diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'packaging/installer/methods/manual.md')
| -rw-r--r-- | packaging/installer/methods/manual.md | 229 |
1 files changed, 229 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/packaging/installer/methods/manual.md b/packaging/installer/methods/manual.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..6ece95240 --- /dev/null +++ b/packaging/installer/methods/manual.md @@ -0,0 +1,229 @@ +<!-- +title: "Install Netdata on Linux from a Git checkout" +description: "Use the Netdata Agent source code from GitHub, plus helper scripts to set up your system, to install Netdata without packages or binaries." +custom_edit_url: https://github.com/netdata/netdata/edit/master/packaging/installer/methods/manual.md +--> + +# Install Netdata on Linux from a Git checkout + +To install the latest git version of Netdata, please follow these 2 steps: + +1. [Prepare your system](#prepare-your-system) + + Install the required packages on your system. + +2. [Install Netdata](#install-netdata) + + Download and install Netdata. You can also update it the same way. + +## Prepare your system + +Use our automatic requirements installer (_no need to be `root`_), which attempts to find the packages that +should be installed on your system to build and run Netdata. It supports a large variety of major Linux distributions +and other operating systems and is regularly tested. You can find this tool [here](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/netdata/netdata/master/packaging/installer/install-required-packages.sh) or run it directly with `bash <(curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/netdata/netdata/master/packaging/installer/install-required-packages.sh)`. Otherwise read on for how to get requires packages manually: + +- **Alpine** Linux and its derivatives + - You have to install `bash` yourself, before using the installer. + +- **Arch** Linux and its derivatives + - You need arch/aur for package Judy. + +- **Gentoo** Linux and its derivatives + +- **Debian** Linux and its derivatives (including **Ubuntu**, **Mint**) + +- **Red Hat Enterprise Linux** and its derivatives (including **Fedora**, **CentOS**, **Amazon Machine Image**) + - Please note that for RHEL/CentOS you need + [EPEL](http://www.tecmint.com/how-to-enable-epel-repository-for-rhel-centos-6-5/). + In addition, RHEL/CentOS version 6 also need + [OKay](https://okay.com.mx/blog-news/rpm-repositories-for-centos-6-and-7.html) for package libuv version 1. + - CentOS 8 / RHEL 8 requires a bit of extra work. See the dedicated section below. + +- **SUSE** Linux and its derivatives (including **openSUSE**) + +- **SLE12** Must have your system registered with SUSE Customer Center or have the DVD. See + [#1162](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/issues/1162) + +Install the packages for having a **basic Netdata installation** (system monitoring and many applications, without `mysql` / `mariadb`, `postgres`, `named`, hardware sensors and `SNMP`): + +```sh +curl -Ss 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/netdata/netdata/master/packaging/installer/install-required-packages.sh' >/tmp/install-required-packages.sh && bash /tmp/install-required-packages.sh -i netdata +``` + +Install all the required packages for **monitoring everything Netdata can monitor**: + +```sh +curl -Ss 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/netdata/netdata/master/packaging/installer/install-required-packages.sh' >/tmp/install-required-packages.sh && bash /tmp/install-required-packages.sh -i netdata-all +``` + +If the above do not work for you, please [open a github +issue](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/issues/new?title=packages%20installer%20failed&labels=installation%20help&body=The%20experimental%20packages%20installer%20failed.%0A%0AThis%20is%20what%20it%20says:%0A%0A%60%60%60txt%0A%0Aplease%20paste%20your%20screen%20here%0A%0A%60%60%60) +with a copy of the message you get on screen. We are trying to make it work everywhere (this is also why the script +[reports back](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/issues/2054) success or failure for all its runs). + +--- + +This is how to do it by hand: + +```sh +# Debian / Ubuntu +apt-get install zlib1g-dev uuid-dev libuv1-dev liblz4-dev libjudy-dev libssl-dev libelf-dev libmnl-dev gcc make git autoconf autoconf-archive autogen automake pkg-config curl python cmake + +# Fedora +dnf install zlib-devel libuuid-devel libuv-devel lz4-devel Judy-devel openssl-devel elfutils-libelf-devel libmnl-devel gcc make git autoconf autoconf-archive autogen automake pkgconfig curl findutils python cmake + +# CentOS / Red Hat Enterprise Linux +yum install autoconf automake curl gcc git libmnl-devel libuuid-devel openssl-devel libuv-devel lz4-devel Judy-devel elfutils-libelf-devel make nc pkgconfig python zlib-devel cmake + +# openSUSE +zypper install zlib-devel libuuid-devel libuv-devel liblz4-devel judy-devel libopenssl-devel libelf-devel libmnl-devel gcc make git autoconf autoconf-archive autogen automake pkgconfig curl findutils python cmake +``` + +Once Netdata is compiled, to run it the following packages are required (already installed using the above commands): + +| package | description| +|:-----:|-----------| +| `libuuid` | part of `util-linux` for GUIDs management| +| `zlib` | gzip compression for the internal Netdata web server| +| `libuv` | Multi-platform support library with a focus on asynchronous I/O, version 1 or greater| + +*Netdata will fail to start without the above.* + +Netdata plugins and various aspects of Netdata can be enabled or benefit when these are installed (they are optional): + +| package |description| +|:-----:|-----------| +| `bash`|for shell plugins and **alarm notifications**| +| `curl`|for shell plugins and **alarm notifications**| +| `iproute` or `iproute2`|for monitoring **Linux traffic QoS**<br/>use `iproute2` if `iproute` reports as not available or obsolete| +| `python`|for most of the external plugins| +| `python-yaml`|used for monitoring **beanstalkd**| +| `python-beanstalkc`|used for monitoring **beanstalkd**| +| `python-dnspython`|used for monitoring DNS query time| +| `python-ipaddress`|used for monitoring **DHCPd**<br/>this package is required only if the system has python v2. python v3 has this functionality embedded| +| `python-mysqldb`<br/>or<br/>`python-pymysql`|used for monitoring **mysql** or **mariadb** databases<br/>`python-mysqldb` is a lot faster and thus preferred| +| `python-psycopg2`|used for monitoring **postgresql** databases| +| `python-pymongo`|used for monitoring **mongodb** databases| +| `nodejs`|used for `node.js` plugins for monitoring **named** and **SNMP** devices| +| `lm-sensors`|for monitoring **hardware sensors**| +| `libelf`|for monitoring kernel-level metrics using eBPF| +| `libmnl`|for collecting netfilter metrics| +| `netcat`|for shell plugins to collect metrics from remote systems| + +*Netdata will greatly benefit if you have the above packages installed, but it will still work without them.* + +Netdata DB engine can be enabled when these are installed (they are optional): + +| package | description| +|:-----:|-----------| +| `liblz4` | Extremely fast compression algorithm, version r129 or greater| +| `Judy` | General purpose dynamic array| +| `openssl`| Cryptography and SSL/TLS toolkit| + +*Netdata will greatly benefit if you have the above packages installed, but it will still work without them.* + +Netdata Cloud support may require the following packages to be installed: + +| package | description +|:--------:| ----------------------- +| `cmake` | Needed at build time if you aren't using your distribution's version of libwebsockets or are building on a platform other than Linux +| `openssl` | Needed to secure communications with the Netdata Cloud + +*Netdata will greatly benefit if you have the above packages installed, but it will still work without them.* + +### CentOS / RHEL 6.x + +On CentOS / RHEL 6.x, many of the dependencies for Netdata are only +available with versions older than what we need, so special setup is +required if manually installing packages. + +CentOS 6.x: + +- Enable the EPEL repo +- Enable the additional repo from [okay.network](https://okay.network/blog-news/rpm-repositories-for-centos-6-and-7.html) + +And install the minimum required dependencies. + +### CentOS / RHEL 8.x + +For CentOS / RHEL 8.x a lot of development packages have moved out into their +own separate repositories. Some other dependencies are either missing completely +or have to be sourced by 3rd-parties. + +CentOS 8.x: + +- Enable the PowerTools repo +- Enable the EPEL repo +- Enable the Extra repo from [OKAY](https://okay.network/blog-news/rpm-repositories-for-centos-6-and-7.html) + +And install the minimum required dependencies: + +```sh +# Enable config-manager +yum install -y 'dnf-command(config-manager)' + +# Enable PowerTools +yum config-manager --set-enabled powertools + +# Enable EPEL +yum install -y epel-release + +# Install Repo for libuv-devl (NEW) +yum install -y http://repo.okay.com.mx/centos/8/x86_64/release/okay-release-1-3.el8.noarch.rpm + +# Install Devel Packages +yum install autoconf automake curl gcc git cmake libuuid-devel openssl-devel libuv-devel lz4-devel make nc pkgconfig python3 zlib-devel + +# Install Judy-Devel directly +yum install -y http://mirror.centos.org/centos/8/PowerTools/x86_64/os/Packages/Judy-devel-1.0.5-18.module_el8.1.0+217+4d875839.x86_64.rpm +``` + +--- + +### Install Netdata + +Do this to install and run Netdata: + +```sh +# download it - the directory 'netdata' will be created +git clone https://github.com/netdata/netdata.git --depth=100 +cd netdata + +# run script with root privileges to build, install, start Netdata +./netdata-installer.sh +``` + +- If you don't want to run it straight-away, add `--dont-start-it` option. + +- You can also append `--stable-channel` to fetch and install only the official releases from GitHub, instead of the nightly builds. + +- If you don't want to install it on the default directories, you can run the installer like this: `./netdata-installer.sh --install /opt`. This one will install Netdata in `/opt/netdata`. + +- If your server does not have access to the internet and you have manually put the installation directory on your server, you will need to pass the option `--disable-go` to the installer. The option will prevent the installer from attempting to download and install `go.d.plugin`. + +Once the installer completes, the file `/etc/netdata/netdata.conf` will be created (if you changed the installation directory, the configuration will appear in that directory too). + +You can edit this file to set options. One common option to tweak is `history`, which controls the size of the memory database Netdata will use. By default is `3600` seconds (an hour of data at the charts) which makes Netdata use about 10-15MB of RAM (depending on the number of charts detected on your system). Check **\[[Memory Requirements]]**. + +To apply the changes you made, you have to restart Netdata. + +### 'nonrepresentable section on output' errors + +Our current build process unfortunately has some issues when using certain configurations of the `clang` C compiler on Linux. + +If the installation fails with errors like `/bin/ld: externaldeps/libwebsockets/libwebsockets.a(context.c.o): relocation R_X86_64_32 against '.rodata.str1.1' can not be used when making a PIE object; recompile with -fPIC`, and you are trying to build with `clang` on Linux, you will need to build Netdata using GCC to get a fully functional install. + +In most cases, you can do this by running `CC=gcc ./netdata-installer.sh`. + +## What's next? + +When you're finished with installation, check out our [single-node](/docs/quickstart/single-node.md) or +[infrastructure](/docs/quickstart/infrastructure.md) monitoring quickstart guides based on your use case. + +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. + +[](<>) |