Node Exporter
Purpose
Linux host metrics exporter for Prometheus
Decision Summary
Production Ready as CSI's standard Linux host metrics exporter. Bind to trusted networks and expose only required collectors.
Field Notes
Authoritative official documentation reference normalized on 2026-08-04. Existing CSI classification and field evidence retained.
Backup Strategy
Back up service/container definition, enabled collector list and textfile-collector scripts; no business data is stored.
Recovery Strategy
Redeploy the pinned binary/container configuration and confirm Prometheus scraping and expected metrics.
Version History
2026-08-04 — Official documentation reference added/normalized.
Technology Register Metadata
- CSI Classification: Production Ready
- CSI Tech ID: 8
- Category: Monitoring
- Client Approved: Yes
- Client Readiness: 4.5
- Commercial Use: Allowed
- Community: 5
- Current Version: 1.12.1
- Deployment: Docker, Native
- Deployment Simplicity: 4.5
- Docker Support: Official
- Documentation: 4.5
- Documentation URL: https://prometheus.io/docs/guides/node-exporter/
- Ease of Use: 4
- Evidence Complete: Yes
- Last Updated: July 26, 2026 10:52 PM
- Last Verified: July 25, 2026
- Licence: Apache License 2.0
- Lifecycle Status: Done
- Next Review: January 25, 2027
- OS Support: Linux
- Official URL: https://github.com/prometheus/node_exporter
- Offline Capability: 5
- Offline Support: Full
- Overall Score: 4.6
- Performance: 5
- Security: 4
- Stability: 5
Migration Record
Imported deterministically from the CSI Technology Register.
Source classifications, approval state, risk state, version information and testing status have been preserved. No additional approval or validation has been inferred during migration.
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