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diff --git a/docs/collect/system-metrics.md b/docs/collect/system-metrics.md deleted file mode 100644 index e4051b0fa..000000000 --- a/docs/collect/system-metrics.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,62 +0,0 @@ -<!-- -title: "Collect system metrics with Netdata" -sidebar_label: "System metrics" -description: "Netdata collects thousands of metrics from physical and virtual systems, IoT/edge devices, and containers with zero configuration." -custom_edit_url: "https://github.com/netdata/netdata/edit/master/docs/collect/system-metrics.md" -learn_status: "Published" -learn_topic_type: "Concepts" -learn_rel_path: "Concepts" ---> - -# Collect system metrics with Netdata - -Netdata collects thousands of metrics directly from the operating systems of physical and virtual systems, IoT/edge -devices, and [containers](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/blob/master/docs/collect/container-metrics.md) with zero configuration. - -To gather system metrics, Netdata uses roughly a dozen plugins, each of which has one or more collectors for very -specific metrics exposed by the host. The system metrics Netdata users interact with most for health monitoring and -performance troubleshooting are collected and visualized by `proc.plugin`, `cgroups.plugin`, and `ebpf.plugin`. - -[**proc.plugin**](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/blob/master/src/collectors/proc.plugin/README.md) gathers metrics from the `/proc` and `/sys` folders in Linux -systems, along with a few other endpoints, and is responsible for the bulk of the system metrics collected and -visualized by Netdata. It collects CPU, memory, disks, load, networking, mount points, and more with zero configuration. -It even allows Netdata to monitor its own resource utilization! - -[**cgroups.plugin**](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/blob/master/src/collectors/cgroups.plugin/README.md) collects rich metrics about containers and virtual machines -using the virtual files under `/sys/fs/cgroup`. By reading cgroups, Netdata can instantly collect resource utilization -metrics for systemd services, all containers (Docker, LXC, LXD, Libvirt, systemd-nspawn), and more. Learn more in the -[collecting container metrics](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/blob/master/docs/collect/container-metrics.md) doc. - -[**ebpf.plugin**](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/blob/master/src/collectors/ebpf.plugin/README.md): Netdata's extended Berkeley Packet Filter (eBPF) collector -monitors Linux kernel-level metrics for file descriptors, virtual filesystem IO, and process management. You can use our -eBPF collector to analyze how and when a process accesses files, when it makes system calls, whether it leaks memory or -creating zombie processes, and more. - -While the above plugins and associated collectors are the most important for system metrics, there are many others. You -can find all system collectors in our [supported collectors list](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/blob/master/src/collectors/COLLECTORS.md#system-collectors). - -## Collect Windows system metrics - -Netdata is also capable of monitoring Windows systems. The [Windows -collector](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/blob/master/src/go/collectors/go.d.plugin/modules/windows/README.md) integrates with -[windows_exporter](https://github.com/prometheus-community/windows_exporter), a small Go-based binary that you can run -on Windows systems. The Windows collector then gathers metrics from an endpoint created by windows_exporter, for more -details see [the requirements](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/blob/master/src/go/collectors/go.d.plugin/modules/windows/README.md#requirements). - -Next, [configure](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/blob/master/src/go/collectors/go.d.plugin/modules/windows/README.md#configuration) the Windows -collector to point to the URL and port of your exposed endpoint. Restart Netdata with `sudo systemctl restart netdata`, or the [appropriate -method](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/blob/master/packaging/installer/README.md#maintaining-a-netdata-agent-installation) for your system. You'll start seeing Windows system metrics, such as CPU -utilization, memory, bandwidth per NIC, number of processes, and much more. - -For information about collecting metrics from applications _running on Windows systems_, see the [application metrics -doc](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/blob/master/docs/collect/application-metrics.md#collect-metrics-from-applications-running-on-windows). - -## What's next? - -Because there's some overlap between system metrics and [container metrics](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/blob/master/docs/collect/container-metrics.md), you -should investigate Netdata's container compatibility if you use them heavily in your infrastructure. - -If you don't use containers, skip ahead to collecting [application metrics](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/blob/master/docs/collect/application-metrics.md) with -Netdata. - - |