Adding upstream version 1.29.0.upstream/1.29.0

Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>

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+<!--
+title: "Install Netdata on Alpine 3.x"
+custom_edit_url: https://github.com/netdata/netdata/edit/master/packaging/installer/methods/alpine.md
+-->
+
+# Install Netdata on Alpine 3.x
+
+Execute these commands to install Netdata in Alpine Linux 3.x:
+
+```sh
+# install required packages
+apk add alpine-sdk bash curl libuv-dev zlib-dev util-linux-dev libmnl-dev gcc make git autoconf automake pkgconfig python logrotate
+
+# if you plan to run node.js Netdata plugins
+apk add nodejs
+
+# download Netdata - the directory 'netdata' will be created
+git clone https://github.com/netdata/netdata.git --depth=100
+cd netdata
+
+# build it, install it, start it
+./netdata-installer.sh
+
+# make Netdata start at boot
+echo -e "#!/usr/bin/env bash\n/usr/sbin/netdata" >/etc/local.d/netdata.start
+chmod 755 /etc/local.d/netdata.start
+
+# make Netdata stop at shutdown
+echo -e "#!/usr/bin/env bash\nkillall netdata" >/etc/local.d/netdata.stop
+chmod 755 /etc/local.d/netdata.stop
+
+# enable the local service to start automatically
+rc-update add local
+```
+
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