insecure_skip_verify not supported for influxdb input plugin

[kjschnei001]

Bug report

Despite being sort of documented as part of the InfluxDB input plugin, https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/tree/master/plugins/inputs/influxdb, the insecure_skip_verify option is not actually supported.

Relevant telegraf.conf:

[[inputs.influxdb]]
insecure_skip_verify = true
urls = ["https://127.0.0.1:8084/debug/vars"]

System info:

Telegraf v1.3.3 (git: release-1.3 46db92a)
CentOS Linux release 7.2.1511 (Core)

Steps to reproduce:

1. Configure the influxdb telegraf input plugin with insecure_skip_verify

Expected behavior:

insecure_skip_verify = true will disable ssl verification of the influxdb certificate when the plugin connects to monitor it

Actual behavior:

2017/07/11 21:09:05 E! Error parsing /etc/telegraf/telegraf.d/default_inputs.conf, line 10: field corresponding to `insecure_skip_verify' is not defined in `*influxdb.InfluxDB'

[danielnelson]

Support for this is only added in master, and will be in 1.4.0. #2773

If you are following links from https://docs.influxdata.com, note that they are linked to the master branch and are not specific to the version selected. Sorry about this confusion.

[danielnelson]

I opened an issue about the links to the docs influxdata/docs.influxdata.com-ARCHIVE#1195

[nickidw]

Support for this is only added in master, and will be in 1.4.0. #2773

If you are following links from https://docs.influxdata.com, note that they are linked to the master branch and are not specific to the version selected. Sorry about this confusion.

I'm running 1.8.2 on Windows, and the error message indicates it's not yet supported.

C:\Program Files\Telegraf>telegraf --console --test 2018/10/14 18:33:15 I! Using config file: C:\Program Files\Telegraf\telegraf.con f 2018/10/14 18:33:15 E! Error parsing C:\Program Files\Telegraf\telegraf.conf, li ne 79: field corresponding to insecure-skip-verify' is not defined in `*influxd
b.InfluxDB'

C:\Program Files\Telegraf>`

[nickidw]

If I remove the option I get:
2018-10-14T16:37:24Z W! [outputs.influxdb] when writing to [https://35.231.195.253:8086]: database "telegraf" creation failed: Post https://35.231.195.253:8086/query: x509: certificate signed by unknown authority 2018-10-14T16:37:24Z I! Starting Telegraf 1.8.1 2018-10-14T16:37:24Z I! Loaded inputs: inputs.win_perf_counters 2018-10-14T16:37:24Z I! Loaded aggregators: 2018-10-14T16:37:24Z I! Loaded processors:

[nickidw]

The option in the config file should actually be InsecureSkipVerify = true

I changed my config to the above and now it works.

[glinton]

@nickidw did you try with insecure_skip_verify = true? Underscores (_) should have worked, hyphens (-) would not. Open a new issue if using the underscored version doesn't work for you.

[nickidw]

Hi Greg, I did try with the underscores. I had a look at the code, and found it that the code uses InsecureSkipVerify. I changed my config file to InsecureSkipVerify and it worked. I have submitted 2 pull requests for the change to the documentation and sample config. Thank you, Nicki

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On Mon, Oct 15, 2018 at 7:21 PM Greg ***@***.***> wrote: @nickidw <https://github.com/nickidw> did you try with insecure_skip_verify = true? Underscores (_) should have worked, hyphens (-) would not. Open a new issue if using the underscored version doesn't work for you. — You are receiving this because you were mentioned. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#3008 (comment)>, or mute the thread <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ALdbgmoGg7dOjcdTj71lrL9cR-sjNrsaks5ulMQzgaJpZM4OU02-> .

[nickidw]

Apologies, seems I missed the trivial difference between underscore and dash. Thank you for the assistance.