docs-v2/content/telegraf/v1/data_formats/input/opentsdb.md

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OpenTSDB Telnet "PUT" API input data format	OpenTSDB Telnet PUT API	Use the `opentsdb` data format to parse OpenTSDB Telnet `PUT` API data into Telegraf metrics.	telegraf_v1_ref name weight parent OpenTSDB 10 Input data formats

Use the opentsdb data format to parse OpenTSDB Telnet PUT API data into Telegraf metrics. There are no additional configuration options for OpenTSDB.

For more detail on the format, see:

• OpenTSDB Telnet "PUT" API guide
• OpenTSDB data specification

Configuration

[[inputs.file]]
  files = ["example"]

  ## Data format to consume.
  ## 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_INPUT.md
  data_format = "opentsdb"

Example

put sys.cpu.user 1356998400 42.5 host=webserver01 cpu=0