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Can I monitor multiple servers using Prometheus?


I want to monitor different servers for my entreprise and I'm going to use Prometheus for that, I want to know if I can monitor them? example: I want to install Prometheus on a server and monitor the rest of servers using agents, but I dont find any documentations about Prometheus agents. Thanks for your help.


Solution

  • Yes you can. You need to install Prometheus on a server (see how to install here) and install "exporters" on the other servers (see a list of exporters here). You could start installing the "Node Exporter" (see a good guide here). The "Node Exporter" exposes a wide variety of hardware and kernel-related metrics to Prometheus.