Rename Processor Plugin

This plugin allows to rename measurements, fields and tags.

Introduced in: Telegraf v1.8.0 Tags: transformation OS support: all

Global configuration options

Plugins support additional global and plugin configuration settings for tasks such as modifying metrics, tags, and fields, creating aliases, and configuring plugin ordering. See CONFIGURATION.md for more details.

Configuration

toml

# Rename measurements, tags, and fields that pass through this filter.
[[processors.rename]]
  ## Specify one sub-table per rename operation.
  [[processors.rename.replace]]
    measurement = "network_interface_throughput"
    dest = "throughput"

  [[processors.rename.replace]]
    tag = "hostname"
    dest = "host"

  [[processors.rename.replace]]
    field = "lower"
    dest = "min"

  [[processors.rename.replace]]
    field = "upper"
    dest = "max"

Example

diff

- network_interface_throughput,hostname=backend.example.com lower=10i,upper=1000i,mean=500i 1502489900000000000
+ throughput,host=backend.example.com min=10i,max=1000i,mean=500i 1502489900000000000