Prometheus : Add Monitoring Target (Windows)2026/03/26

If you want to add a Windows computer as a monitored node, configure it as follows.

[1]

Install Windows exporter on the target Windows computer.
Download the MSI installer from the following site and install it.

⇒ https://github.com/prometheus-community/windows_exporter/releases

[2]

After installed, [windows_exporter] will start and listen on port [9182].
An incoming rule will also be registered in Windows Firewall.
If incoming rule has not been allowed, add a rule manually to allow port [9182].

[3]	Add setting on Prometheus Server Configuration.

[root@dlp ~]#

vi /etc/prometheus/prometheus.yml

  - job_name: node
    # If prometheus-node-exporter is installed, grab stats about the local
    # machine by default.
    # line 51 : add new Windows Host to [targets] line
    static_configs:
      - targets: ['localhost:9100', 'rx-7.srv.world:9182']

  # alternatively, if you'd like to add to another group,
  # add [job_name] section like follows
  # any name is OK for [job_name]
  - job_name: Windows
    static_configs:
      - targets: ['rx-7.srv.world:9182']

[root@dlp ~]#

systemctl restart prometheus

[4]	Access to the Prometheus Web UI and click [Status] - [Targets] to verify new nodes are listed.

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