Not able to install the VMWare exporter on Cent OS 8

[pratik322]

I am not able to install the Vmware exporter, attaching the screenshot for reference. can you please let me know the steps how I can download the Vmware exporter on cent os machine?

[Jc2k]

The preferred method to install is via Docker as it avoids any issues like this (it comes with all of its dependencies installed and working).

This traceback is incomplete and not really enough to go on, sorry.

I do notice the traceback references cryptography 3.4.6. Make sure you are on Centos 8.3 or higher and that you have a working rust compiler available. You need at least rust 1.41.0.

[pratik322]

This VMWare node exporter is having a dependency on CentOS 8.3? and I'm trying to directly use the setup.py to install the exporter.

I cant use docker to install due to some limitations so I need to use normal approach via python, Can you please give me more clarity, how I can use it steps by steps?

[Jc2k]

I don't use CentOS, I don't use vmware_exporter the way you want to install it, I actually don't use vmware_exporter any more (I ditched vmware). I just happened to noticed your incomplete error traceback (which might be unrelated) was for one of the dependencies, not this project. If you google that component you might be able to find some support on how to install it.

[pratik322]

I couldn't find another VMware exporter to extract the VMware details after the research from Google, Do you have any insights related to VMware Exporters?

[Jc2k]

I didn't say you needed a different exporter, I said the error might have been related to the dependency listed in the bit of the error message (cryptography), but that I couldn't be sure because you didn't post a full error.

Again, I haven't seen the full error so it is difficult to help you.

This is the website for the cryptography dependency: https://cryptography.io/en/latest/

[finkr]

Using the containerized ("docker") is strongly recommended, to ensure Dev/Prod parity.

Docker is just one implementation of containers images (OCI). There are other container runtime (CRI).

RedHat/CentOS/Fedora are using a tool named podman.

=> @pratik322