This packaging method uses the CI images, and is very similar to how the official packages are created on release. This is the recommended method for building the rpm/deb as it is less system dependent.
Pull the CI images from quay, the version corresponds to the version of Go that is used to build the binary:
docker pull quay.io/influxdb/telegraf-ci:1.9.7
Start a shell in the container:
docker run -ti quay.io/influxdb/telegraf-ci:1.9.7 /bin/bash
From within the container:
go get -d github.com/influxdata/telegraf
cd /go/src/github.com/influxdata/telegraf
# Use tag of Telegraf version you would like to build
git checkout release-1.10
git reset --hard 1.10.2
make deps
# To build packages run:
make package amd64=1
From the host system, copy the build artifacts out of the container:
docker cp romantic_ptolemy:/go/src/github.com/influxdata/telegraf/build/telegraf-1.10.2-1.x86_64.rpm .