fix(agent): Use a unique WAL file for plugin instances of the same type

docs/CONFIGURATION.md

@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ The agent table configures Telegraf and the defaults used across all plugins.
 
 - **buffer_directory**:
   The directory to use when in `disk` buffer mode. Each output plugin will make
-  another subdirectory in this directory with the output plugin's name.
+  another subdirectory in this directory with the output plugin's ID.
 
 ## Plugins
 

models/buffer.go

@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ type BufferStats struct {
 }
 
 // NewBuffer returns a new empty Buffer with the given capacity.
-func NewBuffer(name string, alias string, capacity int, strategy string, path string) (Buffer, error) {
+func NewBuffer(id, name, alias string, capacity int, strategy, path string) (Buffer, error) {
 	registerGob()
 
 	bs := NewBufferStats(name, alias, capacity)
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ func NewBuffer(name string, alias string, capacity int, strategy string, path st
 	case "", "memory":
 		return NewMemoryBuffer(capacity, bs)
 	case "disk":
-		return NewDiskBuffer(name, alias, path, bs)
+		return NewDiskBuffer(id, path, bs)
 	}
 	return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid buffer strategy %q", strategy)
 }

models/buffer_disk.go

@@ -33,17 +33,18 @@ type DiskBuffer struct {
 	isEmpty bool
 }
 
-func NewDiskBuffer(name, alias, path string, stats BufferStats) (*DiskBuffer, error) {
-	pluginName := name
-	if alias != "" {
-		pluginName += "-" + alias
-	}
-
-	filePath := filepath.Join(path, pluginName)
+func NewDiskBuffer(id, path string, stats BufferStats) (*DiskBuffer, error) {
+	filePath := filepath.Join(path, id)
 	walFile, err := wal.Open(filePath, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to open wal file: %w", err)
 	}
+	//nolint:errcheck // cannot error here
+	if index, _ := walFile.FirstIndex(); index == 0 {
+		// simple way to test if the walfile is freshly initialized, meaning no existing file was found
+		log.Printf("I! wal file not found for plugin %s, this can safely be ignored if this is the first instance of this plugin", id)
+	}
+
 	buf := &DiskBuffer{
 		BufferStats: stats,
 		file:        walFile,

models/buffer_disk_test.go

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ func newTestDiskBuffer(t testing.TB) Buffer {
 
 func newTestDiskBufferWithPath(t testing.TB, name string, path string) Buffer {
 	t.Helper()
-	buf, err := NewBuffer(name, "", 0, "disk", path)
+	buf, err := NewBuffer(name, name, "", 0, "disk", path)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	buf.Stats().MetricsAdded.Set(0)
 	buf.Stats().MetricsWritten.Set(0)

models/buffer_mem_test.go

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import (
 
 func newTestMemoryBuffer(t testing.TB, capacity int) Buffer {
 	t.Helper()
-	buf, err := NewBuffer("test", "", capacity, "memory", "")
+	buf, err := NewBuffer("test", "test", "", capacity, "memory", "")
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	buf.Stats().MetricsAdded.Set(0)
 	buf.Stats().MetricsWritten.Set(0)

models/buffer_suite_test.go

@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ func MetricTime(sec int64) telegraf.Metric {
 
 func (s *BufferSuiteTest) newTestBuffer(capacity int) Buffer {
 	s.T().Helper()
-	buf, err := NewBuffer("test", "", capacity, s.bufferType, s.bufferPath)
+	buf, err := NewBuffer("test", "test", "", capacity, s.bufferType, s.bufferPath)
 	s.Require().NoError(err)
 	buf.Stats().MetricsAdded.Set(0)
 	buf.Stats().MetricsWritten.Set(0)

models/running_output.go

@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ func NewRunningOutput(
 		batchSize = DefaultMetricBatchSize
 	}
 
-	b, err := NewBuffer(config.Name, config.Alias, bufferLimit, config.BufferStrategy, config.BufferDirectory)
+	b, err := NewBuffer(config.ID, config.Name, config.Alias, bufferLimit, config.BufferStrategy, config.BufferDirectory)
 	if err != nil {
 		panic(err)
 	}