Table of contents

• General Info
• Setup
• Usage
• Grafana
• Compatibility
• Improve Script

General info

"ohm_exporter" collects stats via "Open Hardware Monitor" and creates a prometheus readable metric file.

Setup

Download ohm_exporter.exe

Download ohm_exporter.exe from here:

• https://github.com/Ormiach/ohm_exporter

Download & Configure OpenHardwareMonitor

For ohm_exporter to work, it needs the tool "Open Hardware Monitor", which you can download from here:

• https://openhardwaremonitor.org/

Put all the files into a folder called "Open Hardware Monitor" next to the ohm_exporter.exe. Change the following options in "Open Hardware Monitor":

• Options -> Enable first 4 Options

Download windows_exporter.exe

Prometheus collect the data create via windows_exporter. Download the windows_exporter here:

• https://github.com/prometheus-community/windows_exporter You need to start windows_exporter with "textfile collector" enabled.

Download nssm.exe

If you like to install the ohm_exporter as a service you can do this with "nssm". You get the exe here:

• https://nssm.cc/

Register ohm_exporter as a service

nssm install ohm_exporter ohm_exporter.exe

Remove ohm_exporter service

nssm remove ohm_exporter

Grafana

Use the file "grafana_dashboard.json" to import a dashboard in your Grafana instance.

Compatibility

Tested with the following hardware. Other hardware may needs adaptation.

• Processor
  • AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
  • AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
• GPU
  • NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
  • AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT

Improve Script

Build a new .exe

PS>Install-Module ps2exe
PS>Invoke-ps2exe .\ohm_exporter.ps1 .\ohm_exporter.exe