Node exporter installation script

Inspired by K3s install.sh

Usage

curl -sSfL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/carlocorradini/node_exporter_installer/main/install.sh | sh -

Uninstall

$INSTALL_NODE_EXPORTER_BIN_DIR/node_exporter.uninstall.sh

Example

Enable only os collector

Note: The following commands result in the same behavior

curl ... | INSTALL_NODE_EXPORTER_EXEC="--collector.disable-defaults --collector.os" sh -s -

curl ... | INSTALL_NODE_EXPORTER_EXEC="--collector.disable-defaults" sh -s - --collector.os

curl ... | sh -s - --collector.disable-defaults --collector.os

Download a specific version without starting the service

curl ... | INSTALL_NODE_EXPORTER_VERSION="v1.5.0" INSTALL_NODE_EXPORTER_SKIP_START="true" sh -

Environment variables

Name	Description	Default
INSTALL_NODE_EXPORTER_SKIP_DOWNLOAD	Skip downloading Node exporter. There must already be an executable binary at <BIN_DIR>/node_exporter	false
INSTALL_NODE_EXPORTER_FORCE_RESTART	Force restarting Node exporter service	false
INSTALL_NODE_EXPORTER_SKIP_ENABLE	Skip enabling Node exporter service at startup	false
INSTALL_NODE_EXPORTER_SKIP_START	Skip starting Node exporter service	false
INSTALL_NODE_EXPORTER_SKIP_FIREWALL	Skip firewall rules. Supported firewalls are firewall-cmd, ufw and iptables	false
INSTALL_NODE_EXPORTER_SKIP_SELINUX	Skip changing SELinux context for Node exporter binary	false
INSTALL_NODE_EXPORTER_VERSION	Version of Node exporter to download	latest
INSTALL_NODE_EXPORTER_BIN_DIR	Directory to install Node exporter binary and uninstall script	/usr/local/bin or /opt/bin
INSTALL_NODE_EXPORTER_SYSTEMD_DIR	Directory to install systemd service files	/etc/systemd/system
INSTALL_NODE_EXPORTER_EXEC	Node exporter arguments

Contributing

I would love to see your contribution ❤️

See CONTRIBUTING guidelines.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.
See LICENSE file for details.