Telegraf

Spec sheet

What it does

Telegraf is an open-source agent that collects infrastructure, application and device metrics and sends them to destinations through plugins.Read 14 Oct 2026 · influxdata.com

Purpose

Telegraf is an open source agent for collecting metrics from infrastructure, applications, and devices.Read 10 Oct 2026 · influxdata.com

Intended users

The open source edition is described as optimal for personal, small, and simple data pipelines.Read 10 Oct 2026 · influxdata.com

Deployment

Telegraf Controller is self-hosted as a single binary and runs on macOS, Linux, and Windows.Read 10 Oct 2026 · influxdata.com

Security

The maker says open source Telegraf has no native access control; Enterprise adds RBAC, API tokens, and TLS support.Read 10 Oct 2026 · influxdata.com

Support

Enterprise Support offers Gold-level SLAs, expert troubleshooting for Telegraf Controller and official plugins, and guaranteed response times.Read 10 Oct 2026 · influxdata.com

License

The Telegraf repository and license file identify the software as MIT licensed.Read 14 Oct 2026 · github.com

Headquarters

San Francisco, California, United StatesRead 28 Sep 2026 · influxdata.com

Maker

Telegraf is built by InfluxData, which says it was founded in 2012.Read 10 Oct 2026 · influxdata.com

Cloud and containers

Telegraf monitors Kubernetes, Docker and Prometheus without external dependencies and can run as a sidecar or DaemonSet.Read 14 Oct 2026 · influxdata.com

Community contributions

An ODBMS interview states that community members regularly request and contribute plugins, with external programs supported through Execd.Read 14 Oct 2026 · odbms.org

Company founding and headquarters

LinkedIn lists InfluxData as founded in 2012 with headquarters in San Francisco, California.Read 14 Oct 2026 · linkedin.com

Company legal name

Crunchbase identifies the maker's legal name as InfluxData, Inc.Read 14 Oct 2026 · crunchbase.com

Company size

LinkedIn lists InfluxData's company size as 201-500 employees.Read 14 Oct 2026 · linkedin.com

Configuration

Telegraf uses TOML configuration files, supports multiple plugin instances, filtering selectors and environment-variable substitution.Read 14 Oct 2026 · docs.influxdata.com

Controller free limits

The free Controller version stores up to 20 configurations and manages up to 100 reporting agents.Read 14 Oct 2026 · influxdata.com

Controller web and API

Telegraf Controller is installed as a web application and exposes its web interface and API on port 8888 by default.Read 14 Oct 2026 · docs.influxdata.com

Data collection

Telegraf collects real-time IoT and edge signals through MQTT, Modbus, and OPC-UA.Read 10 Oct 2026 · influxdata.com

Documentation depth

The project documentation includes installation, configuration, tutorials, reference material and per-plugin README files with configuration and troubleshooting details.Read 14 Oct 2026 · github.com

Enterprise features

Telegraf Enterprise adds centralized configuration management, real-time fleet visibility, a visual configuration builder, and role-based access control.Read 10 Oct 2026 · influxdata.com

Enterprise limits

The free Telegraf Controller version supports up to 20 configurations and 100 reporting agents.Read 10 Oct 2026 · influxdata.com

Enterprise management

Enterprise adds centralized configuration, agent health monitoring, a visual configuration builder, RBAC, API tokens and enterprise support.Read 14 Oct 2026 · influxdata.com

Enterprise security features

Enterprise Controller licensing unlocks audit logging, high availability, LDAP authentication and OIDC authentication.Read 14 Oct 2026 · docs.influxdata.com

Example integrations

The maker lists Kafka, MQTT, AMQP, OPC UA, and InfluxDB as example sources or outputs.Read 10 Oct 2026 · influxdata.com

External extensibility

External programs written in any language can run through the execd plugin interface.Read 14 Oct 2026 · docs.influxdata.com

Funding record

Crunchbase lists seven funding rounds for InfluxData, with detailed amounts obscured on its public page.Read 14 Oct 2026 · crunchbase.com

Installation security

InfluxData recommends SHA-256 checksum and GPG signature verification for downloaded binaries and packages.Read 14 Oct 2026 · docs.influxdata.com

IoT and edge

The agent runs as a standalone binary and collects MQTT, Modbus and OPC-UA signals in resource-constrained edge environments.Read 14 Oct 2026 · influxdata.com

Language

The Hysenlabs review reports that Telegraf is mainly written in Go based on GitHub language statistics.Read 14 Oct 2026 · hysenlabs.com

Limit: depth

Gartner reviewer feedback says the product tries to do many things but may not perform each one deeply enough.Read 14 Oct 2026 · gartner.com

Limit: opinions and learning curve

A Gartner reviewer says Telegraf is easy after users learn it but can feel opinionated, especially to data-engineering users.Read 14 Oct 2026 · gartner.com

Network telemetry

Built-in buffering and backpressure support collection from systems such as NGINX, HAProxy and iptables.Read 14 Oct 2026 · influxdata.com

Notable news

InfluxData announced general availability of Telegraf Enterprise on June 24, 2026 for managing telemetry fleets at scale.Read 14 Oct 2026 · influxdata.com

Platform support policy

Supported operating-system versions must generally still be under the vendor's normal support, excluding extended or paid-support releases.Read 14 Oct 2026 · docs.influxdata.com

Plugin ecosystem

InfluxData advertises more than 400 community-tested plugins connecting data sources to destinations.Read 14 Oct 2026 · influxdata.com

Plugin pipeline

Input plugins collect data, processor and aggregator plugins transform it, and output plugins write it to destinations.Read 14 Oct 2026 · docs.influxdata.com

Praise: efficiency

Gartner reviewers praise Telegraf as highly efficient, lightweight and free.Read 14 Oct 2026 · gartner.com

Processing behavior change

Release notes warn that Telegraf 1.40 changes the default for skipping processors after aggregators to true.Read 14 Oct 2026 · docs.influxdata.com

Project scale

GitHub shows the Telegraf repository with about 17.9 thousand stars, 5.8 thousand forks and more than 1,200 contributors.Read 14 Oct 2026 · github.com

Rating on Gartner Peer Insights

3.2 out of 5 from 3 reviewsRead 14 Oct 2026 · gartner.com

Release cadence

The project FAQ says minor releases arrive four times per year, with bug-fix releases every two to four weeks between them.Read 14 Oct 2026 · github.com

Release status

The GitHub releases page lists Telegraf v1.40.1 as the latest release shown.Read 14 Oct 2026 · github.com

Secret handling

Secret-store plugins let administrators keep credentials out of plaintext configuration files.Read 14 Oct 2026 · docs.influxdata.com

Security advisory status

The repository security-advisories page currently says there are no published advisories.Read 14 Oct 2026 · github.com

Security certifications

InfluxData states that it is SOC 2 Type 2 certified and maintains ISO 27001 and ISO 27018 certifications.Read 14 Oct 2026 · influxdata.com

Security complaint

A 2026 GitHub issue reported three vulnerable dependencies, including a Docker-related CVE rated critical with CVSS 9.9 and two high-severity CVEs.Read 14 Oct 2026 · github.com

Security program

InfluxData lists bug bounty activity, vulnerability scanning, penetration tests, encryption, threat modeling, code review and software-composition analysis in its security program.Read 14 Oct 2026 · influxdata.com

Self-hosting

An independent Hysenlabs review describes Telegraf as a static binary intended for teams that manage their own host configuration and service units.Read 14 Oct 2026 · hysenlabs.com

Support channels

Users are directed to InfluxData Community Slack and forums, while customers with annual or support contracts can contact InfluxData Support.Read 14 Oct 2026 · docs.influxdata.com

Supported operating systems

The documentation lists Linux, macOS, Microsoft Windows and FreeBSD as supported platforms.Read 14 Oct 2026 · docs.influxdata.com

Plans and prices

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