From 89f8d515746f459d7ca8e6261bd590bd1b4602bd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Baumann Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2024 04:58:04 +0200 Subject: Adding debian version 1.44.3-2. Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann --- debian/netdata-core.README.Debian | 54 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 54 insertions(+) create mode 100644 debian/netdata-core.README.Debian (limited to 'debian/netdata-core.README.Debian') diff --git a/debian/netdata-core.README.Debian b/debian/netdata-core.README.Debian new file mode 100644 index 00000000..2215da21 --- /dev/null +++ b/debian/netdata-core.README.Debian @@ -0,0 +1,54 @@ +netdata for Debian +================== + +1. Web UI +--------- + +If you install netdata-web, the web UI will be available by default on +http://localhost:19999 + + +2. Plugins +---------- + +netdata has a lot of plugins. Some of them need extra configuration on the +host system to work. Here are some notes for that... + +2.1 mysql/mariadb +----------------- + +netdata by default tries to read /etc/mysql/debian.cnf and use the +debian-sys-maint credentials to access the database. + +For Debian 10 and older, you *could* (but shouldn't, see below) grant netdata +access to debian.cnf by setting the group ownership to netdata. + +For Debian 11 and newer, the debian.cnf is no longer used. + +Instead (and preferably also for Debian 10 and older), a dedicated read-only +database user should be created: + + $ sudo mariadb -u root + MariaDB > create user 'netdata'@'localhost'; + MariaDB > grant usage on *.* to 'netdata'@'localhost'; + MariaDB > flush privileges; + MariaDB > exit + +Note that this will allow the netdata to connect to mariadb but *not* read +any data (which it does not need to). + +Naming the user 'netdata' saves you from configuring anything in netdata itself +and it will automatically pick it up once the user has been created. + +2.2 Bug: netdata doesn't start +------------------------------ + +If netdata does not start, there could be an upgrade issue from a previous version +leading to a corrupted internal database of the cached values in /var/cache/netdata. + +Try purging the package reinstalling netdata: + + $ sudo apt remove --purge netdata-core + $ sudo apt install netdata-core + + -- Daniel Baumann Tue, 09 Feb 2021 11:03:31 +0100 -- cgit v1.2.3