Code in this video_How to Install and Configure Prometheus Server on Ubuntu / Debian
sudo groupadd --system prometheus sudo useradd -s /sbin/nologin --system -g prometheus prometheus sudo mkdir -p /etc/prometheus && sudo mkdir -p /var/lib/prometheus https://prometheus.io/download/#prometheus [Unit] Description=Prometheus Wants=network-online.target After=network-online.target [Service] User=prometheus Group=prometheus Type=simple ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/prometheus \ --config.file /etc/prometheus/prometheus.yml \ --storage.tsdb.path /var/lib/prometheus/ \ --web.console.templates=/etc/prometheus/consoles \ --web.console.libraries=/etc/prometheus/console_libraries [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target