launchctl example based on LaunchDaemons (#1102)

LaunchDaemons are the correct way to create services that are restart proof.
There is now only a single destination place mentioned in the readme for the plist file.

Signed-off-by: Dávid Balakirev <dave00ster@gmail.com>
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dbalakirev 2018-10-10 12:44:05 +02:00 committed by Johannes 'fish' Ziemke
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# MacOS LaunchAgent
# MacOS LaunchDaemon
If you're installing through a package manager, you probably don't need to deal
with this file.
The `plist` file should be put in `~/Library/LaunchAgents/` (user-install) or
`/Library/LaunchAgents/` (global install), and the binary installed at
The `plist` file should be put in `/Library/LaunchDaemons/` (user defined daemons), and the binary installed at
`/usr/local/bin/node_exporter`.
Ex. install globally by
sudo cp -n node_exporter /usr/local/bin/
sudo cp -n examples/launchctl/io.prometheus.node_exporter.plist /Library/LaunchAgents/
sudo launchctl bootstrap system/ /Library/LaunchAgents/io.prometheus.node_exporter.plist
sudo cp -n examples/launchctl/io.prometheus.node_exporter.plist /Library/LaunchDaemons/
sudo launchctl bootstrap system/ /Library/LaunchDaemons/io.prometheus.node_exporter.plist
# Optionally configure by dropping CLI arguments in a file
echo -- '--web.listen-address=:9101' | sudo tee /usr/local/etc/node_exporter.args