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[108.67.146.180]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id n4sm15078013pfn.2.2018.04.30.18.21.05 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Mon, 30 Apr 2018 18:21:06 -0700 (PDT) From: Daniel Nelson X-Google-Original-From: Daniel Nelson Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2018 18:21:04 -0700 To: Ed Schouten Cc: Eitan Adler , FreeBSD Hackers Subject: Re: "Sysctl as a Service" for influxdb / telegraf Message-ID: <20180501012104.GA23663@loaner> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="dDRMvlgZJXvWKvBx" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.9.4 (2018-02-28) X-Mailman-Approved-At: Tue, 01 May 2018 02:46:19 +0000 X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.25 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 01 May 2018 01:21:09 -0000 --dDRMvlgZJXvWKvBx Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Mon, Apr 30, 2018 at 12:01:54AM +0200, Ed Schouten wrote: > Considering this and the ongoing standardisation effort, maybe it > makes more sense to stick to a single exporter? We can consider > extending the man page to mention that it can also be used in > combination with Telegraf. I am supportive of doing this with either the Prometheus format or via InfluxDB Line Protocol. There are a few minor advantages in using Line Protocol from Telegraf's persepective involving performance and the elimination of any confusion transforming metrics, but they probably don't outweigh the need to support yet another format on your end. Telegraf aims to be unopinionated so that it can support heterogeneous environments. -- Daniel --dDRMvlgZJXvWKvBx Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAABCgAdFiEEdMTdXPVQblRpgloJyq1ZyURPYVUFAlrnwQAACgkQyq1ZyURP YVUNmg/+KAuiop1oN6bnDBRMKfqm6GcZ5cylL6I/+GgGRj6N99a+zHdXTARLBqYY oUr7BpzwSlfis6WLoErJGdwpirqylBEvZAWpqXnNd7hDx2hKoUOMdhArG7L8oTvH cg0OSsTORePUINZeu4CexwgF6aw7NurbgId/CuRRtyd/EALH42J6Pl3R8pN5ghC8 aP2dAhPkqxMp46cgn4WM6VtYtui48hEp9Im/JVIt/WMxRPpOE2Sp8Wfl8v8TCT8/ M/neXsLw/xnyNtxUzrR62q7G+BUZ5bA+4kXAD9FghjJzNBgk9p6ex8VL8fv03VSJ xHgXZMQKilkYL6SkmnBlE+MoFjgArzehAu7+4RUWiS8BZnhVNKR9jvsCOmv9wBo3 6XzY2uQvHnevfm2A2Bd8CVQKm589ZVaDwLmcvJFSjFLe4v+j78KpG0IjWLYYQaNY dfKFHKyzPK6dBcXW+GPlyLOTuYh2n9Csi8RXEJz1RZq1jwEKx6axbzN7yqo/HQRf krBdaVVJC7MBfKfgf2Es6JjP+KNDJVgtthNcL4O4UWJxvYqQCPDpEID+vajaw4f6 Tu0Vl2m37qHD7elmNNBTTmaelmR/qXesVjmJU0bTH4ANIDg15k3uEa0kJwVQHQxv ohjGTI+uD2x9MeaEpHoZZyUBWGKXXAD2emFn5SKv+PJztmiq6a4= =roZU -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --dDRMvlgZJXvWKvBx--