From 0fa90014532e57139bf2987b0b908889da712a63 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Daniel Nelson <daniel.nelson@influxdb.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2017 16:01:35 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Clarify influxdb output url format
closes #2568
---
plugins/outputs/influxdb/README.md | 5 ++++-
plugins/outputs/influxdb/influxdb.go | 5 ++++-
2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/influxdb/README.md b/plugins/outputs/influxdb/README.md
index 864177a3..5acac6cc 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/influxdb/README.md
+++ b/plugins/outputs/influxdb/README.md
@@ -7,7 +7,10 @@ This plugin writes to [InfluxDB](https://www.influxdb.com) via HTTP or UDP.
```toml
# Configuration for influxdb server to send metrics to
[[outputs.influxdb]]
- ## The full HTTP or UDP endpoint URL for your InfluxDB instance.
+ ## The HTTP or UDP URL for your InfluxDB instance. Each item should be
+ ## of the form:
+ ## scheme "://" host [ ":" port]
+ ##
## Multiple urls can be specified as part of the same cluster,
## this means that only ONE of the urls will be written to each interval.
# urls = ["udp://localhost:8089"] # UDP endpoint example
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/influxdb/influxdb.go b/plugins/outputs/influxdb/influxdb.go
index 6c19a35f..6419d43e 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/influxdb/influxdb.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/influxdb/influxdb.go
@@ -44,7 +44,10 @@ type InfluxDB struct {
}
var sampleConfig = `
- ## The full HTTP or UDP endpoint URL for your InfluxDB instance.
+ ## The HTTP or UDP URL for your InfluxDB instance. Each item should be
+ ## of the form:
+ ## scheme "://" host [ ":" port]
+ ##
## Multiple urls can be specified as part of the same cluster,
## this means that only ONE of the urls will be written to each interval.
# urls = ["udp://localhost:8089"] # UDP endpoint example
--
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