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Install the Unbound Prometheus Exporter⚑

Install⚑

Install golang & compile the exporter⚑

sudo apt update -y
sudo apt install golang

Clone, compile & move the exporter to the correct location

git clone https://github.com/letsencrypt/unbound_exporter.git
cd unbound_exporter
go build
sudo install -o root -g root -m 0755 unbound_exporter /usr/local/bin/unbound-exporter
cd ..
rm -rf unbound_exporter

Create a systemd service⚑

cat << EOF > /etc/systemd/system/unbound-exporter.service
[Unit]
Description=Unbound Prometheus Exporter
After=network.target

[Service]
Type=simple
User=root
Group=root
Restart=always
ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/unbound-exporter -web.listen-address ":9167" -web.telemetry-path "/metrics"

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
EOF

Start the service⚑

sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable --now unbound-exporter.service

Test the exporter⚑

curl localhost:9167/metrics