added language about exsiting telegraf configurations

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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
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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)
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[`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.