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# Self-host Blackbox Exporter with Docker

> A Prometheus exporter that probes endpoints over HTTP, HTTPS, DNS, TCP and ICMP and reports the results as metrics. It ships with the standard probe modules.

A Prometheus exporter that probes endpoints over HTTP, HTTPS, DNS, TCP and ICMP and reports the results as metrics. It ships with the standard probe modules.

This page describes the Levelrail template for Blackbox Exporter (Monitoring). It deploys the services below as one Docker Compose app on your own server. Project site: [https://github.com/prometheus/blackbox\_exporter](https://github.com/prometheus/blackbox_exporter).

Recommended memory: about 64 MiB.

## Services, ports and volumes

| Service | Image | Container ports | Volumes |
| - | - | - | - |
| `blackbox` | `prom/blackbox-exporter:v0.29.1` | 9115 | none |

## Environment variables

This template sets no environment variables.

Passwords and keys marked as generated are created for you when the app is deployed and stored as secrets. Values are not shown here.

## Security and requirements

Level: **Standard**.

What this template needs:

* Nothing beyond a standard container: no extra privileges, host mounts or published ports.

What Levelrail adds around it:

* Automatic HTTPS and an ingress shield in front of every domain.
* Deploys are gated on the health check before traffic switches.
* One-step rollback to the previous revision.
* Exposure report shows what is reachable from outside.
* Host firewall rules managed for published ports.

## Deploy Blackbox Exporter with Levelrail

In the dashboard, open **Apps**, choose **New app**, then **Browse templates**, and select Blackbox Exporter. Review the Compose body and deploy.

With the CLI:

```bash theme={"dark"}
levelrail-cli templates deploy blackbox-exporter --name my-blackbox-exporter
```

See the [service template catalog](https://docs.levelrail.com/templates-and-registry.md) for how templates work, and [Getting started](https://docs.levelrail.com/getting-started.md) if you have not installed Levelrail yet.

## More Monitoring templates

* [Alertmanager](https://docs.levelrail.com/self-host/alertmanager.md)
* [Beszel](https://docs.levelrail.com/self-host/beszel.md)
* [Bugsink](https://docs.levelrail.com/self-host/bugsink.md)
* [Changedetection.io](https://docs.levelrail.com/self-host/changedetection.md)
* [Checkmate](https://docs.levelrail.com/self-host/checkmate.md)

All templates are listed in the [self-host gallery](https://docs.levelrail.com/self-host.md).


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