Alloy agent and host memory cpu metrics

Grafana Cloud
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Hi, I’m using Grafana Cloud and I have setup Alloy agent successfully, but I also need host CPU, memory and network metrics. I tried to search online for a guide, but couldn’t find anything clear.

  1. I have the Alloy metrics and logs coming in to Grafana, but I still need the host metrics
  2. Do I still need to run the linux node_exporter, or Alloy is responsible for that now?
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in case anyone needs a reference:

remotecfg {
        url            = ""
        id             = ""
        poll_frequency = "60s"

        basic_auth {
                username = ""
                password = ""
        }
}

prometheus.remote_write "metrics_service" {
        endpoint {
                url = ""

                basic_auth {
                        username = ""
                        password = ""
                }
        }
}

loki.write "grafana_cloud_loki" {
        endpoint {
                url = ""
 
                basic_auth {
                        username = ""
                        password = ""
                }
        }
}
prometheus.remote_write "metrics_hosted_prometheus" {
   endpoint {
      name = "hosted-prometheus"
      url  = ""
  
      basic_auth {
        username = ""
        password = ""
      }
   }
}
 
// Prometheus Unix exporter - exposes node_exporter metrics internally
prometheus.exporter.unix "local_node" { }
 
// Prometheus scrape config - scrapes the unix exporter metrics from Alloy
prometheus.scrape "local_node_metrics" {
  targets    = prometheus.exporter.unix.local_node.targets
  forward_to = [prometheus.remote_write.metrics_service.receiver]
}