diff --git a/doc/puppet_classes/alloy_cd_3A_3Amain_3A_3Ayumrepo.html b/doc/puppet_classes/alloy_cd_3A_3Amain_3A_3Ayumrepo.html
index 38016c0..7ba8e32 100644
--- a/doc/puppet_classes/alloy_cd_3A_3Amain_3A_3Ayumrepo.html
+++ b/doc/puppet_classes/alloy_cd_3A_3Amain_3A_3Ayumrepo.html
@@ -115,8 +115,7 @@
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         <pre class="code"><span class="info file"># File 'manifests/main/yumrepo.pp', line 6</span>
@@ -124,7 +123,6 @@
 class alloy_cd::main::yumrepo (
 
 ) inherits alloy_cd::params {
-
   # test
   yumrepo { &#39;grafana&#39;:
     ensure   =&gt; &#39;present&#39;,
diff --git a/doc/puppet_classes/alloy_cd_3A_3Aparams.html b/doc/puppet_classes/alloy_cd_3A_3Aparams.html
index 27ab653..2b0919b 100644
--- a/doc/puppet_classes/alloy_cd_3A_3Aparams.html
+++ b/doc/puppet_classes/alloy_cd_3A_3Aparams.html
@@ -234,6 +234,24 @@
       
     </li>
   
+    <li>
+      
+        <span class='name'>ay_manage_ne</span>
+      
+      
+        <span class='type'>(<tt>Boolean</tt>)</span>
+      
+      
+        <em class="default">(defaults to: <tt>false</tt>)</em>
+      
+      
+        &mdash;
+        <div class='inline'>
+<p>whether to manage metric forwarding for the node exporter (external)</p>
+</div>
+      
+    </li>
+  
     <li>
       
         <span class='name'>ay_prom_url</span>
@@ -281,8 +299,6 @@
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-        <pre class="code"><span class="info file"># File 'manifests/params.pp', line 15</span>
+        <pre class="code"><span class="info file"># File 'manifests/params.pp', line 17</span>
 
 class alloy_cd::params (
 
@@ -330,6 +351,9 @@ class alloy_cd::params (
   Boolean $ay_manage_prom     = true,
   String $ay_prom_url         = &#39;https://prometheus.example.net/api/v1/write&#39;,
 
+# node exporter (external)
+  Boolean $ay_manage_ne       = false,
+
 ) {
   # service
   $ay_service         = &#39;alloy&#39;
diff --git a/manifests/main/yumrepo.pp b/manifests/main/yumrepo.pp
index b2f63d4..925cc53 100644
--- a/manifests/main/yumrepo.pp
+++ b/manifests/main/yumrepo.pp
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 class alloy_cd::main::yumrepo (
 
 ) inherits alloy_cd::params {
-
   # test
   yumrepo { 'grafana':
     ensure   => 'present',
diff --git a/manifests/params.pp b/manifests/params.pp
index 00a101b..e4030a7 100644
--- a/manifests/params.pp
+++ b/manifests/params.pp
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 # @param [String] ay_loki_userpass the password to logon to loki
 # @param [Boolean] ay_manage_loki whether to manage log forwarding to loki
 # @param [Boolean] ay_manage_prom whether to manage metric forwarding
+# @param [Boolean] ay_manage_ne whether to manage metric forwarding for
+#   the node exporter (external)
 # @param [String] ay_prom_url the url where alloy will send metrics
 # @param [Array] ay_log_targets the logging targets
 # @summary Class contains all parameters for the alloy_cd module.
@@ -28,6 +30,9 @@ class alloy_cd::params (
   Boolean $ay_manage_prom     = true,
   String $ay_prom_url         = 'https://prometheus.example.net/api/v1/write',
 
+# node exporter (external)
+  Boolean $ay_manage_ne       = false,
+
 ) {
   # service
   $ay_service         = 'alloy'
diff --git a/templates/config.alloy.erb b/templates/config.alloy.erb
index 49e4e2e..6518c5f 100644
--- a/templates/config.alloy.erb
+++ b/templates/config.alloy.erb
@@ -64,7 +64,15 @@ prometheus.scrape "scrape_system" {
   forward_to = [prometheus.remote_write.prometheus.receiver]
   scrape_interval = "15s"
 }
-
+<% if @ay_manage_ne == true -%>
+prometheus.scrape "node_exporter" {
+  targets = [
+    { __address__ = "localhost:9100" },)
+  ]
+  forward_to      = [prometheus.remote_write.prometheus.receiver]
+  scrape_interval = "15s"
+}
+<% end %>
 prometheus.remote_write "prometheus" {
   endpoint {
     url = "<%= @ay_prom_url %>"