InfluxDB 2.0: There is no way hot to configure Telegraf with my own plugin [area/api]

[bednar]

When I trying create a new Telegraf configuration with my own plugin than then the request fails:

-> POST 
-> http://127.0.0.1:9999/api/v2/telegrafs
-> {
	"name": "TelegrafConfig1552908917061-IT",
	"description": "test-config",
	"agent": {
		"collectionInterval": 1000
	},
	"plugins": [{
		"comment": "Output to Influx 2.0",
		"name": "influxdb_v2",
		"type": "output",
		"config": {
			"urls": ["http://127.0.0.1:9999"],
			"token": "$INFLUX_TOKEN",
			"organization": "my-org",
			"bucket": "my-bucket"
		}
	}, {
		"name": "kernel",
		"type": "input"
	}],
	"organizationID": "03899e997851e000"
}

<- 400 
<- Bad Request
<- {
	"code": "invalid",
	"message": "unsupported telegraf plugin ping-plugin, type input",
	"op": "unmarshal telegraf config raw plugin"
}

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[russorat]

+1

[kelwang]

So i have an idea about this one, currently if a invalid telegraf type posted, we will just show an error.
Alternatively, we can simply unmarshal it to a map[string]interface{}. In this way user may create whatever they want.

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[danielnelson]

+1

[bednar]

Fixed via #16132