Install Node Exporter on Linux Servers

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