mrankitvish / node-exporter-setup

Node Exporter Installation Script

This repository contains a Bash script for installing the Node Exporter on a Linux system. The Node Exporter is an essential tool for monitoring system metrics and is part of the Prometheus ecosystem.

Table of Contents

• Features
• Prerequisites
• Installation
• Usage

Features

• Downloads and installs Node Exporter from the official GitHub repository.
• Creates a dedicated system user for running Node Exporter.
• Sets up a systemd service for easy management of the Node Exporter service.
• Provides verbose output and error checking for each step of the installation.

Prerequisites

• A Linux system (Debian, Ubuntu, CentOS, etc.)
• Root access or sudo privileges
• wget and tar installed on the system

Installation

1. Clone this repository to your local machine:

   git clone https://github.com/mrankitvish/node-exporter-setup.git
   cd node-exporter-setup

2. Make the installation script executable:

   chmod +x setup.sh

3. Run the installation script as root:

   sudo ./setup.sh

Usage

After running the installation script, the Node Exporter service will be started automatically. You can check the status of the service with the following command:

sudo systemctl status node-exporter.service

To view the metrics collected by Node Exporter, open your web browser and navigate to:

http://<your-server-ip>:9100/metrics

Replace with the IP address of your server.