How to monitor metrics of Linux system

Question

Hi Guys,

I want to monitor my system's metrics. So that I can connect my system with Prometheus server. Can someone help me with this?

Answer 1

Hi@akhtar,

To connect your system's metrics with Prometheus server, you have to use Node Exporter software. Node Exporter allows you to monitor metrics. You can follow the below given steps to configure Node Exporter in your system.

• Download software from the below link.

https://github.com/prometheus/node_exporter/releases/download/v1.0.0/node_exporter-1.0.0.linux-amd64.tar.gz

• Now unpack the tar.gz file.

$ tar -xzf node_exporter-1.0.0.linux-amd64.tar.gz

• You can file one program named node_exporter.

$ ./node_exporter

Now you can browse your system's metrics using Web UI.

localhost:9100