# Install Netdata on FreeBSD > 💡 This document is maintained by Netdata's community, and may not be completely up-to-date. Please double-check the > details of the installation process, such as version numbers for downloadable packages, before proceeding. > > You can help improve this document by [submitting a > PR](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/edit/master/packaging/installer/methods/freebsd.md) with your recommended > improvements or changes. Thank you! ## Install latest version This is how to install the latest Netdata version on FreeBSD: Install required packages (**need root permission**): ```sh pkg install bash e2fsprogs-libuuid git curl autoconf automake pkgconf pidof liblz4 libuv json-c cmake gmake ``` Download Netdata: ```sh fetch https://github.com/netdata/netdata/releases/download/v1.26.0/netdata-v1.26.0.tar.gz ``` > ⚠️ Verify the latest version by either navigating to [Netdata's latest > release](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/releases/latest) or using `curl`: > > ```bash > basename $(curl -Ls -o /dev/null -w %{url_effective} https://github.com/netdata/netdata/releases/latest) > ``` Unzip the downloaded file: ```sh gunzip netdata*.tar.gz && tar xf netdata*.tar && rm -rf netdata*.tar ``` Install Netdata in `/opt/netdata`. If you want to enable automatic updates, add `--auto-update` or `-u` to install `netdata-updater` in `cron` (**need root permission**): ```sh cd netdata-v* && ./netdata-installer.sh --install-prefix /opt && cp /opt/netdata/usr/sbin/netdata-claim.sh /usr/sbin/ ``` You also need to enable the `netdata` service in `/etc/rc.conf`: ```sh sysrc netdata_enable="YES" ``` Finally, and very importantly, update Netdata using the script provided by the Netdata team (**need root permission**): ```sh cd /opt/netdata/usr/libexec/netdata/ && ./netdata-updater.sh ``` You can now access the Netdata dashboard by navigating to `http://NODE:19999`, replacing `NODE` with the IP address or hostname of your system.  Starting with v1.30, Netdata collects anonymous usage information by default and sends it to a self hosted PostHog instance within the Netdata infrastructure. To read more about the information collected and how to opt-out, check the [anonymous statistics page](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/blob/master/docs/anonymous-statistics.md). ## Updating the Agent on FreeBSD If you have not passed the `--auto-update` or `-u` parameter for the installer to enable automatic updating, repeat the last step to update Netdata whenever a new version becomes available. The `netdata-updater.sh` script will update your Agent. ## Optional parameters to alter your installation | parameters | Description | |:-----:|-----------| |`--install-prefix `| Install netdata in `.` Ex: `--install-prefix /opt` will put netdata in `/opt/netdata`| | `--dont-start-it` | Do not (re)start netdata after installation| | `--dont-wait` | Run installation in non-interactive mode| | `--auto-update` or `-u` | Install netdata-updater in cron to update netdata automatically once per day| | `--stable-channel` | Use packages from GitHub release pages instead of GCS (nightly updates). This results in less frequent updates| | `--nightly-channel` | Use most recent nightly updates instead of GitHub releases. This results in more frequent updates| | `--disable-go` | Disable installation of go.d.plugin| | `--disable-ebpf` | Disable eBPF Kernel plugin (Default: enabled)| | `--disable-cloud` | Disable all Netdata Cloud functionality| | `--require-cloud` | Fail the install if it can't build Netdata Cloud support| | `--enable-plugin-freeipmi` | Enable the FreeIPMI plugin. Default: enable it when libipmimonitoring is available| | `--disable-plugin-freeipmi` | Enable the FreeIPMI plugin| | `--disable-https` | Explicitly disable TLS support| | `--disable-dbengine` | Explicitly disable DB engine support| | `--enable-plugin-nfacct` | Enable nfacct plugin. Default: enable it when libmnl and libnetfilter_acct are available| | `--disable-plugin-nfacct` | Disable nfacct plugin. Default: enable it when libmnl and libnetfilter_acct are available| | `--enable-plugin-xenstat` | Enable the xenstat plugin. Default: enable it when libxenstat and libyajl are available| | `--disable-plugin-xenstat` | Disable the xenstat plugin| | `--disable-exporting-kinesis` | Disable AWS Kinesis exporting connector. Default: enable it when libaws_cpp_sdk_kinesis and libraries (it depends on are available)| | `--enable-exporting-prometheus-remote-write` | Enable Prometheus remote write exporting connector. Default: enable it when libprotobuf and libsnappy are available| | `--disable-exporting-prometheus-remote-write` | Disable Prometheus remote write exporting connector. Default: enable it when libprotobuf and libsnappy are available| | `--enable-exporting-mongodb` | Enable MongoDB exporting connector. Default: enable it when libmongoc is available| | `--disable-exporting-mongodb` | Disable MongoDB exporting connector| | `--enable-lto` | Enable Link-Time-Optimization. Default: enabled| | `--disable-lto` | Disable Link-Time-Optimization. Default: enabled| | `--disable-x86-sse` | Disable SSE instructions. By default SSE optimizations are enabled| | `--zlib-is-really-here` or `--libs-are-really-here` | If you get errors about missing zlib or libuuid but you know it is available, you might have a broken pkg-config. Use this option to proceed without checking pkg-config| |`--disable-telemetry` | Use this flag to opt-out from our anonymous telemetry program. (DISABLE_TELEMETRY=1)|