How to Install Netdata in Ubuntu

Installation of Netdata

The prior installation of the prerequisites are essential for installing Netdata. So, use the following command for the same.

root@linuxhelp:/home/user1# apt-get install zlib1g-dev uuid-dev libmnl-dev gcc make git autoconf autogen automake pkg-config curl jq nodejs
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
&hellip 
&hellip 
Setting up libmnl-dev (1.0.3-5) ...
Setting up nodejs (4.2.6~dfsg-1ubuntu4.1) ...
update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/nodejs to provide /usr/bin/js (js) in auto mode
Setting up uuid-dev:amd64 (2.27.1-6ubuntu3.1) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.23-0ubuntu3) ...

After installing the prerequisites, clone the Netdata files from git by issuing the following command.

root@linuxhelp:/home/user1# cd /opt/
root@linuxhelp:/opt# git clone https://github.com/firehol/netdata.git --depth=1
Cloning into ' netdata' ...
remote: Counting objects: 419, done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (389/389), done.
remote: Total 419 (delta 61), reused 149 (delta 17), pack-reused 0
Receiving objects: 100% (419/419), 2.04 MiB | 211.00 KiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (61/61), done.
Checking connectivity... done.
root@linuxhelp:/opt# ls -l
total 12
drwxr-xr-x  3 root root 4096 Nov 14 00:42 ./
drwxr-xr-x 24 root root 4096 Aug  2 15:09 ../
drwxr-xr-x 19 root root 4096 Nov 14 00:43 netdata/

Now is the time to install Netdata. Invoke the following command for the same.

root@linuxhelp:/opt/netdata# ./netdata-installer.sh
^
  |.-.   .-.   .-.   .-.   .  netdata                                        
  |   ' -'    ' -'    ' -'    ' -'    real-time performance monitoring, done right!  
  +----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---> 

  You are about to build and install netdata to your system.
By default netdata listens on all IPs on port 19999,
so you can access it with:
http://this.machine.ip:19999/
To stop netdata, just kill it, with:
  killall netdata
To start it, just run it:
 /usr/sbin/netdata
Uninstall script generated: ./netdata-uninstaller.sh
Update script generated   : ./netdata-updater.sh
 ^
  |.-.   .-.   .-.   .-.   .-.   .  netdata                          .-.   .-
  |   ' -'    ' -'    ' -'    ' -'    ' -'    is installed and running now!  -'    ' -'   
  +----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---> 
enjoy real-time performance and health monitoring...