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diff --git a/docs/overview/netdata-monitoring-stack.md b/docs/overview/netdata-monitoring-stack.md deleted file mode 100644 index 36f5b5f0..00000000 --- a/docs/overview/netdata-monitoring-stack.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,62 +0,0 @@ -<!-- -title: "Use Netdata standalone or as part of your monitoring stack" -description: "Netdata can run independently or as part of a larger monitoring stack thanks to its flexibility, interoperable core, and exporting features." -custom_edit_url: https://github.com/netdata/netdata/edit/master/docs/overview/netdata-monitoring-stack.md ---> - -# Use Netdata standalone or as part of your monitoring stack - -Netdata is an extremely powerful monitoring, visualization, and troubleshooting platform. While you can use it as an -effective standalone tool, we also designed it to be open and interoperable with other tools you might already be using. - -Netdata helps you collect everything and scales to infrastructure of any size, but it doesn't lock-in data or force you -to use specific tools or methodologies. Each feature is extensible and interoperable so they can work in parallel with -other tools. For example, you can use Netdata to collect metrics, visualize metrics with a second open-source program, -and centralize your metrics in a cloud-based time-series database solution for long-term storage or further analysis. - -You can build a new monitoring stack, including Netdata, or integrate Netdata's metrics with your existing monitoring -stack. No matter which route you take, Netdata helps you monitor infrastructure of any size. - -Here are a few ways to enrich your existing monitoring and troubleshooting stack with Netdata: - -## Collect metrics from Prometheus endpoints - -Netdata automatically detects 600 popular endpoints and collects per-second metrics from them via the [generic -Prometheus collector](https://github.com/netdata/go.d.plugin/blob/master/modules/prometheus/README.md). This even -includes support for Windows 10 via [`windows_exporter`](https://github.com/prometheus-community/windows_exporter). - -This collector is installed and enabled on all Agent installations by default, so you don't need to waste time -configuring Netdata. Netdata will detect these Prometheus metrics endpoints and collect even more granular metrics than -your existing solutions. You can now use all of Netdata's meaningfully-visualized charts to diagnose issues and -troubleshoot anomalies. - -## Export metrics to external time-series databases - -Netdata can send its per-second metrics to external time-series databases, such as InfluxDB, Prometheus, Graphite, -TimescaleDB, ElasticSearch, AWS Kinesis Data Streams, Google Cloud Pub/Sub Service, and many others. - -To [export metrics to external time-series databases](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/blob/master/docs/export/external-databases.md), you configure an [exporting -_connector_](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/blob/master/docs/export/enable-connector.md). These connectors support filtering and resampling for granular control -over which metrics you export, and at what volume. You can export resampled metrics as collected, as averages, or the -sum of interpolated values based on your needs and other monitoring tools. - -Once you have Netdata's metrics in a secondary time-series database, you can use them however you'd like, such as -additional visualization/dashboarding tools or aggregation of data from multiple sources. - -## Visualize metrics with Grafana - -One popular monitoring stack is Netdata, Graphite, and Grafana. Netdata acts as the stack's metrics collection -powerhouse, Graphite the time-series database, and Grafana the visualization platform. With Netdata at the core, you can -be confident that your monitoring stack is powered by all possible metrics, from all possible sources, from every node -in your infrastructure. - -Of course, just because you export or visualize metrics elsewhere, it doesn't mean Netdata's equivalent features -disappear. You can always build new dashboards in Netdata Cloud, drill down into per-second metrics using Netdata's -charts, or use Netdata's health watchdog to send notifications whenever an anomaly strikes. - -## What's next? - -Whether you're using Netdata standalone or as part of a larger monitoring stack, the next step is the same: [**Get -Netdata**](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/blob/master/docs/get-started.mdx). - - |