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+# Useful management and configuration actions
+
+Below you will find some of the most common actions that one can take while using Netdata. You can use this page as a quick reference for installing Netdata, connecting a node to the Cloud, properly editing the configuration, accessing Netdata's API, and more!
+
+### Install Netdata
+
+```bash
+wget -O /tmp/netdata-kickstart.sh https://my-netdata.io/kickstart.sh && sh /tmp/netdata-kickstart.sh
+
+# Or, if you have cURL but not wget (such as on macOS):
+curl https://my-netdata.io/kickstart.sh > /tmp/netdata-kickstart.sh && sh /tmp/netdata-kickstart.sh
+```
+
+#### Connect a node to Netdata Cloud
+
+To do so, sign in to Netdata Cloud, on your Space under the Nodes tab, click `Add Nodes` and paste the provided command into your node’s terminal and run it.
+You can also copy the Claim token and pass it to the installation script with `--claim-token` and re-run it.
+
+### Configuration
+
+**Netdata's config directory** is `/etc/netdata/` but in some operating systems it might be `/opt/netdata/etc/netdata/`.
+Look for the `# config directory =` line over at `http://NODE_IP:19999/netdata.conf` to find your config directory.
+
+From within that directory you can run `sudo ./edit-config netdata.conf` **to edit Netdata's configuration.**
+You can edit other config files too, by specifying their filename after `./edit-config`.
+You are expected to use this method in all following configuration changes.
+
+<!-- #### Edit Netdata's other config files (examples):
+
+- `$ sudo ./edit-config apps_groups.conf`
+- `$ sudo ./edit-config ebpf.conf`
+- `$ sudo ./edit-config health.d/load.conf`
+- `$ sudo ./edit-config go.d/prometheus.conf`
+
+#### View the running Netdata configuration: `http://NODE:19999/netdata.conf`
+
+> Replace `NODE` with the IP address or hostname of your node. Often `localhost`.
+
+## Metrics collection & retention
+
+You can tweak your settings in the netdata.conf file.
+📄 [Find your netdata.conf file](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/blob/master/daemon/config/README.md)
+
+Open a new terminal and navigate to the netdata.conf file. Use the edit-config script to make changes: `sudo ./edit-config netdata.conf`
+
+The most popular settings to change are:
+
+#### Increase metrics retention (4GiB)
+
+```
+sudo ./edit-config netdata.conf
+```
+
+```
+[global]
+ dbengine multihost disk space = 4096
+```
+
+#### Reduce the collection frequency (every 5 seconds)
+
+```
+sudo ./edit-config netdata.conf
+```
+
+```
+[global]
+ update every = 5
+``` -->
+
+---
+
+#### Enable/disable plugins (groups of collectors)
+
+```bash
+sudo ./edit-config netdata.conf
+```
+
+```conf
+[plugins]
+ go.d = yes # enabled
+ node.d = no # disabled
+```
+
+#### Enable/disable specific collectors
+
+```bash
+sudo ./edit-config go.d.conf # edit a plugin's config
+```
+
+```yaml
+modules:
+ activemq: no # disabled
+ cockroachdb: yes # enabled
+```
+
+#### Edit a collector's config
+
+```bash
+sudo ./edit-config go.d/mysql.conf
+```
+
+### Alerts & notifications
+
+<!-- #### Add a new alert
+
+```
+sudo touch health.d/example-alert.conf
+sudo ./edit-config health.d/example-alert.conf
+``` -->
+After any change, reload the Netdata health configuration:
+
+```bash
+netdatacli reload-health
+#or if that command doesn't work on your installation, use:
+killall -USR2 netdata
+```
+
+#### Configure a specific alert
+
+```bash
+sudo ./edit-config health.d/example-alert.conf
+```
+
+#### Silence a specific alert
+
+```bash
+sudo ./edit-config health.d/example-alert.conf
+```
+
+```
+ to: silent
+```
+
+<!-- #### Disable alerts and notifications
+
+```conf
+[health]
+ enabled = no
+``` -->
+
+---
+
+### Manage the daemon
+
+| Intent | Action |
+|:----------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------:|
+| Start Netdata | `$ sudo service netdata start` |
+| Stop Netdata | `$ sudo service netdata stop` |
+| Restart Netdata | `$ sudo service netdata restart` |
+| Reload health configuration | `$ sudo netdatacli reload-health` `$ killall -USR2 netdata` |
+| View error logs | `less /var/log/netdata/error.log` |
+| View collectors logs | `less /var/log/netdata/collector.log` |
+
+#### Change the port Netdata listens to (example, set it to port 39999)
+
+```conf
+[web]
+default port = 39999
+```
+
+### See metrics and dashboards
+
+#### Netdata Cloud: `https://app.netdata.cloud`
+
+#### Local dashboard: `https://NODE:19999`
+
+> Replace `NODE` with the IP address or hostname of your node. Often `localhost`.
+
+### Access the Netdata API
+
+You can access the API like this: `http://NODE:19999/api/VERSION/REQUEST`.
+If you want to take a look at all the API requests, check our API page at <https://learn.netdata.cloud/api>
+<!--
+## Interact with charts
+
+| Intent | Action |
+| -------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------: |
+| Stop a chart from updating | `click` |
+| Zoom | **Cloud** <br/> use the `zoom in` and `zoom out` buttons on any chart (upper right corner) <br/><br/> **Agent**<br/>`SHIFT` or `ALT` + `mouse scrollwheel` <br/> `SHIFT` or `ALT` + `two-finger pinch` (touchscreen) <br/> `SHIFT` or `ALT` + `two-finger scroll` (touchscreen) |
+| Zoom to a specific timeframe | **Cloud**<br/>use the `select and zoom` button on any chart and then do a `mouse selection` <br/><br/> **Agent**<br/>`SHIFT` + `mouse selection` |
+| Pan forward or back in time | `click` & `drag` <br/> `touch` & `drag` (touchpad/touchscreen) |
+| Select a certain timeframe | `ALT` + `mouse selection` <br/> WIP need to evaluate this `command?` + `mouse selection` (macOS) |
+| Reset to default auto refreshing state | `double click` | -->
+
+<!-- ## Dashboards
+
+#### Disable the local dashboard
+
+Use the `edit-config` script to edit the `netdata.conf` file.
+
+```
+[web]
+mode = none
+``` -->
+
+<!-- #### Opt out from anonymous statistics
+
+```
+sudo touch .opt-out-from-anonymous-statistics
+``` -->
+
+<!-- ## Understanding the dashboard
+
+**Charts**: A visualization displaying one or more collected/calculated metrics in a time series. Charts are generated
+by collectors.
+
+**Dimensions**: Any value shown on a chart, which can be raw or calculated values, such as percentages, averages,
+minimums, maximums, and more.
+
+**Families**: One instance of a monitored hardware or software resource that needs to be monitored and displayed
+separately from similar instances. Example, disks named
+**sda**, **sdb**, **sdc**, and so on.
+
+**Contexts**: A grouping of charts based on the types of metrics collected and visualized.
+**disk.io**, **disk.ops**, and **disk.backlog** are all contexts. -->