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Configuration

In the config file (telegraf.conf) of Telegraf, enable the setting of outputs.whatap.

Note

Telegraf plug-ins must be configured directly on the service.

A config file containing the WhaTap plugin can be created as follows:

# telegraf --sample-config > telegraf.conf

WhaTap project information​

In Home screen, select a project and then set the project data. You can check it in the agent installation guide of the project to connect.

  • Project Access Key: Project access key to identify the project

  • Project Code: Numeric code to identify the project

  • Collection Server Info (IP, Port): IP and port of the WhaTap collection server that delivers the collected data

config setting (toml)​

/etc/telegraf/telegraf.conf
# # Configuration for WhaTap
[[outputs.whatap]]
#   ## You can create a project on the WhaTap site(https://www.whatap.io)
#   ## to get license, project code and server IP information.
#
#   ## WhaTap license. Required
license = "x2tggtnopk2t9-xxxxxxxxxx-aaaaaaaaaa"
#
#   ## WhaTap project code. Required
pcode = 118
#
#   ## WhaTap server IP. Required
#   # Put multiple IPs with / as delimiters. e.g. "1.1.1.1/2.2.2.2"

servers = ["tcp://1.2.3.4:6600", "tcp://5.6.7.8:6600"]

#   ## Connection timeout.
#   # timeout = "60s"

  • [[outputs.whatap]] Delete the comment (#).

  • Delete the comment (#) of license. Enter the access key of the project. It is a character type.

  • Delete the comment (#) of pcode. Enter the project code. It is numeric.

  • Delete the comment (#) of servers. Set the collection server data (IP, port). The protocol supports only TCP. Register as "tcp://ip:port" in text format. Register in array format. Separate with comma (,) and then register values in array format.

Caution

To apply the settings, restart Telegraf.