func (f *GraphitePublisher) Publish(metrics []plugin.Metric, cfg plugin.Config) error {
	logger := getLogger(cfg)
	logger.Debug("Publishing started")
	var tagsForPrefix []string

	logger.Debug("publishing %v metrics to %v", len(metrics), cfg)
	server, err := cfg.GetString("server")
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}
	port, err := cfg.GetInt("port")
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}
	tagConfigs, err := cfg.GetString("prefix_tags")
	if err == nil {
		tagsForPrefix = strings.Split(tagConfigs, ",")
	}
	pre, err := cfg.GetString("prefix")
	if err != nil {
		pre = ""
	}

	logger.Debug("Attempting to connect to %s:%d", server, port)
	gite, err := graphite.NewGraphiteWithMetricPrefix(server, int(port), pre)
	if err != nil {
		logger.Errorf("Error Connecting to graphite at %s:%d. Error: %v", server, port, err)
		return fmt.Errorf("Error Connecting to graphite at %s:%d. Error: %v", server, port, err)
	}
	defer gite.Disconnect()
	logger.Debug("Connected to %s:%s successfully", server, port)

	giteMetrics := make([]graphite.Metric, len(metrics))
	for i, m := range metrics {
		key := strings.Join(m.Namespace.Strings(), ".")
		for _, tag := range tagsForPrefix {
			nextTag, ok := m.Tags[tag]
			if ok {
				key = nextTag + "." + key
			}
		}
		data := fmt.Sprintf("%v", m.Data)
		logger.Debug("Metric ready to send %s:%s", key, data)
		giteMetrics[i] = graphite.NewMetric(key, data, m.Timestamp.Unix())
	}

	err = gite.SendMetrics(giteMetrics)
	if err != nil {
		logger.Errorf("Unable to send metrics. Error: %s", err)
		return fmt.Errorf("Unable to send metrics. Error: %s", err)
	}
	logger.Debug("Metrics sent to Graphite.")

	return nil
}