# Search all InfluxData sources \[inputs.gnmi\] Error in plugin: failed to setup subscription: rpc error: code = Unavailable

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**Category:** Systems\
**Created:** [July 28, 2022, 7:56am UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/search-all-influxdata-sources-inputs-gnmi-error-in-plugin-failed-to-setup-subscription-rpc-error-code-unavailable/25907 "2022-07-28T07:56:23Z")\
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Hello @theja,  
I’m not sure.

Can you try the following trouble shooting ideas?

The plugin documentation mentions that tls handshake failures can occur due to insecure tls configurations in the GNMI server. Maybe adjust `tls_min_version` or `tls_cipher_suites` [telegraf/plugins/inputs/gnmi/README.md at master · influxdata/telegraf · GitHub](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/blob/master/plugins/inputs/gnmi/README.md).

Use `debug = true` to check logs and share them.

This could help too? Or this user might?

> [@GNMI Data Missing](https://community.influxdata.com/t/gnmi-data-missing/39636):
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> When subscribing to gnmi data on a Cisco NCS540, I get good data back from gnmic, but I get no data in influxdb from telegraf using the same method. My subscription for gnmi looks like this: [[inputs.gnmi.subscription]] name = "StatsQosIn" origin = "Cisco-IOS-XR-qos-ma-oper" path = "qos/interface-table/interface/input/service-policy-names/service-policy-instance/statistics/class-stats/general-stats" subscription\_mode = "sample" sample\_interval = "10s" I can get it to ing…

Otherwise @skartikey might know something I don’t 🙂

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