Prometheus run on macOS

On macOS, you can run a Prometheus server by running the binary that is compatible with Apple silicon. If you are looking for information about what to do with Prometheus, check out a previous post to get an overview.

Install

If you are using a Mac, I recommend using homebrew to install Prometheus along with many other applications.

brew install prometheus

Configure prometheus

You can configure this Prometheus server by creating/updating the file /opt/homebrew/etc/prometheus.yml

Run prometheus in the background

You can run Prometheus with homebrew services or by running the installed binary.

/opt/homebrew/opt/prometheus/bin/prometheus_brew_services > ~/.prometheus.log 2>&1 &

This command will run prometheus and log the output to the file .prometheus.log in your home directory.

When run from brew services, prometheus is run from prometheus_brew_services and uses the flags in:

$HOMEBREW_PREFIX/etc/prometheus.args

When Prometheus is running, an API is available on your local system http://localhost:9090

Using prometheus

You can use prometheus to collect many different types of metrics. Check out a previous post about prometheus and how to create graphs based on metrics collected using Grafana.