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Telegraf output data formats	Telegraf serializes metrics into output data formats for InfluxDB Line Protocol, JSON, Graphite, and Splunk metrics.	telegraf_1_17 name weight parent Output data formats 1 Data formats

In addition to output-specific data formats, Telegraf supports the following set of common data formats that may be selected when configuring many of the Telegraf output plugins.

• Carbon2
• Graphite
• InfluxDB Line Protocol
• JSON
• Prometheus
• Prometheus Remote Write
• ServiceNow Metrics
• SplunkMetric
• Wavefront

You will be able to identify the plugins with support by the presence of a data_format configuration option, for example, in the File (file) output plugin:

[[outputs.file]]
  ## Files to write to, "stdout" is a specially handled file.
  files = ["stdout"]

  ## Data format to output.
  ## Each data format has its own unique set of configuration options, read
  ## more about them here:
  ## https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/blob/master/docs/DATA_FORMATS_OUTPUT.md
  data_format = "influx"