---
title: VMWare vCenter
slug: vmware-vcenter
docTags: 
createdAt: 2024-02-06T20:26:20.993Z
---

OpsVerse's [Kubernetes agent](https://docs.opsverse.io/install-the-opsverse-agent#VEqXM) can be used to collect metrics from VMWare vCenter.

## Kubernetes

:::hint{type="warning"}
Documentation Coming Soon
:::

## Single Machine

Alternatively, you can install the [Prometheus VMWare vCenter exporter](https://github.com/pryorda/vmware_exporter) on a single machine.

**Prerequisite(s)**:

- You have the [OpsVerse Agent running on the machine](https://docs.opsverse.io/install-the-opsverse-agent#dszlx).

*Run* this command to install the VMWare Prometheus exporter as a systemd unit:

```shell
# for amd64
curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/OpsVerseIO/installers/main/prometheus-exporters/install-exporter-amd64.sh | sudo bash -s -- -e vmware 

# for arm64
curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/OpsVerseIO/installers/main/prometheus-exporters/install-exporter-arm64.sh | sudo bash -s -- -e vmware 
```

- After you install, **update the vSphere host and credentials info** at `/etc/opsverse/exporters/vmware/config.yaml` (you may further tweak with [any available options](https://github.com/pryorda/vmware_exporter#configuration-and-limiting-data-collection), and then restart the service:
- The agent will begin scraping the metrics automatically; the script will drop the scrape target into `/etc/opsverse/targets/`, so the agent will begin automatically scraping
- *Dashboards*: Tentatively, you may import from [here](https://github.com/pryorda/vmware_exporter/tree/v0.18.3/dashboards)