# Install Netdata on pfSense > 💡 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/pfsense.md) with your recommended > improvements or changes. Thank you! ## Install prerequisites/dependencies To install Netdata on pfSense, first enable the [FreeBSD package repo](https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/recipes/freebsd-pkg-repo.html) Then run the following command (within a shell or under the **Diagnostics/Command** prompt within the pfSense web interface). ```bash pkg install -y pkgconf bash e2fsprogs-libuuid libuv nano ``` Then run the following commands to download various dependencies from the FreeBSD repository. ```sh pkg install json-c-0.15_1 pkg install py39-certifi-2023.5.7 pkg install py39-asn1crypto pkg install py39-pycparser pkg install py39-cffi pkg install py39-six pkg install py39-cryptography pkg install py39-idna pkg install py39-openssl pkg install py39-pysocks pkg install py39-urllib3 pkg install py39-yaml ``` > ⚠️ If any of the above commands return a `Not Found` error, you need to manually search for the latest package in the > [FreeBSD repository](https://www.freebsd.org/ports/) or by running `pkg search`. Search for the package's name, such as `py37-cffi`, find the > latest version number, and update the command accordingly. > ⚠️ On pfSense 2.4.5, Python version 3.7 may be installed by the system, in which case you should should not install > Python from the FreeBSD repository as instructed above. > ⚠️ If you are using the `apcupsd` collector, you need to make sure that apcupsd is up before starting Netdata. > Otherwise a infinitely running `cat` process triggered by the default activated apcupsd charts plugin will eat up CPU > and RAM (`/tmp/.netdata-charts.d-*/run-*`). This also applies to `OPNsense`. ## Install Netdata You can now install Netdata from the FreeBSD repository. ```bash pkg install netdata ``` > ⚠️ If the above command returns a `Not Found` error, you need to manually search for the latest version of Netdata in > the [FreeBSD repository](https://www.freebsd.org/ports/). Search for `netdata`, find the latest version number, and > update the command accordingly. You must edit `/usr/local/etc/netdata/netdata.conf` and change `bind to = 127.0.0.1` to `bind to = 0.0.0.0`. To start Netdata manually, run `service netdata onestart`. Visit the Netdata dashboard to confirm it's working: `http://:19999` To start Netdata automatically every boot, add `service netdata onestart` as a Shellcmd entry within the pfSense web interface under **Services/Shellcmd**. You'll need to install the Shellcmd package beforehand under **System/Package Manager/Available Packages**. The Shellcmd Type should be set to `Shellcmd`.  Alternatively more information can be found in , for achieving the same via the command line and scripts. If you experience an issue with `/usr/bin/install` being absent in pfSense 2.3 or earlier, update pfSense or use a workaround from **Note:** In pfSense, the Netdata configuration files are located under `/usr/local/etc/netdata`.