demo setup project Step 1 - Configure Prometheus The Prometheus server requires a configuration file that defines the endpoints to scrape along with how frequently the metrics should be accessed. Start Node Exporter To collect metrics related to a node it's required to run a Prometheus Node Exporter. Prometheus has many exporters that are designed to output metrics for a particular system, such as Postgres or MySQL. View Metrics With the containers launched, Prometheus will scrape and store the data based on the internals in the configuration.