Release Announcement: Telegraf 1.17.0

By Samantha Wang / Product
Dec 18, 2020

A new feature-bearing release for Telegraf is now available:

• Telegraf 1.17.0 — release notes

The binaries for the latest open source release can be found on our downloads page.

Many thanks to the 50+ open source community members who contributed to this effort!

Key feature highlights from the release include:

• Updated to Go 1.15.5
• Added support for Linux/ppc64le
• Starlark processor can now store state between runs to allow for a way to compare the current metric with the previous one

New Inputs

• Riemann Listener Input Plugin (riemann_listener)
  • The Riemann Listener is a simple input plugin that listens for messages from clients that use Riemann clients using Riemann Protocol Buffer format. Contributed by @vipinvkmenon
• Intel PowerStat Input Plugin (intel_powerstat)
  • This input plugin monitors power statistics on Intel-based platforms. Contributed by @p-zak

New Outputs

• Logz.io Output Plugin (logzio)
  • This output plugin sends metrics to Logz.io over HTTPs. Contributed by @idohalevi
• Yandex Cloud Monitoring Output Plugin (yandex_cloud_monitoring)
  • This plugin sends custom metrics to Yandex Cloud Monitoring. Contributed by @peter-volkov

New Parsers

• Prometheus Parser Plugin (prometheus)
  • Contributed by @DmitrySenin

New Serializers

• Prometheus Remote Write Serializer Plugin (prometheusremotewrite)
  • This plugin parses data in Prometheus text-based format. Contributed by @aarnaud

The binaries for the latest open source release can be found on our downloads page.