influxdata / influxdata/telegraf
Support template for outputs.cloudwatch namespace
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- Go
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Description
### Use Case
I want to be able to set the namespace for cloudwatch metrics based on a tag. I have multiple metrics that are tagged with the cloudwatch namespace they need to be sent to. At the moment I have an output per namespace, this results in a lot of duplication.
This will require changing how the output batches its metrics, and will result in more cloudwatch calls depending on the cardinality of that tag.
### Expected behavior
```toml
[[outputs.cloudwatch]]
namespace = '{.Tag "namespace"}'
```
results in metrics being sent to the namespace in the tag
### Actual behavior
cloudwatch namespace is static
### Additional info
_No response_
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start by locating the outputs.cloudwatch implementation and its metric batching logic. Trace how the namespace setting is resolved, then verify that a namespace tag can determine the destination and that batching and CloudWatch calls handle multiple namespaces as described.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- aws, go
- Domain
- cloud, observability
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100