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Setup Node Exporter for Prometheus

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cd /tmp
curl -LO https://github.com/prometheus/node_exporter/releases/download/v1.0.1/node_exporter-1.0.1.linux-amd64.tar.gz
tar -xvf node_exporter-1.0.1.linux-amd64.tar.gz
rm node_exporter-1.0.1.linux-amd64.tar.gz
sudo mv node_exporter-1.0.1.linux-amd64/node_exporter /usr/local/bin/

Setup user for Node Exporter

sudo useradd -rs /bin/false node_exporter

Create and install service

Create a new service file

sudo vi /etc/systemd/system/node_exporter.service

Add the following content to the file

[Unit]
Description=Node Exporter
After=network.target

[Service]
User=node_exporter
Group=node_exporter
Type=simple
ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/node_exporter

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Install the service

sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl start node_exporter
sudo systemctl enable node_exporter

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