From e8f9be61a3254b0b04f5714e54bf48ee7a914b61 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Baumann Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2023 18:21:30 +0100 Subject: Adding note about possible but rare database corruptions on upgrades, thanks to Markus Grunwald for reporting (Closes: #1030203). Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann --- debian/netdata-core.README.Debian | 11 +++++++++++ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) diff --git a/debian/netdata-core.README.Debian b/debian/netdata-core.README.Debian index 8f1ab853f..2215da212 100644 --- a/debian/netdata-core.README.Debian +++ b/debian/netdata-core.README.Debian @@ -40,4 +40,15 @@ any data (which it does not need to). Naming the user 'netdata' saves you from configuring anything in netdata itself and it will automatically pick it up once the user has been created. +2.2 Bug: netdata doesn't start +------------------------------ + +If netdata does not start, there could be an upgrade issue from a previous version +leading to a corrupted internal database of the cached values in /var/cache/netdata. + +Try purging the package reinstalling netdata: + + $ sudo apt remove --purge netdata-core + $ sudo apt install netdata-core + -- Daniel Baumann Tue, 09 Feb 2021 11:03:31 +0100 -- cgit v1.2.3