Step-1. Download the binary of prometheus
[prometheus-binary] (curl -LO https://github.com/prometheus/prometheus/releases/download/v2.8.0/prometheus-2.8.0.linux-amd64.tar.gz) download and unpack the current stable version of Prometheus into your home directory.
Step-2. Extract the tar file using below command
tar xvf prometheus-2.8.0.linux-amd64.tar.gz