It is sometimes usefull for force reinstallation of the node_exporter,
for example during upgrade or if something is wrong with the current
installation.
This patch adds a --force command line option.
If the --force is given to the node_expoerter_install, it will reinstall
node_exporter to the latest version, regardless if it was already
installed.
The symbolic link in /usr/bin/node_exporter will be set to the installed
version, so if there are other installed version, they will remain.
Examples:
$ sudo ./dist/common/scripts/node_exporter_install
node_exporter already installed, you can use `--force` to force reinstallation
$ sudo ./dist/common/scripts/node_exporter_install --force
node_exporter already installed, reinstalling
Fixes#4201
Signed-off-by: Amnon Heiman <amnon@scylladb.com>
Message-Id: <20190225151120.21919-1-amnon@scylladb.com>
The newer version of node_exporter comes with important bug fixes, that
is especially important for I3.metal is not supported with the older
version of node_exporter.
The dashboards can now support both the new and the old version of
node_exporter.
Fixes#3927
Signed-off-by: Amnon Heiman <amnon@scylladb.com>
Message-Id: <20181210085251.23312-1-amnon@scylladb.com>
wget is often used from scripts recording to logs; as it emits a log
line every second, the logs are huge and unreadable. Make it quieter.
Message-Id: <1477558534-32718-1-git-send-email-avi@scylladb.com>
node_exporter is a utility that export node information via prometheus
API. It takes care of host related metrics such as CPU and memory.
The install script, download the node_exporter binaries, create a link
in /usr/bin.
On OS with systemd supported it would enable and start the installed
service file to start as a service. On others (ubuntu) it would create a conf file and start it.
The installation should be done using sudo.
After a successful installation, the node_exporter would run as a
service.
Signed-off-by: Amnon Heiman <amnon@scylladb.com>
