Install Netdata Monitoring Tool Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

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Netdata is a monitoring tool created by firehol. Netdata grabs data from the Linux system on CPU, RAM, disk usage and more. It has a variety of plugin modules that support the following services

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If you think this looks cool, let’s install Netdata on Ubuntu 16.04.

Install Netdata Monitoring Tool Ubuntu 16.04

Install the Netdata dependencies

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt install zlib1g-dev uuid-dev libmnl-dev gcc make git autoconf autogen automake pkg-config curl jq nodejs -y

Enter your home folder and git clone the latest Netdata

cd ~
git clone https://github.com/firehol/netdata.git --depth=1

Enter the Netdata folder and run the installer script

cd netdata
sudo ./netdata-installer.sh

You will see this info screen, just press Enter

Welcome to netdata!
Nice to see you are giving it a try!

You are about to build and install netdata to your system.

It will be installed at these locations:

  - the daemon    at /usr/sbin/netdata
  - config files  at /etc/netdata
  - web files     at /usr/share/netdata
  - plugins       at /usr/libexec/netdata
  - cache files   at /var/cache/netdata
  - db files      at /var/lib/netdata
  - log files     at /var/log/netdata
  - pid file      at /var/run

This installer allows you to change the installation path.
Press Control-C and run the same command with --help for help.

Press ENTER to build and install netdata to your system

You can go view the Netdata web interface on its default port 19999

Autostart Netdata on Ubuntu

Kill the current Netdata process

sudo killall netdata

Copy over the Netdata systemd service

sudo cp system/netdata.service /etc/systemd/system/

Enable the Netdata systemd service

sudo systemctl enable netdata

Start the Netdata service

sudo service netdata start

Updating Netdata

Stop the Netdata service

sudo service netdata stop

Re-enter the netdata folder you used to git clone, pull the latest version and re-run the installer, if you already have the git folder just enter it

cd ~/netdata
git pull
sudo ./netdata-installer.sh

Restart Netdata service

sudo service netdata start

Now you can reach Netdata on its default port 19999 and Netdata will autostart on boot.

Netdata is read only, but it is generally not a good idea to provide this much information to curious users like hackers. You should use a reverse proxy like nginx to password protect Netdata or whitelist your IP or dynamic DNS address so only you have access to Netdata’s information.

If you are using a firewall like UFW or CSF Firewall then make sure you allow port 19999 or you will get connection refused or connection timed out errors.

Sources

firehol Netdata Wiki
Tecmint’s Netdata Guide

2 thoughts on “Install Netdata Monitoring Tool Ubuntu 16.04 LTS”

  1. For anyone who gets the “ERR_CONNECTION_TIMED_OUT” don’t forget to enable the port in firewall:
    sudo ufw allow 19999

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