node_exporter --collector.disable-defaults

Category: Monitoring & Observability

node_exporter --collector.disable-defaults

Start node exporter with only chosen collectors

Disables all default collectors so only the ones you enable explicitly run, cutting overhead on specialized hosts. Combine it with flags such as --collector.systemd to build a minimal collector set. Re-enable anything you still need, for example --collector.textfile.directory for custom metrics.
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