influxdata/telegraf

Support for graphite pickle output

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#6,575 opened on Oct 24, 2019

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Description

Feature Request

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Proposal:

Implement graphite's pickle output protocol support

Current behavior:

Telegraf's graphite output plugin only supports plaintext (default TCP 2003) communications

Desired behavior:

Support graphite's pickled protocol (default TCP 2004)

Use case:

Graphite's pickled communications are much faster and more efficient for a large number of metric datapoints being submitted in one go, allowing batched submissions.

Contributor guide

Research direction
Study the Graphite pickle protocol documentation and implement a new output plugin in Telegraf that serializes metrics using pickle format and sends to port 2004. Follow the existing structure of the graphite output plugin.
Tech stack
go
Domain
backendinfrastructure
Issue type
Feature
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
3
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
1-2 days
Activity statusHow available the issue appears right now: fresh, active, stale, blocked, or waiting on maintainer input.
Active
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
Clear
Prerequisites
GoGraphite
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
40