this is just a waste of cpu cycles, since telegraf converts all uints to
int64 anyways.

closes #1980

* Moved to using the inbuilt serializer.

* Remove Atomic variable as it is not required.

* Adjusted metric type in line with latest changes.

this basically reverts #887

at some point we might want to do some special handling of reloading
plugins and keeping their state intact, but that will need to be done at
a higher level, and in a way that is thread-safe for multiple input
plugins of the same type.

Unfortunately this is a rather large feature that will not have a quick
fix available for it.

fixes #1975
fixes #2102

* add clusterstats to elasticsearch input plugin

* add clusterstats to elasticsearch input plugin

* add clusterstats to elasticsearch input plugin

* add clusterstats to elasticsearch input plugin

* add clusterstats to elasticsearch input plugin

* responses to requested changes

* remove unnecessary recommendation

deals partially with #1973

see also https://github.com/vjeantet/grok/issues/17

closes #1898

* plugins/input/consul: moved check_id from regular fields to tags.

When service has more than one check sending data for both would overwrite each other
resulting only in one check being written (the last one). Adding check_id as a tag
ensures we will get info for all unique checks per service.

* plugins/inputs/consul: updated tests

closes #1763
closes #2017

* Update MySQL Readme to clarify connection string examples.

* Update mysql sample config to clarify connection string examples

closes #2006

* fixed parsing of docker image name/version

now accounts for custom docker repo's which contain a colon for a non-default port

* 1978: modifying docker test case to have a custom repo with non-standard port

* using a temp var to store index, ran gofmt

* fixes #1987, renaming iterator to 'i'

* MongoDB input plugin: Improve state data

Adds ARB as a "member_status" (replica set arbiter).
Uses MongoDB replica set state string for "state" value.

* MongoDB input plugin: Improve state data - changelog update

put Makefile back to normal

removed comment from puppetagent.go

changed config_version to config_version_string and fixed yaml for build

changed workind from branch to environment for config_string

fixed casing and Changelog

fixed test case

closes #1917

closes #1993
closes #1693

closes #2079
closes #1910

closes #1893

Added unit tests for the changes

Fixes #1904

closes #2045

closes #2103

closes #2068

closes #2061