CentOS-6 Node Exporter Installation

wget https://github.com/prometheus/node_exporter/releases/download/v1.7.0/node_exporter-1.7.0.linux-amd64.tar.gz
tar xvfz node_exporter-*.*-amd64.tar.gz
cp node_exporter-1.7.0.linux-amd64/node_exporter /usr/local/bin/

## Add /etc/init.d/node_exporter filw with contents below

useradd -M -s /bin/false node_exporter
touch /var/log/node_exporter.log /var/run/node_exporter.pid
chown node_exporter:node_exporter /var/log/node_exporter.log /var/run/node_exporter.pid
mkdir -p /var/lib/node_exporter/textfile_collector/
chmod 775 /var/lib/node_exporter/textfile_collector/
chmod 755 /etc/init.d/node_exporter
chkconfig node_exporter --add
chown node_exporter:node_exporter /var/node_exporter
service node_exporter start


/etc/init.d/node_exporter
#!/bin/bash
#
# node_exporter Export statistics to be consumed by a remote Prometheus server
#
# chkconfig: 345 70 30
# description: Prometheus node exporter
# processname: node_exporter
### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides:
# Required-Start:
# Required-Stop:
# Default-Start: 3 4 5
# Default-Stop: 0 1 2 6
### END INIT INFO
#
#
#  Prometheus node exporter
#  /etc/init.d/node_exporter
#
#
# Source function library.
. /etc/init.d/functions
PROGNAME=node_exporter
PROG=/usr/local/bin/$PROGNAME
USER=node_exporter
LOGFILE=/var/log/node_exporter.log
LOCKFILE=/var/run/$PROGNAME.pid
start() {
    echo -n "Starting $PROGNAME: "
    cd /var/lib/node_exporter/textfile_collector/
    daemon --user $USER --pidfile="$LOCKFILE" "$PROG &>$LOGFILE &"
    echo $(pidofproc $PROGNAME) >$LOCKFILE
    echo
}
stop() {
    echo -n "Shutting down $PROGNAME: "
    killproc $PROGNAME
    rm -f $LOCKFILE
    echo
}
case "$1" in
    start)
    start
    ;;
    stop)
    stop
    ;;
    status)
    status $PROGNAME
    ;;
    restart)
    stop
    start
    ;;
    reload)
    echo "Sending SIGHUP to $PROGNAME"
    kill -SIGHUP $(pidofproc $PROGNAME)#!/bin/bash
    ;;
    *)
        echo "Usage: service node_exporter {start|stop|status|reload|restart}"
        exit 1
    ;;
esac