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diff --git a/docs/configure/common-changes.md b/docs/configure/common-changes.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..1c6f6f5a --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/configure/common-changes.md @@ -0,0 +1,159 @@ +<!-- +title: "Common configuration changes" +description: "See the most popular configuration changes to make to the Netdata Agent, including longer metrics retention, reduce sampling, and more." +custom_edit_url: "https://github.com/netdata/netdata/edit/master/docs/configure/common-changes.md" +sidebar_label: "Common configuration changes" +learn_status: "Published" +learn_topic_type: "Tasks" +learn_rel_path: "Configuration" +--> + +# Common configuration changes + +The Netdata Agent requires no configuration upon installation to collect thousands of per-second metrics from most +systems, containers, and applications, but there are hundreds of settings to tweak if you want to exercise more control +over your monitoring platform. + +This document assumes familiarity with +using [`edit-config`](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/blob/master/docs/configure/nodes.md) from the Netdata config +directory. + +## Change dashboards and visualizations + +The Netdata Agent's [local dashboard](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/blob/master/docs/category-overview-pages/accessing-netdata-dashboards.md), accessible +at `http://NODE:19999` is highly configurable. If +you use Netdata Cloud +for [infrastructure monitoring](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/blob/master/docs/quickstart/infrastructure.md), you +will see many of these +changes reflected in those visualizations due to the way Netdata Cloud proxies metric data and metadata to your browser. + +### Increase the long-term metrics retention period + +Read our doc +on [increasing long-term metrics storage](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/blob/master/docs/store/change-metrics-storage.md) +for details, including a +[calculator](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/blob/master/docs/store/change-metrics-storage.md#calculate-the-system-resources-ram-disk-space-needed-to-store-metrics) +to help you determine the exact settings for your desired retention period. + +### Reduce the data collection frequency + +Change `update every` in +the [`[global]` section](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/blob/master/daemon/config/README.md#global-section-options) +of `netdata.conf` so +that it is greater than `1`. An `update every` of `5` means the Netdata Agent enforces a _minimum_ collection frequency +of 5 seconds. + +```conf +[global] + update every = 5 +``` + +Every collector and plugin has its own `update every` setting, which you can also change in the `go.d.conf`, +`python.d.conf` or `charts.d.conf` files, or in individual collector configuration files. If the `update +every` for an individual collector is less than the global, the Netdata Agent uses the global setting. See +the [enable or configure a collector](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/blob/master/collectors/REFERENCE.md#enable-and-disable-a-specific-collection-module) +doc for details. + +### Disable a collector or plugin + +Turn off entire plugins in +the [`[plugins]` section](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/blob/master/daemon/config/README.md#plugins-section-options) +of +`netdata.conf`. + +To disable specific collectors, open `go.d.conf`, `python.d.conf` or `charts.d.conf` and find the line +for that specific module. Uncomment the line and change its value to `no`. + +## Modify alerts and notifications + +Netdata's health monitoring watchdog uses hundreds of preconfigured health entities, with intelligent thresholds, to +generate warning and critical alerts for most production systems and their applications without configuration. However, +each alert and notification method is completely customizable. + +### Add a new alert + +To create a new alert configuration file, initiate an empty file, with a filename that ends in `.conf`, in the +`health.d/` directory. The Netdata Agent loads any valid alert configuration file ending in `.conf` in that directory. +Next, edit the new file with `edit-config`. For example, with a file called `example-alert.conf`. + +```bash +sudo touch health.d/example-alert.conf +sudo ./edit-config health.d/example-alert.conf +``` + +Or, append your new alert to an existing file by editing a relevant existing file in the `health.d/` directory. + +Read more about [configuring alerts](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/blob/master/health/REFERENCE.md) to +get started, and see +the [health monitoring reference](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/blob/master/health/REFERENCE.md) for a full listing +of options available in health entities. + +### Configure a specific alert + +Tweak existing alerts by editing files in the `health.d/` directory. For example, edit `health.d/cpu.conf` to change how +the Agent responds to anomalies related to CPU utilization. + +To see which configuration file you need to edit to configure a specific +alert, [view your active alerts](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/blob/master/docs/monitor/view-active-alerts.md) in +Netdata Cloud or the local Agent dashboard and look for the **source** line. For example, it might +read `source 4@/usr/lib/netdata/conf.d/health.d/cpu.conf`. + +Because the source path contains `health.d/cpu.conf`, run `sudo edit-config health.d/cpu.conf` to configure that alert. + +### Disable a specific alert + +Open the configuration file for that alert and set the `to` line to `silent`. + +```conf +template: disk_fill_rate + on: disk.space + lookup: max -1s at -30m unaligned of avail + calc: ($this - $avail) / (30 * 60) + every: 15s + to: silent +``` + +### Turn of all alerts and notifications + +Set `enabled` to `no` in +the [`[health]`](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/blob/master/daemon/config/README.md#health-section-options) +section of `netdata.conf`. + +### Enable alert notifications + +Open `health_alarm_notify.conf` for editing. First, read the [enabling +notifications](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/blob/master/docs/monitor/enable-notifications.md#netdata-agent) doc +for an example of the process using Slack, then +click on the link to your preferred notification method to find documentation for that specific endpoint. + +## Improve node security + +While the Netdata Agent is both [open and secure by design](https://www.netdata.cloud/blog/netdata-agent-dashboard/), we +recommend every user take some action to administer and secure their nodes. + +Learn more about the available options in the [security design documentation](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/blob/master/docs/netdata-security.md). + +## Reduce resource usage + +Read +our [performance optimization guide](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/blob/master/docs/guides/configure/performance.md) +for a long list of specific changes +that can reduce the Netdata Agent's CPU/memory footprint and IO requirements. + +## Organize nodes with host labels + +Beginning with v1.20, Netdata accepts user-defined **host labels**. These labels are sent during streaming, exporting, +and as metadata to Netdata Cloud, and help you organize the metrics coming from complex infrastructure. Host labels are +defined in the section `[host labels]`. + +For a quick introduction, read +the [host label guide](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/blob/master/docs/guides/using-host-labels.md). + +The following restrictions apply to host label names: + +- Names cannot start with `_`, but it can be present in other parts of the name. +- Names only accept alphabet letters, numbers, dots, and dashes. + +The policy for values is more flexible, but you can not use exclamation marks (`!`), whitespaces (` `), single quotes +(`'`), double quotes (`"`), or asterisks (`*`), because they are used to compare label values in health alerts and +templates. |