# Telegraf not working

**URL:** https://community.influxdata.com/t/telegraf-not-working/18224
**Category:** Telegraf
**Created:** [February 8, 2021, 9:47am UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/telegraf-not-working/18224 "2021-02-08T09:47:06Z")
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### Author: ![zeeshanamiri28](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/community.influxdata.com/zeeshanamiri28/32/6616_2.png) [@zeeshanamiri28](https://community.influxdata.com/u/zeeshanamiri28)
#### Post date: [February 8, 2021, 9:47am UTC](https://community.influxdata.com/t/telegraf-not-working/18224/1 "2021-02-08T09:47:07Z")

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[root@Grafana ~]# service telegraf status  
Redirecting to /bin/systemctl status telegraf.service  
● telegraf.service - The plugin-driven server agent for reporting metrics into InfluxDB  
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/telegraf.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled)  
Active: failed (Result: start-limit) since Mon 2021-02-08 15:08:14 IST; 5min ago  
Docs: [GitHub - influxdata/telegraf: The plugin-driven server agent for collecting & reporting metrics.](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf)  
Process: 5738 ExecStart=/usr/bin/telegraf -config /etc/telegraf/telegraf.conf -config-directory /etc/telegraf/telegraf.d $TELEGRAF\_OPTS (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)  
Main PID: 5738 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)

Feb 08 15:08:14 Grafana systemd[1]: telegraf.service: main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE  
Feb 08 15:08:14 Grafana systemd[1]: Unit telegraf.service entered failed state.  
Feb 08 15:08:14 Grafana systemd[1]: telegraf.service failed.  
Feb 08 15:08:14 Grafana systemd[1]: telegraf.service holdoff time over, scheduling restart.  
Feb 08 15:08:14 Grafana systemd[1]: Stopped The plugin-driven server agent for reporting metrics into InfluxDB.  
Feb 08 15:08:14 Grafana systemd[1]: start request repeated too quickly for telegraf.service  
Feb 08 15:08:14 Grafana systemd[1]: Failed to start The plugin-driven server agent for reporting metrics into InfluxDB.  
Feb 08 15:08:14 Grafana systemd[1]: Unit telegraf.service entered failed state.  
Feb 08 15:08:14 Grafana systemd[1]: telegraf.service failed.