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Installing Telegraf with the Timestream for LiveAnalytics output plugin on Amazon Linux 2
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Installing Telegraf with the Timestream for LiveAnalytics output plugin

As of version 1.16, the Timestream for LiveAnalytics output plugin is available in the official Telegraf release. To install the output plugin on most major operating systems, follow the steps outlined in the InfluxData Telegraf Documentation. To install on the Amazon Linux 2 OS, follow the instructions below.

Installing Telegraf with the Timestream for LiveAnalytics output plugin on Amazon Linux 2

To install Telegraf with the Timestream Output Plugin on Amazon Linux 2, perform the following steps.

  1. Install Telegraf using the yum package manager.

    cat <<EOF | sudo tee /etc/yum.repos.d/influxdb.repo
[influxdb]
name = InfluxDB Repository - RHEL \$releasever
baseurl = https://repos.influxdata.com/rhel/\$releasever/\$basearch/stable
enabled = 1
gpgcheck = 1
gpgkey = https://repos.influxdata.com/influxdb.key
EOF

  2. Run the following command.

    sudo sed -i "s/\$releasever/$(rpm -E %{rhel})/g" /etc/yum.repos.d/influxdb.repo

  3. Install and start Telegraf.

    sudo yum install telegraf
sudo service telegraf start