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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 provides **comprehensive host monitoring** for Linux servers. It’s the foundation of infrastructure observability. If you’re running Linux, this is where you start.

|                    |                                                                    |
|--------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
| **What it’s for**  | Monitoring health and performance of Linux servers                 |
| **Who uses it**    | DevOps, SREs, platform teams, anyone managing Linux infrastructure |
| **Under the hood** | Uses node\_exporter, the industry standard for Linux metrics       |

## Metrics collected

- **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

## Trade-offs

**Best for:** Linux servers and hosts—the foundation of infrastructure monitoring

| Pros                                                    | Cons                          |
|---------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
| Pre-built dashboards: fleet overview + host detail      | Agent required on each host   |
| Pre-built alerts: CPU, memory, disk thresholds          | Linux-only                    |
| Comprehensive host metrics (CPU, memory, disk, network) | Some metrics need root access |
| Industry-standard node\_exporter under the hood         |                               |

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## Learning path

Deploy this integration step by step.

[Linux server integration](/docs/learning-hub/intro-to-integrations/02-hands-on/17-linux-journey/)