//go:generate ../../../tools/readme_config_includer/generator package example import ( _ "embed" "fmt" "math/rand" "time" "github.com/influxdata/telegraf" "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/config" "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs" ) //go:embed sample.conf var sampleConfig string // Example struct should be named the same as the Plugin type Example struct { // Example for a mandatory option to set a tag DeviceName string `toml:"device_name"` // Config options are converted to the correct type automatically NumberFields int64 `toml:"number_fields"` // We can also use booleans and have diverging names between user-configuration options and struct members EnableRandomVariable bool `toml:"enable_random"` // Example of passing a duration option allowing the format of e.g. "100ms", "5m" or "1h" Timeout config.Duration `toml:"timeout"` // Example of passing a password/token/username or other sensitive data with the secret-store UserName config.Secret `toml:"username"` Password config.Secret `toml:"password"` // Telegraf logging facility // The exact name is important to allow automatic initialization by telegraf. Log telegraf.Logger `toml:"-"` // This is a non-exported internal state. count int64 } func (*Example) SampleConfig() string { return sampleConfig } // Init can be implemented to do one-time processing stuff like initializing variables func (m *Example) Init() error { // Check your options according to your requirements if m.DeviceName == "" { return fmt.Errorf("device name cannot be empty") } // Set your defaults. // Please note: In golang all fields are initialzed to their nil value, so you should not // set these fields if the nil value is what you want (e.g. for booleans). if m.NumberFields < 1 { m.Log.Debugf("Setting number of fields to default from invalid value %d", m.NumberFields) m.NumberFields = 2 } // Check using the secret-store if m.UserName.Empty() { // For example, use a default value m.Log.Debug("using default username") } // Retrieve credentials using the secret-store password, err := m.Password.Get() if err != nil { return fmt.Errorf("getting password failed: %w", err) } defer config.ReleaseSecret(password) // Initialze your internal states m.count = 1 return nil } // Gather defines what data the plugin will gather. func (m *Example) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error { // Imagine some completely arbitrary error occuring here if m.NumberFields > 10 { return fmt.Errorf("too many fields") } // For illustration we gather three metrics in one go for run := 0; run < 3; run++ { // Imagine an error occurs here but you want to keep the other // metrics, then you cannot simply return, as this would drop // all later metrics. Simply accumulate errors in this case // and ignore the metric. if m.EnableRandomVariable && m.DeviceName == "flappy" && run > 1 { acc.AddError(fmt.Errorf("too many runs for random values")) continue } // Construct the fields fields := map[string]interface{}{"count": m.count} for i := int64(1); i < m.NumberFields; i++ { name := fmt.Sprintf("field%d", i) value := 0.0 if m.EnableRandomVariable { value = rand.Float64() } fields[name] = value } // Construct the tags tags := map[string]string{"device": m.DeviceName} // Add the metric with the current timestamp acc.AddFields("example", fields, tags) m.count++ } return nil } // Register the plugin func init() { inputs.Add("example", func() telegraf.Input { return &Example{ // Set the default timeout here to distinguish it from the user setting it to zero Timeout: config.Duration(100 * time.Millisecond), } }) }