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---
description: "Telegraf plugin for collecting metrics from Swap"
menu:
telegraf_v1_ref:
parent: input_plugins_reference
name: Swap
identifier: input-swap
tags: [Swap, "input-plugins", "configuration", "system"]
introduced: "v1.7.0"
os_support: "freebsd, linux, macos, solaris, windows"
related:
- /telegraf/v1/configure_plugins/
- https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/tree/v1.36.1/plugins/inputs/swap/README.md, Swap Plugin Source
---
# Swap Input Plugin
This plugin collects metrics on the operating-system's swap memory.
**Introduced in:** Telegraf v1.7.0
**Tags:** system
**OS support:** all
## 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
# Read metrics about swap memory usage
[[inputs.swap]]
# no configuration
```
## Metrics
- swap
- fields:
- free (int, bytes): free swap memory
- total (int, bytes): total swap memory
- used (int, bytes): used swap memory
- used_percent (float, percent): percentage of swap memory used
- in (int, bytes): data swapped in since last boot calculated from page number
- out (int, bytes): data swapped out since last boot calculated from page number
## Example Output
```text
swap total=20855394304i,used_percent=45.43883523785713,used=9476448256i,free=1715331072i 1511894782000000000
```