Collect Metrics Using Telegraf

These topics have information about using Telgraf, an open source, plugin-based collector, to obtain metrics from an application and to send those metrics to Sumo Logic.  

In this section, we will introduce the following concepts:

📄️ Telegraf Collection Architecture

This topic has information about using Telegraf to obtain metrics from an application and to send those metrics to Sumo Logic.

📄️ Install Telegraf

This topic has instructions for installing Telegraf to work with Sumo Logic. We provide two sets of instructions:

📄️ Configure Telegraf Input Plugins

This topic explains how to configure Telegraf input plugins, and has examples of configuring several input plugins.

📄️ Configure Telegraf Output Plugin for Sumo Logic

This page has instructions for configuring the Telegraf output plugin for Sumo Logic.

📄️ Collect Custom JMX Metrics with Jolokia

This topic has information about collecting custom JMX metrics using the Jolokia agent and Telegraf.