Install and Setup Prometheus in Mac OS

Prometheus is an open-source monitoring and alerting toolkit. It collects metrics from configured targets at given intervals, evaluates rule expressions, displays the results, and can trigger alerts if needed.

Prerequisites

Before we begin, You should have Homebrew installed. If not install it using below command.

/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"

 

Step 1: Install Prometheus using Homebrew

Open your terminal and run:

brew install prometheus

 

This command will download Prometheus, and install it under Homebrew's package manager.

 

Step 2: To start prometheus now and restart at login:

 

brew services start prometheus

 

Or, if you don't want/need a background service you can just run:

 

  /opt/homebrew/opt/prometheus/bin/prometheus_brew_services

 

Upon starting the Prometheus service, open the url http://localhost:9090 in browser, you can see following screen.

 

To stop it:

brew services stop prometheus

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