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diff --git a/packaging/installer/methods/macos.md b/packaging/installer/methods/macos.md index 48d53fd08..0ae1d9f23 100644 --- a/packaging/installer/methods/macos.md +++ b/packaging/installer/methods/macos.md @@ -6,31 +6,35 @@ custom_edit_url: https://github.com/netdata/netdata/edit/master/packaging/instal # Install Netdata on macOS Netdata works on macOS, albeit with some limitations. The number of charts displaying system metrics is limited, but you -can use any of Netdata's [external plugins](../../../collectors/plugins.d/README.md) to monitor any services you might +can use any of Netdata's [external plugins](/collectors/plugins.d/README.md) to monitor any services you might have installed on your macOS system. You could also use a macOS system as the parent node in a [streaming configuration](/streaming/README.md). -We recommend you to **[install Netdata with the our automatic one-line installation script](#install-netdata-with-the-automatic-one-line-installation-script)**, +We recommend you to **[install Netdata with the our automatic one-line installation script](#install-netdata-with-our-automatic-one-line-installation-script)**, As an alternative you also have community-created and -maintained [**Homebrew package**](#install-netdata-with-the-homebrew-package). -- [Install Netdata via the Homebrew package](#install-netdata-with-the-homebrew-package) -- [Install Netdata from source](#install-netdata-from-source) +- [Install Netdata via the Homebrew package](#install-netdata-with-the-homebrew-package) +- [Install Netdata from source](#install-netdata-from-source) Being community-created and -maintained we don't guarantee that the features made available on our installation script will also be available or give support to it. ## Install Netdata with our automatic one-line installation script -To install Netdata using our automatic [kickstart](/packaging/installer/#automatic-one-line-installation-script) script you will just need to run: +To install Netdata using our automatic [kickstart](/packaging/installer/README.md#automatic-one-line-installation-script) script you will just need to run: ```bash -bash <(curl -Ss https://my-netdata.io/kickstart.sh) --install /usr/local/ +wget -O /tmp/netdata-kickstart.sh https://my-netdata.io/kickstart.sh && sh /tmp/netdata-kickstart.sh ``` With this script, you are also able to connect your nodes directly to Netdata Cloud if you wish, see more details on [Connect an agent running in macOS](/claim/README.md#connect-an-agent-running-in-macos) +This currently only supports building Netdata locally, and requires dependencies to be handled either via Homebrew +or MacPorts (we preferentially use Homebrew if both are found). By default, this will install Netdata under +`/usr/local/netdata`. + ## Install Netdata with the Homebrew package If you don't have [Homebrew](https://brew.sh/) installed already, begin with their installation script: |