---
title: ''
description: Telegraf plugin for collecting metrics from LM Sensors
url: https://docs.influxdata.com/telegraf/v1/input-plugins/sensors/
estimated_tokens: 666
product: Telegraf Controller
version: v1
publisher: InfluxData
canonical: https://docs.influxdata.com/telegraf/v1/input-plugins/sensors/
date: '2026-05-21T20:10:18+02:00'
lastmod: '2026-05-21T20:10:18+02:00'
---

==========

* Telegraf v0.10.1+

[Plugin source](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/tree/v1.39.0/plugins/inputs/sensors/)[Download configuration](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/influxdata/telegraf/refs/tags/v1.39.0/plugins/inputs/sensors/sample.conf)

# LM Sensors Input Plugin

This plugin collects metrics from hardware sensors using[lm-sensors](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lm_sensors).

> [!Note]
> This plugin requires the lm-sensors package to be installed on the system
> and `sensors` to be executable from Telegraf.

**Introduced in:** Telegraf v0.10.1**Tags:** hardware, system**OS support:** linux

## Global configuration options

Plugins support additional global and plugin configuration settings for tasks
such as modifying metrics, tags, and fields, creating aliases, and configuring
plugin ordering. See [CONFIGURATION.md](/telegraf/v1/configuration/#plugins) for more details.

## Configuration

```toml
# Monitor sensors, requires lm-sensors package
# This plugin ONLY supports Linux
[[inputs.sensors]]
  ## Remove numbers from field names.
  ## If true, a field name like 'temp1_input' will be changed to 'temp_input'.
  # remove_numbers = true

  ## Timeout is the maximum amount of time that the sensors command can run.
  # timeout = "5s"
```

## Metrics

Fields are created dynamically depending on the sensors. All fields are float.

* sensors:
  * tags:
    * chip
    * feature

  * fields:
    * depending on the available sensor information (float)

## Example Output

### Default

```text
sensors,chip=power_meter-acpi-0,feature=power1 power_average=0,power_average_interval=300 1466751326000000000
sensors,chip=k10temp-pci-00c3,feature=temp1 temp_crit=70,temp_crit_hyst=65,temp_input=29,temp_max=70 1466751326000000000
sensors,chip=k10temp-pci-00cb,feature=temp1 temp_input=29,temp_max=70 1466751326000000000
sensors,chip=k10temp-pci-00d3,feature=temp1 temp_input=27.5,temp_max=70 1466751326000000000
sensors,chip=k10temp-pci-00db,feature=temp1 temp_crit=70,temp_crit_hyst=65,temp_input=29.5,temp_max=70 1466751326000000000
```

### With remove\_numbers=false

```text
sensors,chip=power_meter-acpi-0,feature=power1 power1_average=0,power1_average_interval=300 1466753424000000000
sensors,chip=k10temp-pci-00c3,feature=temp1 temp1_crit=70,temp1_crit_hyst=65,temp1_input=29.125,temp1_max=70 1466753424000000000
sensors,chip=k10temp-pci-00cb,feature=temp1 temp1_input=29,temp1_max=70 1466753424000000000
sensors,chip=k10temp-pci-00d3,feature=temp1 temp1_input=29.5,temp1_max=70 1466753424000000000
sensors,chip=k10temp-pci-00db,feature=temp1 temp1_crit=70,temp1_crit_hyst=65,temp1_input=30,temp1_max=70 1466753424000000000
```