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gdi/monitors-monitoring/telegraf.rst

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 .. _telegraf:
 
-Telegraf 
-==================
+Telegraf Exec (OpenTelemetry)
+==============================
 
 .. meta::
-   :description: Use this Splunk Observability Cloud integration for the telegraf monitor. See benefits, install, configuration, and metrics
+   :description: Use this Splunk Observability Cloud integration for the Telegraf monitor. See benefits, install, configuration, and metrics.
 
+To monitor your system with Telegraf Exec using native OpenTelemetry, install the Telegraf plugin independently, then push metrics to the Splunk Opentelemetry Collector
+via OTLP. 
 
-Instead of using The Splunk Distribution of the OpenTelemetry Collector's Smart Agent receiver with the
-Telegraf monitor to scrape metrics, it is recommended to install Telegraf plugin independently, then push metrics to the Splunk Opentelemetry  collector
-via OTLP.
-
-
-
-.. note:: All the setup was carried out on a Linux Ubuntu OS based machine but should be replicable on any machines running Linux OS with Debian flavor.
-
-These instruction to install the telegraf plugin to scrape metrics on other OS (for e.g. MacOS/Windows) operating systems, have not been tested
-out. 
+.. note:: This setup is designed for a Linux Ubuntu OS but should be replicable on any machines running Linux OS with Debian flavor. These instructions might not work on other OS (MacOS/Windows). 
 
 Benefits
 --------
 
 .. include:: /_includes/benefits.rst
 
-Installation of Telegraf Plugin
+Configuration
 ----------------------------------
 
+Follow these steps to scrape Telegraf metrics with the OTel Collector:
+
+1. Install the Telegraf Exec Input plugin
+2. Set up the OpenTelemetry Output plugin
+3. Configure the OpenTelemetry Collector 
+
+1. Install the Telegraf Exec Input Plugin plugin
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
 Run the following commands to install Telegraf from the InfluxData repository:
 
 .. code:: shell
@@ -38,21 +40,24 @@ Run the following commands to install Telegraf from the InfluxData repository:
    | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/influxdata.list
    sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install telegraf
 
+2. Set up the OpenTelemetry Output plugin
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-After successful installation of telegraf above, you can add the following to your telegraf configuration file (usually the config file resides on 
-./etc/telegraf/telegraf.d directory)
-
+Next, add the OTel Output plugin to your Telegraf configuration file:
 
+.. code:: 
+    
     # Send OpenTelemetry metrics over gRPC
     [[outputs.opentelemetry]]
-    
-For detailed information on the Telegraf Opentelemetry output plugin configuration, check https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/blob/master/plugins/outputs/opentelemetry/README.md 
 
-Configuration
--------------
+The config file usually resides on the ./etc/telegraf/telegraf.d directory.
 
-To retrieve metrics from this telegraf installation running independently, the following Collector
-configuration is sufficient:
+For detailed information on the Telegraf Opentelemetry output plugin see the :new-page:`Exec Input Plugin <https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/blob/master/plugins/outputs/opentelemetry/README.md>` documentation in GitHub.
+
+3. Configure the OpenTelemetry Collector
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Add the following configuration to the OTel Collector to retrieve metrics from the Telegraf installation:
 
 .. code:: yaml
 
@@ -76,7 +81,6 @@ configuration is sufficient:
             processors:
             exporters: [signalfx]
 
-
 Troubleshooting
 ---------------