# How to/is it possible to change default node\_exporter starting arguments

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**Created:** [November 24, 2025, 12:42pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/how-to-is-it-possible-to-change-default-node-exporter-starting-arguments/39778 "2025-11-24T12:42:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![spirodj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@spirodj](https://forums.percona.com/u/spirodj)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2025, 12:42pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/how-to-is-it-possible-to-change-default-node-exporter-starting-arguments/39778/1 "2025-11-24T12:42:11Z")

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Hello I’m running pmm-agent on a vm. I need to add/change default node exporter arguments.  
For example pmm-agent starts node\_exporter with –no-collector.mdadm wich I need to monitor. I also need to enable netdev.address-info collector. Is this posible ?  
Couldn’t find anything in documentation related with modifying startup argument.

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**Author:** ![Yunus](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.percona.com/yunus/32/6430_2.png) [@Yunus](https://forums.percona.com/u/Yunus)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2025, 4:19am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/how-to-is-it-possible-to-change-default-node-exporter-starting-arguments/39778/2 "2025-12-01T04:19:32Z")

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You can simply start another `node_exporter` with that only option enabled and filter the service that you need to monitor. We set the listening address to another port:

For example, if I need just systemd metrics

```auto
/usr/local/percona/pmm2/exporters/node_exporter --collector.systemd --collector.systemd.unit-include=(sshd).service --web.listen-address=127.0.0.1:42010

```

node\_exporter with PMM has some collectors enabled, so don’t duplicate it.