Add the ability to view the influxdb_v2 output for telegraf

[russorat]

many people already have telegraf configured for writing data in and they just need to add a new output for influxdb_v2. We need to add a way for the user to view just the output config for telegraf instead of having to create a new config and just pulling the output section.

Maybe just a new button next to the create configuration button that just shows the output section and gives the user the option to copy or download. the name of the downloaded file should be outputs.influxdb_v2.conf

[desa]

@alexpaxton which project board should this issue be on?

[alexpaxton]

@desa I think monitoring is the correct spot

[russorat]

• There should be a comment in the modal letting users know that The USER_TOKEN can be generated on the Tokens tab. with a link to the tokens tab.
• The output config can be pulled from the telegrafs API i believe
• The button to create this should be prominent and distinguishable from the Create Configuration button. FYI @alexpaxton

[russorat]

connect #15521 (would be nice to synchronize the naming)

[drdelambre]

i can't find the api endpoint for this in the swagger docs. I'll take a link if anyone has one, or we could scope this under monaco work (code folding), or we can make a fragile (but maybe still ok) solution and just remove everything above the [[outputs.influxdb_v2]] keyword.

[desa]

i can't find the api endpoint for this in the swagger docs.

I don't think that any such endpoint exists.

or we can make a fragile (but maybe still ok) solution and just remove everything above the [[outputs.influxdb_v2]] keyword.

I think this should be a good first pass. I'd imagine that section of the config is pretty stable. Might be good to do this as a first iteration and to open up an issue that does it genericly using an API endpoint in the future.

[drdelambre]

dug into this more. without api work, we could hardcode the output as a string, and populate it with the current org and url of the cloud server, but how does the user define the bucket that they want to connect to?

[drdelambre]

would adding the button here (next to the dropdown, with phrasing like "just the output") have the same effect?

[alexpaxton]

@drdelambre I'd stick the button next to the Create Config button in the index view. Alternatively (or additionally) you could add a View Outputs button on each config

[drdelambre]

i was thinking of doing the later as well (after one creates a config) but for creation, the user still needs to select a bucket before we can approximate a config (considering they may have more than one bucket in the case of a migration)

[russorat]

this is the api: https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb/blob/master/http/swagger.yml#L9077
or this: https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb/blob/master/http/swagger.yml#L9200

[desa]

@russorat there's not an endpoint you can get that value without creating a telegraf.

[russorat]

if there's no api, let's hardcode for now.
use an env var for $INFLUX_TOKEN
I'd like to have the bucket selection in there though so the user can select the bucket they want to write to in a selector and have it update the config.

[drdelambre]

got here today:

I'm already chasing down an example of a label with a dropdown, but open to more feedback