hddtemp plugin¶
| Plugin name | hddtemp |
| Type | read |
| Callbacks | config, init, read |
| Status | supported |
| Since | 3.1 |
| Copyright | 2005–2006 Vincent Stehlé, 2006–2007 Florian octo Forster, 2008 Sebastian Harl |
| Configuration | collectd.conf(5) |
The HDDTemp plugin collects the temperature of hard disks. The temperatures are provided via SMART and queried by the external hddtemp daemon.
Synopsis¶
Example graph¶

Dependencies¶
Configuration¶
Configuration options · from collectd.conf(5)
See this section in the full configuration reference
To get values from hddtemp collectd connects to localhost (127.0.0.1), port 7634/tcp. The Host and Port options can be used to change these default values, see below. hddtemp has to be running to work correctly. If hddtemp is not running timeouts may appear which may interfere with other statistics..
The hddtemp homepage can be found at http://www.guzu.net/linux/hddtemp.php.
- Host Hostname
- Hostname to connect to. Defaults to 127.0.0.1.
- Port Port
- TCP-Port to connect to. Defaults to 7634.