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Goal : This blog will help you with prometheus installation. Installation Steps. Create user without a home directory. sudo useradd --no-create-home --shell /bin/false prometheus Create directories to copy prometheus config and library files and give permission to user that you crated. sudo mkdir /etc/prometheus sudo mkdir /var/lib/prometheus sudo chown prometheus:prometheus /etc/prometheus sudo chown prometheus:prometheus /var/lib/prometheus Download and unzip prometheus from github. curl -LO https://github.com/prometheus/prometheus/releases/download/v2.3.2/prometheus-2.3.2.linux-amd64.tar.gz   tar -xvf prometheus-2.3.2.linux-amd64.tar.gz mv prometheus-2.3.2.linux-amd64 prometheus-files Copy prometheus binary files to bin directory and give permission. sudo cp prometheus-files/prometheus /usr/local/bin/ sudo cp prometheus-files/promtool /usr/local/bin/ sudo chown prometheus:prometheus /usr/l