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# 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
-have installed on your macOS system. You could also use a macOS system as the parent node in a [streaming
-configuration](/streaming/README.md).
+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 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-our-automatic-one-line-installation-script)**,
+You can install Netdata in one of the three following ways:
-
-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 with the our automatic one-line installation script (recommended)](#install-netdata-with-our-automatic-one-line-installation-script)**,
+- [Install Netdata via Homebrew](#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.
+Each of these installation option requires [Homebrew](https://brew.sh/) for handling dependencies.
+
+> The Netdata Homebrew package is community-created and -maintained.
+> Community-maintained packages _may_ receive support from Netdata, but are only a best-effort affair. Learn more about [Netdata's platform support policy](/packaging/platform_support).
## Install Netdata with our automatic one-line installation script
-To install Netdata using our automatic [kickstart](/packaging/installer/README.md#automatic-one-line-installation-script) script you will just need to run:
+**Local Netdata Agent installation**
+To install Netdata using our automatic [kickstart](/packaging/installer/README.md#automatic-one-line-installation-script) open a new terminal and run:
```bash
-wget -O /tmp/netdata-kickstart.sh https://my-netdata.io/kickstart.sh && sh /tmp/netdata-kickstart.sh
+curl https://my-netdata.io/kickstart.sh > /tmp/netdata-kickstart.sh && sh /tmp/netdata-kickstart.sh
```
+The Netdata Agent is be installed under `/usr/local/netdata`. Dependencies are handled via Homebrew.
-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`.
+**Automatically connect to Netdata Cloud during installation**
+<!-- Potential reuse: https://learn.netdata.cloud/docs/agent/claim#connect-an-agent-running-in-macos-->
+<!--Potential reuse https://learn.netdata.cloud/docs/agent/packaging/installer/methods/kickstart#connect-node-to-netdata-cloud-during-installation The following information is copied from this link.-->
-## Install Netdata with the Homebrew package
+The `kickstart.sh` script accepts additional parameters to automatically [connect](/claim/README.md) your node to Netdata
+Cloud immediately after installation. Find the `token` and `rooms` strings by [signing in to Netdata
+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).
-If you don't have [Homebrew](https://brew.sh/) installed already, begin with their installation script:
+- `--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 `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`.
+For example:
```bash
-/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install.sh)"
+curl https://my-netdata.io/kickstart.sh > /tmp/netdata-kickstart.sh && sh /tmp/netdata-kickstart.sh --install /usr/local/ --claim-token TOKEN --claim-rooms ROOM1,ROOM2 --claim-url https://app.netdata.cloud
```
+The Netdata Agent is installed under `/usr/local/netdata` on your machine. Your machine will also show up as a node in your Netdata Cloud.
-Next, you can use Homebrew's package, which installs Netdata all its dependencies in a single step:
+If you experience issues while claiming your node, follow the steps in our [Troubleshooting](claim/README.md#troubleshooting) documentation.
+## Install Netdata via Homebrew
+
+To install Netdata and all its dependencies, run Homebrew using the following command:
```sh
brew install netdata
```
+Homebrew will place your Netdata configuration directory at `/usr/local/etc/netdata/`.
-> Homebrew will place your Netdata configuration directory at `/usr/local/etc/netdata/`. Use the `edit-config` script
-> and the files in this directory to configure Netdata. For reference, you can find stock configuration files at
-> `/usr/local/Cellar/netdata/{NETDATA_VERSION}/lib/netdata/conf.d/`.
+Use the `edit-config` script and the files in this directory to configure Netdata. For reference, you can find stock configuration files at `/usr/local/Cellar/netdata/{NETDATA_VERSION}/lib/netdata/conf.d/`.
Skip on ahead to the [What's next?](#whats-next) section to find links to helpful post-installation guides.
## Install Netdata from source
-We don't recommend installing Netdata from source on macOS, as it can be difficult to configure and install dependencies
-manually.
+We don't recommend installing Netdata from source on macOS, as it can be difficult to configure and install dependencies manually.
-First open your terminal of choice and install the Xcode development packages.
+1. Open your terminal of choice and install the Xcode development packages:
-```bash
-xcode-select --install
-```
+ ```bash
+ xcode-select --install
+ ```
-Click **Install** on the Software Update popup window that appears. Then, use the same terminal session to use Homebrew
-to install some of Netdata's prerequisites. You can omit `cmake` in case you do not want to use
-[Netdata Cloud](https://learn.netdata.cloud/docs/cloud/).
+2. Click **Install** on the Software Update popup window that appears.
+3. Use the same terminal session to install some of Netdata's prerequisites using Homebrew. If you don't want to use [Netdata Cloud](https://learn.netdata.cloud/docs/cloud/), you can omit `cmake`.
-```bash
-brew install ossp-uuid autoconf automake pkg-config libuv lz4 json-c openssl@1.1 libtool cmake
-```
-
-If you want to use the [database engine](/database/engine/README.md) to store your metrics, you need to download
-and install the [Judy library](https://sourceforge.net/projects/judy/) before proceeding compiling Netdata.
+ ```bash
+ brew install ossp-uuid autoconf automake pkg-config libuv lz4 json-c openssl libtool cmake
+ ```
+
+4. Download Netdata from our GitHub repository:
-Next, download Netdata from our GitHub repository:
+ ```bash
+ git clone https://github.com/netdata/netdata.git --recursive
+ ```
-```bash
-git clone https://github.com/netdata/netdata.git --recursive
-```
+5. `cd` into the newly-created directory and then start the installer script:
-Finally, `cd` into the newly-created directory and then start the installer script:
-
-```bash
-cd netdata/
-sudo ./netdata-installer.sh --install /usr/local
-```
+ ```bash
+ cd netdata/
+ sudo ./netdata-installer.sh --install /usr/local
+ ```
-> Your Netdata configuration directory will be at `/usr/local/netdata/`, and your stock configuration directory will
-> be at **`/usr/local/lib/netdata/conf.d/`.**
->
+> Your Netdata configuration directory will be at `/usr/local/netdata/`.
+> Your stock configuration directory will be at `/usr/local/lib/netdata/conf.d/`.
> The installer will also install a startup plist to start Netdata when your macOS system boots.
## What's next?
@@ -102,8 +107,5 @@ When you're finished with installation, check out our [single-node](/docs/quicks
Or, skip straight to [configuring the Netdata Agent](/docs/configure/nodes.md).
-Read through Netdata's [documentation](https://learn.netdata.cloud/docs), which is structured based on actions and
-solutions, to enable features like health monitoring, alarm notifications, long-term metrics storage, exporting to
-external databases, and more.
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