This plugin is sending telegraf metrics to Dynatrace. It has two operational modes.
if you run the Telegraf agent on a host or VM that is monitored by the Dynatrace OneAgent then you only need to enable the plugin but need no further configuration. The Dynatrace telegraf output plugin will send all metrics to the OneAgent which will use its secure and load balanced connection to send the metrics to your Dynatrace SaaS or Managed environment.
If you run the Telegraf agent on a host or VM without a OneAgent you will need to configure the environment API endpoint to send the metrics to and an API token for security.
The endpoint for the Dynatrace Metrics API is
- Managed https://{your-domain}/e/{your-environment-id}/api/v2/metrics/ingest
- SaaS https://{your-environment-id}.live.dynatrace.com/api/v2/metrics/ingest
You can learn more about how to use the Dynatrace API here
You will also need to configure an API token for secure access. Find out how to create a token here or simply navigate to Settings > Integration > Dynatrace API in your Dynatrace environment and create a token with Dynatrace API and create a new token with 'Ingest metrics data points' access scope enabled.
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## Leave empty or use the local ingest endpoint of your OneAgent monitored host (e.g.: http://127.0.0.1:14499/metrics/ingest).
## Set Dynatrace environment URL (e.g.: https://YOUR_DOMAIN/api/v2/metrics/ingest) if you do not use a OneAgent
url = ""
api_token = ""
## Optional prefix for metric names (e.g.: "telegraf.")
prefix = "telegraf."
## Flag for skipping the tls certificate check, just for testing purposes, should be false by default
insecure_skip_verify = false
You will either need a Dynatrace OneAgent (version 1.201 or higher) installed on the same host as Telegraf; or a Dynatrace environment with version 1.202 or higher
Telegraf measurements which can't be converted to a float64 are skipped.