Telegraf Controller documentation - Influxdb

Telegraf Controller is a centralized application for managing Telegraf deployments at scale. Use it to define configurations once and apply them consistently across fleets of agents. Monitor agent health and roll out updates without manually editing individual agents.

Key features

Create and manage agent configurations
Connect agents to Telegraf Controller
Monitor the overall health of your agent deployment
Roll out changes safely and verify agent status
Apply custom logic to agents to identify when they are considered "not reporting"

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Configuration and agent workflow

Create and store Telegraf configurations in Telegraf Controller
Start a Telegraf agent, pulling its configuration from Telegraf Controller, and have it regularly check for configuration updates.
Agents use the Telegraf Heartbeat output plugin (available with Telegraf v1.37+) to report their status back to Telegraf Controller
Telegraf Controller provides agent-specific and deployment-wide health information.
When you update a configuration, agents see the change and load the updated configuration.