telegraf_influxdb_grafana

step 1

Start the influxDB and Grafana containers

docker-compose up -d

step 2

Download and install telegraf On Linux

wget https://dl.influxdata.com/telegraf/releases/telegraf_1.11.2-1_amd64.deb

sudo dpkg -i telegraf_1.11.2-1_amd64.deb

On Mac:

brew install telegraf

step 3

Copy telegraf.conf to the specified location from where you wan to use. Update url, username, password and the plugins you wish to use

step 4

Test the telegraf settings: telegraf -config telegraf.conf

step 5

Start telegraf:

telegraf -config telegraf.conf