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+groups:
+- name: example-node-exporter-rules
+  rules:
+  # The count of CPUs per node, useful for getting CPU time as a percent of total.
+  - record: instance:node_cpus:count
+    expr: count(node_cpu{mode="idle"}) without (cpu,mode)
+
+  # CPU in use by CPU.
+  - record: instance_cpu:node_cpu_not_idle:rate5m
+    expr: sum(rate(node_cpu{mode!="idle"}[5m])) without (mode)
+
+  # CPU in use by mode.
+  - record: instance_mode:node_cpu:rate5m
+    expr: sum(rate(node_cpu[5m])) without (cpu)