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diff --git a/packaging/installer/methods/manual.md b/packaging/installer/methods/manual.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..269b67c1 --- /dev/null +++ b/packaging/installer/methods/manual.md @@ -0,0 +1,248 @@ +<!-- +title: "Install Netdata on Linux from a Git checkout" +description: "Use the Netdata Agent source code from GitHub, plus helper scripts to set up your system, to install Netdata without packages or binaries." +custom_edit_url: "https://github.com/netdata/netdata/edit/master/packaging/installer/methods/manual.md" +sidebar_label: "From a Git checkout" +learn_status: "Published" +learn_rel_path: "Installation/Installation methods" +sidebar_position: 30 +--> + +# Install Netdata on Linux from a Git checkout + +To install the latest git version of Netdata, please follow these 2 steps: + +1. [Prepare your system](#prepare-your-system) + + Install the required packages on your system. + +2. [Install Netdata](#install-netdata) + + Download and install Netdata. You can also update it the same way. + +## Prepare your system + +Before you begin, make sure that your repo and the repo's submodules are clean from any previous builds and up to date. +Otherwise, [perform a cleanup](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/blob/master/packaging/installer/methods/manual.md#perform-a-cleanup-in-your-netdata-repo) + +Use our automatic requirements installer (_no need to be `root`_), which attempts to find the packages that +should be installed on your system to build and run Netdata. It supports a large variety of major Linux distributions +and other operating systems and is regularly tested. You can find this tool [here](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/netdata/netdata/master/packaging/installer/install-required-packages.sh) or run it directly with `bash <(curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/netdata/netdata/master/packaging/installer/install-required-packages.sh)`. Otherwise read on for how to get requires packages manually: + +- **Alpine** Linux and its derivatives + - You have to install `bash` yourself, before using the installer. + +- **Gentoo** Linux and its derivatives + +- **Debian** Linux and its derivatives (including **Ubuntu**, **Mint**) + +- **Red Hat Enterprise Linux** and its derivatives (including **Fedora**, **CentOS**, **Amazon Machine Image**) + - Please note that for RHEL/CentOS you need + [EPEL](http://www.tecmint.com/how-to-enable-epel-repository-for-rhel-centos-6-5/). + In addition, RHEL/CentOS version 6 also need + [OKay](https://okay.com.mx/blog-news/rpm-repositories-for-centos-6-and-7.html) for package libuv version 1. + - CentOS 8 / RHEL 8 requires a bit of extra work. See the dedicated section below. + +- **SUSE** Linux and its derivatives (including **openSUSE**) + +- **SLE12** Must have your system registered with SUSE Customer Center or have the DVD. See + [#1162](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/issues/1162) + +Install the packages for having a **basic Netdata installation** (system monitoring and many applications, without `mysql` / `mariadb`, `named`, hardware sensors and `SNMP`): + +```sh +curl -Ss 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/netdata/netdata/master/packaging/installer/install-required-packages.sh' >/tmp/install-required-packages.sh && bash /tmp/install-required-packages.sh -i netdata +``` + +Install all the required packages for **monitoring everything Netdata can monitor**: + +```sh +curl -Ss 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/netdata/netdata/master/packaging/installer/install-required-packages.sh' >/tmp/install-required-packages.sh && bash /tmp/install-required-packages.sh -i netdata-all +``` + +If the above do not work for you, please [open a github +issue](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/issues/new?title=packages%20installer%20failed&labels=installation%20help&body=The%20experimental%20packages%20installer%20failed.%0A%0AThis%20is%20what%20it%20says:%0A%0A%60%60%60txt%0A%0Aplease%20paste%20your%20screen%20here%0A%0A%60%60%60) +with a copy of the message you get on screen. We are trying to make it work everywhere (this is also why the script +[reports back](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/issues/2054) success or failure for all its runs). + +--- + +This is how to do it by hand: + +```sh +# Debian / Ubuntu +apt-get install zlib1g-dev uuid-dev libuv1-dev liblz4-dev libssl-dev libelf-dev libmnl-dev libprotobuf-dev protobuf-compiler gcc g++ make git autoconf autoconf-archive autogen automake pkg-config curl python cmake + +# Fedora +dnf install zlib-devel libuuid-devel libuv-devel lz4-devel openssl-devel elfutils-libelf-devel libmnl-devel protobuf-devel protobuf-compiler gcc gcc-c++ make git autoconf autoconf-archive autogen automake pkgconfig curl findutils python cmake + +# CentOS / Red Hat Enterprise Linux +yum install autoconf automake curl gcc gcc-c++ git libmnl-devel libuuid-devel openssl-devel libuv-devel lz4-devel elfutils-libelf-devel protobuf protobuf-devel protobuf-compiler make nc pkgconfig python zlib-devel cmake + +# openSUSE +zypper install zlib-devel libuuid-devel libuv-devel liblz4-devel libopenssl-devel libelf-devel libmnl-devel protobuf-devel gcc gcc-c++ make git autoconf autoconf-archive autogen automake pkgconfig curl findutils python cmake +``` + +Once Netdata is compiled, to run it the following packages are required (already installed using the above commands): + +| package | description| +|:-----:|-----------| +| `libuuid` | part of `util-linux` for GUIDs management| +| `zlib` | gzip compression for the internal Netdata web server| +| `libuv` | Multi-platform support library with a focus on asynchronous I/O, version 1 or greater| + +*Netdata will fail to start without the above.* + +Netdata plugins and various aspects of Netdata can be enabled or benefit when these are installed (they are optional): + +| package |description| +|:-----:|-----------| +| `bash`|for shell plugins and **alert notifications**| +| `curl`|for shell plugins and **alert notifications**| +| `iproute` or `iproute2`|for monitoring **Linux traffic QoS**<br/>use `iproute2` if `iproute` reports as not available or obsolete| +| `python`|for most of the external plugins| +| `python-yaml`|used for monitoring **beanstalkd**| +| `python-beanstalkc`|used for monitoring **beanstalkd**| +| `python-mysqldb`<br/>or<br/>`python-pymysql`|used for monitoring **mysql** or **mariadb** databases<br/>`python-mysqldb` is a lot faster and thus preferred| +| `nodejs`|used for `node.js` plugins for monitoring **named** and **SNMP** devices| +| `lm-sensors`|for monitoring **hardware sensors**| +| `libelf`|for monitoring kernel-level metrics using eBPF| +| `libmnl`|for collecting netfilter metrics| +| `netcat`|for shell plugins to collect metrics from remote systems| + +*Netdata will greatly benefit if you have the above packages installed, but it will still work without them.* + +Netdata DB engine can be enabled when these are installed (they are optional): + +| package | description| +|:-----:|-----------| +| `liblz4` | Extremely fast compression algorithm, version r129 or greater| +| `openssl`| Cryptography and SSL/TLS toolkit| + +*Netdata will greatly benefit if you have the above packages installed, but it will still work without them.* + +Netdata Cloud support may require the following packages to be installed: + +| package | description | +|:---------:|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| +| `cmake` | Needed at build time if you aren't using your distribution's version of libwebsockets or are building on a platform other than Linux | +| `openssl` | Needed to secure communications with the Netdata Cloud | +| `protobuf`| Used for the new Cloud<->Agent binary protocol | + +*Netdata will greatly benefit if you have the above packages installed, but it will still work without them.* + +### CentOS / RHEL 6.x + +On CentOS / RHEL 6.x, many of the dependencies for Netdata are only +available with versions older than what we need, so special setup is +required if manually installing packages. + +CentOS 6.x: + +- Enable the EPEL repo +- Enable the additional repo from [okay.network](https://okay.network/blog-news/rpm-repositories-for-centos-6-and-7.html) + +And install the minimum required dependencies. + +### CentOS / RHEL 8.x + +For CentOS / RHEL 8.x a lot of development packages have moved out into their +own separate repositories. Some other dependencies are either missing completely +or have to be sourced by 3rd-parties. + +CentOS 8.x: + +- Enable the PowerTools repo +- Enable the EPEL repo +- Enable the Extra repo from [OKAY](https://okay.network/blog-news/rpm-repositories-for-centos-6-and-7.html) + +And install the minimum required dependencies: + +```sh +# Enable config-manager +yum install -y 'dnf-command(config-manager)' + +# Enable PowerTools +yum config-manager --set-enabled powertools + +# Enable EPEL +yum install -y epel-release + +# Install Repo for libuv-devl (NEW) +yum install -y http://repo.okay.com.mx/centos/8/x86_64/release/okay-release-1-3.el8.noarch.rpm + +# Install Devel Packages +yum install autoconf automake curl gcc git cmake libuuid-devel openssl-devel libuv-devel lz4-devel make nc pkgconfig python3 zlib-devel + +``` + +## Install Netdata + +Do this to install and run Netdata: + +```sh +# download it - the directory 'netdata' will be created +git clone https://github.com/netdata/netdata.git --depth=100 --recursive +cd netdata + +# run script with root privileges to build, install, start Netdata +./netdata-installer.sh +``` + +- If you don't want to run it straight-away, add `--dont-start-it` option. + +- You can also append `--stable-channel` to fetch and install only the official releases from GitHub, instead of the nightly builds. + +- If you don't want to install it on the default directories, you can run the installer like this: `./netdata-installer.sh --install-prefix /opt`. This one will install Netdata in `/opt/netdata`. + +- If your server does not have access to the internet and you have manually put the installation directory on your server, you will need to pass the option `--disable-go` to the installer. The option will prevent the installer from attempting to download and install `go.d.plugin`. + +## Optional parameters to alter your installation + +`netdata-installer.sh` accepts a few parameters to customize your installation: + +- `--dont-wait`: Enable automated installs by not prompting for permission to install any required packages. +- `--dont-start-it`: Prevent the installer from starting Netdata automatically. +- `--stable-channel`: Automatically update only on the release of new major versions. +- `--nightly-channel`: Automatically update on every new nightly build. +- `--disable-telemetry`: Opt-out of [anonymous statistics](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/blob/master/docs/anonymous-statistics.md) we use to make + Netdata better. +- `--no-updates`: Prevent automatic updates of any kind. +- `--reinstall`: If an existing install is detected, reinstall instead of trying to update it. Note that this + cannot be used to change installation types. +- `--local-files`: Used for [offline installations](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/blob/master/packaging/installer/methods/offline.md). Pass four file paths: the Netdata + tarball, the checksum file, the go.d plugin tarball, and the go.d plugin config tarball, to force kickstart run the + process using those files. This option conflicts with the `--stable-channel` option. If you set this _and_ + `--stable-channel`, Netdata will use the local files. + +### Connect node to Netdata Cloud during installation + +Unlike the [`kickstart.sh`](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/blob/master/packaging/installer/methods/kickstart.md), the `netdata-installer.sh` script does +not allow you to automatically [connect](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/blob/master/claim/README.md) your node to Netdata Cloud immediately after installation. + +See the [connect to cloud](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/blob/master/claim/README.md) doc for details on connecting a node with a manual installation of Netdata. + +### 'nonrepresentable section on output' errors + +Our current build process unfortunately has some issues when using certain configurations of the `clang` C compiler on Linux. + +If the installation fails with errors like `/bin/ld: externaldeps/libwebsockets/libwebsockets.a(context.c.o): relocation R_X86_64_32 against '.rodata.str1.1' can not be used when making a PIE object; recompile with -fPIC`, and you are trying to build with `clang` on Linux, you will need to build Netdata using GCC to get a fully functional install. + +In most cases, you can do this by running `CC=gcc ./netdata-installer.sh`. + + +### Perform a cleanup in your netdata repo + +The Netdata repo consist of the main git tree and it's submodules. Either working on a fork or on the main repo you need to make sure that there +are no "leftover" artifacts from previous builds and that your submodules are up to date to the **corresponding checkouts**. + +> #### Important: Make sure that you have commited any work in progress, before you proceed the with the clean up instruction below + + +```sh +git clean -dfx && git submodule foreach 'git clean -dfx' && git submodule update --recursive --init +``` + + +> Note: In previous builds, you may have created artifacts belonging to an another user (e.g root), so you may need to run +> each of the _git clean_ commands as sudoer. |