Add note to configuration about when log rotation occurs

etc/telegraf.conf

@@ -70,7 +70,8 @@
   # logfile = ""
 
   ## The logfile will be rotated after the time interval specified.  When set
-  ## to 0 no time based rotation is performed.
+  ## to 0 no time based rotation is performed.  Logs are rotated only when
+  ## written to, if there is no log activity rotation may be delayed.
   # logfile_rotation_interval = "0d"
 
   ## The logfile will be rotated when it becomes larger than the specified
@@ -110,6 +111,9 @@
   ## tag is not set the 'database' option is used as the default.
   # database_tag = ""
 
+  ## If true, the database tag will not be added to the metric.
+  # exclude_database_tag = false
+
   ## If true, no CREATE DATABASE queries will be sent.  Set to true when using
   ## Telegraf with a user without permissions to create databases or when the
   ## database already exists.
@@ -653,6 +657,9 @@
 #   ## tag is not set the 'bucket' option is used as the default.
 #   # bucket_tag = ""
 #
+#   ## If true, the bucket tag will not be added to the metric.
+#   # exclude_bucket_tag = false
+#
 #   ## Timeout for HTTP messages.
 #   # timeout = "5s"
 #
@@ -2277,6 +2284,11 @@
 #   # insecure_skip_verify = false
 
 
+# # Example go-plugin for Telegraf
+# [[inputs.example]]
+#   value = 42
+
+
 # # Read metrics from one or more commands that can output to stdout
 # [[inputs.exec]]
 #   ## Commands array
@@ -4308,6 +4320,19 @@
 #   thread_as_tag = false
 
 
+# # Read uWSGI metrics.
+# [[inputs.uwsgi]]
+#   ## List with urls of uWSGI Stats servers. URL must match pattern:
+#   ## scheme://address[:port]
+#   ##
+#   ## For example:
+#   ## servers = ["tcp://localhost:5050", "http://localhost:1717", "unix:///tmp/statsock"]
+#   servers = ["tcp://127.0.0.1:1717"]
+#
+#   ## General connection timout
+#   # timeout = "5s"
+
+
 # # A plugin to collect stats from Varnish HTTP Cache
 # [[inputs.varnish]]
 #   ## If running as a restricted user you can prepend sudo for additional access:
@@ -4897,21 +4922,22 @@
 #   str_as_tags = false
 
 
-# # Read metrics from Kafka topic(s)
+# # Read metrics from Kafka topics
 # [[inputs.kafka_consumer]]
-#   ## kafka servers
+#   ## Kafka brokers.
 #   brokers = ["localhost:9092"]
-#   ## topic(s) to consume
+#
+#   ## Topics to consume.
 #   topics = ["telegraf"]
-#   ## Add topic as tag if topic_tag is not empty
+#
+#   ## When set this tag will be added to all metrics with the topic as the value.
 #   # topic_tag = ""
 #
 #   ## Optional Client id
 #   # client_id = "Telegraf"
 #
 #   ## Set the minimal supported Kafka version.  Setting this enables the use of new
-#   ## Kafka features and APIs.  Of particular interest, lz4 compression
-#   ## requires at least version 0.10.0.0.
+#   ## Kafka features and APIs.  Must be 0.10.2.0 or greater.
 #   ##   ex: version = "1.1.0"
 #   # version = ""
 #
@@ -4926,10 +4952,12 @@
 #   # sasl_username = "kafka"
 #   # sasl_password = "secret"
 #
-#   ## the name of the consumer group
-#   consumer_group = "telegraf_metrics_consumers"
-#   ## Offset (must be either "oldest" or "newest")
-#   offset = "oldest"
+#   ## Name of the consumer group.
+#   # consumer_group = "telegraf_metrics_consumers"
+#
+#   ## Initial offset position; one of "oldest" or "newest".
+#   # offset = "oldest"
+#
 #   ## Maximum length of a message to consume, in bytes (default 0/unlimited);
 #   ## larger messages are dropped
 #   max_message_len = 1000000

etc/telegraf_windows.conf

@@ -61,16 +61,17 @@
   ## Valid time units are "ns", "us" (or "µs"), "ms", "s".
   precision = ""
 
-  ## Logging configuration:
-  ## Run telegraf with debug log messages.
-  debug = false
-  ## Run telegraf in quiet mode (error log messages only).
-  quiet = false
-  ## Specify the log file name. The empty string means to log to stderr.
-  logfile = "/Program Files/Telegraf/telegraf.log"
+  ## Log at debug level.
+  # debug = false
+  ## Log only error level messages.
+  # quiet = false
+
+  ## Log file name, the empty string means to log to stderr.
+  # logfile = ""
 
   ## The logfile will be rotated after the time interval specified.  When set
-  ## to 0 no time based rotation is performed.
+  ## to 0 no time based rotation is performed.  Logs are rotated only when
+  ## written to, if there is no log activity rotation may be delayed.
   # logfile_rotation_interval = "0d"
 
   ## The logfile will be rotated when it becomes larger than the specified

internal/config/config.go

@@ -289,7 +289,8 @@ var agentConfig = `
   # logfile = ""
 
   ## The logfile will be rotated after the time interval specified.  When set
-  ## to 0 no time based rotation is performed.
+  ## to 0 no time based rotation is performed.  Logs are rotated only when
+  ## written to, if there is no log activity rotation may be delayed.
   # logfile_rotation_interval = "0d"
 
   ## The logfile will be rotated when it becomes larger than the specified