Sean, environment variables do not override config settings for Telegraf. I encourage you to open an issue <https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/new> on the repo requesting this feature.
On Fri, Jun 17, 2016 at 9:32 AM, Sean McGary <[email protected]> wrote: > Either Im completely missing a pice of documentation, or this isnt > supported. Both Influxdb and Kapacitor support setting/overriding > configuration with the use of environment variables - e.g. > > INFLUXDB_<SECTION>_<PROPERTY>=<VALUE> > > Is this supported currently in telegraf? I see that you can reference > environment variables from within the config file, but Im looking to > provide configuration without needing to write out a file in the first > place. > > -- > Remember to include the InfluxDB version number with all issue reports > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "InfluxDB" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/influxdb. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/influxdb/e9f01739-dca5-4bff-846d-d6fadcd7b630%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/influxdb/e9f01739-dca5-4bff-846d-d6fadcd7b630%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Sean Beckett Director of Support and Professional Services InfluxDB -- Remember to include the InfluxDB version number with all issue reports --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "InfluxDB" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/influxdb. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/influxdb/CALGqCvOC%2BdGNWJAjWNPTQYFBkfL11bir2-WMg8nWYVU223Hypw%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
