From d2fa0fab163b5ee5a42392676d900957d87f25a5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Joshua Powers <powersj@influxdata.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2022 15:00:46 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] fix: ipset crash when command not found (#10474)

---
 plugins/inputs/ipset/ipset.go | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/plugins/inputs/ipset/ipset.go b/plugins/inputs/ipset/ipset.go
index 82854a35f44f3..68e7db0265374 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/ipset/ipset.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/ipset/ipset.go
@@ -47,6 +47,15 @@ func (i *Ipset) SampleConfig() string {
 `
 }
 
+func (i *Ipset) Init() error {
+	_, err := exec.LookPath("ipset")
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
 func (i *Ipset) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 	out, e := i.lister(i.Timeout, i.UseSudo)
 	if e != nil {