Script to download and install prometheus, create prometheus user. Specifically for Ubuntu linux distributions.

prometheus_install_ubuntu.sh

#!/bin/bash

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# downlaod prometheus
wget https://github.com/prometheus/prometheus/releases/download/v2.45.0/prometheus-2.45.0.linux-amd64.tar.gz

# create prometheus user and its required directories
sudo useradd --no-create-home --shell /bin/false prometheus
sudo mkdir /etc/prometheus
sudo mkdir /var/lib/prometheus
sudo chown prometheus:prometheus /etc/prometheus
sudo chown prometheus:prometheus /var/lib/prometheus

# unzip and install prometheus
tar xvfz prometheus-2.45.0.linux-amd64.tar.gz

sudo cp ./prometheus-2.45.0.linux-amd64/prometheus /usr/local/bin/
sudo cp ./prometheus-2.45.0.linux-amd64/promtool /usr/local/bin/
sudo chown prometheus:prometheus /usr/local/bin/prometheus
sudo chown prometheus:prometheus /usr/local/bin/promtool

sudo cp -r ./prometheus-2.45.0.linux-amd64/consoles /etc/prometheus
sudo cp -r ./prometheus-2.45.0.linux-amd64/console_libraries /etc/prometheus
sudo cp -r ./prometheus-2.45.0.linux-amd64/prometheus.yml /etc/prometheus
sudo chown -R prometheus:prometheus /etc/prometheus/consoles
sudo chown -R prometheus:prometheus /etc/prometheus/console_libraries

echo """

Prometheus installation complete. 

"""