---
description: "Telegraf plugin for sending metrics to OpenTSDB"
menu:
  telegraf_v1_ref:
    parent: output_plugins_reference
    name: OpenTSDB
    identifier: output-opentsdb
tags: [OpenTSDB, "output-plugins", "configuration", "datastore"]
introduced: "v0.1.9"
os_support: "freebsd, linux, macos, solaris, windows"
related:
  - /telegraf/v1/configure_plugins/
  - https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/tree/v1.36.1/plugins/outputs/opentsdb/README.md, OpenTSDB Plugin Source
---

# OpenTSDB Output Plugin

This plugin writes metrics to an [OpenTSDB](http://opentsdb.net/) instance using either
the telnet or HTTP mode. Using the HTTP API is recommended since OpenTSDB 2.0.

**Introduced in:** Telegraf v0.1.9
**Tags:** datastore
**OS support:** all

[opentsdb]: http://opentsdb.net/

## Global configuration options <!-- @/docs/includes/plugin_config.md -->

In addition to the plugin-specific configuration settings, plugins support
additional global and plugin configuration settings. These settings are used to
modify metrics, tags, and field or create aliases and configure ordering, etc.
See the [CONFIGURATION.md](/telegraf/v1/configuration/#plugins) for more details.

[CONFIGURATION.md]: ../../../docs/CONFIGURATION.md#plugins

## Configuration

```toml @sample.conf
# Configuration for OpenTSDB server to send metrics to
[[outputs.opentsdb]]
  ## prefix for metrics keys
  prefix = "my.specific.prefix."

  ## DNS name of the OpenTSDB server
  ## Using "opentsdb.example.com" or "tcp://opentsdb.example.com" will use the
  ## telnet API. "http://opentsdb.example.com" will use the Http API.
  host = "opentsdb.example.com"

  ## Port of the OpenTSDB server
  port = 4242

  ## Number of data points to send to OpenTSDB in Http requests.
  ## Not used with telnet API.
  http_batch_size = 50

  ## URI Path for Http requests to OpenTSDB.
  ## Used in cases where OpenTSDB is located behind a reverse proxy.
  http_path = "/api/put"

  ## Debug true - Prints OpenTSDB communication
  debug = false

  ## Separator separates measurement name from field
  separator = "_"
```

## Transfer "Protocol" in the telnet mode

The expected input from OpenTSDB is specified in the following way:

```text
put <metric> <timestamp> <value> <tagk1=tagv1[ tagk2=tagv2 ...tagkN=tagvN]>
```

The telegraf output plugin adds an optional prefix to the metric keys so that a
subamount can be selected.

```text
put <[prefix.]metric> <timestamp> <value> <tagk1=tagv1[ tagk2=tagv2 ...tagkN=tagvN]>
```

### Example

```text
put nine.telegraf.system_load1 1441910356 0.430000 dc=homeoffice host=irimame scope=green
put nine.telegraf.system_load5 1441910356 0.580000 dc=homeoffice host=irimame scope=green
put nine.telegraf.system_load15 1441910356 0.730000 dc=homeoffice host=irimame scope=green
put nine.telegraf.system_uptime 1441910356 3655970.000000 dc=homeoffice host=irimame scope=green
put nine.telegraf.system_uptime_format 1441910356  dc=homeoffice host=irimame scope=green
put nine.telegraf.mem_total 1441910356 4145426432 dc=homeoffice host=irimame scope=green
...
put nine.telegraf.io_write_bytes 1441910366 0 dc=homeoffice host=irimame name=vda2 scope=green
put nine.telegraf.io_read_time 1441910366 0 dc=homeoffice host=irimame name=vda2 scope=green
put nine.telegraf.io_write_time 1441910366 0 dc=homeoffice host=irimame name=vda2 scope=green
put nine.telegraf.io_io_time 1441910366 0 dc=homeoffice host=irimame name=vda2 scope=green
put nine.telegraf.ping_packets_transmitted 1441910366  dc=homeoffice host=irimame scope=green url=www.google.com
put nine.telegraf.ping_packets_received 1441910366  dc=homeoffice host=irimame scope=green url=www.google.com
put nine.telegraf.ping_percent_packet_loss 1441910366 0.000000 dc=homeoffice host=irimame scope=green url=www.google.com
put nine.telegraf.ping_average_response_ms 1441910366 24.006000 dc=homeoffice host=irimame scope=green url=www.google.com
...
```

The OpenTSDB telnet interface can be simulated with this reader:

```go
// opentsdb_telnet_mode_mock.go
package main

import (
    "io"
    "log"
    "net"
    "os"
)

func main() {
    l, err := net.Listen("tcp", "localhost:4242")
    if err != nil {
        log.Fatal(err)
    }
    defer l.Close()
    for {
        conn, err := l.Accept()
        if err != nil {
            log.Fatal(err)
        }
        go func(c net.Conn) {
            defer c.Close()
            io.Copy(os.Stdout, c)
        }(conn)
    }
}

```

## Allowed values for metrics

OpenTSDB allows `integers` and `floats` as input values