# Error in attempting to connect node: Unable to find a usable temporary directory.

**URL:** <https://community.netdata.cloud/t/error-in-attempting-to-connect-node-unable-to-find-a-usable-temporary-directory/3142>\
**Category:** Help\
**Tags:** installation, agent\
**Created:** [July 26, 2022, 4:25am UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/error-in-attempting-to-connect-node-unable-to-find-a-usable-temporary-directory/3142 "2022-07-26T04:25:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![jerometeano](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/58f4c7/32.png) [@jerometeano](https://community.netdata.cloud/u/jerometeano)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2022, 9:37am UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/error-in-attempting-to-connect-node-unable-to-find-a-usable-temporary-directory/3142/4 "2022-07-26T09:37:28Z")

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I was able to uninstall netdata agent. Then for the reinstall, I have added the claim token and claim URL from netdata cloud and was successful to connect my node to the cloud. My question now is, is it normal that my netdata.conf does not have default entries?

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