Data Collection Basics
Session date: Nov 16, 2023 08:00am (Pacific Time)
In this training from InfluxDB University, Anais Dotis-Georgiou will walk you through the basics of Telegraf. Telegraf is the open source server agent which is used to collect metrics from your stacks, sensors and systems. It is InfluxDB’s native data collector that supports nearly 300 inputs and outputs. Learn how to send data from a variety of systems, apps, databases and services in the appropriate format to InfluxDB. Discover tips and tricks on how to write your own plugins. The know-how learned here can be applied to a multitude of use cases and sectors. This one-hour session will include the training and time for live Q&A.
Join this training to dive into:
- Types of Telegraf plugins (i.e. input, output, aggregator and processor)
- Specific plugins including Execd input plugins and the Starlark processor plugin
- How to install and start using Telegraf
Don’t want to wait? You can watch a previously recorded session here.
Anais Dotis-Georgiou
Developer Advocate, InfluxData
Anais Dotis-Georgiou is a Developer Advocate for InfluxData with a passion for making data beautiful with the use of Data Analytics, AI, and Machine Learning. She takes the data that she collects, does a mix of research, exploration, and engineering to translate the data into something of function, value, and beauty. When she is not behind a screen, you can find her outside drawing, stretching, boarding, or chasing after a soccer ball.
