The NATS consumer plugin reads from specified NATS subjects and adds messages to InfluxDB. The plugin expects messages in the Telegraf Input Data Formats. A Queue Group is used when subscribing to subjects so multiple instances of telegraf can read from a NATS cluster in parallel.
# Read metrics from NATS subject(s)
[[inputs.nats_consumer]]
## urls of NATS servers
servers = ["nats://localhost:4222"]
## Use Transport Layer Security
secure = false
## subject(s) to consume
subjects = ["telegraf"]
## name a queue group
queue_group = "telegraf_consumers"
## Maximum number of metrics to buffer between collection intervals
metric_buffer = 100000
## Data format to consume.
## Each data format has it's own unique set of configuration options, read
## more about them here:
## https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/blob/master/docs/DATA_FORMATS_INPUT.md
data_format = "influx"