How to Configure Custom Metrics with Prometheus on SLES 16

Introduction

This tutorial covers How to Configure Custom Metrics with Prometheus on SLES 16 on SLES 16. SLES 16 (SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16) is SUSE’s enterprise-grade Linux distribution. It uses the zypper package manager, AppArmor for mandatory access control, and systemctl for service management.

Step 1 — Install Prometheus

zypper install -y golang-github-prometheus-prometheus

Step 2 — Start Prometheus

systemctl enable --now prometheus

Step 3 — Install Grafana

zypper addrepo -f https://packages.grafana.com/oss/rpm grafana
zypper install -y grafana

Step 4 — Start Grafana

systemctl enable --now grafana-server

AppArmor Considerations

Note: SLES 16 uses AppArmor for mandatory access control. Check AppArmor status with aa-status and enforce profiles with aa-enforce /etc/apparmor.d/<profile>.

Conclusion

You have successfully completed: How to Configure Custom Metrics with Prometheus on SLES 16. For more SLES 16 tutorials, see our full SLES 16 series.