You can build customized versions of Telegraf with a specific plugin set using
the custom builder tool or
build-tags.
For build tags, the plugins can be selected either category-wise, i.e.
inputs, outputs,processors, aggregators and parsers or
individually, e.g. inputs.modbus or outputs.influxdb.
Usually the build tags correspond to the plugin names used in the Telegraf
configuration. To be sure, check the files in the corresponding
plugin/<category>/all directory. Make sure to include all parsers you intend
to use.
Note: You always need to include the custom tag when customizing the
build as otherwise all plugins will be selected regardless of other tags.
When using the project's makefile, the build can be customized via the
BUILDTAGS environment variable containing a comma-separated list of the
selected plugins (or categories) and the custom tag.
For example
BUILDTAGS="custom,inputs,outputs.influxdb_v2,parsers.json" makewill build a customized Telegraf including all inputs, the InfluxDB v2
output and the json parser.
If you wish to build Telegraf using native go tools, you can use the go build
command with the -tags option. Specify a comma-separated list of the
selected plugins (or categories) and the custom tag as argument.
For example
go build -tags "custom,inputs,outputs.influxdb_v2,parsers.json" ./cmd/telegrafwill build a customized Telegraf including all inputs, the InfluxDB v2
output and the json parser.