#Node exporter prometheus config install#

curl Configuring Prometheus To Scrape Node Exporter You can see the collection of system metrics. Run the below command, To check the metrics already collected by the node_exporter. To check on which port node_exporter is listening, netstat -nltp |grep node_exporterīy default, Node exporter listens on the port 9100. To check the version of the node exporter installed. To check the status of the node exporter, systemctl status node-exporter Check The Version Of Node Exporter systemctl start node_exporterĮnable the node_exporter service to start if on system boot systemctl enable node_exporter To start the node exporter service run the below command. Starting Node Exporter Serviceįirst we need to run the below command to use the newly created service file. service ĮxecStart=/usr/local/bin/node_exporter We are going to create a file under /etc/systemd/system and the file should have extention as. We need to create a systemd unit file to mange the node exporter service. chown node_exporter: /usr/local/bin/node_exporter Creating Systemd For Node Exporter Now we have to change the ownership of the node_exporter binary file. useradd -no-create-home -shell /bin/false node_exporter We need to create a user for the node exporter service and the binary file of the node exporter should be owned by it. Now we need to copy the binary file of the node exporter to /usr/local/bin directory cp /opt/node_exporter-0.18.1.linux-amd64/node_exporter /usr/local/bin/ Creating Node Exporter User tar -xvzf node_exporter-0.18.1.Ī folder named node_exporter-0.18.1.linux-amd64 should be created having the binary file of the node exporter. Once the node_exporter package is downloaded, Extract it using tar command. The node exporter package can be downloaded using the below link Node_exporter should be installed in the target Linux operating systems which will listen on port 9100. Node-exporter is one of the exporters of Prometheus.It is used to collect metrics of the Linux hosts such as CPU, Memory and Disk usages and also kernel level metrics.

#Node exporter prometheus config install#

In this guide, We will install and configure node_exporter to monitor target Linux hosts. In my previous blog, I have explained in detail on how you can install and configure Prometheus on Ubuntu, Check here