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MessagePack output data format	Use the MessagePack output data format (serializer) to convert Telegraf metrics into MessagePack format.	telegraf_1_19 name weight parent MessagePack 10 Output data formats

The msgpack output data format (serializer) translates the Telegraf metric format to the MessagePack. MessagePack is an efficient binary serialization format that lets you exchange data among multiple languages like JSON.

Configuration

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

  ## 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 = "msgpack"

Example output

Output of this format is MessagePack binary representation of metrics with a structure identical to the below JSON:

{
   "name":"cpu",
   "time": <TIMESTAMP>, // https://github.com/msgpack/msgpack/blob/master/spec.md#timestamp-extension-type
   "tags":{
      "tag_1":"host01",
      ...
   },
   "fields":{
      "field_1":30,
      "field_2":true,
      "field_3":"field_value"
      "field_4":30.1
      ...
   }
}