#8011·telegraf

ifName `agent` default value

Author: HipskaCreated Aug 20, 2020Updated Sep 14, 2026
Labelsbreaking changefeature requestarea/snmpplugin/processor

Feature Request

Opening a feature request kicks off a discussion. As discussed in https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/7763#issuecomment-676801651

Proposal:

Let the default value of these be the same:

  • agent for processors.ifname
  • agent_host for inputs.snmp
  • agent_address for inputs.sflow

Current behavior:

The default value (agent) mostly never useful.

Desired behavior:

The default value should be a logical one that makes sense or most users would not need to change.

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