diff --git a/content/v2.0/cloud/get-started.md b/content/v2.0/cloud/get-started.md
index efd682584..ad3f2957a 100644
--- a/content/v2.0/cloud/get-started.md
+++ b/content/v2.0/cloud/get-started.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ menu:
v2_0_cloud:
name: Get started with InfluxDB Cloud
---
-{{< cloud-name >}} is a fully managed and hosted version of the [InfluxDB 2.0].
+{{< cloud-name >}} is a fully managed and hosted version of the InfluxDB 2.0.
To get started, complete the tasks below.
{{% cloud-msg %}}
@@ -16,55 +16,67 @@ InfluxDB v2.0 alpha documentation applies to {{< cloud-name "short" >}} unless o
## Sign up
-1. Go to [InfluxDB Cloud 2.0]({{< cloud-link >}}), enter your email and password, and then click **Sign Up**.
+1. Go to [InfluxDB Cloud 2.0]({{< cloud-link >}}), enter your email and password,
+ and then click **Sign Up**.
-2. Open email from cloudbeta@influxdata.com (subject: Please verify your email for InfluxDB Cloud), and then click **Verify Your Email**. The Welcome to InfluxDB Cloud 2.0 page is displayed.
+2. Open email from cloudbeta@influxdata.com (subject: Please verify your email for InfluxDB Cloud),
+ and then click **Verify Your Email**. The Welcome to InfluxDB Cloud 2.0 page is displayed.
-3. Currently, {{< cloud-name >}} us-west-2 region is the only region available. To suggest regions to add, click the **Let us know** link under Regions.
+3. Currently, {{< cloud-name >}} us-west-2 region is the only region available.
+ To suggest regions to add, click the **Let us know** link under Regions.
-4. Review the terms of the beta agreement, and then select **I viewed and agree to InfluxDB Cloud 2.0 Beta Agreement**.
+4. Review the terms of the beta agreement, and then select
+ **I viewed and agree to InfluxDB Cloud 2.0 Beta Agreement**.
-5. Click **Continue**. InfluxDB Cloud 2.0 opens with a default organization (created from your email) and bucket (created from your email local-part).
+5. Click **Continue**. InfluxDB Cloud 2.0 opens with a default organization
+ (created from your email) and bucket (created from your email local-part).
## Log in
-
Log in to [InfluxDB Cloud 2.0](https://us-west-2-1.aws.cloud2.influxdata.com) using the credentials created above.
-## Collect data
+## Collect and write data
+Collect and write data to InfluxDB using Telegraf, the InfluxDB v2 API, `influx`
+command line interface (CLI), the InfluxDB user interface (UI), or client libraries.
-Use Telegraf to collect and write data to {{< cloud-name >}}. Create Telegraf configurations automatically in the UI or manually configure Telegraf.
+### Use Telegraf
+Use Telegraf to quickly write data to {{< cloud-name >}}.
+Create new Telegraf configurations automatically in the UI or manually update an
+existing Telegraf configuration to send data to your {{< cloud-name "short" >}} instance.
-For details, see [Automatically configure Telegraf](https://v2.docs.influxdata.com/v2.0/write-data/use-telegraf/auto-config/#create-a-telegraf-configuration) and [Manually configure Telegraf](https://v2.docs.influxdata.com/v2.0/write-data/use-telegraf/manual-config/).
+For details, see [Automatically configure Telegraf](/v2.0/write-data/use-telegraf/auto-config/#create-a-telegraf-configuration)
+and [Manually update Telegraf configurations](/v2.0/write-data/use-telegraf/manual-config/).
+
+### API, CLI, and client libraries
+For information about using the InfluxDB API, CLI, and client libraries to write data,
+see [Write data to InfluxDB](/v2.0/write-data/).
## Query and visualize data
+Once you've set up {{< cloud-name "short" >}} to collect data, you can do the following:
-Once you've set up {{< cloud-name "short" >}} to collect data with Telegraf, you can do the following:
-
-- Query data using Flux, the UI, and the `influx` command line interface. See [Query data](https://v2.docs.influxdata.com/v2.0/query-data/).
-- Build custom dashboards to visualize your data. See [Visualize data](https://v2.docs.influxdata.com/v2.0/visualize-data/).
+- Query data using Flux, the UI, and the `influx` command line interface. See [Query data](/v2.0/query-data/).
+- Build custom dashboards to visualize your data. See [Visualize data](/v2.0/visualize-data/).
## View data usage
-
Once you've set up {{< cloud-name "short" >}} to collect data, view your data usage, including:
-- Writes: Total kilobytes ingested.
-- Reads: Total kilobytes sent out for responses to queries.
-- Total Query Duration: Sum of time spent processing queries in seconds.
-- Storage: Average disk usage in gigabytes.
+- **Writes:** Total kilobytes ingested.
+- **Reads:** Total kilobytes sent out for responses to queries.
+- **Total Query Duration:** Sum of time spent processing queries in seconds.
+- **Storage:** Average disk usage in gigabytes.
-You'll see sparkline data over the past 4 hours and a single value that shows usage in the last 5 minutes. To view your data, click **Usage** in the left navigation menu.
+You'll see sparkline data over the past 4 hours and a single value that shows usage in the last 5 minutes.
+To view your data, click **Usage** in the left navigation menu.
{{< img-hd src="/img/2-0-cloud-usage.png" />}}
## Review rate limits
+To optimize InfluxDB Cloud 2.0 services, [rate limits](/v2.0/cloud/rate-limits/) are in place for Free tier users.
+During beta, you can check out our Paid tier for free.
-To optimize InfluxDB Cloud 2.0 services, [rate limits](/v2.0/cloud/rate-limits/) are in place for Free tier users. During beta, you can check out our Paid tier for free.
-
-To upgrade to Paid tier for free, discuss use cases, or increase rate limits, reach out to cloudbeta@influxdata.com.
+To upgrade to Paid tier for free, discuss use cases, or increase rate limits,
+reach out to cloudbeta@influxdata.com.
{{% note %}}
#### Known issues and disabled features
_See [Known issues](/v2.0/cloud/about/known-issues/) for information regarding all known issues in InfluxDB Cloud._
{{% /note %}}
-
-
diff --git a/content/v2.0/write-data/use-telegraf/manual-config.md b/content/v2.0/write-data/use-telegraf/manual-config.md
index ff7b7f2c5..1e013af5f 100644
--- a/content/v2.0/write-data/use-telegraf/manual-config.md
+++ b/content/v2.0/write-data/use-telegraf/manual-config.md
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@
title: Manually configure Telegraf
seotitle: Manually configure Telegraf for InfluxDB v2.0
description: >
- Manually configure Telegraf to write to InfluxDB v2.0 using the Telegraf `influxdb_v2`
- output plugin, and then start Telegraf using the custom configuration.
+ Update existing or create new Telegraf configurations to use the `influxdb_v2`
+ output plugin to write to InfluxDB v2.0.
+ Start Telegraf using the custom configuration.
aliases:
- /v2.0/collect-data/use-telegraf/manual-config
menu:
@@ -12,10 +13,9 @@ menu:
weight: 202
---
-Telegraf's `influxdb_v2` output plugin pushes all metrics collected by Telegraf
-into an InfluxDB v2.0 bucket.
-This article describes how to enable the `influxdb_v2` output plugin,
-and then start Telegraf using the custom configuration file.
+Use the Telegraf `influxdb_v2` output plugin to collect and write metrics into an InfluxDB v2.0 bucket.
+This article describes how to enable the `influxdb_v2` output plugin in new and existing Telegraf configurations,
+then start Telegraf using the custom configuration file.
{{% note %}}
_View the [requirements](/v2.0/write-data/use-telegraf#requirements)
@@ -32,12 +32,18 @@ To send data to an InfluxDB v2.0 instance, enable in the
[`influxdb_v2` output plugin](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/blob/master/plugins/outputs/influxdb_v2/README.md)
in the `telegraf.conf`.
-The following settings are required:
+Specify the following:
##### urls
An array of URLs for your InfluxDB v2.0 instances.
_By default, InfluxDB runs on port `9999`._
+{{% cloud-msg %}}
+To write data to an {{< cloud-name "short" >}} instance, use the URL of your {{< cloud-name "short" >}}
+user interface (UI).
+For example: https://us-west-2-1.aws.cloud2.influxdata.com
+{{% /cloud-msg %}}
+
##### token
Your InfluxDB v2.0 authorization token.
For information about viewing tokens, see [View tokens](/v2.0/security/tokens/view-tokens/).
@@ -62,6 +68,12 @@ The name of the organization that owns the target bucket.
The name of the bucket to write data to.
#### Example influxdb_v2 configuration
+{{< code-tabs-wrapper >}}
+{{% code-tabs %}}
+[InfluxDB OSS](#)
+[{{< cloud-name "short" >}}](#)
+{{% /code-tabs %}}
+{{% code-tab-content %}}
```toml
# ...
@@ -73,6 +85,21 @@ The name of the bucket to write data to.
# ...
```
+{{% /code-tab-content %}}
+{{% code-tab-content %}}
+```toml
+# ...
+
+[[outputs.influxdb_v2]]
+ urls = ["https://us-west-2-1.aws.cloud2.influxdata.com"]
+ token = "$INFLUX_TOKEN"
+ organization = "example-org"
+ bucket = "example-bucket"
+
+# ...
+```
+{{% /code-tab-content %}}
+{{< /code-tabs-wrapper >}}
{{% note %}}
##### Write to InfluxDB v1.x and v2.0
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