# Installation

Each Bindplane release includes a matching version of Prometheus that can be used to deploy\
a dedicated Prometheus server. The package simplifies installation because it handles user creation\
and configuration management. If you wish to configure install and configure Prometheus on your own, you can follow the [manual installation](/production-checklist/bindplane/high-availability/prometheus/manual-install.md) documentation. The recommended approach is to use the provided Linux package.

### Download

Each Bindplane release includes packages for Debian and RHEL based distributions.

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="Debian/AMD64" %}

```bash
curl -L \
  -o bindplane-prometheus.deb \
  https://downloads.bindplane.com/bindplane/latest/bindplane-prometheus_linux_amd64.deb
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Debian/ARM64" %}

```bash
curl -L \
  -o bindplane-prometheus.deb \
  https://downloads.bindplane.com/bindplane/latest/bindplane-prometheus_linux_arm64.deb
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="RHEL/AMD64" %}

```bash
curl -L \
  -o bindplane-prometheus.rpm \
  https://downloads.bindplane.com/bindplane/latest/bindplane-prometheus_linux_amd64.rpm
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="RHEM/ARM64" %}

```bash
curl -L \
  -o bindplane-prometheus.rpm \
  https://downloads.bindplane.com/bindplane/latest/bindplane-prometheus_linux_arm64.rpm
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

{% hint style="info" %}
**NOTE**

Ubuntu and CentOS users should use the deb and rpm packages, respectively.
{% endhint %}

### Install

Install the package with your package manager.

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="Debian" %}

```bash
sudo apt-get install -f ./bindplane-prometheus.deb
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="RHEL" %}

```bash
sudo yum install bindplane-prometheus.rpm
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

Once the package is installed, it must be enabled and started.

```bash
sudo systemctl enable --now prometheus
```

### Configuration

See the [configuration](/production-checklist/bindplane/high-availability/prometheus/configuration.md) documentation for configuration details.

### Uninstall

The package can be removed using the package manager.

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="Debian" %}

```bash
sudo apt-get remove bindplane-prometheus
sudo apt-get purge bindplane-prometheus
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="RHEL" %}

```bash
sudo yum remove bindplane-prometheus
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}


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