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@@ -33,13 +33,13 @@ Here is an example of thos the graphs look like:
    sudo chown prometheus:prometheus /etc/prometheus
    sudo chown prometheus:prometheus /var/lib/prometheus
 ```
-   	- download and extract:
+   * download and extract:
-	```	
+```
    curl -LO https://github.com/prometheus/prometheus/releases/download/v2.6.1/prometheus-2.6.1.linux-amd64.tar.gz
    tar xvf prometheus-2.6.1.linux-amd64.tar.gz
-	```		
+```
-   	- copy files and change premissions:
+   * copy files and change premissions:
-	```
+```
    sudo cp prometheus-2.6.1.linux-amd64/prometheus /usr/local/bin/
    sudo cp prometheus-2.6.1.linux-amd64/promtool /usr/local/bin/
    sudo chown prometheus:prometheus /usr/local/bin/prometheus
@@ -48,11 +48,11 @@ Here is an example of thos the graphs look like:
    sudo cp -r prometheus-2.6.1.linux-amd64/console_libraries /etc/prometheus
    sudo chown -R prometheus:prometheus /etc/prometheus/consoles
    sudo chown -R prometheus:prometheus /etc/prometheus/console_libraries
-	```		
+```
-	- configure prometheus:
+   * configure prometheus:
-	```
+```
    sudo vim /etc/prometheus/prometheus.yml
-	```
+```
    **Note:** watch out for formatting this is YAML, no TABs allowed, use two spaces instead.
 
 ```yaml
@@ -70,21 +70,19 @@ scrape_configs:
         labels:
           service_name: hx_read_write_stats
 ```
-
+   * try to start prometheus:
-		- try to start prometheus:
+```
-
    sudo -u prometheus /usr/local/bin/prometheus --config.file /etc/prometheus/prometheus.yml --storage.tsdb.path /var/lib/prometheus --web.console.templates=/etc/prometheus/consoles --web.console.libraries=/etc/prometheus/console_libraries
-
+```
-		
+   * verfiy if it works:
-	- verfiy if it works:
    
    http://localhost:9090/status
 
-   	- if all good stop it:
+   * if all good stop it:
    
    CTRL+C
 	
-   	- create prometheus service:
+   * create prometheus service:
 ```
    sudo vim /etc/systemd/system/prometheus.service
 ```
@@ -107,20 +105,19 @@ ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/prometheus \
 [Install]
 WantedBy=multi-user.target
 ```
-	
+   * reload services:
-	- reload services:
 ```
    sudo systemctl daemon-reload
 ```
-	- start Prometheus using the following command:
+   * start Prometheus using the following command:
 ```
    sudo systemctl start prometheus
 ```
-	- check if Prometheus is running, check the service.s status.
+   * check if Prometheus is running, check the service.s status.
 ```
    sudo systemctl status prometheus
 ```
-	- enable service:
+   * enable service:
 ```
 	sudo systemctl enable prometheus
 ```