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# Node exporter
Node exporter is a compnantent used by prometheus to get server matrics.
## Local installation
**Download the script from github:**
`wget https://github.com/prometheus/node_exporter/releases/download/v1.3.1/node_exporter-1.3.1.linux-amd64.tar.gz`
**Extract the tar file:**
`tar xzf node_exporter-1.3.1.linux-amd64.tar.gz`
**Move file to command folder:**
`sudo mv -v node_exporter-1.1.2.linux-amd64/node_exporter /usr/local/bin/`
**Set correct persmission in command file:**
`sudo chown root:root /usr/local/bin/node_exporter`
**Test the command:**
`node_exporter --version`
**Create a systemd service:**
`sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/node-exporter.service`
**File shall containe this information:**
```
[Unit]
Description=Prometheus exporter for machine metrics
[Service]
Restart=always
User=root
ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/node_exporter
ExecReload=/bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID
TimeoutStopSec=20s
SendSIGKILL=no
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target`
```
**Reload the services:**
`sudo systemctl daemon-reload`
**Start and active the service:**
*Start:* `sudo systemctl start node-exporter.service`
*Activate:* `sudo systemctl enable node-exporter.service`
## Docker installation
```
version: '3.3'
services:
node-exporter:
network_mode: host
pid: host
volumes:
- '/:/host:ro,rslave'
image: 'quay.io/prometheus/node-exporter:latest'
prometheus:
container_name: prometheus
ports:
- '9090:9090'
volumes:
- '/srv/dev-disk-by-uuid-82a4b0b6-2dc5-47df-b93f-d8e213f2f641/config/prometheus/prometheus.yml:/etc/prometheus/prometheus.yml'
image: prom/prometheus:latest
```