  - [#8902](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/8902) `inputs.snmp` Fix max_repetitions signedness issues
+  - [#8817](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/8817) `outputs.kinesis` outputs.kinesis - log record error count
+  - [#8833](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/8833) `inputs.sqlserver` Bug Fix - SQL Server HADR queries for SQL Versions
+  - [#8628](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/8628) `inputs.modbus` fix: reading multiple holding registers in modbus input plugin
+  - [#8885](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/8885) `inputs.statsd` Fix statsd concurrency bug
+  - [#8393](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/8393) `inputs.sqlserver` SQL Perfmon counters - synced queries from v2 to all db types
+  - [#8873](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/8873) `processors.ifname` Fix mutex locking around ifname cache
+  - [#8720](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/8720) `parsers.influx` fix: remove ambiguity on '\v' from line-protocol parser
+  - [#8678](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/8678) `inputs.redis` Fix Redis output field type inconsistencies
+
+#### Features
+
+  - [#8887](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/8887) `inputs.procstat` Add PPID field to procstat input plugin
+  - [#8852](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/8852) `processors.starlark` Add Starlark script for estimating Line Protocol cardinality
+  - [#8828](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/8828) `serializers.msgpack` Add MessagePack output data format
+  - [#8915](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/8915) `inputs.cloudwatch` add proxy
+  - [#8910](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/8910) Display error message on badly formatted config string array (eg. namepass)
+  - [#8785](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/8785) `inputs.diskio` Non systemd support with unittest
+  - [#8850](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/8850) `inputs.snmp` Support more snmpv3 authentication protocols
+  - [#8813](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/8813) `inputs.redfish` added member_id as tag(as it is a unique value) for redfish plugin and added address of the server when the status is other than 200 for better debugging
+  - [#8613](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/8613) `inputs.phpfpm` Support exclamation mark to create non-matching list in tail plugin
+  - [#8179](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/8179) `inputs.statsd` Add support for datadog distributions metric
+  - [#8803](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/8803) Add default retry for load config via url
+  - [#8816](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/8816) Code Signing for Windows
+  - [#8772](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/8772) `processors.starlark` Allow to provide constants to a starlark script
+  - [#8749](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/8749) `outputs.newrelic` Add HTTP proxy setting to New Relic output plugin
+  - [#8543](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/8543) `inputs.elasticsearch` Add configurable number of 'most recent' date-stamped indices to gather in Elasticsearch input
+
+#### New Input Plugins
+
+  - [#8834](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/8834) Input plugin for RavenDB
+  - [#8525](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/8525) Add CSGO SRCDS input plugin
+  - [#8751](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/8751) Adding a new directory monitor input plugin.
+  - [#6653](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/6653) Add Beat input plugin
+
+#### New Output Plugins
+
+  - [#8398](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/8398) Sensu Go Output Plugin for Telegraf
+  - [#8450](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/8450) plugin: output loki
+  - [#6714](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/6714) SignalFx Output
+
+#### New Aggregator Plugins
+
+  - [#3762](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/3762) Add Derivative Aggregator Plugin
+  - [#8594](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/8594) Add quantile aggregator plugin
+
+#### New Processor Plugins
+
+  - [#8707](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/8707) AWS EC2 metadata processor Using StreamingProcessor
+
+#### New External Plugins
+
+  - [#8897](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/8897) add SMCIPMITool input to external plugin list
+
+
 ## v1.17.3 [2021-02-17]
 
 #### Bugfixes

etc/telegraf.conf

@@ -496,6 +496,9 @@
 #
 #   ## Connection timeout, defaults to "5s" if not set.
 #   timeout = "5s"
+#
+#   ## If you want to convert values represented as gauges to counters, add the metric names here
+#   additional_counters = [ ]
 
 
 # # Configuration for Elasticsearch to send metrics to.
@@ -1066,6 +1069,33 @@
 #   # url = "https://listener.logz.io:8071"
 
 
+# # Send logs to Loki
+# [[outputs.loki]]
+#   ## The domain of Loki
+#   domain = "https://loki.domain.tld"
+#
+#   ## Endpoint to write api
+#   # endpoint = "/loki/api/v1/push"
+#
+#   ## Connection timeout, defaults to "5s" if not set.
+#   # timeout = "5s"
+#
+#   ## Basic auth credential
+#   # username = "loki"
+#   # password = "pass"
+#
+#   ## Additional HTTP headers
+#   # http_headers = {"X-Scope-OrgID" = "1"}
+#
+#   ## If the request must be gzip encoded
+#   # gzip_request = false
+#
+#   ## Optional TLS Config
+#   # tls_ca = "/etc/telegraf/ca.pem"
+#   # tls_cert = "/etc/telegraf/cert.pem"
+#   # tls_key = "/etc/telegraf/key.pem"
+
+
 # # Configuration for MQTT server to send metrics to
 # [[outputs.mqtt]]
 #   servers = ["localhost:1883"] # required.
@@ -1158,6 +1188,10 @@
 #
 #   ## Timeout for writes to the New Relic API.
 #   # timeout = "15s"
+#
+#   ## HTTP Proxy override. If unset use values from the standard
+#   ## proxy environment variables to determine proxy, if any.
+#   # http_proxy = "http://corporate.proxy:3128"
 
 
 # # Send telegraf measurements to NSQD
@@ -1293,6 +1327,116 @@
 #   separator = " "
 
 
+# # Send aggregate metrics to Sensu Monitor
+# [[outputs.sensu-go]]
+#   ## BACKEND API URL is the Sensu Backend API root URL to send metrics to
+#   ## (protocol, host, and port only). The output plugin will automatically
+#   ## append the corresponding backend API path
+#   ## /api/core/v2/namespaces/:entity_namespace/events/:entity_name/:check_name).
+#   ##
+#   ## Backend Events API reference:
+#   ## https://docs.sensu.io/sensu-go/latest/api/events/
+#   ##
+#   ## AGENT API URL is the Sensu Agent API root URL to send metrics to
+#   ## (protocol, host, and port only). The output plugin will automatically
+#   ## append the correspeonding agent API path (/events).
+#   ##
+#   ## Agent API Events API reference:
+#   ## https://docs.sensu.io/sensu-go/latest/api/events/
+#   ##
+#   ## NOTE: if backend_api_url and agent_api_url and api_key are set, the output
+#   ## plugin will use backend_api_url. If backend_api_url and agent_api_url are
+#   ## not provided, the output plugin will default to use an agent_api_url of
+#   ## http://127.0.0.1:3031
+#   ##
+#   # backend_api_url = "http://127.0.0.1:8080"
+#   # agent_api_url = "http://127.0.0.1:3031"
+#
+#   ## API KEY is the Sensu Backend API token
+#   ## Generate a new API token via:
+#   ##
+#   ## $ sensuctl cluster-role create telegraf --verb create --resource events,entities
+#   ## $ sensuctl cluster-role-binding create telegraf --cluster-role telegraf --group telegraf
+#   ## $ sensuctl user create telegraf --group telegraf --password REDACTED
+#   ## $ sensuctl api-key grant telegraf
+#   ##
+#   ## For more information on Sensu RBAC profiles & API tokens, please visit:
+#   ## - https://docs.sensu.io/sensu-go/latest/reference/rbac/
+#   ## - https://docs.sensu.io/sensu-go/latest/reference/apikeys/
+#   ##
+#   # api_key = "${SENSU_API_KEY}"
+#
+#   ## Optional TLS Config
+#   # tls_ca = "/etc/telegraf/ca.pem"
+#   # tls_cert = "/etc/telegraf/cert.pem"
+#   # tls_key = "/etc/telegraf/key.pem"
+#   ## Use TLS but skip chain & host verification
+#   # insecure_skip_verify = false
+#
+#   ## Timeout for HTTP message
+#   # timeout = "5s"
+#
+#   ## HTTP Content-Encoding for write request body, can be set to "gzip" to
+#   ## compress body or "identity" to apply no encoding.
+#   # content_encoding = "identity"
+#
+#   ## Sensu Event details
+#   ##
+#   ## Below are the event details to be sent to Sensu.  The main portions of the
+#   ## event are the check, entity, and metrics specifications. For more information
+#   ## on Sensu events and its components, please visit:
+#   ## - Events - https://docs.sensu.io/sensu-go/latest/reference/events
+#   ## - Checks -  https://docs.sensu.io/sensu-go/latest/reference/checks
+#   ## - Entities - https://docs.sensu.io/sensu-go/latest/reference/entities
+#   ## - Metrics - https://docs.sensu.io/sensu-go/latest/reference/events#metrics
+#   ##
+#   ## Check specification
+#   ## The check name is the name to give the Sensu check associated with the event
+#   ## created. This maps to check.metatadata.name in the event.
+#   [outputs.sensu-go.check]
+#   name = "telegraf"
+#
+#   ## Entity specification
+#   ## Configure the entity name and namespace, if necessary. This will be part of
+#   ## the entity.metadata in the event.
+#   ##
+#   ## NOTE: if the output plugin is configured to send events to a
+#   ## backend_api_url and entity_name is not set, the value returned by
+#   ## os.Hostname() will be used; if the output plugin is configured to send
+#   ## events to an agent_api_url, entity_name and entity_namespace are not used.
+#   # [outputs.sensu-go.entity]
+#   #   name = "server-01"
+#   #   namespace = "default"
+#
+#   ## Metrics specification
+#   ## Configure the tags for the metrics that are sent as part of the Sensu event
+#   # [outputs.sensu-go.tags]
+#   #   source = "telegraf"
+#
+#   ## Configure the handler(s) for processing the provided metrics
+#   # [outputs.sensu-go.metrics]
+#   #   handlers = ["influxdb","elasticsearch"]
+
+
+# # Send metrics and events to SignalFx
+# [[outputs.signalfx]]
+#     ## SignalFx Org Access Token
+#     access_token = "my-secret-token"
+#
+#     ## The SignalFx realm that your organization resides in
+#     signalfx_realm = "us9"  # Required if ingest_url is not set
+#
+#     ## You can optionally provide a custom ingest url instead of the
+#     ## signalfx_realm option above if you are using a gateway or proxy
+#     ## instance.  This option takes precident over signalfx_realm.
+#     ingest_url = "https://my-custom-ingest/"
+#
+#     ## Event typed metrics are omitted by default,
+#     ## If you require an event typed metric you must specify the
+#     ## metric name in the following list.
+#     included_event_names = ["plugin.metric_name"]
+
+
 # # Generic socket writer capable of handling multiple socket types.
 # [[outputs.socket_writer]]
 #   ## URL to connect to
@@ -1698,6 +1842,55 @@
 ###############################################################################
 
 
+# # Attach AWS EC2 metadata to metrics
+# [[processors.aws_ec2]]
+#   ## Instance identity document tags to attach to metrics.
+#   ## For more information see:
+#   ## https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/instance-identity-documents.html
+#   ##
+#   ## Available tags:
+#   ## * accountId
+#   ## * architecture
+#   ## * availabilityZone
+#   ## * billingProducts
+#   ## * imageId
+#   ## * instanceId
+#   ## * instanceType
+#   ## * kernelId
+#   ## * pendingTime
+#   ## * privateIp
+#   ## * ramdiskId
+#   ## * region
+#   ## * version
+#   imds_tags = []
+#
+#   ## EC2 instance tags retrieved with DescribeTags action.
+#   ## In case tag is empty upon retrieval it's omitted when tagging metrics.
+#   ## Note that in order for this to work, role attached to EC2 instance or AWS
+#   ## credentials available from the environment must have a policy attached, that
+#   ## allows ec2:DescribeTags.
+#   ##
+#   ## For more information see:
+#   ## https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/APIReference/API_DescribeTags.html
+#   ec2_tags = []
+#
+#   ## Timeout for http requests made by against aws ec2 metadata endpoint.
+#   timeout = "10s"
+#
+#   ## ordered controls whether or not the metrics need to stay in the same order
+#   ## this plugin received them in. If false, this plugin will change the order
+#   ## with requests hitting cached results moving through immediately and not
+#   ## waiting on slower lookups. This may cause issues for you if you are
+#   ## depending on the order of metrics staying the same. If so, set this to true.
+#   ## Keeping the metrics ordered may be slightly slower.
+#   ordered = false
+#
+#   ## max_parallel_calls is the maximum number of AWS API calls to be in flight
+#   ## at the same time.
+#   ## It's probably best to keep this number fairly low.
+#   max_parallel_calls = 10
+
+
 # # Clone metrics and apply modifications.
 # [[processors.clone]]
 #   ## All modifications on inputs and aggregators can be overridden:
@@ -2092,6 +2285,13 @@
 #
 #   ## File containing a Starlark script.
 #   # script = "/usr/local/bin/myscript.star"
+#
+#   ## The constants of the Starlark script.
+#   # [processors.starlark.constants]
+#   #   max_size = 10
+#   #   threshold = 0.75
+#   #   default_name = "Julia"
+#   #   debug_mode = true
 
 
 # # Perform string processing on tags, fields, and measurements
@@ -2245,6 +2445,49 @@
 #   # stats = ["count", "min", "max", "mean", "stdev", "s2", "sum"]
 
 
+# # Calculates a derivative for every field.
+# [[aggregators.derivative]]
+# 	## The period in which to flush the aggregator.
+# 	period = "30s"
+# 	##
+# 	## If true, the original metric will be dropped by the
+# 	## aggregator and will not get sent to the output plugins.
+# 	drop_original = false
+# 	##
+# 	## This aggregator will estimate a derivative for each field, which is
+# 	## contained in both the first and last metric of the aggregation interval.
+# 	## Without further configuration the derivative will be calculated with
+# 	## respect to the time difference between these two measurements in seconds.
+# 	## The formula applied is for every field:
+# 	##
+# 	##               value_last - value_first
+# 	## derivative = --------------------------
+# 	##              time_difference_in_seconds
+# 	##
+# 	## The resulting derivative will be named *fieldname_rate*. The suffix
+# 	## "_rate" can be configured by the *suffix* parameter. When using a
+# 	## derivation variable you can include its name for more clarity.
+# 	# suffix = "_rate"
+# 	##
+# 	## As an abstraction the derivative can be calculated not only by the time
+# 	## difference but by the difference of a field, which is contained in the
+# 	## measurement. This field is assumed to be monotonously increasing. This
+# 	## feature is used by specifying a *variable*.
+# 	## Make sure the specified variable is not filtered and exists in the metrics
+# 	## passed to this aggregator!
+# 	# variable = ""
+# 	##
+# 	## When using a field as the derivation parameter the name of that field will
+# 	## be used for the resulting derivative, e.g. *fieldname_by_parameter*.
+# 	##
+# 	## Note, that the calculation is based on the actual timestamp of the
+# 	## measurements. When there is only one measurement during that period, the
+# 	## measurement will be rolled over to the next period. The maximum number of
+# 	## such roll-overs can be configured with a default of 10.
+# 	# max_roll_over = 10
+# 	##
+
+
 # # Report the final metric of a series
 # [[aggregators.final]]
 #   ## The period on which to flush & clear the aggregator.
@@ -2308,6 +2551,34 @@
 #   drop_original = false
 
 
+# # Keep the aggregate quantiles of each metric passing through.
+# [[aggregators.quantile]]
+#   ## General Aggregator Arguments:
+#   ## The period on which to flush & clear the aggregator.
+#   period = "30s"
+#
+#   ## If true, the original metric will be dropped by the
+#   ## aggregator and will not get sent to the output plugins.
+#   drop_original = false
+#
+#   ## Quantiles to output in the range [0,1]
+#   # quantiles = [0.25, 0.5, 0.75]
+#
+#   ## Type of aggregation algorithm
+#   ## Supported are:
+#   ##  "t-digest" -- approximation using centroids, can cope with large number of samples
+#   ##  "exact R7" -- exact computation also used by Excel or NumPy (Hyndman & Fan 1996 R7)
+#   ##  "exact R8" -- exact computation (Hyndman & Fan 1996 R8)
+#   ## NOTE: Do not use "exact" algorithms with large number of samples
+#   ##       to not impair performance or memory consumption!
+#   # algorithm = "t-digest"
+#
+#   ## Compression for approximation (t-digest). The value needs to be
+#   ## greater or equal to 1.0. Smaller values will result in more
+#   ## performance but less accuracy.
+#   # compression = 100.0
+
+
 # # Count the occurrence of values in fields.
 # [[aggregators.valuecounter]]
 #   ## General Aggregator Arguments:
@@ -2562,6 +2833,41 @@
 #   tubes = ["notifications"]
 
 
+# # Read metrics exposed by Beat
+# [[inputs.beat]]
+#   ## An URL from which to read Beat-formatted JSON
+#   ## Default is "http://127.0.0.1:5066".
+#   url = "http://127.0.0.1:5066"
+#
+#   ## Enable collection of the listed stats
+#   ## An empty list means collect all. Available options are currently
+#   ## "beat", "libbeat", "system" and "filebeat".
+#   # include = ["beat", "libbeat", "filebeat"]
+#
+#   ## HTTP method
+#   # method = "GET"
+#
+#   ## Optional HTTP headers
+#   # headers = {"X-Special-Header" = "Special-Value"}
+#
+#   ## Override HTTP "Host" header
+#   # host_header = "logstash.example.com"
+#
+#   ## Timeout for HTTP requests
+#   # timeout = "5s"
+#
+#   ## Optional HTTP Basic Auth credentials
+#   # username = "username"
+#   # password = "pa$$word"
+#
+#   ## Optional TLS Config
+#   # tls_ca = "/etc/telegraf/ca.pem"
+#   # tls_cert = "/etc/telegraf/cert.pem"
+#   # tls_key = "/etc/telegraf/key.pem"
+#   ## Use TLS but skip chain & host verification
+#   # insecure_skip_verify = false
+
+
 # # Read BIND nameserver XML statistics
 # [[inputs.bind]]
 #   ## An array of BIND XML statistics URI to gather stats.
@@ -2713,6 +3019,9 @@
 #   ##   ex: endpoint_url = "http://localhost:8000"
 #   # endpoint_url = ""
 #
+#   ## Set http_proxy (telegraf uses the system wide proxy settings if it's is not set)
+#   # http_proxy_url = "http://localhost:8888"
+#
 #   # The minimum period for Cloudwatch metrics is 1 minute (60s). However not all
 #   # metrics are made available to the 1 minute period. Some are collected at
 #   # 3 minute, 5 minute, or larger intervals. See https://aws.amazon.com/cloudwatch/faqs/#monitoring.
@@ -2854,6 +3163,18 @@
 #   # basic_password = "p@ssw0rd"
 
 
+# # Fetch metrics from a CSGO SRCDS
+# [[inputs.csgo]]
+#   ## Specify servers using the following format:
+#   ##    servers = [
+#   ##      ["ip1:port1", "rcon_password1"],
+#   ##      ["ip2:port2", "rcon_password2"],
+#   ##    ]
+#   #
+#   ## If no servers are specified, no data will be collected
+#   servers = []
+
+
 # # Input plugin for DC/OS metrics
 # [[inputs.dcos]]
 #   ## The DC/OS cluster URL.
@@ -2966,13 +3287,30 @@
 #   ## Timeout for docker list, info, and stats commands
 #   timeout = "5s"
 #
-#   ## Whether to report for each container per-device blkio (8:0, 8:1...) and
+#   ## Whether to report for each container per-device blkio (8:0, 8:1...),
-#   ## network (eth0, eth1, ...) stats or not
+#   ## network (eth0, eth1, ...) and cpu (cpu0, cpu1, ...) stats or not.
+#   ## Usage of this setting is discouraged since it will be deprecated in favor of 'perdevice_include'.
+#   ## Default value is 'true' for backwards compatibility, please set it to 'false' so that 'perdevice_include' setting
+#   ## is honored.
 #   perdevice = true
 #
-#   ## Whether to report for each container total blkio and network stats or not
+#   ## Specifies for which classes a per-device metric should be issued
+#   ## Possible values are 'cpu' (cpu0, cpu1, ...), 'blkio' (8:0, 8:1, ...) and 'network' (eth0, eth1, ...)
+#   ## Please note that this setting has no effect if 'perdevice' is set to 'true'
+#   # perdevice_include = ["cpu"]
+#
+#   ## Whether to report for each container total blkio and network stats or not.
+#   ## Usage of this setting is discouraged since it will be deprecated in favor of 'total_include'.
+#   ## Default value is 'false' for backwards compatibility, please set it to 'true' so that 'total_include' setting
+#   ## is honored.
 #   total = false
 #
+#   ## Specifies for which classes a total metric should be issued. Total is an aggregated of the 'perdevice' values.
+#   ## Possible values are 'cpu', 'blkio' and 'network'
+#   ## Total 'cpu' is reported directly by Docker daemon, and 'network' and 'blkio' totals are aggregated by this plugin.
+#   ## Please note that this setting has no effect if 'total' is set to 'false'
+#   # total_include = ["cpu", "blkio", "network"]
+#
 #   ## Which environment variables should we use as a tag
 #   ##tag_env = ["JAVA_HOME", "HEAP_SIZE"]
 #
@@ -3065,6 +3403,7 @@
 #   cluster_stats_only_from_master = true
 #
 #   ## Indices to collect; can be one or more indices names or _all
+#   ## Use of wildcards is allowed. Use a wildcard at the end to retrieve index names that end with a changing value, like a date.
 #   indices_include = ["_all"]
 #
 #   ## One of "shards", "cluster", "indices"
@@ -3085,6 +3424,11 @@
 #   # tls_key = "/etc/telegraf/key.pem"
 #   ## Use TLS but skip chain & host verification
 #   # insecure_skip_verify = false
+#
+#   ## Sets the number of most recent indices to return for indices that are configured with a date-stamped suffix.
+#   ## Each 'indices_include' entry ending with a wildcard (*) or glob matching pattern will group together all indices that match it, and sort them
+#   ## by the date or number after the wildcard. Metrics then are gathered for only the 'num_most_recent_indices' amount of most recent indices.
+#   # num_most_recent_indices = 0
 
 
 # # Returns ethtool statistics for given interfaces
@@ -3583,6 +3927,17 @@
 #   timeout = "5s"
 
 
+# # Intel PowerStat plugin enables monitoring of platform metrics (power, TDP) and Core metrics like temperature, power and utilization.
+# [[inputs.intel_powerstat]]
+#   ## All global metrics are always collected by Intel PowerStat plugin.
+#   ## User can choose which per-CPU metrics are monitored by the plugin in cpu_metrics array.
+#   ## Empty array means no per-CPU specific metrics will be collected by the plugin - in this case only platform level
+#   ## telemetry will be exposed by Intel PowerStat plugin.
+#   ## Supported options:
+#   ## "cpu_frequency", "cpu_busy_frequency", "cpu_temperature", "cpu_c1_state_residency", "cpu_c6_state_residency", "cpu_busy_cycles"
+#   # cpu_metrics = []
+
+
 # # Collect statistics about itself
 # [[inputs.internal]]
 #   ## If true, collect telegraf memory stats.
@@ -5059,31 +5414,26 @@
 #   urls = ["http://localhost:8080/_raindrops"]
 
 
-# # RAS plugin exposes counter metrics for Machine Check Errors provided by RASDaemon (sqlite3 output is required).
+# # Reads metrics from RavenDB servers via the Monitoring Endpoints
-# [[inputs.ras]]
-#   ## Optional path to RASDaemon sqlite3 database.
-#   ## Default: /var/lib/rasdaemon/ras-mc_event.db
-#   # db_path = ""
-
 # [[inputs.ravendb]]
-#  ## Node URL and port that RavenDB is listening on.
+#   ## Node URL and port that RavenDB is listening on
 #   url = "https://localhost:8080"
 #
 #   ## RavenDB X509 client certificate setup
-#  tls_cert = "/etc/telegraf/raven.crt"
+#   # tls_cert = "/etc/telegraf/raven.crt"
-#  tls_key = "/etc/telegraf/raven.key"
+#   # tls_key = "/etc/telegraf/raven.key"
 #
 #   ## Optional request timeout
 #   ##
 #   ## Timeout, specifies the amount of time to wait
 #   ## for a server's response headers after fully writing the request and
-#  ## time limit for requests made by this client.
+#   ## time limit for requests made by this client
 #   # timeout = "5s"
 #
 #   ## List of statistics which are collected
 #   # At least one is required
 #   # Allowed values: server, databases, indexes, collections
-#
+#   #
 #   # stats_include = ["server", "databases", "indexes", "collections"]
 #
 #   ## List of db where database stats are collected
@@ -5098,6 +5448,7 @@
 #   ## If empty, all collections from all db are concerned
 #   # collection_stats_dbs = []
 
+
 # # Read CPU, Fans, Powersupply and Voltage metrics of hardware server through redfish APIs
 # [[inputs.redfish]]
 #   ## Server url
@@ -5282,7 +5633,7 @@
 #   ##
 #   ## Security Name.
 #   # sec_name = "myuser"
-#   ## Authentication protocol; one of "MD5", "SHA", or "".
+#   ## Authentication protocol; one of "MD5", "SHA", "SHA224", "SHA256", "SHA384", "SHA512" or "".
 #   # auth_protocol = "MD5"
 #   ## Authentication password.
 #   # auth_password = "pass"
@@ -6183,6 +6534,46 @@
 #   data_format = "influx"
 
 
+# # Ingests files in a directory and then moves them to a target directory.
+# [[inputs.directory_monitor]]
+#   ## The directory to monitor and read files from.
+#   directory = ""
+#   #
+#   ## The directory to move finished files to.
+#   finished_directory = ""
+#   #
+#   ## The directory to move files to upon file error.
+#   ## If not provided, erroring files will stay in the monitored directory.
+#   # error_directory = ""
+#   #
+#   ## The amount of time a file is allowed to sit in the directory before it is picked up.
+#   ## This time can generally be low but if you choose to have a very large file written to the directory and it's potentially slow,
+#   ## set this higher so that the plugin will wait until the file is fully copied to the directory.
+#   # directory_duration_threshold = "50ms"
+#   #
+#   ## A list of the only file names to monitor, if necessary. Supports regex. If left blank, all files are ingested.
+#   # files_to_monitor = ["^.*\.csv"]
+#   #
+#   ## A list of files to ignore, if necessary. Supports regex.
+#   # files_to_ignore = [".DS_Store"]
+#   #
+#   ## Maximum lines of the file to process that have not yet be written by the
+#   ## output. For best throughput set to the size of the output's metric_buffer_limit.
+#   ## Warning: setting this number higher than the output's metric_buffer_limit can cause dropped metrics.
+#   # max_buffered_metrics = 10000
+#   #
+#   ## The maximum amount of file paths to queue up for processing at once, before waiting until files are processed to find more files.
+#   ## Lowering this value will result in *slightly* less memory use, with a potential sacrifice in speed efficiency, if absolutely necessary.
+#   #	file_queue_size = 100000
+#   #
+#   ## The dataformat to be read from the files.
+#   ## Each data format has its own unique set of configuration options, read
+#   ## more about them here:
+#   ## https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/blob/master/docs/DATA_FORMATS_INPUT.md
+#   ## NOTE: We currently only support parsing newline-delimited JSON. See the format here: https://github.com/ndjson/ndjson-spec
+#   data_format = "influx"
+
+
 # # Read logging output from the Docker engine
 # [[inputs.docker_log]]
 #   ## Docker Endpoint
@@ -7188,6 +7579,13 @@
 #   # insecure_skip_verify = false
 
 
+# # RAS plugin exposes counter metrics for Machine Check Errors provided by RASDaemon (sqlite3 output is required).
+# [[inputs.ras]]
+#   ## Optional path to RASDaemon sqlite3 database.
+#   ## Default: /var/lib/rasdaemon/ras-mc_event.db
+#   # db_path = ""
+
+
 # # Riemann protobuff listener.
 # [[inputs.riemann_listener]]
 #   ## URL to listen on.
@@ -7365,7 +7763,8 @@
 #   ## Parses datadog extensions to the statsd format
 #   datadog_extensions = false
 #
-#   ## Parses distributions metric from datadog's extension to the statsd format
+#   ## Parses distributions metric as specified in the datadog statsd format
+#   ## https://docs.datadoghq.com/developers/metrics/types/?tab=distribution#definition
 #   datadog_distributions = false
 #
 #   ## Statsd data translation templates, more info can be read here:
@@ -7457,7 +7856,8 @@
 #   ##   "/var/log/**.log"  -> recursively find all .log files in /var/log
 #   ##   "/var/log/*/*.log" -> find all .log files with a parent dir in /var/log
 #   ##   "/var/log/apache.log" -> just tail the apache log file
-#   ##
+#   ##   "/var/log/log[!1-2]*  -> tail files without 1-2
+#   ##   "/var/log/log[^1-2]*  -> identical behavior as above
 #   ## See https://github.com/gobwas/glob for more examples
 #   ##
 #   files = ["/var/mymetrics.out"]