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title: "Linux server integration | Grafana Labs"
description: "Monitoring Linux servers with integrations"
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> For a curated documentation index, see [llms.txt](/llms.txt). For the complete documentation index, see [llms-full.txt](/llms-full.txt).

# Linux server integration

The Linux server integration monitors the health and performance of Linux servers.

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|--------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| **What it’s for**  | Monitoring health and performance of Linux servers                       |
| **Under the hood** | Uses node\_exporter (`prometheus.exporter.unix`) to collect host metrics |

## Metrics collected

The integration collects the core host metrics that show server health:

- **CPU**: Usage, load average, per-core stats
- **Memory**: Used, available, buffers, cache
- **Disk**: Usage, I/O, latency, IOPS
- **Network**: Bandwidth, packets, errors
- **Filesystem**: Mount points, inodes
- **Processes**: Running and blocked process counts

## What to know

This integration offers:

- Prebuilt dashboards, including fleet overview and host overview. The integration reference lists seven dashboards.
- Prebuilt alerts for high CPU, high memory use, and low free disk space
- Host metrics: CPU, memory, disk, network
- node\_exporter (`prometheus.exporter.unix`) collects the host metrics

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## Set it up

Open this path in your Grafana Cloud stack for a fully interactive experience, or read through it to understand the process first.

Learning path

#### Monitor a Linux server

Welcome to the Grafana learning path that provides the best practice for setting up your Linux server integration.

19 min

Beginner

Docs & blog posts

#### Open in Grafana Cloud

Complete this learning path directly in your Grafana Cloud stack with an interactive learning experience.

[Open in Grafana Cloud]()

[View on website](/docs/learning-paths/linux-server-integration/)