2017-10-10 12:58:52 +00:00
---
2017-10-26 13:53:27 +00:00
title: Installation
sort_rank: 2
2017-10-10 12:58:52 +00:00
---
2017-10-26 13:53:27 +00:00
# Installation
2017-10-10 12:58:52 +00:00
## Using pre-compiled binaries
We provide precompiled binaries for most official Prometheus components. Check
out the [download section ](https://prometheus.io/download ) for a list of all
available versions.
## From source
For building Prometheus components from source, see the `Makefile` targets in
the respective repository.
## Using Docker
2018-11-16 11:26:10 +00:00
All Prometheus services are available as Docker images on
[Quay.io ](https://quay.io/repository/prometheus/prometheus ) or
2019-07-01 10:56:23 +00:00
[Docker Hub ](https://hub.docker.com/r/prom/prometheus/ ).
2017-10-10 12:58:52 +00:00
Running Prometheus on Docker is as simple as `docker run -p 9090:9090
2018-11-16 11:26:10 +00:00
prom/prometheus`. This starts Prometheus with a sample
configuration and exposes it on port 9090.
2017-10-10 12:58:52 +00:00
The Prometheus image uses a volume to store the actual metrics. For
2020-08-31 14:44:08 +00:00
production deployments it is highly recommended to use a
[named volume ](https://docs.docker.com/storage/volumes/ )
to ease managing the data on Prometheus upgrades.
2017-10-10 12:58:52 +00:00
To provide your own configuration, there are several options. Here are
two examples.
### Volumes & bind-mount
2017-10-26 13:42:07 +00:00
Bind-mount your `prometheus.yml` from the host by running:
2017-10-10 12:58:52 +00:00
2017-10-26 13:42:07 +00:00
```bash
2019-11-02 10:49:36 +00:00
docker run \
-p 9090:9090 \
2020-08-31 14:44:08 +00:00
-v /path/to/prometheus.yml:/etc/prometheus/prometheus.yml \
2019-11-02 10:49:36 +00:00
prom/prometheus
2017-10-10 12:58:52 +00:00
```
2020-08-31 14:44:08 +00:00
Or bind-mount the directory containing `prometheus.yml` onto
`/etc/prometheus` by running:
2017-10-10 12:58:52 +00:00
2017-10-26 13:42:07 +00:00
```bash
2019-11-02 10:49:36 +00:00
docker run \
-p 9090:9090 \
-v /path/to/config:/etc/prometheus \
prom/prometheus
2017-10-10 12:58:52 +00:00
```
2021-10-18 17:13:31 +00:00
### Save your Prometheus data
Prometheus data is stored in `/prometheus` dir inside the container, so the data is cleared every time the container gets restarted. To save your data, you need to set up persistent storage (or bind mounts) for your container.
Run Prometheus container with persistent storage:
```bash
# Create persistent volume for your data
docker volume create prometheus-data
# Start Prometheus container
docker run \
-p 9090:9090 \
-v /path/to/prometheus.yml:/etc/prometheus/prometheus.yml \
-v prometheus-data:/prometheus \
prom/prometheus
```
2017-10-10 12:58:52 +00:00
### Custom image
To avoid managing a file on the host and bind-mount it, the
configuration can be baked into the image. This works well if the
configuration itself is rather static and the same across all
environments.
For this, create a new directory with a Prometheus configuration and a
2017-10-26 13:42:07 +00:00
`Dockerfile` like this:
2017-10-10 12:58:52 +00:00
2017-10-26 13:42:07 +00:00
```Dockerfile
2017-10-10 12:58:52 +00:00
FROM prom/prometheus
ADD prometheus.yml /etc/prometheus/
```
Now build and run it:
2017-10-26 13:42:07 +00:00
```bash
2017-10-10 12:58:52 +00:00
docker build -t my-prometheus .
docker run -p 9090:9090 my-prometheus
```
2017-10-26 13:42:07 +00:00
A more advanced option is to render the configuration dynamically on start
2017-10-10 12:58:52 +00:00
with some tooling or even have a daemon update it periodically.
## Using configuration management systems
If you prefer using configuration management systems you might be interested in
the following third-party contributions:
2017-10-26 13:42:07 +00:00
### Ansible
2017-10-10 12:58:52 +00:00
2023-03-15 14:57:15 +00:00
* [prometheus-community/ansible ](https://github.com/prometheus-community/ansible )
2017-10-10 12:58:52 +00:00
2017-10-26 13:42:07 +00:00
### Chef
2017-10-10 12:58:52 +00:00
* [rayrod2030/chef-prometheus ](https://github.com/rayrod2030/chef-prometheus )
2017-10-26 13:42:07 +00:00
### Puppet
2017-10-10 12:58:52 +00:00
* [puppet/prometheus ](https://forge.puppet.com/puppet/prometheus )
2017-10-26 13:42:07 +00:00
### SaltStack
2017-10-10 12:58:52 +00:00
2019-09-15 14:59:16 +00:00
* [saltstack-formulas/prometheus-formula ](https://github.com/saltstack-formulas/prometheus-formula )