```sh
tar xvfz prometheus-*.tar.gz
cd prometheus-*
```

Prometheus server is a single binary called `prometheus` (or `prometheus.exe` on Microsoft Windows). Run the binary and pass `--help` flag to see available options

```sh
./prometheus --help
usage: prometheus [<flags>]

The Prometheus monitoring server

. . .
```

Refer [Prometheus documentation](https://prometheus.io/docs/introduction/first_steps/) for more details.

and scales with the number of available CPU cores.
Decompression speed is typically at least 1GB/s.

This means that in cases where raw IO is below these numbers
compression will not only reduce disk usage but also help increase system throughput.
Typically, enabling compression on spinning disk systems
will increase speed when the content can be compressed.

## Get Started

### 1. Prerequisites

* [Eclipse](https://www.vogella.com/tutorials/EclipseGradle/article.html)
* [IntelliJ IDEA](https://www.jetbrains.com/help/idea/gradle.html)
* [NetBeans](https://netbeans.apache.org)
* [Visual Studio Code](https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/languages/java)

## Need Help?

* Get familiar with the [Gradle User Manual](https://docs.gradle.org/current/userguide/userguide.html)