# How to set static port for mysql\_exporter

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**Category:** PMM 3.x\
**Created:** [September 1, 2025, 12:45pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/how-to-set-static-port-for-mysql-exporter/39241 "2025-09-01T12:45:28Z")\
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Hi all,

Im having 3 nodes using:

> pmm-admin version: 3.3.1  
> pmm-agent version: 3.3.1

These agents running in Pull method. I set up mysql\_exporter using:

> pmm-admin add mysql  
> –username=pmm  
> –password=pmmpassword  
> –host=localhost  
> –port=3306  
> –metrics-mode=pull  
> –query-source=perfschema  
> –agent-password=pmmpassword

This allows me to use my own prometheus, and alertmanager can scrape and monitor pmm agent metrics ( I can use my ansible, template files to setup prometheus and alertmanager).

The problem is the mysql\_exporter port is not the same in between nodes. Node 1 has mysql\_exporter running with port 42002, but others running with 42001.

I want to use same port because Im setting up my prometheus and alertmanager using ansible, which requires a template for pmm’ metrics endpoints.

How can I set static port for mysql\_exporter ?

Thanks.