processes input means config is not cross-platform

[rburchell]

Bug report

Relevant telegraf.conf:

 # Get the number of processes and group them by status
 #[[inputs.processes]]
 #  # no configuration

System info:

1.2.1, macOS & Windows 10.

Steps to reproduce:

I had a working telegraf config already, and attempted to run it on a Windows PC on my network to get additional "coverage".

Expected behavior:

The same config works across multiple hosts.

Actual behavior:

I was greeted by this:

2017/04/12 01:12:59 E! Error parsing E:\telegraf\telegraf.conf, Undefined but requested input: processes

Additional info:

It was quite easy to get past (comment out the processes input plugin in the config), but it'd be nice if the same config worked without issues across platforms. Is this possible?

[danielnelson]

I think ideally it would warn but still start.

[afriberg]

Hi, did you guys solve this?

[danielnelson]

Not yet, it is likely the fix will just be a better error message. I don't think it is possible to have the config work across systems.

[ajayjawale]

hello there,

its seems like this error still exists...
I am using Windows 10 with telegraf 1.8.2 and while configuring basic configuration for [[inputs.processes]] as listed below, --test serving me error message "E! Error parsing E:\telegraf\telegraf.conf, Undefined but requested input: processes"

 # Get the number of processes and group them by status
 #[[inputs.processes]]
 #  # no configuration

what can be done to overcome the same?
any ideas, thoughts?