{"id":2565,"date":"2026-06-30T12:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T17:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/linuxhostsupport.com\/blog\/?p=2565"},"modified":"2026-05-24T11:25:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T16:25:08","slug":"how-to-install-prometheus-grafana-for-linux-server-monitoring-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/linuxhostsupport.com\/blog\/how-to-install-prometheus-grafana-for-linux-server-monitoring-in-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Install Prometheus + Grafana for Linux Server Monitoring in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div id=\"linux-1736818383\" class=\"linux-before-1st-paragraph linux-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-top: 15px;margin-bottom: 15px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/managed-vps-hosting\/?mtm_campaign=blogs&#038;mtm_source=lhs&#038;mtm_medium=blog&#038;mtm_content=managed-vps&#038;mtm_cid=1339&#038;mtm_placement=inline\" aria-label=\"Untitled\"><img src=\"https:\/\/linuxhostsupport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/1340090_NVMeGoogleAds_728x90_041322.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/linuxhostsupport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/1340090_NVMeGoogleAds_728x90_041322.jpg 728w, https:\/\/linuxhostsupport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/1340090_NVMeGoogleAds_728x90_041322-300x37.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 728px) 100vw, 728px\" width=\"728\" height=\"90\"  style=\"display: inline-block;\" \/><\/a><\/div><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In this blog post, we will show you how to configure Prometheus and Grafana for Linux Server Monitoring. Linux server monitoring is important because it helps administrators keep systems reliable, secure, and efficient. Servers often run critical applications, websites, and databases, so even small issues like high CPU usage, low memory, disk failures, or network bottlenecks can cause downtime and lost revenue. Monitoring provides real-time visibility into system health and allows teams to detect problems early before they become serious outages. It also improves security by identifying unusual activity or unauthorized access attempts. Tools like Prometheus collect metrics on CPU, memory, disk, and application performance, while Grafana visualizes this information through dashboards and alerts. Together, they help organizations maintain performance, troubleshoot faster, and ensure better user experiences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Prerequisites<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linuxcloudvps.com\/cloud-vps.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">A Linux Server<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>SSH root access, or a user with sudo privileges<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Update the System<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In this blog post, we will use Ubuntu 26.04 OS. We assume that you have a fresh OS. Before we start with the installation, we need to update the system packages. To do that, execute the following command:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">apt update -y &amp;&amp; apt upgrade -y<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Install Prometheus<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prometheus is an open-source monitoring tool that collects metrics from servers and applications, stores time-series data, and alerts teams. It is included in the latest Ubuntu 26.04 repository, and to install Prometheus, execute the following command:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">apt install prometheus -y<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Once installed, start and enable the Prometheus service for automatic start on system boot:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">systemctl start prometheus &amp;&amp; systemctl enable prometheus<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To check the status of the service, execute the command below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">systemctl status prometheus<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You should get the following output:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">root@host:~# systemctl status prometheus\n\u25cf prometheus.service - Monitoring system and time series database\n     Loaded: loaded (\/usr\/lib\/systemd\/system\/prometheus.service; enabled; preset: enabled)\n     Active: active (running) since Sun 2026-05-10 17:24:19 CDT; 9min ago\n Invocation: da8bb45d0bf44103b15952aaae13961b\n       Docs: https:\/\/prometheus.io\/docs\/introduction\/overview\/\n             man:prometheus(1)\n   Main PID: 133132 (prometheus)\n      Tasks: 8 (limit: 3770)\n     Memory: 33.5M (peak: 33.9M)\n        CPU: 2.380s\n     CGroup: \/system.slice\/prometheus.service\n             \u2514\u2500133132 \/usr\/bin\/prometheus\n<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prometheus is running on port 9090, and to access it in your browser, you can use the following URL:http:\/\/YourServerIPAddress:9090.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"266\" src=\"https:\/\/linuxhostsupport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/p1-1024x266.png\" alt=\"Prometheus + Grafana for Linux Server\" class=\"wp-image-2571\" srcset=\"https:\/\/linuxhostsupport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/p1-1024x266.png 1024w, https:\/\/linuxhostsupport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/p1-300x78.png 300w, https:\/\/linuxhostsupport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/p1-150x39.png 150w, https:\/\/linuxhostsupport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/p1-768x199.png 768w, https:\/\/linuxhostsupport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/p1-1536x399.png 1536w, https:\/\/linuxhostsupport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/p1.png 1845w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Install Grafana<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Grafana is an open-source visualization platform that turns monitoring data into dashboards, graphs, and alerts for easier system analysis. Grafana is not included in the Ubuntu 26.04 repository, and to install it, first, we need to add the repo by executing the following commands one by one:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">apt install -y apt-transport-https\n\nwget -q -O - https:\/\/apt.grafana.com\/gpg.key | gpg --dearmor | sudo tee \/usr\/share\/keyrings\/grafana.key &gt; \/dev\/null\n\necho \"deb [signed-by=\/usr\/share\/keyrings\/grafana.key] https:\/\/apt.grafana.com stable main\" | sudo tee \/etc\/apt\/sources.list.d\/grafana.list\n\napt update\n<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Once the repo is added to install Grafana, execute the following command:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">apt-get install grafana -y<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Once installed, start and enable the Grafana service for automatic start on system boot:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">systemctl start grafana-server &amp;&amp; systemctl enable grafana-server<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To check the status of the service, execute the command below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">systemctl status grafana-server<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You should get the following output:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">root@host:~# systemctl status grafana-server\n\u25cf grafana-server.service - Grafana instance\n     Loaded: loaded (\/usr\/lib\/systemd\/system\/grafana-server.service; enabled; preset: enabled)\n     Active: active (running) since Sun 2026-05-10 18:06:04 CDT; 14s ago\n Invocation: b2b9b98ff1604e46a5bd48e8832b720f\n       Docs: http:\/\/docs.grafana.org\n   Main PID: 134253 (grafana)\n      Tasks: 15 (limit: 3770)\n     Memory: 149.8M (peak: 150M)\n        CPU: 5.703s\n     CGroup: \/system.slice\/grafana-server.service\n             \u251c\u2500134253 \/usr\/share\/grafana\/bin\/grafana server --config=\/etc\/grafana\/grafana.ini --pidfile=\/run\/grafana\/grafana-server.pid --packaging=deb cfg:default.paths.logs=\/var\/log\/graf&gt;\n             \u2514\u2500134412 \/usr\/share\/grafana\/data\/plugins-bundled\/elasticsearch\/gpx_grafana_elasticsearch_datasource_linux_amd64\n<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prometheus is running on port 3000, and to access it in your browser, you can use the following URL:<strong>http:\/\/YourServerIPAddress:3000<\/strong>. The default username and password are <strong>admin\/admin<\/strong> respectively, and after the first login, you can set up a new strong password.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"302\" src=\"https:\/\/linuxhostsupport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/p2-1024x302.png\" alt=\"Grafana for Linux Server\" class=\"wp-image-2570\" srcset=\"https:\/\/linuxhostsupport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/p2-1024x302.png 1024w, https:\/\/linuxhostsupport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/p2-300x88.png 300w, https:\/\/linuxhostsupport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/p2-150x44.png 150w, https:\/\/linuxhostsupport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/p2-768x226.png 768w, https:\/\/linuxhostsupport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/p2-1536x452.png 1536w, https:\/\/linuxhostsupport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/p2.png 1844w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Connect Grafana to Prometheus<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Grafana is connected to Prometheus because Prometheus collects and stores system and application metrics, while Grafana visualizes those metrics through interactive dashboards, graphs, and alerts. Together, they help teams monitor performance, detect issues quickly, and analyze infrastructure and application health in real time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To connect Grafana to Prometheus, first log in to Grafana, then navigate to <strong>Connections -&gt; Data Sources -&gt; Add Data Source<\/strong> and select <strong>Prometheus<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"297\" src=\"https:\/\/linuxhostsupport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/p3-1024x297.jpg\" alt=\"Install Prometheus on Grafana for Linux Server\" class=\"wp-image-2569\" srcset=\"https:\/\/linuxhostsupport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/p3-1024x297.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/linuxhostsupport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/p3-300x87.jpg 300w, https:\/\/linuxhostsupport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/p3-150x44.jpg 150w, https:\/\/linuxhostsupport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/p3-768x223.jpg 768w, https:\/\/linuxhostsupport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/p3-1536x446.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/linuxhostsupport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/p3.jpg 1846w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then, in the <strong>Connection<\/strong> field, set the URL to <strong>http:\/\/localhost:9090<\/strong> and click on <strong>Save &amp; Test<\/strong> at the bottom of the window.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"237\" src=\"https:\/\/linuxhostsupport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/p4-1024x237.jpg\" alt=\"connection established\" class=\"wp-image-2568\" srcset=\"https:\/\/linuxhostsupport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/p4-1024x237.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/linuxhostsupport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/p4-300x69.jpg 300w, https:\/\/linuxhostsupport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/p4-150x35.jpg 150w, https:\/\/linuxhostsupport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/p4-768x178.jpg 768w, https:\/\/linuxhostsupport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/p4-1536x356.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/linuxhostsupport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/p4.jpg 1839w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"357\" src=\"https:\/\/linuxhostsupport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/p5-1024x357.jpg\" alt=\"Save and Exit\" class=\"wp-image-2567\" srcset=\"https:\/\/linuxhostsupport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/p5-1024x357.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/linuxhostsupport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/p5-300x105.jpg 300w, https:\/\/linuxhostsupport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/p5-150x52.jpg 150w, https:\/\/linuxhostsupport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/p5-768x268.jpg 768w, https:\/\/linuxhostsupport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/p5-1536x536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/linuxhostsupport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/p5.jpg 1822w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If everything is OK, you should see the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"154\" src=\"https:\/\/linuxhostsupport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/p6-1024x154.png\" alt=\"successfully installed\" class=\"wp-image-2566\" srcset=\"https:\/\/linuxhostsupport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/p6-1024x154.png 1024w, https:\/\/linuxhostsupport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/p6-300x45.png 300w, https:\/\/linuxhostsupport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/p6-150x23.png 150w, https:\/\/linuxhostsupport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/p6-768x116.png 768w, https:\/\/linuxhostsupport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/p6-1536x232.png 1536w, https:\/\/linuxhostsupport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/p6.png 1798w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">In Conclusion<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That&#8217;s it. You successfully installed Prometheus and Grafana on the Linux server.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you have difficulties with this installation, our Linux admins will help you with any aspect. You need to sign up for one of our <a href=\"https:\/\/linuxhostsupport.com\/monthly-server-management.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">monthly server management<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/linuxhostsupport.com\/per-incident-support.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">per-incident server support<\/a> plans. Do not hesitate to contact us anytime. 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