Install Prometheus

Download and Unpack Prometheus latest release of Prometheus:

sudo apt-get update && apt-get upgrade
wget https://github.com/prometheus/prometheus/releases/download/v2.30.0/prometheus-2.30.0.linux-amd64.tar.gztar xfz prometheus-_.tar.gzcd prometheus-_

The following two binaries are in the directory:

• Prometheus - Prometheus main binary file

• Promtool

The following two folders (which contain the web interface, configuration files examples and the license) are in the directory:

• Consoles

• Console_libraries

Copy the binary files into the /usr/local/bin/directory:

sudo cp ./prometheus /usr/local/bin/
sudo cp ./promtool /usr/local/bin/

Set the ownership of these files to the prometheus user previously created:

sudo chown prometheus:prometheus /usr/local/bin/prometheus
sudo chown prometheus:prometheus /usr/local/bin/promtool

Copy the consoles and console_libraries directories to /etc/prometheus:

sudo cp -r ./consoles /etc/prometheus
sudo cp -r ./console_libraries /etc/prometheus

Set the ownership of the two folders, as well as of all files that they contain, to our prometheus user:

sudo chown -R prometheus:prometheus /etc/prometheus/consoles
sudo chown -R prometheus:prometheus /etc/prometheus/console_libraries

In our home folder, remove the source files that are not needed anymore:

cd .. && rm -rf prometheus-\*