My installation of hddtemp throws an error in my telegraf logs.

I am trying to setup a grafana dashboard.. most panels are showing data correctly except hdd tempratures are not... upon inspecting the logs i see the error... in my telegraf log files.

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2018-10-09T01:41:00Z E! Error in plugin [inputs.hddtemp]: dial tcp 127.0.0.1:7634: connect: connection refused
2018-10-09T01:41:30Z E! Error in plugin [inputs.hddtemp]: dial tcp 127.0.0.1:7634: connect: connection refused
2018-10-09T01:41:30Z E! Error in plugin [inputs.hddtemp]: dial tcp 127.0.0.1:7634: connect: connection refused
2018-10-09T01:42:00Z E! Error in plugin [inputs.hddtemp]: dial tcp 127.0.0.1:7634: connect: connection refused
2018-10-09T01:42:00Z E! Error in plugin [inputs.hddtemp]: dial tcp 127.0.0.1:7634: connect: connection refused
2018-10-09T01:42:30Z E! Error in plugin [inputs.hddtemp]: dial tcp 127.0.0.1:7634: connect: connection refused
2018-10-09T01:42:30Z E! Error in plugin [inputs.hddtemp]: dial tcp 127.0.0.1:7634: connect: connection refused

Not sure how to go about fixing this. But i can seem to make it work.

Please guide.

Edited October 10, 20187 yr by Socrates

Did you ever find a fix for this?  I'm having the same problem.

got the same issue, searched for an answer and found this thread.  i fixed it by updating telegraf.conf and putting in the static IP of my server.

So I’ve had this problem for about a year I’m finally coming around to fix it…. Looking for a solution as well.

If someone finds this zombie thread.

Here is what worked for me:
In /etc/default/hddtemp, you need to set RUN_DAEMON to true for hhdtemp to listen to incoming connections on its port.

44 minutes ago, raph said:

In /etc

Changes to this folder will not survive reboot.