<!-- TITLE:Prometheus Install Script -->
<!-- SUBTITLE: A quick summary of Install Script -->
# Simple Prometheus install script
```sh
#!/bin/bash
#Install Prometheus Server
sudo useradd --no-create-home --shell /bin/false prometheus
sudo mkdir /etc/prometheus
sudo mkdir /var/lib/prometheus
sudo chown prometheus:prometheus /etc/prometheus
sudo chown prometheus:prometheus /var/lib/prometheus
curl -LO https://github.com/prometheus/prometheus/releases/download/v2.8.0/prometheus-2.8.0.linux-amd64.tar.gz
tar xvf prometheus-2.8.0.linux-amd64.tar.gz
sudo cp prometheus-2.8.0.linux-amd64/prometheus /usr/local/bin/
sudo cp prometheus-2.8.0.linux-amd64/promtool /usr/local/bin/
sudo chown prometheus:prometheus /usr/local/bin/prometheus
sudo chown prometheus:prometheus /usr/local/bin/promtool
sudo cp -r prometheus-2.8.0.linux-amd64/consoles /etc/prometheus
sudo cp -r prometheus-2.8.0.linux-amd64/console_libraries /etc/prometheus
sudo chown -R prometheus:prometheus /etc/prometheus/consoles
sudo chown -R prometheus:prometheus /etc/prometheus/console_libraries
rm -rf prometheus-2.8.0.linux-amd64.tar.gz prometheus-2.8.0.linux-amd64
sudo cat <<EOF > prometheus.yml
global:
scrape_interval: 30s
scrape_configs:
- job_name: 'prometheus'
scrape_interval: 5s
static_configs:
- targets: ['localhost:9090']
alerting:
alertmanagers:
- static_configs:
- targets:
- localhost:9093
EOF
sudo mv prometheus.yml /etc/prometheus/
sudo touch /etc/systemd/system/prometheus.service
sudo chown prometheus:prometheus /etc/prometheus/prometheus.yml
sudo -u prometheus /usr/local/bin/prometheus \
--config.file /etc/prometheus/prometheus.yml \
--storage.tsdb.path /var/lib/prometheus/ \
--web.console.templates=/etc/prometheus/consoles \
--web.console.libraries=/etc/prometheus/console_libraries
sudo cat <<EOF > prometheus.service
[Unit]
Description=Prometheus
Wants=network-online.target
After=network-online.target
[Service]
User=prometheus
Group=prometheus
Type=simple
ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/prometheus \
--config.file /etc/prometheus/prometheus.yml \
--storage.tsdb.path /var/lib/prometheus/ \
--web.console.templates=/etc/prometheus/consoles \
--web.console.libraries=/etc/prometheus/console_libraries
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
EOF
sudo mv prometheus.service /etc/systemd/system/
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl start prometheus
sudo systemctl enable prometheus
sudo systemctl status prometheus
```