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diff --git a/packaging/installer/methods/packages.md b/packaging/installer/methods/packages.md index d49e21394..90556c1ab 100644 --- a/packaging/installer/methods/packages.md +++ b/packaging/installer/methods/packages.md @@ -8,20 +8,18 @@ learn_rel_path: "Installation/Installation methods" sidebar_position: 20 --> -# Install Netdata using native DEB/RPM packages. +# Install Netdata using native DEB/RPM packages For most common Linux distributions that use either DEB or RPM packages, Netdata provides pre-built native packages for current releases in-line with -our [official platform support policy](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/blob/master/packaging/PLATFORM_SUPPORT.md). +our [official platform support policy](/docs/netdata-agent/versions-and-platforms.md). These packages will be used by default when attempting to install on a supported platform using our -[kickstart.sh installer script](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/blob/master/packaging/installer/methods/kickstart.md). +[kickstart.sh installer script](/packaging/installer/methods/kickstart.md). When using the kickstart script, you can force usage of native DEB or RPM packages by passing the option `--native-only` when invoking the script. This will cause it to only attempt to use native packages for the install, and fail if it cannot do so. - - > ### Note > > In July 2022, we switched hosting of our native packages from Package Cloud to self-hosted repositories. @@ -31,10 +29,9 @@ and fail if it cannot do so. > When selecting a repository configuration package, note that the version 2 packages provide configuration for > our self-hosted repositories, and then version 1 packages provide configuration for Package Cloud. +## Manual setup of RPM packages -## Manual setup of RPM packages. - -Netdata’s official RPM repositories are hosted at https://repo.netdata.cloud/repos. We provide four groups of +Netdata’s official RPM repositories are hosted at <https://repo.netdata.cloud/repos>. We provide four groups of repositories at that top level: - `stable`: Contains packages for stable releases of the Netdata Agent. @@ -55,14 +52,14 @@ Under each of those directories is a directory for each supported release of tha directory for each supported CPU architecture which contains the actual repository. For example, for stable release packages for RHEL 9 on 64-bit x86, the full URL for the repository would be -https://repo.netdata.cloud/repos/stable/el/9/x86_64/ +<https://repo.netdata.cloud/repos/stable/el/9/x86_64/> Our RPM packages and repository metadata are signed using a GPG key with a user name of ‘Netdatabot’. The current key fingerprint is `6588FDD7B14721FE7C3115E6F9177B5265F56346`. The associated public key can be fetched from `https://repo.netdata.cloud/netdatabot.gpg.key`. If you are explicitly configuring a system to use our repositories, the recommended setup is to download the -appropriate repository configuration package from https://repo.netdata.cloud/repos/repoconfig and install it +appropriate repository configuration package from <https://repo.netdata.cloud/repos/repoconfig> and install it directly on the target system using the system package manager. This will ensure any packages needed to use the repository are also installed, and will help enable a seamless transition if we ever need to change our infrastructure. @@ -73,9 +70,9 @@ repository are also installed, and will help enable a seamless transition if we > repository _should_ be pulled in automatically by our repository config packages, but if it is not you may need > to manually install `epel-release` to be able to successfully install the Netdata packages. -## Manual setup of DEB packages. +## Manual setup of DEB packages -Netdata’s official DEB repositories are hosted at https://repo.netdata.cloud/repos. We provide four groups of +Netdata’s official DEB repositories are hosted at <https://repo.netdata.cloud/repos>. We provide four groups of repositories at that top level: - `stable`: Contains packages for stable releases of the Netdata Agent. @@ -105,7 +102,7 @@ current key fingerprint is `6588FDD7B14721FE7C3115E6F9177B5265F56346`. The assoc `https://repo.netdata.cloud/netdatabot.gpg.key`. If you are explicitly configuring a system to use our repositories, the recommended setup is to download the -appropriate repository configuration package from https://repo.netdata.cloud/repos/repoconfig and install it +appropriate repository configuration package from <https://repo.netdata.cloud/repos/repoconfig> and install it directly on the target system using the system package manager. This will ensure any packages needed to use the repository are also installed, and will help enable a seamless transition if we ever need to change our infrastructure. |