Installing node Exporter on Linux - updated for newer versions
cd /tmp
Now lets run the copied URL with wget command
wget https://github.com/prometheus/node_exporter/releases/download/v1.9.1/node_exporter-1.9.1.linux-amd64.tar.gz
Unzip the downloaded the file using below command
sudo tar xvfz node_exporter-*.*-amd64.tar.gz
Move the binary file of node exporter to /usr/local/bin
location
sudo mv node_exporter-*.*-amd64/node_exporter /usr/local/bin/
Create a node_exporter user to run the node exporter service
sudo useradd -rs /bin/false node_exporter
Create a node_exporter service file in the /etc/systemd/system directory
sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/node_exporter.service
[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
Now lets start and enable the node_exporter service using below commands
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl start node_exporter
sudo systemctl enable node_exporter
sudo systemctl status node_exporter