influxdata / influxdata/telegraf
Deprecate `processors.ifname` plugin
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Description
### Use Case
With the addition of the `processors.snmp_lookup`, the `processors.ifname` has become redundant.
### Expected behavior
Users of `processors.ifname` plugin should receive a deprecation warning.
### Actual behavior
No deprecation warning.
### Additional info
The following config will use the same `ifDescr` fallback as `processors.ifname` when there is no `ifName` value on the device.
```toml
[[processors.snmp_lookup]]
agent_tag = "agent"
index_tag = "ifIndex"
[[processors.snmp_lookup.tag]]
oid = ".1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.2"
name = "ifName"
[[processors.snmp_lookup.tag]]
oid = ".1.3.6.1.2.1.31.1.1.1.1"
name = "ifName"
```
```diff
- foo,agent=127.0.0.1,ifIndex=2 field=123
+ foo,agent=127.0.0.1,ifIndex=2,ifName=eth0 field=123
```
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by locating the processors.ifname plugin implementation and existing deprecation-warning patterns in the repository. Check the processor's related tests, if present, and verify that configurations using processors.ifname emit a deprecation warning while the replacement processors.snmp_lookup behavior remains available.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- go
- Domain
- backend
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100