influxdata / influxdata/influxdata-docker

Docker Hub Image Telegraf Smartmontools not working

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Hi,

i use latest Docker Hub Telegraf:

https://hub.docker.com/_/telegraf

if I comment out the line [[inputs.smart]] i got these Errors from Docker:

2025-07-06T12:53:06Z E! [telegraf] Error running agent: could not initialize input inputs.smart: smartctl not found: verify that smartctl is installed and it is in your PATH (or specified in config): provided path does not exist: []

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Start with the Telegraf Docker Hub image linked in the issue and the [[inputs.smart]] input configuration. Check whether smartctl is present and on PATH in the published image; done means the input initializes without the reported error when enabled.

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Tech stack
docker
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observability-sre
Issue type
Bug
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