Telegraf is a powerful open-source server agent that is able to collect, process, and query metrics data. In this tutorial, we will learn how to install Telegraf on Manjaro.
Before proceeding with this tutorial, make sure that your Manjaro system is up-to-date and that you have the following prerequisites:
curl package installed on your systemThe first step is to download the Telegraf binary from the official repository.
curl -L -O https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/releases/download/1.17.0/telegraf-1.17.0_linux_amd64.tar.gz
Change 1.17.0 with the latest version of Telegraf binary.
Once you have downloaded the Telegraf binary, extract it:
tar -zxvf telegraf-*-linux_amd64.tar.gz
/usr/binNext, move the extracted Telegraf binary to the /usr/bin directory:
sudo mv telegraf-*/usr/bin/telegraf
Now that Telegraf is installed, you need to create a configuration file that defines the metrics you want to collect. You can use the sample telegraf.conf configuration file included with the Telegraf binary as a starting point:
cd /etc/telegraf
sudo cp telegraf.conf.sample telegraf.conf
You are now ready to start the Telegraf service:
sudo systemctl start telegraf
To ensure that Telegraf automatically starts on system boot, run:
sudo systemctl enable telegraf
Finally, verify that Telegraf is running correctly:
systemctl status telegraf
If everything is working correctly, you should see the Telegraf service status and uptime information.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Telegraf on Manjaro. You can now start collecting metrics data to monitor your server.
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