# How to monitor host status

**URL:** <https://forums.percona.com/t/how-to-monitor-host-status/8415>\
**Category:** PMM 2.x\
**Created:** [December 18, 2020, 4:32am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/how-to-monitor-host-status/8415 "2020-12-18T04:32:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![huc](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.percona.com/huc/32/2438_2.png) [@huc](https://forums.percona.com/u/huc)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2020, 4:32am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/how-to-monitor-host-status/8415/1 "2020-12-18T04:32:44Z")

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I want to monitor the host status and alarm, but pmm client without blackbox\_exporter

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**Author:** ![Vadim\_Yalovets](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.percona.com/vadim_yalovets/32/43_2.png) [@Vadim\_Yalovets](https://forums.percona.com/u/Vadim_Yalovets)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2020, 5:27am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/how-to-monitor-host-status/8415/2 "2020-12-18T05:27:54Z")

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Hi @huc

You can collect metrics from an external (custom) exporter

pmm-admin add external --help

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**Author:** ![yakut](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.percona.com/yakut/32/3614_2.png) [@yakut](https://forums.percona.com/u/yakut)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2021, 11:13am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/how-to-monitor-host-status/8415/3 "2021-05-27T11:13:24Z")

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@huc

You may find detailed instructions at [External Services - Percona Monitoring and Management](https://www.percona.com/doc/percona-monitoring-and-management/2.x/setting-up/client/external.html)