Realtime Monitoring with NetData

netdata is a system for distributed real-time performance and health monitoring. It provides unparalleled insights, in real-time, of everything happening on the system it runs (including applications such as web and database servers), using modern interactive web dashboards.

netdata is fast and efficient, designed to permanently run on all systems (physical & virtual servers, containers, IoT devices), without disrupting their core function.

netdata runs on Linux, FreeBSD, and MacOS.

Project website

Successfully tested on ARMv7 Processorors.

Install the requirements:

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apt-get install zlib1g-dev uuid-dev libmnl-dev gcc make git autoconf autoconf-archive autogen automake pkg-config curl

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

Perform the installation (build process):

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cd netdata
./netdata-installer.sh

Accessing NetData

http://your.machine.ip:19999/

Update

instructions, which are very simple:

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./netdata-updater.sh

netdata-updater.sh can also work from cron. It will trigger an email from cron
only if it fails (it does not print anything when it can update netdata).
Run this to automatically check and install netdata updates once per day:

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sudo ln -s /root/netdata/netdata-updater.sh /etc/cron.daily/netdata-updater

Directories overview:
– netdata conf dir : /etc/netdata
– netdata log dir : /var/log/netdata
– netdata run dir : /var/run
– netdata lib dir : /var/lib/netdata
– netdata web dir : /usr/share/netdata/web
– netdata cache dir: /var/cache/netdata

In action:

Deinstallation of NetDat

Just by executing the provided removal script:

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./netdata-uninstaller.sh

Build own dashboards

Building of own dashboards for TVs or tablets is possible. Combine the data of each system into one page.