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Date Published
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Blagoj Atanasovski
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997
Language
English
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Summary

Telegraf is an open-source agent that collects, processes, aggregates, and writes metrics, making it easily extendable with over 200 plugins for gathering and writing different types of data. The project has had numerous user requests for PostgreSQL compatibility due to its popularity and reliability. TimescaleDB, which leverages PostgreSQL, offers a highly performant time-series database that supports full SQL and inherits the entire PostgreSQL ecosystem. A new plugin contributed by Timescale allows users to easily ingest data into TimescaleDB using Telegraf, handling batching, processing, and aggregating the data prior to inserting it into TimescaleDB. The plugin enables schema generation and modification, making it easy for users to store metrics without defining schemas. Telegraf offers a large range of input options, allowing users to pipe data directly to the tool. A full tutorial is available on how to get started with Telegraf and its PostgreSQL output plugin.