Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

$ sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade

$ cd /tmp
$ wget https://github.com/prometheus/node_exporter/releases/download/v1.9.1/node_exporter-1.9.1.linux-amd64.tar.gz
$ sudo tar xvfz node_exporter-*.*-amd64.tar.gz
$ sudo mv node_exporter-*.*-amd64/node_exporter /usr/local/bin/
$ sudo useradd -rs /bin/false node_exporter

$ sudo vim /etc/systemd/system/node_exporter.service

[Unit]
Description=Node Exporter
After=network.target

[Service]
User=node_exporter
Group=node_exporter
Type=simple
ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/node_exporter

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

$ sudo systemctl daemon-reload
$ sudo systemctl start node_exporter
$ sudo systemctl enable node_exporter
$ sudo systemctl status node_exporter

Links

Node exporter