# Installing node-exporter

Installing node exporter

1. To install the node exporter first you have to identify your os architecture to do so hit this command on the terminal `uname -a` Then download and extract the appropriate file from this link. [https://github.com/prometheus/node\_exporter/releases](https://github.com/prometheus/node_exporter/releases)
    

Note that the official download page [https://prometheus.io/download/#node\_exporter](https://prometheus.io/download/#node_exporter) doesn’t have the `arm` package for linux machine. So use the above link.

2. After this navigate the extracted directory and start the node exporter with this command   `./node_exporter`       This will start the node exporter which by default listened on `port 9100`   
    
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3. Now to access the `node exporter` use this endpoint `http://localhost:9090/metrics`    for viewing the metrics of the `lolalhost`.      
    
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