Adding upstream version 1.31.0.upstream/1.31.0

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

1 files changed, 25 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/packaging/installer/methods/manual.md b/packaging/installer/methods/manual.md
index 6ece95240..aa49c81ac 100644
--- a/packaging/installer/methods/manual.md
+++ b/packaging/installer/methods/manual.md
@@ -178,15 +178,13 @@ yum install autoconf automake curl gcc git cmake libuuid-devel openssl-devel lib
 yum install -y http://mirror.centos.org/centos/8/PowerTools/x86_64/os/Packages/Judy-devel-1.0.5-18.module_el8.1.0+217+4d875839.x86_64.rpm
 ```
 
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-
-### Install Netdata
+## 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
+git clone https://github.com/netdata/netdata.git --depth=100 --recursive
 cd netdata
 
 # run script with root privileges to build, install, start Netdata
@@ -201,11 +199,31 @@ cd 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`. 
 
-Once the installer completes, the file `/etc/netdata/netdata.conf` will be created (if you changed the installation directory, the configuration will appear in that directory too).
+## 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](/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](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.
+
+### Claim node to Netdata Cloud during installation
 
-You can edit this file to set options. One common option to tweak is `history`, which controls the size of the memory database Netdata will use. By default is `3600` seconds (an hour of data at the charts) which makes Netdata use about 10-15MB of RAM (depending on the number of charts detected on your system). Check **\[[Memory Requirements]]**.
+Unlike the [`kickstart.sh`](/packaging/installer/methods/kickstart.md) or
+[`kickstart-static64.sh`](/packaging/installer/methods/kickstart-64.md) methods, the `netdata-installer.sh` script does
+not allow you to automatically [claim](/claim/README.md) your node to Netdata Cloud immediately after installation.
 
-To apply the changes you made, you have to restart Netdata.
+See the [claiming](/claim/README.md) doc for details on claiming a node with a manual installation of Netdata.
 
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