docs-v2/content/telegraf/v1/commands/config/create.md

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telegraf config create	The `telegraf config create` command returns a full Telegraf configuration containing all plugins as an example. You can also apply section or plugin filters to reduce the output to the plugins you need.	telegraf_v1_ref parent telegraf config	301

The telegraf config create command returns a full Telegraf configuration containing all plugins as an example. You can also apply section or plugin filters to reduce the output to the plugins you need.

Usage

telegraf [global-flags] config create [flags]

Flags

Flag		Description
	--section-filter	Filter sections to print separated by : (Valid values are agent, global_tags, outputs, processors, aggregators and inputs)
	--input-filter	Filter inputs to enable separated by :
	--output-filter	Filter outputs to enable separated by :
	--aggregator-filter	Filter aggregators to enable separated by :
	--processor-filter	Filter processors to enable separated by :
	--secretstore-filter	Filter secret-stores to enable separated by :
-h	--help	Show command help

{{% caption %}} Also see Telegraf global flags. {{% /caption %}}

Examples

• Create a full configuration
• Create a full configuration as save it to a file
• Create a configuration with specific sections and plugins

Create a full configuration

telegraf config create

Create a full configuration as save it to a file

telegraf config create > telegraf.conf

Create a configuration with specific sections and plugins

To print a configuration containing only a Modbus input plugin and an InfluxDB v2 output plugin, run the following:

telegraf config create \
  --section-filter "inputs:outputs" \
  --input-filter "modbus" \
  --output-filter "influxdb_v2"