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## Quickstart

* Build from source or download telegraf. Packages here:
* Build from source or download telegraf:

### Linux packages for Debian/Ubuntu and RHEL/CentOS:

```
http://get.influxdb.org/telegraf/telegraf_0.1.1_amd64.deb
http://get.influxdb.org/telegraf/telegraf-0.1.1-1.x86_64.rpm
```

### OSX via Homebrew:

```
brew update
brew install telegraf
```

### How to use it:

* Run `telegraf -sample-config > telegraf.toml` to create an initial configuration
* Edit the configuration to match your needs
* Run `telegraf -config telegraf.toml -test` to output one full measurement sample to STDOUT
* Run `telegraf -config telegraf.toml` to gather and send metrics to InfluxDB


## Telegraf Options

Telegraf has a few options you can configure under the `agent` section of the config. If you don't see an `agent` section run `telegraf -sample-config > telegraf.toml` to create a valid initial configuration:
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