diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8fb139aec9634..9d9ef38599396 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -110,37 +110,45 @@ you can configure that here.
 
 This is a full working config that will output CPU data to an InfluxDB instance
 at 192.168.59.103:8086, tagging measurements with dc="denver-1". It will output
-measurements at a 10s interval and will collect totalcpu & percpu data.
+measurements at a 10s interval and will collect per-cpu data, dropping any
+measurements which begin with `cpu_time`.
 
 ```
 [tags]
-    dc = "denver-1"
+  dc = "denver-1"
 
 [agent]
-    interval = "10s"
+  interval = "10s"
 
 # OUTPUTS
 [outputs]
 [[outputs.influxdb]]
-    url = "http://192.168.59.103:8086" # required.
-    database = "telegraf" # required.
-    precision = "s"
+  url = "http://192.168.59.103:8086" # required.
+  database = "telegraf" # required.
+  precision = "s"
 
 # PLUGINS
-[cpu]
-    percpu = true
-    totalcpu = true
+[plugins]
+[[plugins.cpu]]
+  percpu = true
+  totalcpu = false
+  drop = ["cpu_time"]
 ```
 
 Below is how to configure `tagpass` and `tagdrop` parameters (added in 0.1.5)
 
 ```
-# Don't collect CPU data for cpu6 & cpu7
-[cpu.tagdrop]
+[plugins]
+[[plugins.cpu]]
+  percpu = true
+  totalcpu = false
+  drop = ["cpu_time"]
+  # Don't collect CPU data for cpu6 & cpu7
+  [plugins.cpu.tagdrop]
     cpu = [ "cpu6", "cpu7" ]
 
-[disk]
-[disk.tagpass]
+[[plugins.disk]]
+  [plugins.disk.tagpass]
     # tagpass conditions are OR, not AND.
     # If the (filesystem is ext4 or xfs) OR (the path is /opt or /home)
     # then the metric passes
@@ -148,6 +156,15 @@ Below is how to configure `tagpass` and `tagdrop` parameters (added in 0.1.5)
     path = [ "/opt", "/home" ]
 ```
 
+Additional plugins (or outputs) of the same type can be specified,
+just define another instance in the config file:
+
+```
+[[plugins.cpu]]
+  percpu = false
+  totalcpu = true
+```
+
 ## Supported Plugins
 
 **You can view usage instructions for each plugin by running**
diff --git a/accumulator.go b/accumulator.go
index 6e1a93bc8260e..db6facf1b2e83 100644
--- a/accumulator.go
+++ b/accumulator.go
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/influxdb/telegraf/internal/config"
+
 	"github.com/influxdb/influxdb/client/v2"
 )
 
@@ -26,12 +28,12 @@ type Accumulator interface {
 }
 
 func NewAccumulator(
-	plugin *ConfiguredPlugin,
+	pluginConfig *config.PluginConfig,
 	points chan *client.Point,
 ) Accumulator {
 	acc := accumulator{}
 	acc.points = points
-	acc.plugin = plugin
+	acc.pluginConfig = pluginConfig
 	return &acc
 }
 
@@ -44,7 +46,7 @@ type accumulator struct {
 
 	debug bool
 
-	plugin *ConfiguredPlugin
+	pluginConfig *config.PluginConfig
 
 	prefix string
 }
@@ -96,8 +98,8 @@ func (ac *accumulator) AddFields(
 		measurement = ac.prefix + measurement
 	}
 
-	if ac.plugin != nil {
-		if !ac.plugin.ShouldPass(measurement) || !ac.plugin.ShouldTagsPass(tags) {
+	if ac.pluginConfig != nil {
+		if !ac.pluginConfig.ShouldPass(measurement) || !ac.pluginConfig.ShouldTagsPass(tags) {
 			return
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/agent.go b/agent.go
index 564d43dd66c2b..c1e7bb434e46b 100644
--- a/agent.go
+++ b/agent.go
@@ -6,30 +6,17 @@ import (
 	"log"
 	"math/big"
 	"os"
-	"sort"
-	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/influxdb/telegraf/internal"
+	"github.com/influxdb/telegraf/internal/config"
 	"github.com/influxdb/telegraf/outputs"
 	"github.com/influxdb/telegraf/plugins"
 
 	"github.com/influxdb/influxdb/client/v2"
 )
 
-type runningOutput struct {
-	name   string
-	output outputs.Output
-}
-
-type runningPlugin struct {
-	name       string
-	filtername string
-	plugin     plugins.Plugin
-	config     *ConfiguredPlugin
-}
-
 // Agent runs telegraf and collects data based on the given config
 type Agent struct {
 
@@ -66,14 +53,11 @@ type Agent struct {
 
 	Tags map[string]string
 
-	Config *Config
-
-	outputs []*runningOutput
-	plugins []*runningPlugin
+	Config *config.Config
 }
 
 // NewAgent returns an Agent struct based off the given Config
-func NewAgent(config *Config) (*Agent, error) {
+func NewAgent(config *config.Config) (*Agent, error) {
 	agent := &Agent{
 		Tags:          make(map[string]string),
 		Config:        config,
@@ -110,30 +94,30 @@ func NewAgent(config *Config) (*Agent, error) {
 
 // Connect connects to all configured outputs
 func (a *Agent) Connect() error {
-	for _, o := range a.outputs {
-		switch ot := o.output.(type) {
+	for _, o := range a.Config.Outputs {
+		switch ot := o.Output.(type) {
 		case outputs.ServiceOutput:
 			if err := ot.Start(); err != nil {
 				log.Printf("Service for output %s failed to start, exiting\n%s\n",
-					o.name, err.Error())
+					o.Name, err.Error())
 				return err
 			}
 		}
 
 		if a.Debug {
-			log.Printf("Attempting connection to output: %s\n", o.name)
+			log.Printf("Attempting connection to output: %s\n", o.Name)
 		}
-		err := o.output.Connect()
+		err := o.Output.Connect()
 		if err != nil {
-			log.Printf("Failed to connect to output %s, retrying in 15s\n", o.name)
+			log.Printf("Failed to connect to output %s, retrying in 15s\n", o.Name)
 			time.Sleep(15 * time.Second)
-			err = o.output.Connect()
+			err = o.Output.Connect()
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
 		}
 		if a.Debug {
-			log.Printf("Successfully connected to output: %s\n", o.name)
+			log.Printf("Successfully connected to output: %s\n", o.Name)
 		}
 	}
 	return nil
@@ -142,9 +126,9 @@ func (a *Agent) Connect() error {
 // Close closes the connection to all configured outputs
 func (a *Agent) Close() error {
 	var err error
-	for _, o := range a.outputs {
-		err = o.output.Close()
-		switch ot := o.output.(type) {
+	for _, o := range a.Config.Outputs {
+		err = o.Output.Close()
+		switch ot := o.Output.(type) {
 		case outputs.ServiceOutput:
 			ot.Stop()
 		}
@@ -152,67 +136,6 @@ func (a *Agent) Close() error {
 	return err
 }
 
-// LoadOutputs loads the agent's outputs
-func (a *Agent) LoadOutputs(filters []string) ([]string, error) {
-	var names []string
-
-	for _, name := range a.Config.OutputsDeclared() {
-		// Trim the ID off the output name for filtering
-		filtername := strings.TrimRight(name, "-0123456789")
-		creator, ok := outputs.Outputs[filtername]
-		if !ok {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("Undefined but requested output: %s", name)
-		}
-
-		if sliceContains(filtername, filters) || len(filters) == 0 {
-			output := creator()
-
-			err := a.Config.ApplyOutput(name, output)
-			if err != nil {
-				return nil, err
-			}
-
-			a.outputs = append(a.outputs, &runningOutput{name, output})
-			names = append(names, name)
-		}
-	}
-
-	sort.Strings(names)
-
-	return names, nil
-}
-
-// LoadPlugins loads the agent's plugins
-func (a *Agent) LoadPlugins(filters []string) ([]string, error) {
-	var names []string
-
-	for _, name := range a.Config.PluginsDeclared() {
-		// Trim the ID off the output name for filtering
-		filtername := strings.TrimRight(name, "-0123456789")
-		creator, ok := plugins.Plugins[filtername]
-		if !ok {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("Undefined but requested plugin: %s", name)
-		}
-
-		if sliceContains(filtername, filters) || len(filters) == 0 {
-			plugin := creator()
-
-			config, err := a.Config.ApplyPlugin(name, plugin)
-			if err != nil {
-				return nil, err
-			}
-
-			a.plugins = append(a.plugins,
-				&runningPlugin{name, filtername, plugin, config})
-			names = append(names, name)
-		}
-	}
-
-	sort.Strings(names)
-
-	return names, nil
-}
-
 // gatherParallel runs the plugins that are using the same reporting interval
 // as the telegraf agent.
 func (a *Agent) gatherParallel(pointChan chan *client.Point) error {
@@ -220,23 +143,23 @@ func (a *Agent) gatherParallel(pointChan chan *client.Point) error {
 
 	start := time.Now()
 	counter := 0
-	for _, plugin := range a.plugins {
-		if plugin.config.Interval != 0 {
+	for _, plugin := range a.Config.Plugins {
+		if plugin.Config.Interval != 0 {
 			continue
 		}
 
 		wg.Add(1)
 		counter++
-		go func(plugin *runningPlugin) {
+		go func(plugin *config.RunningPlugin) {
 			defer wg.Done()
 
-			acc := NewAccumulator(plugin.config, pointChan)
+			acc := NewAccumulator(plugin.Config, pointChan)
 			acc.SetDebug(a.Debug)
-			acc.SetPrefix(plugin.filtername + "_")
+			acc.SetPrefix(plugin.Name + "_")
 			acc.SetDefaultTags(a.Tags)
 
-			if err := plugin.plugin.Gather(acc); err != nil {
-				log.Printf("Error in plugin [%s]: %s", plugin.name, err)
+			if err := plugin.Plugin.Gather(acc); err != nil {
+				log.Printf("Error in plugin [%s]: %s", plugin.Name, err)
 			}
 
 		}(plugin)
@@ -254,27 +177,27 @@ func (a *Agent) gatherParallel(pointChan chan *client.Point) error {
 // reporting interval.
 func (a *Agent) gatherSeparate(
 	shutdown chan struct{},
-	plugin *runningPlugin,
+	plugin *config.RunningPlugin,
 	pointChan chan *client.Point,
 ) error {
-	ticker := time.NewTicker(plugin.config.Interval)
+	ticker := time.NewTicker(plugin.Config.Interval)
 
 	for {
 		var outerr error
 		start := time.Now()
 
-		acc := NewAccumulator(plugin.config, pointChan)
+		acc := NewAccumulator(plugin.Config, pointChan)
 		acc.SetDebug(a.Debug)
-		acc.SetPrefix(plugin.filtername + "_")
+		acc.SetPrefix(plugin.Name + "_")
 		acc.SetDefaultTags(a.Tags)
 
-		if err := plugin.plugin.Gather(acc); err != nil {
-			log.Printf("Error in plugin [%s]: %s", plugin.name, err)
+		if err := plugin.Plugin.Gather(acc); err != nil {
+			log.Printf("Error in plugin [%s]: %s", plugin.Name, err)
 		}
 
 		elapsed := time.Since(start)
 		log.Printf("Gathered metrics, (separate %s interval), from %s in %s\n",
-			plugin.config.Interval, plugin.name, elapsed)
+			plugin.Config.Interval, plugin.Name, elapsed)
 
 		if outerr != nil {
 			return outerr
@@ -308,27 +231,27 @@ func (a *Agent) Test() error {
 		}
 	}()
 
-	for _, plugin := range a.plugins {
-		acc := NewAccumulator(plugin.config, pointChan)
+	for _, plugin := range a.Config.Plugins {
+		acc := NewAccumulator(plugin.Config, pointChan)
 		acc.SetDebug(true)
-		acc.SetPrefix(plugin.filtername + "_")
+		acc.SetPrefix(plugin.Name + "_")
 
-		fmt.Printf("* Plugin: %s, Collection 1\n", plugin.name)
-		if plugin.config.Interval != 0 {
-			fmt.Printf("* Internal: %s\n", plugin.config.Interval)
+		fmt.Printf("* Plugin: %s, Collection 1\n", plugin.Name)
+		if plugin.Config.Interval != 0 {
+			fmt.Printf("* Internal: %s\n", plugin.Config.Interval)
 		}
 
-		if err := plugin.plugin.Gather(acc); err != nil {
+		if err := plugin.Plugin.Gather(acc); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 
 		// Special instructions for some plugins. cpu, for example, needs to be
 		// run twice in order to return cpu usage percentages.
-		switch plugin.filtername {
+		switch plugin.Name {
 		case "cpu", "mongodb":
 			time.Sleep(500 * time.Millisecond)
-			fmt.Printf("* Plugin: %s, Collection 2\n", plugin.name)
-			if err := plugin.plugin.Gather(acc); err != nil {
+			fmt.Printf("* Plugin: %s, Collection 2\n", plugin.Name)
+			if err := plugin.Plugin.Gather(acc); err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
 		}
@@ -341,7 +264,7 @@ func (a *Agent) Test() error {
 // Optionally takes a `done` channel to indicate that it is done writing.
 func (a *Agent) writeOutput(
 	points []*client.Point,
-	ro *runningOutput,
+	ro *config.RunningOutput,
 	shutdown chan struct{},
 	wg *sync.WaitGroup,
 ) {
@@ -354,12 +277,12 @@ func (a *Agent) writeOutput(
 	start := time.Now()
 
 	for {
-		err := ro.output.Write(points)
+		err := ro.Output.Write(points)
 		if err == nil {
 			// Write successful
 			elapsed := time.Since(start)
 			log.Printf("Flushed %d metrics to output %s in %s\n",
-				len(points), ro.name, elapsed)
+				len(points), ro.Name, elapsed)
 			return
 		}
 
@@ -371,12 +294,12 @@ func (a *Agent) writeOutput(
 				// No more retries
 				msg := "FATAL: Write to output [%s] failed %d times, dropping" +
 					" %d metrics\n"
-				log.Printf(msg, ro.name, retries+1, len(points))
+				log.Printf(msg, ro.Name, retries+1, len(points))
 				return
 			} else if err != nil {
 				// Sleep for a retry
 				log.Printf("Error in output [%s]: %s, retrying in %s",
-					ro.name, err.Error(), a.FlushInterval.Duration)
+					ro.Name, err.Error(), a.FlushInterval.Duration)
 				time.Sleep(a.FlushInterval.Duration)
 			}
 		}
@@ -392,7 +315,7 @@ func (a *Agent) flush(
 	wait bool,
 ) {
 	var wg sync.WaitGroup
-	for _, o := range a.outputs {
+	for _, o := range a.Config.Outputs {
 		wg.Add(1)
 		go a.writeOutput(points, o, shutdown, &wg)
 	}
@@ -476,14 +399,14 @@ func (a *Agent) Run(shutdown chan struct{}) error {
 		}
 	}()
 
-	for _, plugin := range a.plugins {
+	for _, plugin := range a.Config.Plugins {
 
 		// Start service of any ServicePlugins
-		switch p := plugin.plugin.(type) {
+		switch p := plugin.Plugin.(type) {
 		case plugins.ServicePlugin:
 			if err := p.Start(); err != nil {
 				log.Printf("Service for plugin %s failed to start, exiting\n%s\n",
-					plugin.name, err.Error())
+					plugin.Name, err.Error())
 				return err
 			}
 			defer p.Stop()
@@ -491,9 +414,9 @@ func (a *Agent) Run(shutdown chan struct{}) error {
 
 		// Special handling for plugins that have their own collection interval
 		// configured. Default intervals are handled below with gatherParallel
-		if plugin.config.Interval != 0 {
+		if plugin.Config.Interval != 0 {
 			wg.Add(1)
-			go func(plugin *runningPlugin) {
+			go func(plugin *config.RunningPlugin) {
 				defer wg.Done()
 				if err := a.gatherSeparate(shutdown, plugin, pointChan); err != nil {
 					log.Printf(err.Error())
diff --git a/agent_test.go b/agent_test.go
index 403b409f36da3..275ab96ee7d59 100644
--- a/agent_test.go
+++ b/agent_test.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/influxdb/telegraf/internal"
+	"github.com/influxdb/telegraf/internal/config"
 
 	// needing to load the plugins
 	_ "github.com/influxdb/telegraf/plugins/all"
@@ -14,49 +15,73 @@ import (
 )
 
 func TestAgent_LoadPlugin(t *testing.T) {
-
-	// load a dedicated configuration file
-	config, _ := LoadConfig("./testdata/telegraf-agent.toml")
-	a, _ := NewAgent(config)
-
-	pluginsEnabled, _ := a.LoadPlugins([]string{"mysql"}, config)
-	assert.Equal(t, 1, len(pluginsEnabled))
-
-	pluginsEnabled, _ = a.LoadPlugins([]string{"foo"}, config)
-	assert.Equal(t, 0, len(pluginsEnabled))
-
-	pluginsEnabled, _ = a.LoadPlugins([]string{"mysql", "foo"}, config)
-	assert.Equal(t, 1, len(pluginsEnabled))
-
-	pluginsEnabled, _ = a.LoadPlugins([]string{"mysql", "redis"}, config)
-	assert.Equal(t, 2, len(pluginsEnabled))
-
-	pluginsEnabled, _ = a.LoadPlugins([]string{"mysql", "foo", "redis", "bar"}, config)
-	assert.Equal(t, 2, len(pluginsEnabled))
+	c := config.NewConfig()
+	c.PluginFilters = []string{"mysql"}
+	c.LoadConfig("./internal/config/testdata/telegraf-agent.toml")
+	a, _ := NewAgent(c)
+	assert.Equal(t, 1, len(a.Config.Plugins))
+
+	c = config.NewConfig()
+	c.PluginFilters = []string{"foo"}
+	c.LoadConfig("./internal/config/testdata/telegraf-agent.toml")
+	a, _ = NewAgent(c)
+	assert.Equal(t, 0, len(a.Config.Plugins))
+
+	c = config.NewConfig()
+	c.PluginFilters = []string{"mysql", "foo"}
+	c.LoadConfig("./internal/config/testdata/telegraf-agent.toml")
+	a, _ = NewAgent(c)
+	assert.Equal(t, 1, len(a.Config.Plugins))
+
+	c = config.NewConfig()
+	c.PluginFilters = []string{"mysql", "redis"}
+	c.LoadConfig("./internal/config/testdata/telegraf-agent.toml")
+	a, _ = NewAgent(c)
+	assert.Equal(t, 2, len(a.Config.Plugins))
+
+	c = config.NewConfig()
+	c.PluginFilters = []string{"mysql", "foo", "redis", "bar"}
+	c.LoadConfig("./internal/config/testdata/telegraf-agent.toml")
+	a, _ = NewAgent(c)
+	assert.Equal(t, 2, len(a.Config.Plugins))
 }
 
 func TestAgent_LoadOutput(t *testing.T) {
-	// load a dedicated configuration file
-	config, _ := LoadConfig("./testdata/telegraf-agent.toml")
-	a, _ := NewAgent(config)
-
-	outputsEnabled, _ := a.LoadOutputs([]string{"influxdb"}, config)
-	assert.Equal(t, 2, len(outputsEnabled))
-
-	outputsEnabled, _ = a.LoadOutputs([]string{}, config)
-	assert.Equal(t, 3, len(outputsEnabled))
-
-	outputsEnabled, _ = a.LoadOutputs([]string{"foo"}, config)
-	assert.Equal(t, 0, len(outputsEnabled))
-
-	outputsEnabled, _ = a.LoadOutputs([]string{"influxdb", "foo"}, config)
-	assert.Equal(t, 2, len(outputsEnabled))
-
-	outputsEnabled, _ = a.LoadOutputs([]string{"influxdb", "kafka"}, config)
-	assert.Equal(t, 3, len(outputsEnabled))
-
-	outputsEnabled, _ = a.LoadOutputs([]string{"influxdb", "foo", "kafka", "bar"}, config)
-	assert.Equal(t, 3, len(outputsEnabled))
+	c := config.NewConfig()
+	c.OutputFilters = []string{"influxdb"}
+	c.LoadConfig("./internal/config/testdata/telegraf-agent.toml")
+	a, _ := NewAgent(c)
+	assert.Equal(t, 2, len(a.Config.Outputs))
+
+	c = config.NewConfig()
+	c.OutputFilters = []string{}
+	c.LoadConfig("./internal/config/testdata/telegraf-agent.toml")
+	a, _ = NewAgent(c)
+	assert.Equal(t, 3, len(a.Config.Outputs))
+
+	c = config.NewConfig()
+	c.OutputFilters = []string{"foo"}
+	c.LoadConfig("./internal/config/testdata/telegraf-agent.toml")
+	a, _ = NewAgent(c)
+	assert.Equal(t, 0, len(a.Config.Outputs))
+
+	c = config.NewConfig()
+	c.OutputFilters = []string{"influxdb", "foo"}
+	c.LoadConfig("./internal/config/testdata/telegraf-agent.toml")
+	a, _ = NewAgent(c)
+	assert.Equal(t, 2, len(a.Config.Outputs))
+
+	c = config.NewConfig()
+	c.OutputFilters = []string{"influxdb", "kafka"}
+	c.LoadConfig("./internal/config/testdata/telegraf-agent.toml")
+	a, _ = NewAgent(c)
+	assert.Equal(t, 3, len(a.Config.Outputs))
+
+	c = config.NewConfig()
+	c.OutputFilters = []string{"influxdb", "foo", "kafka", "bar"}
+	c.LoadConfig("./internal/config/testdata/telegraf-agent.toml")
+	a, _ = NewAgent(c)
+	assert.Equal(t, 3, len(a.Config.Outputs))
 }
 
 func TestAgent_ZeroJitter(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/cmd/telegraf/telegraf.go b/cmd/telegraf/telegraf.go
index 6a5939a90832e..88ff8fc053f2d 100644
--- a/cmd/telegraf/telegraf.go
+++ b/cmd/telegraf/telegraf.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/influxdb/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdb/telegraf/internal/config"
 	_ "github.com/influxdb/telegraf/outputs/all"
 	_ "github.com/influxdb/telegraf/plugins/all"
 )
@@ -56,13 +57,13 @@ func main() {
 	}
 
 	if *fSampleConfig {
-		telegraf.PrintSampleConfig(pluginFilters, outputFilters)
+		config.PrintSampleConfig(pluginFilters, outputFilters)
 		return
 	}
 
 	if *fUsage != "" {
-		if err := telegraf.PrintPluginConfig(*fUsage); err != nil {
-			if err2 := telegraf.PrintOutputConfig(*fUsage); err2 != nil {
+		if err := config.PrintPluginConfig(*fUsage); err != nil {
+			if err2 := config.PrintOutputConfig(*fUsage); err2 != nil {
 				log.Fatalf("%s and %s", err, err2)
 			}
 		}
@@ -70,13 +71,15 @@ func main() {
 	}
 
 	var (
-		config *telegraf.Config
-		err    error
+		c   *config.Config
+		err error
 	)
 
 	if *fConfig != "" {
-		config = telegraf.NewConfig()
-		err = config.LoadConfig(*fConfig)
+		c = config.NewConfig()
+		c.OutputFilters = outputFilters
+		c.PluginFilters = pluginFilters
+		err = c.LoadConfig(*fConfig)
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Fatal(err)
 		}
@@ -87,37 +90,25 @@ func main() {
 	}
 
 	if *fConfigDirectory != "" {
-		err = config.LoadDirectory(*fConfigDirectory)
+		err = c.LoadDirectory(*fConfigDirectory)
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Fatal(err)
 		}
 	}
-
-	ag, err := telegraf.NewAgent(config)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatal(err)
+	if len(c.Outputs) == 0 {
+		log.Fatalf("Error: no outputs found, did you provide a valid config file?")
 	}
-
-	if *fDebug {
-		ag.Debug = true
+	if len(c.Plugins) == 0 {
+		log.Fatalf("Error: no plugins found, did you provide a valid config file?")
 	}
 
-	outputs, err := ag.LoadOutputs(outputFilters)
+	ag, err := telegraf.NewAgent(c)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatal(err)
 	}
-	if len(outputs) == 0 {
-		log.Printf("Error: no outputs found, did you provide a valid config file?")
-		os.Exit(1)
-	}
 
-	plugins, err := ag.LoadPlugins(pluginFilters)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatal(err)
-	}
-	if len(plugins) == 0 {
-		log.Printf("Error: no plugins found, did you provide a valid config file?")
-		os.Exit(1)
+	if *fDebug {
+		ag.Debug = true
 	}
 
 	if *fTest {
@@ -142,9 +133,9 @@ func main() {
 	}()
 
 	log.Printf("Starting Telegraf (version %s)\n", Version)
-	log.Printf("Loaded outputs: %s", strings.Join(outputs, " "))
-	log.Printf("Loaded plugins: %s", strings.Join(plugins, " "))
-	log.Printf("Tags enabled: %s", config.ListTags())
+	log.Printf("Loaded outputs: %s", strings.Join(c.OutputNames(), " "))
+	log.Printf("Loaded plugins: %s", strings.Join(c.PluginNames(), " "))
+	log.Printf("Tags enabled: %s", c.ListTags())
 
 	if *fPidfile != "" {
 		f, err := os.Create(*fPidfile)
diff --git a/config_test.go b/config_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 89b678b7b4cbf..0000000000000
--- a/config_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,307 +0,0 @@
-package telegraf
-
-import (
-	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
-	"testing"
-	"time"
-
-	"github.com/influxdb/telegraf/plugins"
-	"github.com/influxdb/telegraf/plugins/exec"
-	"github.com/influxdb/telegraf/plugins/memcached"
-	"github.com/influxdb/telegraf/plugins/procstat"
-	"github.com/naoina/toml"
-	"github.com/naoina/toml/ast"
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/suite"
-)
-
-type subTest struct {
-	AField       string
-	AnotherField int
-}
-type test struct {
-	StringField     string
-	IntegerField    int
-	FloatField      float32
-	BooleansField   bool `toml:"boolean_field"`
-	DatetimeField   time.Time
-	ArrayField      []string
-	TableArrayField []subTest
-}
-
-type MergeStructSuite struct {
-	suite.Suite
-	EmptyStruct       *test
-	FullStruct        *test
-	AnotherFullStruct *test
-	AllFields         []string
-}
-
-func (s *MergeStructSuite) SetupSuite() {
-	s.AllFields = []string{"string_field", "integer_field", "float_field",
-		"boolean_field", "date_time_field", "array_field", "table_array_field"}
-}
-
-func (s *MergeStructSuite) SetupTest() {
-	s.EmptyStruct = &test{
-		ArrayField:      []string{},
-		TableArrayField: []subTest{},
-	}
-	s.FullStruct = &test{
-		StringField:   "one",
-		IntegerField:  1,
-		FloatField:    1.1,
-		BooleansField: false,
-		DatetimeField: time.Date(1963, time.August, 28, 17, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC),
-		ArrayField:    []string{"one", "two", "three"},
-		TableArrayField: []subTest{
-			subTest{
-				AField:       "one",
-				AnotherField: 1,
-			},
-			subTest{
-				AField:       "two",
-				AnotherField: 2,
-			},
-		},
-	}
-	s.AnotherFullStruct = &test{
-		StringField:   "two",
-		IntegerField:  2,
-		FloatField:    2.2,
-		BooleansField: true,
-		DatetimeField: time.Date(1965, time.March, 25, 17, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC),
-		ArrayField:    []string{"four", "five", "six"},
-		TableArrayField: []subTest{
-			subTest{
-				AField:       "three",
-				AnotherField: 3,
-			},
-			subTest{
-				AField:       "four",
-				AnotherField: 4,
-			},
-		},
-	}
-}
-
-func (s *MergeStructSuite) TestEmptyMerge() {
-	err := mergeStruct(s.EmptyStruct, s.FullStruct, s.AllFields)
-	if err != nil {
-		s.T().Error(err)
-	}
-	s.Equal(s.FullStruct, s.EmptyStruct,
-		fmt.Sprintf("Full merge of %v onto an empty struct failed.", s.FullStruct))
-}
-
-func (s *MergeStructSuite) TestFullMerge() {
-	result := &test{
-		StringField:   "two",
-		IntegerField:  2,
-		FloatField:    2.2,
-		BooleansField: true,
-		DatetimeField: time.Date(1965, time.March, 25, 17, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC),
-		ArrayField:    []string{"four", "five", "six"},
-		TableArrayField: []subTest{
-			subTest{
-				AField:       "three",
-				AnotherField: 3,
-			},
-			subTest{
-				AField:       "four",
-				AnotherField: 4,
-			},
-		},
-	}
-
-	err := mergeStruct(s.FullStruct, s.AnotherFullStruct, s.AllFields)
-	if err != nil {
-		s.T().Error(err)
-	}
-	s.Equal(result, s.FullStruct,
-		fmt.Sprintf("Full merge of %v onto FullStruct failed.", s.AnotherFullStruct))
-}
-
-func (s *MergeStructSuite) TestPartialMergeWithoutSlices() {
-	result := &test{
-		StringField:   "two",
-		IntegerField:  1,
-		FloatField:    2.2,
-		BooleansField: false,
-		DatetimeField: time.Date(1965, time.March, 25, 17, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC),
-		ArrayField:    []string{"one", "two", "three"},
-		TableArrayField: []subTest{
-			subTest{
-				AField:       "one",
-				AnotherField: 1,
-			},
-			subTest{
-				AField:       "two",
-				AnotherField: 2,
-			},
-		},
-	}
-
-	err := mergeStruct(s.FullStruct, s.AnotherFullStruct,
-		[]string{"string_field", "float_field", "date_time_field"})
-	if err != nil {
-		s.T().Error(err)
-	}
-	s.Equal(result, s.FullStruct,
-		fmt.Sprintf("Partial merge without slices of %v onto FullStruct failed.",
-			s.AnotherFullStruct))
-}
-
-func (s *MergeStructSuite) TestPartialMergeWithSlices() {
-	result := &test{
-		StringField:   "two",
-		IntegerField:  1,
-		FloatField:    2.2,
-		BooleansField: false,
-		DatetimeField: time.Date(1965, time.March, 25, 17, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC),
-		ArrayField:    []string{"one", "two", "three"},
-		TableArrayField: []subTest{
-			subTest{
-				AField:       "three",
-				AnotherField: 3,
-			},
-			subTest{
-				AField:       "four",
-				AnotherField: 4,
-			},
-		},
-	}
-
-	err := mergeStruct(s.FullStruct, s.AnotherFullStruct,
-		[]string{"string_field", "float_field", "date_time_field", "table_array_field"})
-	if err != nil {
-		s.T().Error(err)
-	}
-	s.Equal(result, s.FullStruct,
-		fmt.Sprintf("Partial merge with slices of %v onto FullStruct failed.",
-			s.AnotherFullStruct))
-}
-
-func TestConfig_mergeStruct(t *testing.T) {
-	suite.Run(t, new(MergeStructSuite))
-}
-
-func TestConfig_parsePlugin(t *testing.T) {
-	data, err := ioutil.ReadFile("./testdata/single_plugin.toml")
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Error(err)
-	}
-
-	tbl, err := toml.Parse(data)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Error(err)
-	}
-
-	c := &Config{
-		plugins:                      make(map[string]plugins.Plugin),
-		pluginConfigurations:         make(map[string]*ConfiguredPlugin),
-		pluginFieldsSet:              make(map[string][]string),
-		pluginConfigurationFieldsSet: make(map[string][]string),
-	}
-
-	subtbl := tbl.Fields["memcached"].(*ast.Table)
-	err = c.parsePlugin("memcached", subtbl, 0)
-
-	memcached := plugins.Plugins["memcached"]().(*memcached.Memcached)
-	memcached.Servers = []string{"localhost"}
-
-	mConfig := &ConfiguredPlugin{
-		Name: "memcached",
-		Drop: []string{"other", "stuff"},
-		Pass: []string{"some", "strings"},
-		TagDrop: []TagFilter{
-			TagFilter{
-				Name:   "badtag",
-				Filter: []string{"othertag"},
-			},
-		},
-		TagPass: []TagFilter{
-			TagFilter{
-				Name:   "goodtag",
-				Filter: []string{"mytag"},
-			},
-		},
-		Interval: 5 * time.Second,
-	}
-
-	assert.Equal(t, memcached, c.plugins["memcached-0"],
-		"Testdata did not produce a correct memcached struct.")
-	assert.Equal(t, mConfig, c.pluginConfigurations["memcached-0"],
-		"Testdata did not produce correct memcached metadata.")
-}
-
-func TestConfig_LoadDirectory(t *testing.T) {
-	c, err := LoadConfig("./testdata/telegraf-agent.toml")
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Error(err)
-	}
-	err = c.LoadDirectory("./testdata/subconfig")
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Error(err)
-	}
-
-	memcached := plugins.Plugins["memcached"]().(*memcached.Memcached)
-	memcached.Servers = []string{"192.168.1.1"}
-
-	mConfig := &ConfiguredPlugin{
-		Name: "memcached",
-		Drop: []string{"other", "stuff"},
-		Pass: []string{"some", "strings"},
-		TagDrop: []TagFilter{
-			TagFilter{
-				Name:   "badtag",
-				Filter: []string{"othertag"},
-			},
-		},
-		TagPass: []TagFilter{
-			TagFilter{
-				Name:   "goodtag",
-				Filter: []string{"mytag"},
-			},
-		},
-		Interval: 5 * time.Second,
-	}
-
-	ex := plugins.Plugins["exec"]().(*exec.Exec)
-	ex.Commands = []*exec.Command{
-		&exec.Command{
-			Command: "/usr/bin/myothercollector --foo=bar",
-			Name:    "myothercollector",
-		},
-	}
-
-	eConfig := &ConfiguredPlugin{Name: "exec"}
-
-	pstat := plugins.Plugins["procstat"]().(*procstat.Procstat)
-	pstat.Specifications = []*procstat.Specification{
-		&procstat.Specification{
-			PidFile: "/var/run/grafana-server.pid",
-		},
-		&procstat.Specification{
-			PidFile: "/var/run/influxdb/influxd.pid",
-		},
-	}
-
-	pConfig := &ConfiguredPlugin{Name: "procstat"}
-
-	assert.Equal(t, memcached, c.plugins["memcached-0"],
-		"Merged Testdata did not produce a correct memcached struct.")
-	assert.Equal(t, mConfig, c.pluginConfigurations["memcached-0"],
-		"Merged Testdata did not produce correct memcached metadata.")
-
-	assert.Equal(t, ex, c.plugins["exec-0"],
-		"Merged Testdata did not produce a correct exec struct.")
-	assert.Equal(t, eConfig, c.pluginConfigurations["exec-0"],
-		"Merged Testdata did not produce correct exec metadata.")
-
-	assert.Equal(t, pstat, c.plugins["procstat-0"],
-		"Merged Testdata did not produce a correct procstat struct.")
-	assert.Equal(t, pConfig, c.pluginConfigurations["procstat-0"],
-		"Merged Testdata did not produce correct procstat metadata.")
-}
diff --git a/config.go b/internal/config/config.go
similarity index 61%
rename from config.go
rename to internal/config/config.go
index 9ffd0c80fae7e..e0f6b673b8200 100644
--- a/config.go
+++ b/internal/config/config.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package telegraf
+package config
 
 import (
 	"errors"
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/influxdb/telegraf/outputs"
 	"github.com/influxdb/telegraf/plugins"
+
 	"github.com/naoina/toml"
 	"github.com/naoina/toml/ast"
 )
@@ -20,18 +21,22 @@ import (
 // will be logging to, as well as all the plugins that the user has
 // specified
 type Config struct {
-	Tags map[string]string
+	Tags          map[string]string
+	PluginFilters []string
+	OutputFilters []string
 
-	agent   *ast.Table
-	plugins map[string]*ast.Table
-	outputs map[string]*ast.Table
+	Agent   *ast.Table
+	Plugins []*RunningPlugin
+	Outputs []*RunningOutput
 }
 
 func NewConfig() *Config {
 	c := &Config{
-		Tags:    make(map[string]string),
-		plugins: make(map[string]*ast.Table),
-		outputs: make(map[string]*ast.Table),
+		Tags:          make(map[string]string),
+		Plugins:       make([]*RunningPlugin, 0),
+		Outputs:       make([]*RunningOutput, 0),
+		PluginFilters: make([]string, 0),
+		OutputFilters: make([]string, 0),
 	}
 	return c
 }
@@ -42,9 +47,20 @@ type TagFilter struct {
 	Filter []string
 }
 
-// ConfiguredPlugin containing a name, interval, and drop/pass prefix lists
+type RunningOutput struct {
+	Name   string
+	Output outputs.Output
+}
+
+type RunningPlugin struct {
+	Name   string
+	Plugin plugins.Plugin
+	Config *PluginConfig
+}
+
+// PluginConfig containing a name, interval, and drop/pass prefix lists
 // Also lists the tags to filter
-type ConfiguredPlugin struct {
+type PluginConfig struct {
 	Name string
 
 	Drop []string
@@ -58,7 +74,7 @@ type ConfiguredPlugin struct {
 
 // ShouldPass returns true if the metric should pass, false if should drop
 // based on the drop/pass plugin parameters
-func (cp *ConfiguredPlugin) ShouldPass(measurement string) bool {
+func (cp *PluginConfig) ShouldPass(measurement string) bool {
 	if cp.Pass != nil {
 		for _, pat := range cp.Pass {
 			if strings.HasPrefix(measurement, pat) {
@@ -82,7 +98,7 @@ func (cp *ConfiguredPlugin) ShouldPass(measurement string) bool {
 
 // ShouldTagsPass returns true if the metric should pass, false if should drop
 // based on the tagdrop/tagpass plugin parameters
-func (cp *ConfiguredPlugin) ShouldTagsPass(tags map[string]string) bool {
+func (cp *PluginConfig) ShouldTagsPass(tags map[string]string) bool {
 	if cp.TagPass != nil {
 		for _, pat := range cp.TagPass {
 			if tagval, ok := tags[pat.Name]; ok {
@@ -112,136 +128,32 @@ func (cp *ConfiguredPlugin) ShouldTagsPass(tags map[string]string) bool {
 	return true
 }
 
-// ApplyOutput loads the toml config into the given interface
-func (c *Config) ApplyOutput(name string, v interface{}) error {
-	if c.outputs[name] != nil {
-		return toml.UnmarshalTable(c.outputs[name], v)
+// Plugins returns a list of strings of the configured plugins.
+func (c *Config) PluginNames() []string {
+	var name []string
+	for _, plugin := range c.Plugins {
+		name = append(name, plugin.Name)
 	}
-	return nil
+	return name
 }
 
-// ApplyAgent loads the toml config into the given Agent object, overriding
-// defaults (such as collection duration) with the values from the toml config.
-func (c *Config) ApplyAgent(a *Agent) error {
-	if c.agent != nil {
-		return toml.UnmarshalTable(c.agent, a)
-	}
-
-	return nil
-}
-
-// ApplyPlugin takes defined plugin names and applies them to the given
-// interface, returning a ConfiguredPlugin object in the end that can
-// be inserted into a runningPlugin by the agent.
-func (c *Config) ApplyPlugin(name string, v interface{}) (*ConfiguredPlugin, error) {
-	cp := &ConfiguredPlugin{Name: name}
-
-	if tbl, ok := c.plugins[name]; ok {
-
-		if node, ok := tbl.Fields["pass"]; ok {
-			if kv, ok := node.(*ast.KeyValue); ok {
-				if ary, ok := kv.Value.(*ast.Array); ok {
-					for _, elem := range ary.Value {
-						if str, ok := elem.(*ast.String); ok {
-							cp.Pass = append(cp.Pass, str.Value)
-						}
-					}
-				}
-			}
-		}
-
-		if node, ok := tbl.Fields["drop"]; ok {
-			if kv, ok := node.(*ast.KeyValue); ok {
-				if ary, ok := kv.Value.(*ast.Array); ok {
-					for _, elem := range ary.Value {
-						if str, ok := elem.(*ast.String); ok {
-							cp.Drop = append(cp.Drop, str.Value)
-						}
-					}
-				}
-			}
-		}
-
-		if node, ok := tbl.Fields["interval"]; ok {
-			if kv, ok := node.(*ast.KeyValue); ok {
-				if str, ok := kv.Value.(*ast.String); ok {
-					dur, err := time.ParseDuration(str.Value)
-					if err != nil {
-						return nil, err
-					}
-
-					cp.Interval = dur
-				}
-			}
-		}
-
-		if node, ok := tbl.Fields["tagpass"]; ok {
-			if subtbl, ok := node.(*ast.Table); ok {
-				for name, val := range subtbl.Fields {
-					if kv, ok := val.(*ast.KeyValue); ok {
-						tagfilter := &TagFilter{Name: name}
-						if ary, ok := kv.Value.(*ast.Array); ok {
-							for _, elem := range ary.Value {
-								if str, ok := elem.(*ast.String); ok {
-									tagfilter.Filter = append(tagfilter.Filter, str.Value)
-								}
-							}
-						}
-						cp.TagPass = append(cp.TagPass, *tagfilter)
-					}
-				}
-			}
-		}
-
-		if node, ok := tbl.Fields["tagdrop"]; ok {
-			if subtbl, ok := node.(*ast.Table); ok {
-				for name, val := range subtbl.Fields {
-					if kv, ok := val.(*ast.KeyValue); ok {
-						tagfilter := &TagFilter{Name: name}
-						if ary, ok := kv.Value.(*ast.Array); ok {
-							for _, elem := range ary.Value {
-								if str, ok := elem.(*ast.String); ok {
-									tagfilter.Filter = append(tagfilter.Filter, str.Value)
-								}
-							}
-						}
-						cp.TagDrop = append(cp.TagDrop, *tagfilter)
-					}
-				}
-			}
-		}
-
-		delete(tbl.Fields, "drop")
-		delete(tbl.Fields, "pass")
-		delete(tbl.Fields, "interval")
-		delete(tbl.Fields, "tagdrop")
-		delete(tbl.Fields, "tagpass")
-		return cp, toml.UnmarshalTable(tbl, v)
+// Outputs returns a list of strings of the configured plugins.
+func (c *Config) OutputNames() []string {
+	var name []string
+	for _, output := range c.Outputs {
+		name = append(name, output.Name)
 	}
-
-	return cp, nil
-}
-
-// PluginsDeclared returns the name of all plugins declared in the config.
-func (c *Config) PluginsDeclared() []string {
-	return declared(c.plugins)
-}
-
-// OutputsDeclared returns the name of all outputs declared in the config.
-func (c *Config) OutputsDeclared() []string {
-	return declared(c.outputs)
+	return name
 }
 
-func declared(endpoints map[string]*ast.Table) []string {
-	var names []string
-
-	for name := range endpoints {
-		names = append(names, name)
+// ApplyAgent loads the toml config into the given Agent object, overriding
+// defaults (such as collection duration) with the values from the toml config.
+func (c *Config) ApplyAgent(a interface{}) error {
+	if c.Agent != nil {
+		return toml.UnmarshalTable(c.Agent, a)
 	}
 
-	sort.Strings(names)
-
-	return names
+	return nil
 }
 
 // ListTags returns a string of tags specified in the config,
@@ -258,14 +170,6 @@ func (c *Config) ListTags() string {
 	return strings.Join(tags, " ")
 }
 
-type hasConfig interface {
-	BasicConfig() string
-}
-
-type hasDescr interface {
-	Description() string
-}
-
 var header = `# Telegraf configuration
 
 # Telegraf is entirely plugin driven. All metrics are gathered from the
@@ -353,15 +257,7 @@ func PrintSampleConfig(pluginFilters []string, outputFilters []string) {
 	for _, oname := range onames {
 		creator := outputs.Outputs[oname]
 		output := creator()
-
-		fmt.Printf("\n# %s\n[[outputs.%s]]", output.Description(), oname)
-
-		config := output.SampleConfig()
-		if config == "" {
-			fmt.Printf("\n  # no configuration\n")
-		} else {
-			fmt.Printf(config)
-		}
+		printConfig(oname, output, "outputs")
 	}
 
 	// Filter plugins
@@ -386,13 +282,13 @@ func PrintSampleConfig(pluginFilters []string, outputFilters []string) {
 			continue
 		}
 
-		printConfig(pname, plugin)
+		printConfig(pname, plugin, "plugins")
 	}
 
 	// Print Service Plugins
 	fmt.Printf(servicePluginHeader)
 	for name, plugin := range servPlugins {
-		printConfig(name, plugin)
+		printConfig(name, plugin, "plugins")
 	}
 }
 
@@ -401,8 +297,8 @@ type printer interface {
 	SampleConfig() string
 }
 
-func printConfig(name string, p printer) {
-	fmt.Printf("\n# %s\n[[plugins.%s]]", p.Description(), name)
+func printConfig(name string, p printer, op string) {
+	fmt.Printf("\n# %s\n[[%s.%s]]", p.Description(), op, name)
 	config := p.SampleConfig()
 	if config == "" {
 		fmt.Printf("\n  # no configuration\n")
@@ -423,7 +319,7 @@ func sliceContains(name string, list []string) bool {
 // PrintPluginConfig prints the config usage of a single plugin.
 func PrintPluginConfig(name string) error {
 	if creator, ok := plugins.Plugins[name]; ok {
-		printConfig(name, creator())
+		printConfig(name, creator(), "plugins")
 	} else {
 		return errors.New(fmt.Sprintf("Plugin %s not found", name))
 	}
@@ -433,7 +329,7 @@ func PrintPluginConfig(name string) error {
 // PrintOutputConfig prints the config usage of a single output.
 func PrintOutputConfig(name string) error {
 	if creator, ok := outputs.Outputs[name]; ok {
-		printConfig(name, creator())
+		printConfig(name, creator(), "outputs")
 	} else {
 		return errors.New(fmt.Sprintf("Output %s not found", name))
 	}
@@ -461,7 +357,7 @@ func (c *Config) LoadDirectory(path string) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-// LoadConfig loads the given config file and returns a *Config pointer
+// LoadConfig loads the given config file and applies it to c
 func (c *Config) LoadConfig(path string) error {
 	data, err := ioutil.ReadFile(path)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -481,7 +377,7 @@ func (c *Config) LoadConfig(path string) error {
 
 		switch name {
 		case "agent":
-			c.agent = subTable
+			c.Agent = subTable
 		case "tags":
 			if err = toml.UnmarshalTable(subTable, c.Tags); err != nil {
 				log.Printf("Could not parse [tags] config\n")
@@ -491,11 +387,14 @@ func (c *Config) LoadConfig(path string) error {
 			for outputName, outputVal := range subTable.Fields {
 				switch outputSubTable := outputVal.(type) {
 				case *ast.Table:
-					c.outputs[outputName] = outputSubTable
+					if err = c.addOutput(outputName, outputSubTable); err != nil {
+						return err
+					}
 				case []*ast.Table:
-					for id, t := range outputSubTable {
-						nameID := fmt.Sprintf("%s-%d", outputName, id)
-						c.outputs[nameID] = t
+					for _, t := range outputSubTable {
+						if err = c.addOutput(outputName, t); err != nil {
+							return err
+						}
 					}
 				default:
 					return fmt.Errorf("Unsupported config format: %s",
@@ -506,11 +405,14 @@ func (c *Config) LoadConfig(path string) error {
 			for pluginName, pluginVal := range subTable.Fields {
 				switch pluginSubTable := pluginVal.(type) {
 				case *ast.Table:
-					c.plugins[pluginName] = pluginSubTable
+					if err = c.addPlugin(pluginName, pluginSubTable); err != nil {
+						return err
+					}
 				case []*ast.Table:
-					for id, t := range pluginSubTable {
-						nameID := fmt.Sprintf("%s-%d", pluginName, id)
-						c.plugins[nameID] = t
+					for _, t := range pluginSubTable {
+						if err = c.addPlugin(pluginName, t); err != nil {
+							return err
+						}
 					}
 				default:
 					return fmt.Errorf("Unsupported config format: %s",
@@ -520,8 +422,142 @@ func (c *Config) LoadConfig(path string) error {
 		// Assume it's a plugin for legacy config file support if no other
 		// identifiers are present
 		default:
-			c.plugins[name] = subTable
+			if err = c.addPlugin(name, subTable); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
 		}
 	}
 	return nil
 }
+
+func (c *Config) addOutput(name string, table *ast.Table) error {
+	if len(c.OutputFilters) > 0 && !sliceContains(name, c.OutputFilters) {
+		return nil
+	}
+	creator, ok := outputs.Outputs[name]
+	if !ok {
+		return fmt.Errorf("Undefined but requested output: %s", name)
+	}
+	o := creator()
+
+	if err := toml.UnmarshalTable(table, o); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	ro := &RunningOutput{
+		Name:   name,
+		Output: o,
+	}
+	c.Outputs = append(c.Outputs, ro)
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (c *Config) addPlugin(name string, table *ast.Table) error {
+	if len(c.PluginFilters) > 0 && !sliceContains(name, c.PluginFilters) {
+		return nil
+	}
+	creator, ok := plugins.Plugins[name]
+	if !ok {
+		return fmt.Errorf("Undefined but requested plugin: %s", name)
+	}
+	plugin := creator()
+
+	pluginConfig, err := applyPlugin(name, table, plugin)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	rp := &RunningPlugin{
+		Name:   name,
+		Plugin: plugin,
+		Config: pluginConfig,
+	}
+	c.Plugins = append(c.Plugins, rp)
+	return nil
+}
+
+// applyPlugin takes defined plugin names and applies them to the given
+// interface, returning a PluginConfig object in the end that can
+// be inserted into a runningPlugin by the agent.
+func applyPlugin(name string, tbl *ast.Table, p plugins.Plugin) (*PluginConfig, error) {
+	cp := &PluginConfig{Name: name}
+
+	if node, ok := tbl.Fields["pass"]; ok {
+		if kv, ok := node.(*ast.KeyValue); ok {
+			if ary, ok := kv.Value.(*ast.Array); ok {
+				for _, elem := range ary.Value {
+					if str, ok := elem.(*ast.String); ok {
+						cp.Pass = append(cp.Pass, str.Value)
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	if node, ok := tbl.Fields["drop"]; ok {
+		if kv, ok := node.(*ast.KeyValue); ok {
+			if ary, ok := kv.Value.(*ast.Array); ok {
+				for _, elem := range ary.Value {
+					if str, ok := elem.(*ast.String); ok {
+						cp.Drop = append(cp.Drop, str.Value)
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	if node, ok := tbl.Fields["interval"]; ok {
+		if kv, ok := node.(*ast.KeyValue); ok {
+			if str, ok := kv.Value.(*ast.String); ok {
+				dur, err := time.ParseDuration(str.Value)
+				if err != nil {
+					return nil, err
+				}
+
+				cp.Interval = dur
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	if node, ok := tbl.Fields["tagpass"]; ok {
+		if subtbl, ok := node.(*ast.Table); ok {
+			for name, val := range subtbl.Fields {
+				if kv, ok := val.(*ast.KeyValue); ok {
+					tagfilter := &TagFilter{Name: name}
+					if ary, ok := kv.Value.(*ast.Array); ok {
+						for _, elem := range ary.Value {
+							if str, ok := elem.(*ast.String); ok {
+								tagfilter.Filter = append(tagfilter.Filter, str.Value)
+							}
+						}
+					}
+					cp.TagPass = append(cp.TagPass, *tagfilter)
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	if node, ok := tbl.Fields["tagdrop"]; ok {
+		if subtbl, ok := node.(*ast.Table); ok {
+			for name, val := range subtbl.Fields {
+				if kv, ok := val.(*ast.KeyValue); ok {
+					tagfilter := &TagFilter{Name: name}
+					if ary, ok := kv.Value.(*ast.Array); ok {
+						for _, elem := range ary.Value {
+							if str, ok := elem.(*ast.String); ok {
+								tagfilter.Filter = append(tagfilter.Filter, str.Value)
+							}
+						}
+					}
+					cp.TagDrop = append(cp.TagDrop, *tagfilter)
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	delete(tbl.Fields, "drop")
+	delete(tbl.Fields, "pass")
+	delete(tbl.Fields, "interval")
+	delete(tbl.Fields, "tagdrop")
+	delete(tbl.Fields, "tagpass")
+	return cp, toml.UnmarshalTable(tbl, p)
+}
diff --git a/internal/config/config_test.go b/internal/config/config_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..e5391122423ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/config/config_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,118 @@
+package config
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/influxdb/telegraf/plugins"
+	"github.com/influxdb/telegraf/plugins/exec"
+	"github.com/influxdb/telegraf/plugins/memcached"
+	"github.com/influxdb/telegraf/plugins/procstat"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+func TestConfig_LoadSinglePlugin(t *testing.T) {
+	c := NewConfig()
+	c.LoadConfig("./testdata/single_plugin.toml")
+
+	memcached := plugins.Plugins["memcached"]().(*memcached.Memcached)
+	memcached.Servers = []string{"localhost"}
+
+	mConfig := &PluginConfig{
+		Name: "memcached",
+		Drop: []string{"other", "stuff"},
+		Pass: []string{"some", "strings"},
+		TagDrop: []TagFilter{
+			TagFilter{
+				Name:   "badtag",
+				Filter: []string{"othertag"},
+			},
+		},
+		TagPass: []TagFilter{
+			TagFilter{
+				Name:   "goodtag",
+				Filter: []string{"mytag"},
+			},
+		},
+		Interval: 5 * time.Second,
+	}
+
+	assert.Equal(t, memcached, c.Plugins[0].Plugin,
+		"Testdata did not produce a correct memcached struct.")
+	assert.Equal(t, mConfig, c.Plugins[0].Config,
+		"Testdata did not produce correct memcached metadata.")
+}
+
+func TestConfig_LoadDirectory(t *testing.T) {
+	c := NewConfig()
+	err := c.LoadConfig("./testdata/single_plugin.toml")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	}
+	err = c.LoadDirectory("./testdata/subconfig")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	}
+
+	memcached := plugins.Plugins["memcached"]().(*memcached.Memcached)
+	memcached.Servers = []string{"localhost"}
+
+	mConfig := &PluginConfig{
+		Name: "memcached",
+		Drop: []string{"other", "stuff"},
+		Pass: []string{"some", "strings"},
+		TagDrop: []TagFilter{
+			TagFilter{
+				Name:   "badtag",
+				Filter: []string{"othertag"},
+			},
+		},
+		TagPass: []TagFilter{
+			TagFilter{
+				Name:   "goodtag",
+				Filter: []string{"mytag"},
+			},
+		},
+		Interval: 5 * time.Second,
+	}
+	assert.Equal(t, memcached, c.Plugins[0].Plugin,
+		"Testdata did not produce a correct memcached struct.")
+	assert.Equal(t, mConfig, c.Plugins[0].Config,
+		"Testdata did not produce correct memcached metadata.")
+
+	ex := plugins.Plugins["exec"]().(*exec.Exec)
+	ex.Commands = []*exec.Command{
+		&exec.Command{
+			Command: "/usr/bin/myothercollector --foo=bar",
+			Name:    "myothercollector",
+		},
+	}
+	eConfig := &PluginConfig{Name: "exec"}
+	assert.Equal(t, ex, c.Plugins[1].Plugin,
+		"Merged Testdata did not produce a correct exec struct.")
+	assert.Equal(t, eConfig, c.Plugins[1].Config,
+		"Merged Testdata did not produce correct exec metadata.")
+
+	memcached.Servers = []string{"192.168.1.1"}
+	assert.Equal(t, memcached, c.Plugins[2].Plugin,
+		"Testdata did not produce a correct memcached struct.")
+	assert.Equal(t, mConfig, c.Plugins[2].Config,
+		"Testdata did not produce correct memcached metadata.")
+
+	pstat := plugins.Plugins["procstat"]().(*procstat.Procstat)
+	pstat.Specifications = []*procstat.Specification{
+		&procstat.Specification{
+			PidFile: "/var/run/grafana-server.pid",
+		},
+		&procstat.Specification{
+			PidFile: "/var/run/influxdb/influxd.pid",
+		},
+	}
+
+	pConfig := &PluginConfig{Name: "procstat"}
+
+	assert.Equal(t, pstat, c.Plugins[3].Plugin,
+		"Merged Testdata did not produce a correct procstat struct.")
+	assert.Equal(t, pConfig, c.Plugins[3].Config,
+		"Merged Testdata did not produce correct procstat metadata.")
+}
diff --git a/testdata/single_plugin.toml b/internal/config/testdata/single_plugin.toml
similarity index 64%
rename from testdata/single_plugin.toml
rename to internal/config/testdata/single_plugin.toml
index 6435411264b43..e591984f1f2e3 100644
--- a/testdata/single_plugin.toml
+++ b/internal/config/testdata/single_plugin.toml
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-[memcached]
+[[plugins.memcached]]
   servers = ["localhost"]
   pass = ["some", "strings"]
   drop = ["other", "stuff"]
   interval = "5s"
-  [memcached.tagpass]
+  [plugins.memcached.tagpass]
     goodtag = ["mytag"]
-  [memcached.tagdrop]
+  [plugins.memcached.tagdrop]
     badtag = ["othertag"]
diff --git a/testdata/subconfig/exec.conf b/internal/config/testdata/subconfig/exec.conf
similarity index 82%
rename from testdata/subconfig/exec.conf
rename to internal/config/testdata/subconfig/exec.conf
index ec14f7f6ec4c8..5524410310c90 100644
--- a/testdata/subconfig/exec.conf
+++ b/internal/config/testdata/subconfig/exec.conf
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-[exec]
+[[plugins.exec]]
   # specify commands via an array of tables
-  [[exec.commands]]
+  [[plugins.exec.commands]]
   # the command to run
   command = "/usr/bin/myothercollector --foo=bar"
 
diff --git a/testdata/subconfig/memcached.conf b/internal/config/testdata/subconfig/memcached.conf
similarity index 65%
rename from testdata/subconfig/memcached.conf
rename to internal/config/testdata/subconfig/memcached.conf
index 95189469ab1ec..8d67886c10c6c 100644
--- a/testdata/subconfig/memcached.conf
+++ b/internal/config/testdata/subconfig/memcached.conf
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-[memcached]
+[[plugins.memcached]]
   servers = ["192.168.1.1"]
   pass = ["some", "strings"]
   drop = ["other", "stuff"]
   interval = "5s"
-  [memcached.tagpass]
+  [plugins.memcached.tagpass]
     goodtag = ["mytag"]
-  [memcached.tagdrop]
+  [plugins.memcached.tagdrop]
     badtag = ["othertag"]
diff --git a/internal/config/testdata/subconfig/procstat.conf b/internal/config/testdata/subconfig/procstat.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..33f288d843dd8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/config/testdata/subconfig/procstat.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+[[plugins.procstat]]
+  [[plugins.procstat.specifications]]
+  pid_file = "/var/run/grafana-server.pid"
+  [[plugins.procstat.specifications]]
+  pid_file = "/var/run/influxdb/influxd.pid"
diff --git a/testdata/telegraf-agent.toml b/internal/config/testdata/telegraf-agent.toml
similarity index 95%
rename from testdata/telegraf-agent.toml
rename to internal/config/testdata/telegraf-agent.toml
index 28d08673916eb..e63e47b5614fd 100644
--- a/testdata/telegraf-agent.toml
+++ b/internal/config/testdata/telegraf-agent.toml
@@ -88,13 +88,15 @@
 #                                  PLUGINS                                    #
 ###############################################################################
 
+[plugins]
+
 # Read Apache status information (mod_status)
-[apache]
+[[plugins.apache]]
 # An array of Apache status URI to gather stats.
 urls = ["http://localhost/server-status?auto"]
 
 # Read metrics about cpu usage
-[cpu]
+[[plugins.cpu]]
   # Whether to report per-cpu stats or not
   percpu = true
   # Whether to report total system cpu stats or not
@@ -103,11 +105,11 @@ urls = ["http://localhost/server-status?auto"]
   drop = ["cpu_time"]
 
 # Read metrics about disk usage by mount point
-[disk]
+[[plugins.disk]]
   # no configuration
 
 # Read metrics from one or many disque servers
-[disque]
+[[plugins.disque]]
   # An array of URI to gather stats about. Specify an ip or hostname
   # with optional port and password. ie disque://localhost, disque://10.10.3.33:18832,
   # 10.0.0.1:10000, etc.
@@ -116,7 +118,7 @@ urls = ["http://localhost/server-status?auto"]
   servers = ["localhost"]
 
 # Read stats from one or more Elasticsearch servers or clusters
-[elasticsearch]
+[[plugins.elasticsearch]]
   # specify a list of one or more Elasticsearch servers
   servers = ["http://localhost:9200"]
 
@@ -125,7 +127,7 @@ urls = ["http://localhost/server-status?auto"]
   local = true
 
 # Read flattened metrics from one or more commands that output JSON to stdout
-[exec]
+[[plugins.exec]]
   # specify commands via an array of tables
   [[exec.commands]]
   # the command to run
@@ -135,7 +137,7 @@ urls = ["http://localhost/server-status?auto"]
   name = "mycollector"
 
 # Read metrics of haproxy, via socket or csv stats page
-[haproxy]
+[[plugins.haproxy]]
   # An array of address to gather stats about. Specify an ip on hostname
   # with optional port. ie localhost, 10.10.3.33:1936, etc.
   #
@@ -145,7 +147,7 @@ urls = ["http://localhost/server-status?auto"]
   # servers = ["socket:/run/haproxy/admin.sock"]
 
 # Read flattened metrics from one or more JSON HTTP endpoints
-[httpjson]
+[[plugins.httpjson]]
   # Specify services via an array of tables
   [[httpjson.services]]
 
@@ -167,11 +169,11 @@ urls = ["http://localhost/server-status?auto"]
       threshold = "0.75"
 
 # Read metrics about disk IO by device
-[io]
+[[plugins.io]]
   # no configuration
 
 # read metrics from a Kafka topic
-[kafka_consumer]
+[[plugins.kafka_consumer]]
   # topic(s) to consume
   topics = ["telegraf"]
   # an array of Zookeeper connection strings
@@ -184,7 +186,7 @@ urls = ["http://localhost/server-status?auto"]
   offset = "oldest"
 
 # Read metrics from a LeoFS Server via SNMP
-[leofs]
+[[plugins.leofs]]
   # An array of URI to gather stats about LeoFS.
   # Specify an ip or hostname with port. ie 127.0.0.1:4020
   #
@@ -192,7 +194,7 @@ urls = ["http://localhost/server-status?auto"]
   servers = ["127.0.0.1:4021"]
 
 # Read metrics from local Lustre service on OST, MDS
-[lustre2]
+[[plugins.lustre2]]
   # An array of /proc globs to search for Lustre stats
   # If not specified, the default will work on Lustre 2.5.x
   #
@@ -200,11 +202,11 @@ urls = ["http://localhost/server-status?auto"]
   # mds_procfiles = ["/proc/fs/lustre/mdt/*/md_stats"]
 
 # Read metrics about memory usage
-[mem]
+[[plugins.mem]]
   # no configuration
 
 # Read metrics from one or many memcached servers
-[memcached]
+[[plugins.memcached]]
   # An array of address to gather stats about. Specify an ip on hostname
   # with optional port. ie localhost, 10.0.0.1:11211, etc.
   #
@@ -212,7 +214,7 @@ urls = ["http://localhost/server-status?auto"]
   servers = ["localhost"]
 
 # Read metrics from one or many MongoDB servers
-[mongodb]
+[[plugins.mongodb]]
   # An array of URI to gather stats about. Specify an ip or hostname
   # with optional port add password. ie mongodb://user:auth_key@10.10.3.30:27017,
   # mongodb://10.10.3.33:18832, 10.0.0.1:10000, etc.
@@ -221,7 +223,7 @@ urls = ["http://localhost/server-status?auto"]
   servers = ["127.0.0.1:27017"]
 
 # Read metrics from one or many mysql servers
-[mysql]
+[[plugins.mysql]]
   # specify servers via a url matching:
   #  [username[:password]@][protocol[(address)]]/[?tls=[true|false|skip-verify]]
   #  e.g.
@@ -232,7 +234,7 @@ urls = ["http://localhost/server-status?auto"]
   servers = ["localhost"]
 
 # Read metrics about network interface usage
-[net]
+[[plugins.net]]
   # By default, telegraf gathers stats from any up interface (excluding loopback)
   # Setting interfaces will tell it to gather these explicit interfaces,
   # regardless of status.
@@ -240,12 +242,12 @@ urls = ["http://localhost/server-status?auto"]
   # interfaces = ["eth0", ... ]
 
 # Read Nginx's basic status information (ngx_http_stub_status_module)
-[nginx]
+[[plugins.nginx]]
   # An array of Nginx stub_status URI to gather stats.
   urls = ["http://localhost/status"]
 
 # Ping given url(s) and return statistics
-[ping]
+[[plugins.ping]]
   # urls to ping
   urls = ["www.google.com"] # required
   # number of pings to send (ping -c <COUNT>)
@@ -258,7 +260,7 @@ urls = ["http://localhost/server-status?auto"]
   interface = ""
 
 # Read metrics from one or many postgresql servers
-[postgresql]
+[[plugins.postgresql]]
   # specify servers via an array of tables
   [[postgresql.servers]]
 
@@ -288,12 +290,12 @@ urls = ["http://localhost/server-status?auto"]
   # address = "influx@remoteserver"
 
 # Read metrics from one or many prometheus clients
-[prometheus]
+[[plugins.prometheus]]
   # An array of urls to scrape metrics from.
   urls = ["http://localhost:9100/metrics"]
 
 # Read metrics from one or many RabbitMQ servers via the management API
-[rabbitmq]
+[[plugins.rabbitmq]]
   # Specify servers via an array of tables
   [[rabbitmq.servers]]
   # name = "rmq-server-1" # optional tag
@@ -306,7 +308,7 @@ urls = ["http://localhost/server-status?auto"]
   # nodes = ["rabbit@node1", "rabbit@node2"]
 
 # Read metrics from one or many redis servers
-[redis]
+[[plugins.redis]]
   # An array of URI to gather stats about. Specify an ip or hostname
   # with optional port add password. ie redis://localhost, redis://10.10.3.33:18832,
   # 10.0.0.1:10000, etc.
@@ -315,7 +317,7 @@ urls = ["http://localhost/server-status?auto"]
   servers = ["localhost"]
 
 # Read metrics from one or many RethinkDB servers
-[rethinkdb]
+[[plugins.rethinkdb]]
   # An array of URI to gather stats about. Specify an ip or hostname
   # with optional port add password. ie rethinkdb://user:auth_key@10.10.3.30:28105,
   # rethinkdb://10.10.3.33:18832, 10.0.0.1:10000, etc.
@@ -324,9 +326,9 @@ urls = ["http://localhost/server-status?auto"]
   servers = ["127.0.0.1:28015"]
 
 # Read metrics about swap memory usage
-[swap]
+[[plugins.swap]]
   # no configuration
 
 # Read metrics about system load & uptime
-[system]
+[[plugins.system]]
   # no configuration
diff --git a/plugins/exec/exec.go b/plugins/exec/exec.go
index 1fdcbfbf64a19..d4a42b6c40e20 100644
--- a/plugins/exec/exec.go
+++ b/plugins/exec/exec.go
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import (
 
 const sampleConfig = `
   # specify commands via an array of tables
-  [[exec.commands]]
+  [[plugins.exec.commands]]
   # the command to run
   command = "/usr/bin/mycollector --foo=bar"
 
diff --git a/plugins/httpjson/httpjson.go b/plugins/httpjson/httpjson.go
index aa8a0d443f183..f1d2ef9275390 100644
--- a/plugins/httpjson/httpjson.go
+++ b/plugins/httpjson/httpjson.go
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ func (c RealHTTPClient) MakeRequest(req *http.Request) (*http.Response, error) {
 
 var sampleConfig = `
   # Specify services via an array of tables
-  [[httpjson.services]]
+  [[plugins.httpjson.services]]
 
     # a name for the service being polled
     name = "webserver_stats"
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ var sampleConfig = `
     # ]
 
     # HTTP parameters (all values must be strings)
-    [httpjson.services.parameters]
+    [plugins.httpjson.services.parameters]
       event_type = "cpu_spike"
       threshold = "0.75"
 `
diff --git a/plugins/jolokia/jolokia.go b/plugins/jolokia/jolokia.go
index 0527d9e70476b..041534b87f2de 100644
--- a/plugins/jolokia/jolokia.go
+++ b/plugins/jolokia/jolokia.go
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ func (j *Jolokia) SampleConfig() string {
     group = "as"
 
   # List of servers exposing jolokia read service
-  [[jolokia.servers]]
+  [[plugins.jolokia.servers]]
     name = "stable"
     host = "192.168.103.2"
     port = "8180"
@@ -63,20 +63,20 @@ func (j *Jolokia) SampleConfig() string {
   # List of metrics collected on above servers
   # Each metric consists in a name, a jmx path and either a pass or drop slice attributes
   # This collect all heap memory usage metrics
-  [[jolokia.metrics]]
+  [[plugins.jolokia.metrics]]
     name = "heap_memory_usage"
     jmx  = "/java.lang:type=Memory/HeapMemoryUsage"
 
 
   # This drops the 'committed' value from Eden space measurement
-  [[jolokia.metrics]]
+  [[plugins.jolokia.metrics]]
     name = "memory_eden"
     jmx  = "/java.lang:type=MemoryPool,name=PS Eden Space/Usage"
     drop = [ "committed" ]
 
 
   # This passes only DaemonThreadCount and ThreadCount
-  [[jolokia.metrics]]
+  [[plugins.jolokia.metrics]]
     name = "heap_threads"
     jmx  = "/java.lang:type=Threading"
     pass = [
diff --git a/plugins/postgresql/postgresql.go b/plugins/postgresql/postgresql.go
index 2a550b5a3ee8b..a31a9b4d2a80f 100644
--- a/plugins/postgresql/postgresql.go
+++ b/plugins/postgresql/postgresql.go
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ var ignoredColumns = map[string]bool{"datid": true, "datname": true, "stats_rese
 
 var sampleConfig = `
   # specify servers via an array of tables
-  [[postgresql.servers]]
+  [[plugins.postgresql.servers]]
 
   # specify address via a url matching:
   #   postgres://[pqgotest[:password]]@localhost[/dbname]?sslmode=[disable|verify-ca|verify-full]
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ var sampleConfig = `
 
   # databases = ["app_production", "blah_testing"]
 
-  # [[postgresql.servers]]
+  # [[plugins.postgresql.servers]]
   # address = "influx@remoteserver"
 `
 
diff --git a/plugins/procstat/procstat.go b/plugins/procstat/procstat.go
index 6600339850fa7..140b1bb86d7ad 100644
--- a/plugins/procstat/procstat.go
+++ b/plugins/procstat/procstat.go
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ func NewProcstat() *Procstat {
 }
 
 var sampleConfig = `
-  [[procstat.specifications]]
+  [[plugins.procstat.specifications]]
   prefix = "" # optional string to prefix measurements
   # Use one of pid_file or exe to find process
   pid_file = "/var/run/nginx.pid"
diff --git a/plugins/rabbitmq/rabbitmq.go b/plugins/rabbitmq/rabbitmq.go
index 8fe5437d37028..27580a13ad053 100644
--- a/plugins/rabbitmq/rabbitmq.go
+++ b/plugins/rabbitmq/rabbitmq.go
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ var gatherFunctions = []gatherFunc{gatherOverview, gatherNodes, gatherQueues}
 
 var sampleConfig = `
   # Specify servers via an array of tables
-  [[rabbitmq.servers]]
+  [[plugins.rabbitmq.servers]]
   # name = "rmq-server-1" # optional tag
   # url = "http://localhost:15672"
   # username = "guest"
diff --git a/plugins/twemproxy/twemproxy.go b/plugins/twemproxy/twemproxy.go
index 5203472802d8e..0b1f6139e37f8 100644
--- a/plugins/twemproxy/twemproxy.go
+++ b/plugins/twemproxy/twemproxy.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ type TwemproxyInstance struct {
 }
 
 var sampleConfig = `
-  [[twemproxy.instances]]
+  [[plugins.twemproxy.instances]]
     # Twemproxy stats address and port (no scheme)
     addr = "localhost:22222"
     # Monitor pool name
diff --git a/testdata/influx.toml b/testdata/influx.toml
deleted file mode 100644
index 10684b1593939..0000000000000
--- a/testdata/influx.toml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-[agent]
-interval = "5s"
-http = ":11213"
-debug = true
-
-[outputs]
-[outputs.influxdb]
-url = "http://localhost:8086"
-username = "root"
-password = "root"
-database = "telegraf"
-
-[tags]
-dc = "us-phx-1"
-
-[redis]
-address = ":6379"
diff --git a/testdata/subconfig/procstat.conf b/testdata/subconfig/procstat.conf
deleted file mode 100644
index 94cfcb694e11f..0000000000000
--- a/testdata/subconfig/procstat.conf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-[procstat]
-  [[procstat.specifications]]
-  pid_file = "/var/run/grafana-server.pid"
-  [[procstat.specifications]]
-  pid_file = "/var/run/influxdb/influxd.pid"