PiHole Exporter as Background Service

README.md

Compile pihole-exporter

git clone https://github.com/eko/pihole-exporter.git  
cd pihole-exporter/  
GO111MODULE=on go mod vendor  
GOOS=linux GOARCH=arm GOARM=7 go build -o pihole_exporter .  
chmod +x pihole_exporter  

Create systemd unit

sudo vim /etc/systemd/system/pihole-exporter.service

[Unit]
Description=Run pihole-exporter so Promotheus can scrap the data.
After=network-online.target

[Service]
User=ivan
ExecStart=/home/ivan/Services/pihole-exporter/pihole_exporter -pihole_hostname 192.168.2.13 -pihole_password ivan_k20
RestartSec=5
Restart=always

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Run it

sudo systemctl daemon-reload  
sudo systemctl enable pihole-exporter  
sudo systemctl start pihole-exporter  
sudo systemctl status pihole-exporter