How To Install prometheus on Ubuntu

Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )

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Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install prometheus on Ubuntu.

What is `prometheus`

prometheus is:

Prometheus is a systems and services monitoring system. It collects metrics from configured targets at given intervals, evaluates rule expressions, displays the results, and can trigger alerts if some condition is observed to be true.

Prometheus’ main distinguishing features as compared to other monitoring systems are:

A multi-dimensional data model (timeseries defined by metric name and set of key/value dimensions).
A flexible query language to leverage this dimensionality.
No dependency on distributed storage; single server nodes are autonomous.
Timeseries collection happens via a pull model over HTTP.
Pushing timeseries is supported via an intermediary gateway.
Targets are discovered via service discovery or static configuration.
Multiple modes of graphing and dashboarding support.
Federation support coming soon.

There are three methods to install prometheus on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install prometheus Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install prometheus using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install prometheus

Install prometheus Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install prometheus using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install prometheus

Install prometheus Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install prometheus using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install prometheus

How To Uninstall prometheus on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the prometheus package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove prometheus

Uninstall prometheus And Its Dependencies

To uninstall prometheus and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove prometheus

Remove prometheus Configurations and Data

To remove prometheus configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge prometheus

Remove prometheus configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove prometheus configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge prometheus

Dependencies

prometheus have the following dependencies:

References

prometheus website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install prometheus package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.