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# 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).
+external data created by services or applications. To see _all_ of the sources Netdata collects from, view our
+[list of supported collectors](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/blob/master/collectors/COLLECTORS.md).
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.
+- 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](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/blob/master/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 [collectors' configuration reference](/collectors/REFERENCE.md).
+our [collectors' configuration reference](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/blob/master/collectors/REFERENCE.md).
## Take your next steps with collectors
-[Supported collectors list](/collectors/COLLECTORS.md)
+[Supported collectors list](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/blob/master/collectors/COLLECTORS.md)
-[Collectors configuration reference](/collectors/REFERENCE.md)
+[Collectors configuration reference](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/blob/master/collectors/REFERENCE.md)
## Guides
-[Monitor Nginx or Apache web server log files with Netdata](/docs/guides/collect-apache-nginx-web-logs.md)
+[Monitor Nginx or Apache web server log files with Netdata](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/blob/master/docs/guides/collect-apache-nginx-web-logs.md)
-[Monitor CockroachDB metrics with Netdata](/docs/guides/monitor-cockroachdb.md)
+[Monitor CockroachDB metrics with Netdata](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/blob/master/docs/guides/monitor-cockroachdb.md)
-[Monitor Unbound DNS servers with Netdata](/docs/guides/collect-unbound-metrics.md)
+[Monitor Unbound DNS servers with Netdata](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/blob/master/docs/guides/collect-unbound-metrics.md)
-[Monitor a Hadoop cluster with Netdata](/docs/guides/monitor-hadoop-cluster.md)
+[Monitor a Hadoop cluster with Netdata](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/blob/master/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).
+**[Dashboards](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/blob/master/web/README.md)**: Visualize your newly-collect metrics in
+real-time using Netdata's [built-in dashboard](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/blob/master/web/gui/README.md).
-**[Exporting](/exporting/README.md)**: Extend our built-in [database engine](/database/engine/README.md), which supports
-long-term metrics storage, by archiving metrics to external databases like Graphite, Prometheus, MongoDB, TimescaleDB, and more.
-It can export metrics to multiple databases simultaneously.
+**[Exporting](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/blob/master/exporting/README.md)**: Extend our
+built-in [database engine](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/blob/master/database/engine/README.md), which supports
+long-term metrics storage, by archiving metrics to external databases like Graphite, Prometheus, MongoDB, TimescaleDB,
+and more. It can export metrics to multiple databases simultaneously.