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title: Install node-exporter on Ubuntu using the Snap Store | Snapcraft
description: Get the latest version of node-exporter for on Ubuntu - Exporter for
  machine metrics.
url: https://snapcraft.io/install/node-exporter/ubuntu
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# Install node-exporter on **Ubuntu**

# node-exporter

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#### Exporter for machine metrics.

Prometheus exporter for hardware and OS metrics exposed by \*NIX kernels, written in Go with pluggable metric collectors.

**Install**

`sudo snap install node-exporter`

**Post-installation**

The `node-exporter` snap requires some interfaces to be manually connected in order to grant permission to collect certain metrics. Without these connections, only basic metrics are available. To connect all exposed interfaces, run the following commands after installation:

`sudo snap connect node-exporter:hardware-observe`

`sudo snap connect node-exporter:mount-observe`

`sudo snap connect node-exporter:network-observe`

`sudo snap connect node-exporter:system-observe`

**Configuration**

Collectors can be enabled/disabled using the `collectors` and `no-collectors` configuration options with this snap. To specify multiple collectors, use a quoted string with space-separated values. For example:

`sudo snap set node-exporter collectors=ntp`

`sudo snap set node-exporter no-collectors="mdadm netstat"`

Reference the prometheus/node\_exporter README.md: <https://github.com/prometheus/node_exporter/blob/master/README.md#collectors> for the list of collectors enabled by default.

### Package name

* node-exporter

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### License

* Apache-2.0

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### Last updated

* 20 October 2026 - latest/stable
* Today - latest/edge

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### Websites

* [github.com/canonical/node-exporter-snap](https://github.com/canonical/node-exporter-snap "https://github.com/canonical/node-exporter-snap")

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### Report a bug

* [github.com/canonical/node-exporter-snap/issues](https://github.com/canonical/node-exporter-snap/issues "https://github.com/canonical/node-exporter-snap/issues")

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## Enable snaps on Ubuntu and install node-exporter

Snaps are applications packaged with all their dependencies to run on all popular Linux distributions from a single build. They update automatically and roll back gracefully.

Snaps are discoverable and installable from the [Snap Store](https://snapcraft.io/store), an app store with an audience of millions.

### Enable snapd

If you’re running [Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)](https://www.ubuntu.com/) or later, including [Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)](https://www.ubuntu.com/desktop/features) and [Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FocalFossa/ReleaseNotes), you don’t need to do anything. Snap is already installed and ready to go.

For versions of Ubuntu between [14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TrustyTahr/ReleaseNotes) and [15.10 (Wily Werewolf)](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/WilyWerewolf/ReleaseNotes), as well as Ubuntu flavours that don’t include *snap* by default, *snap* can be installed from the Ubuntu Software Centre by searching for *snapd*.

Alternatively, snapd can be installed from the command line:

```
sudo apt update
sudo apt install snapd
```

Either log out and back in again, or restart your system, to ensure snap’s paths are updated correctly.

### Install node-exporter

To install node-exporter, simply use the following command:

```
sudo snap install node-exporter
```

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