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---
description: "Telegraf plugin for collecting metrics from Trig"
menu:
telegraf_v1_ref:
parent: input_plugins_reference
name: Trig
identifier: input-trig
tags: [Trig, "input-plugins", "configuration", "testing"]
introduced: "v0.3.0"
os_support: "freebsd, linux, macos, solaris, windows"
related:
- /telegraf/v1/configure_plugins/
- https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/tree/v1.36.1/plugins/inputs/trig/README.md, Trig Plugin Source
---
# Trig Input Plugin
This plugin is for demonstration purposes and inserts sine and cosine values
as metrics.
**Introduced in:** Telegraf v0.3.0
**Tags:** testing
**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
# Inserts sine and cosine waves for demonstration purposes
[[inputs.trig]]
## Set the amplitude
amplitude = 10.0
```
## Metrics
- trig
- fields:
- cosine (float)
- sine (float)
## Example Output
```text
trig,host=MBP15-SWANG.local cosine=10,sine=0 1632338680000000000
trig,host=MBP15-SWANG.local sine=5.877852522924732,cosine=8.090169943749473 1632338690000000000
trig,host=MBP15-SWANG.local sine=9.510565162951535,cosine=3.0901699437494745 1632338700000000000
```