How To Install prometheus-blackbox-exporter on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install prometheus-blackbox-exporter on Debian 10.
What is prometheus-blackbox-exporter
prometheus-blackbox-exporter is:
The blackbox exporter allows blackbox probing of network endpoints over HTTP, HTTPS, DNS, TCP and ICMP. Additional modules can be defined to suit other needs.
Querying of endpoints happens via HTTP GET queries, by specifying the target name and what kind of probing to execute. Results from the probe are returned as a set of Prometheus metrics.
There are three methods to install prometheus-blackbox-exporter on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install prometheus-blackbox-exporter Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install prometheus-blackbox-exporter using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install prometheus-blackbox-exporter
Install prometheus-blackbox-exporter Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install prometheus-blackbox-exporter using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install prometheus-blackbox-exporter
Install prometheus-blackbox-exporter Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install prometheus-blackbox-exporter using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install prometheus-blackbox-exporter
How To Uninstall prometheus-blackbox-exporter on Debian 10
To uninstall only the prometheus-blackbox-exporter package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove prometheus-blackbox-exporter
Uninstall prometheus-blackbox-exporter And Its Dependencies
To uninstall prometheus-blackbox-exporter and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove prometheus-blackbox-exporter
Remove prometheus-blackbox-exporter Configurations and Data
To remove prometheus-blackbox-exporter configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge prometheus-blackbox-exporter
Remove prometheus-blackbox-exporter configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove prometheus-blackbox-exporter configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge prometheus-blackbox-exporter
Dependencies
prometheus-blackbox-exporter have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install prometheus-blackbox-exporter package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.