prometheus / node_exporter

Exporter for machine metrics
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Gracefully handle absence of environment configuration file #3062

Closed septatrix closed 1 week ago

septatrix commented 3 months ago

node_exporter has reasonable defaults so it is able to start without explicit config. Such a setup is common in /usr/-only images where /etc/ is an empty tmpfs upon boot.