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+title: "The step-by-step Netdata guide"
+date: 2020-03-31
+custom_edit_url: https://github.com/netdata/netdata/edit/master/docs/guides/step-by-step/step-00.md
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+
+# The step-by-step Netdata guide
+
+Welcome to Netdata! We're glad you're interested in our health monitoring and performance troubleshooting system.
+
+Because Netdata is entirely open-source software, you can use it free of charge, whether you want to monitor one or ten
+thousand systems! All our code is hosted on [GitHub](https://github.com/netdata/netdata).
+
+This guide is designed to help you understand what Netdata is, what it's capable of, and how it'll help you make
+faster and more informed decisions about the health and performance of your systems and applications. If you're
+completely new to Netdata, or have never tried health monitoring/performance troubleshooting systems before, this
+guide is perfect for you.
+
+If you have monitoring experience, or would rather get straight into configuring Netdata to your needs, you can jump
+straight into code and configurations with our [getting started guide](/docs/getting-started.md).
+
+> This guide contains instructions for Netdata installed on a Linux system. Many of the instructions will work on
+> other supported operating systems, like FreeBSD and macOS, but we can't make any guarantees.
+
+## Where to go if you need help
+
+No matter where you are in this Netdata guide, if you need help, head over to our [GitHub
+repository](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/). That's where we collect questions from users, help fix their bugs, and
+point people toward documentation that explains what they're having trouble with.
+
+Click on the **issues** tab to see all the conversations we're having with Netdata users. Use the search bar to find
+previously-written advice for your specific problem, and if you don't see any results, hit the **New issue** button to
+send us a question.
+
+Or, if that's too complicated, feel free to send this guide's author [an email](mailto:joel@netdata.cloud).
+
+## Before we get started
+
+Let's make sure you have Netdata installed on your system!
+
+> If you already installed Netdata, feel free to skip to [Step 1: Netdata's building blocks](step-01.md).
+
+The easiest way to install Netdata on a Linux system is our `kickstart.sh` one-line installer. Run this on your system
+and let it take care of the rest. 
+
+This script will install Netdata from source, keep it up to date with nightly releases, connects to the Netdata
+[registry](/registry/README.md), and sends [_anonymous statistics_](/docs/anonymous-statistics.md) about how you use
+Netdata. We use this information to better understand how we can improve the Netdata experience for all our users.
+
+```bash
+bash <(curl -Ss https://my-netdata.io/kickstart.sh)
+```
+
+Once finished, you'll have Netdata installed, and you'll be set up to get _nightly updates_ to get the latest features,
+improvements, and bugfixes.
+
+If this method doesn't work for you, or you want to use a different process, visit our [installation
+documentation](/packaging/installer/README.md) for details.
+
+## Netdata fundamentals
+
+[Step 1. Netdata's building blocks](step-01.md)
+
+In this introductory step, we'll talk about the fundamental ideas, philosophies, and UX decisions behind Netdata.
+
+[Step 2. Get to know Netdata's dashboard](step-02.md)
+
+Visit Netdata's dashboard to explore, manipulate charts, and check out alarms. Get your first taste of visual anomaly
+detection.
+
+[Step 3. Monitor more than one system with Netdata](step-03.md)
+
+While the dashboard lets you quickly move from one agent to another, Netdata Cloud is our SaaS solution for monitoring
+the health of many systems. We'll cover its features and the benefits of using Netdata Cloud on top of the dashboard.
+
+[Step 4. The basics of configuring Netdata](step-04.md)
+
+While Netdata can monitor thousands of metrics in real-time without any configuration, you may _want_ to tweak some
+settings based on your system's resources.
+
+## Intermediate steps
+
+[Step 5. Health monitoring alarms and notifications](step-05.md)
+
+Learn how to tune, silence, and write custom alarms. Then enable notifications so you never miss a change in health
+status or performance anomaly.
+
+[Step 6. Collect metrics from more services and apps](step-06.md)
+
+Learn how to enable/disable collection plugins and configure a collection plugin job to add more charts to your Netdata
+dashboard and begin monitoring more apps and services, like MySQL, Nginx, MongoDB, and hundreds more.
+
+[Step 7. Netdata's dashboard in depth](step-07.md)
+
+Now that you configured your Netdata monitoring agent to your exact needs, you'll dive back into metrics snapshots,
+updates, and the dashboard's settings.
+
+## Advanced steps
+
+[Step 8. Building your first custom dashboard](step-08.md)
+
+Using simple HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, we'll build a custom dashboard that displays essential information in any format
+you choose. You can even monitor many systems from a single HTML file.
+
+[Step 9. Long-term metrics storage](step-09.md)
+
+By default, Netdata can store lots of real-time metrics, but you can also tweak our custom database engine to your
+heart's content. Want to take your Netdata metrics elsewhere? We're happy to help you archive data to Prometheus,
+MongoDB, TimescaleDB, and others.
+
+[Step 10. Set up a proxy](step-10.md)
+
+Run Netdata behind an Nginx proxy to improve performance, and enable TLS/HTTPS for better security.
+
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