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diff --git a/collectors/README.md b/collectors/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a37a7e8 --- /dev/null +++ b/collectors/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,52 @@ +<!-- +title: "Collecting metrics" +custom_edit_url: https://github.com/netdata/netdata/edit/master/collectors/README.md +--> + +# Collecting metrics + +Netdata can collect metrics from hundreds of different sources, be they internal data created by the system itself, or +external data created by services or applications. To see _all_ of the sources Netdata collects from, view our [list of +supported collectors](/collectors/COLLECTORS.md), and then view our [quickstart guide](/collectors/QUICKSTART.md) to get +up-and-running. + +There are two essential points to understand about how collecting metrics works in Netdata: + +- All collectors are **installed by default** with every installation of Netdata. You do not need to install + collectors manually to collect metrics from new sources. +- Upon startup, Netdata will **auto-detect** any application or service that has a + [collector](/collectors/COLLECTORS.md), as long as both the collector and the app/service are configured correctly. + +Most users will want to enable a new Netdata collector for their app/service. For those details, see our [quickstart +guide](/collectors/QUICKSTART.md). + +## Take your next steps with collectors + +[Collectors quickstart](/collectors/QUICKSTART.md) + +[Supported collectors list](/collectors/COLLECTORS.md) + +[Collectors configuration reference](/collectors/REFERENCE.md) + +## Guides + +[Monitor Nginx or Apache web server log files with Netdata](/docs/guides/collect-apache-nginx-web-logs.md) + +[Monitor CockroachDB metrics with Netdata](/docs/guides/monitor-cockroachdb.md) + +[Monitor Unbound DNS servers with Netdata](/docs/guides/collect-unbound-metrics.md) + +[Monitor a Hadoop cluster with Netdata](/docs/guides/monitor-hadoop-cluster.md) + +## Related features + +**[Dashboards](/web/README.md)**: Visualize your newly-collect metrics in real-time using Netdata's [built-in +dashboard](/web/gui/README.md). + +**[Backends](/backends/README.md)**: Extend our built-in [database engine](/database/engine/README.md), which supports +long-term metrics storage, by archiving metrics to like Graphite, Prometheus, MongoDB, TimescaleDB, and more. + +**[Exporting](/exporting/README.md)**: An experimental refactoring of our backends system with a modular system and +support for exporting metrics to multiple systems simultaneously. + +[](<>) |