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diff --git a/packaging/installer/methods/kickstart.md b/packaging/installer/methods/kickstart.md index 7792989ee..bc7c4de95 100644 --- a/packaging/installer/methods/kickstart.md +++ b/packaging/installer/methods/kickstart.md @@ -11,62 +11,74 @@ custom_edit_url: https://github.com/netdata/netdata/edit/master/packaging/instal This page covers detailed instructions on using and configuring the automatic one-line installation script named `kickstart.sh`. -This method is fully automatic on all Linux distributions and macOS environments. To install Netdata from source, including all dependencies -required to connect to Netdata Cloud, and get _automatic nightly updates_, run the following as your normal user: +The kickstart script works on all Linux distributions and macOS environments. By default, automatic nightly updates are enabled. If you are installing on macOS, make sure to check the [install documentation for macOS](packaging/installer/methods/macos) before continuing. -**Linux** +> If you are unsure whether you want nightly or stable releases, read the [installation guide](/packaging/installer/README.md#nightly-vs-stable-releases). +> If you want to turn off [automatic updates](/packaging/installer/README.md#automatic-updates), use the `--no-updates` option. You can find more installation options below. + +To install Netdata, run the following as your normal user: ```bash -bash <(curl -Ss https://my-netdata.io/kickstart.sh) +wget -O ./kickstart.sh https://my-netdata.io/kickstart.sh && sh ./kickstart.sh ``` -**macOS** +Or, if you have cURL but not wget (such as on macOS): ```bash -bash <(curl -Ss https://my-netdata.io/kickstart.sh) --install /usr/local/ +curl https://my-netdata.io/kickstart.sh > /tmp/netdata-kickstart.sh && sh /tmp/netdata-kickstart.sh ``` -> See our [installation guide](/packaging/installer/README.md) for details about [automatic updates](/packaging/installer/README.md#automatic-updates) or -> [nightly vs. stable releases](/packaging/installer/README.md#nightly-vs-stable-releases). ## What does `kickstart.sh` do? -The `kickstart.sh` script does the following after being downloaded and run using `bash`: +The `kickstart.sh` script does the following after being downloaded and run using `sh`: -- Detects the Linux distribution and **installs the required system packages** for building Netdata. Unless you added - the `--dont-wait` option, it will ask for your permission first. -- Checks for an existing installation, and if found updates that instead of creating a new install. -- Downloads the latest Netdata source tree to `/usr/src/netdata.git`. -- Installs Netdata by running `./netdata-installer.sh` from the source tree, using any [optional - parameters](#optional-parameters-to-alter-your-installation) you have specified. -- Installs `netdata-updater.sh` to `cron.daily`, so your Netdata installation will be updated with new nightly - versions, unless you override that with an [optional parameter](#optional-parameters-to-alter-your-installation). -- Prints a message whether installation succeeded or failed for QA purposes. +- Determines what platform you are running on. +- Checks for an existing installation, and if found updates that instead of creating a new install. +- Attempts to install Netdata using our [official native binary packages](#native-packages). +- If there are no official native binary packages for your system (or installing that way failed), tries to install + using a [static build of Netdata](#static-builds) if one is available. +- If no static build is available, installs required dependencies and then attempts to install by + [building Netdata locally](#local-builds) (by downloading the sources and building them directly). +- Installs `netdata-updater.sh` to `cron.daily`, so your Netdata installation will be updated with new nightly + versions, unless you override that with an [optional parameter](#optional-parameters-to-alter-your-installation). +- Prints a message whether installation succeeded or failed for QA purposes. ## Optional parameters to alter your installation -The `kickstart.sh` script passes all its parameters to `netdata-installer.sh`, which you can use to customize your -installation. Here are a few important parameters: +The `kickstart.sh` script accepts a number of optional parameters to control how the installation process works: +- `--non-interactive`: Don’t prompt for anything and assume yes whenever possible, overriding any automatic detection of an interactive run. +- `--interactive`: Act as if running interactively, even if automatic detection indicates a run is non-interactive. - `--dont-wait`: Synonym for `--non-interactive` -- `--non-interactive`: Don’t prompt for anything and assume yes whenever possible. +- `--dont-start-it`: Don’t auto-start the daemon after installing. This parameter is not gauranteed to work. +- `--nightly-channel`: Use a nightly build instead of a stable release (this is the default). +- `--stable-channel`: Use a stable release instead of a nightly build. +- `--auto-update`: Enable automatic updates (this is the default). - `--no-updates`: Disable automatic updates. -- `--stable-channel`: Use a stable build instead of a nightly build. +- `--disable-telemetry`: Disable anonymous statistics. +- `--native-only`: Only install if native binary packages are available. +- `--static-only`: Only install if a static build is available. +- `--build-only`: Only install using a local build. - `--reinstall`: If an existing install is found, reinstall instead of trying to update it in place. -- `--dont-start-it`: Don’t auto-start the daemon after installing. This parameter is not guaranteed to work. -- `--install`: Specify an alternative install prefix. -- `--disable-cloud`: For local builds, don’t build any of the cloud code at all. For native packages and static builds, +- `--reinstall-even-if-unsafe`: Even try to reinstall if we don't think we can do so safely (implies `--reinstall`). +- `--disable-cloud`: For local builds, don’t build any of the cloud code at all. For native packages and static builds, use runtime configuration to disable cloud support. -- `--auto-update-type`: Specify how auto-updates are to be scheduled, overriding auto-detection. -- `--disable-telemetry`: Disable anonymous statistics. -- `--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. -- `all`: Ask for all dependencies in the dependency handling script. - - > Note: The `all` and `--local-files` parameters are scheduled to be removed in a forthcoming update. - +- `--require-cloud`: Only install if Netdata Cloud can be enabled. Overrides `--disable-cloud`. +- `--install`: Specify an installation prefix for local builds (by default, we use a sane prefix based on the type of system). + +Additionally, the following environment variables may be used to further customize how the script runs (most users +should not need to use special values for any of these): + +- `TMPDIR`: Used to specify where to put temporary files. On most systems, the default we select automatically + should be fine. The user running the script needs to both be able to write files to the temporary directory, + and run files from that location. +- `ROOTCMD`: Used to specify a command to use to run another command with root privileges if needed. By default + we try to use sudo, doas, or pkexec (in that order of preference), but if you need special options for one of + those to work, or have a different tool to do the same thing on your system, you can specify it here. +- `DO_NOT_TRACK`: If set to a value other than 0, behave as if `--disable-telemetry` was specified. +- `NETDATA_INSTALLER_OPTIONS`: Specifies extra options to pass to the static installer or local build script. + ### Connect node to Netdata Cloud during installation The `kickstart.sh` script accepts additional parameters to automatically [connect](/claim/README.md) your node to Netdata @@ -74,10 +86,10 @@ Cloud immediately after installation. Find the `token` and `rooms` strings by [s Cloud](https://app.netdata.cloud/sign-in?cloudRoute=/spaces), then clicking on **Connect Nodes** in the [Spaces management area](https://learn.netdata.cloud/docs/cloud/spaces#manage-spaces). -- `--claim-token`: Specify a unique claiming token associated with your Space in Netdata Cloud to be used to connect to the node +- `--claim-token`: Specify a unique claiming token associated with your Space in Netdata Cloud to be used to connect to the node after the install. - `--claim-rooms`: Specify a comma-separated list of tokens for each War Room this node should appear in. -- `--claim-proxy`: Specify a proxy to use when connecting to the cloud in the form of +- `--claim-proxy`: Specify a proxy to use when connecting to the cloud in the form of `socks5[h]://[user:pass@]host:ip` for a SOCKS5 proxy, or `http://[user:pass@]host:ip` for an HTTP(S) proxy. See [connecting through a proxy](/claim/README.md#connect-through-a-proxy) for details. - `--claim-url`: Specify a URL to use when connecting to the cloud. Defaults to `https://app.netdata.cloud`. @@ -85,10 +97,42 @@ area](https://learn.netdata.cloud/docs/cloud/spaces#manage-spaces). For example: ```bash -bash <(curl -Ss https://my-netdata.io/kickstart.sh) --claim-token=TOKEN --claim-rooms=ROOM1,ROOM2 +wget -O ./kickstart.sh https://my-netdata.io/kickstart.sh && sh ./kickstart.sh --claim-token=TOKEN --claim-rooms=ROOM1,ROOM2 ``` -Please note that to run it you will either need to have root privileges or run it with the user that is running the agent, more details on the [Connect an agent without root privileges](#connect-an-agent-without-root-privileges) section. +Please note that to run it you will either need to have root privileges or run it with the user that is running the agent, more details on the [Connect an agent without root privileges](/claim/README.md#connect-an-agent-without-root-privileges) section. + +### Native packages + +We publish official DEB/RPM packages for a number of common Linux distributions as part of our releases and nightly +builds. These packages are available for 64-bit x86 systems. Depending on the distribution and release they may +also be available for 32-bit x86, ARMv7, and AArch64 systems. If a native package is available, it will be used as the +default installation method. This allows you to handle Netdata updates as part of your usual system update procedure. + +If you want to enforce the usage of native packages and have the installer return a failure if they are not available, +you can do so by adding `--native-only` to the options you pass to the installer. + +### Static builds + +We publish pre-built static builds of Netdata for Linux systems. Currently, these are published for 64-bit x86, ARMv7, +AArch64, and POWER8+ hardware. These static builds are able to operate in a mostly self-contained manner and only +require a POSIX compliant shell and a supported init system. These static builds install under `/opt/netdata`. If +you are on a platform which we provide static builds for but do not provide native packages for, a static build +will be used by default for installation. + +If you want to enforce the usage of a static build and have the installer return a failure if one is not available, +you can do so by adding `--static-only` to the options you pass to the installer. + +### Local builds + +For systems which do not have available native packages or static builds, we support building Netdata locally on +the system it will be installed on. When using this approach, the installer will attempt to install any required +dependencies for building Netdata, though this may not always work correctly. + +If you want to enforce the usage of a local build (perhaps because you require a custom installation prefix, +which is not supported with native packages or static builds), you can do so by adding `--build-only` to the +options you pass to the installer. + ## Verify script integrity @@ -96,7 +140,7 @@ To use `md5sum` to verify the integrity of the `kickstart.sh` script you will do run the following: ```bash -[ "7e8b449ca44e49b7074b5b9d6022cbcc" = "$(curl -Ss https://my-netdata.io/kickstart.sh | md5sum | cut -d ' ' -f 1)" ] && echo "OK, VALID" || echo "FAILED, INVALID" +[ "dc50e88ee6e19f50dd395e1e5117a1fa" = "$(curl -Ss https://my-netdata.io/kickstart.sh | md5sum | cut -d ' ' -f 1)" ] && echo "OK, VALID" || echo "FAILED, INVALID" ``` If the script is valid, this command will return `OK, VALID`. |