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Install node_exporter on Amazon Linux

Install node_exporter​

# for graviton  
sudo wget https://github.com/prometheus/node_exporter/releases/download/v1.6.1/node_exporter-1.6.1.linux-arm64.tar.gz  
sudo tar xf node_exporter-1.6.1.linux-arm64.tar.gz  
sudo mv node_exporter-1.6.1.linux-arm64 node_exporter  
cd node_exporter  
sudo cp node_exporter /usr/local/bin

Create a Service​

sudo useradd node_exporter --no-create-home --shell /bin/false  
sudo chown node_exporter:node_exporter /usr/local/bin/node_exporter  
sudo vi /etc/systemd/system/node_exporter.service

Add following to /etc/systemd/system/node_exporter.service

[Unit]  
Description = Node Exporter  
Wants = network-online.target  
After = network-online.target

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

[Install]  
WantedBy = multi-user.target  
sudo systemctl daemon-reload  
sudo systemctl start node_exporter  
sudo systemctl enable node_exporter

Unknown (2023-09-19 21:37:13)
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