# Install Netdata on Linux from a Git checkout To install the latest git version of Netdata, please follow these 2 steps: 1. [Prepare your system](#prepare-your-system) Install the required packages on your system. 2. [Install Netdata](#install-netdata) Download and install Netdata. You can also update it the same way. ## Prepare your system Use our automatic requirements installer (_no need to be `root`_), which attempts to find the packages that should be installed on your system to build and run Netdata. It supports a large variety of major Linux distributions and other operating systems and is regularly tested. You can find this tool [here](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/netdata/netdata/master/packaging/installer/install-required-packages.sh) or run it directly with `bash <(curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/netdata/netdata/master/packaging/installer/install-required-packages.sh)`. Otherwise read on for how to get requires packages manually: - **Alpine** Linux and its derivatives - You have to install `bash` yourself, before using the installer. - **Arch** Linux and its derivatives - You need arch/aur for package Judy. - **Gentoo** Linux and its derivatives - **Debian** Linux and its derivatives (including **Ubuntu**, **Mint**) - **Red Hat Enterprise Linux** and its derivatives (including **Fedora**, **CentOS**, **Amazon Machine Image**) - Please note that for RHEL/CentOS you need [EPEL](http://www.tecmint.com/how-to-enable-epel-repository-for-rhel-centos-6-5/). In addition, RHEL/CentOS version 6 also need [OKay](https://okay.com.mx/blog-news/rpm-repositories-for-centos-6-and-7.html) for package libuv version 1. - CentOS 8 / RHEL 8 requires a bit of extra work. See the dedicated section below. - **SUSE** Linux and its derivatives (including **openSUSE**) - **SLE12** Must have your system registered with SUSE Customer Center or have the DVD. See [#1162](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/issues/1162) Install the packages for having a **basic Netdata installation** (system monitoring and many applications, without `mysql` / `mariadb`, `postgres`, `named`, hardware sensors and `SNMP`): ```sh curl -Ss 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/netdata/netdata/master/packaging/installer/install-required-packages.sh' >/tmp/install-required-packages.sh && bash /tmp/install-required-packages.sh -i netdata ``` Install all the required packages for **monitoring everything Netdata can monitor**: ```sh curl -Ss 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/netdata/netdata/master/packaging/installer/install-required-packages.sh' >/tmp/install-required-packages.sh && bash /tmp/install-required-packages.sh -i netdata-all ``` If the above do not work for you, please [open a github issue](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/issues/new?title=packages%20installer%20failed&labels=installation%20help&body=The%20experimental%20packages%20installer%20failed.%0A%0AThis%20is%20what%20it%20says:%0A%0A%60%60%60txt%0A%0Aplease%20paste%20your%20screen%20here%0A%0A%60%60%60) with a copy of the message you get on screen. We are trying to make it work everywhere (this is also why the script [reports back](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/issues/2054) success or failure for all its runs). --- This is how to do it by hand: ```sh # Debian / Ubuntu apt-get install zlib1g-dev uuid-dev libuv1-dev liblz4-dev libjudy-dev libssl-dev libelf-dev libmnl-dev gcc make git autoconf autoconf-archive autogen automake pkg-config curl python cmake # Fedora dnf install zlib-devel libuuid-devel libuv-devel lz4-devel Judy-devel openssl-devel elfutils-libelf-devel libmnl-devel gcc make git autoconf autoconf-archive autogen automake pkgconfig curl findutils python cmake # CentOS / Red Hat Enterprise Linux yum install autoconf automake curl gcc git libmnl-devel libuuid-devel openssl-devel libuv-devel lz4-devel Judy-devel elfutils-libelf-devel make nc pkgconfig python zlib-devel cmake # openSUSE zypper install zlib-devel libuuid-devel libuv-devel liblz4-devel judy-devel libopenssl-devel libelf-devel libmnl-devel gcc make git autoconf autoconf-archive autogen automake pkgconfig curl findutils python cmake ``` Once Netdata is compiled, to run it the following packages are required (already installed using the above commands): | package | description| |:-----:|-----------| | `libuuid` | part of `util-linux` for GUIDs management| | `zlib` | gzip compression for the internal Netdata web server| | `libuv` | Multi-platform support library with a focus on asynchronous I/O, version 1 or greater| *Netdata will fail to start without the above.* Netdata plugins and various aspects of Netdata can be enabled or benefit when these are installed (they are optional): | package |description| |:-----:|-----------| | `bash`|for shell plugins and **alarm notifications**| | `curl`|for shell plugins and **alarm notifications**| | `iproute` or `iproute2`|for monitoring **Linux traffic QoS**
use `iproute2` if `iproute` reports as not available or obsolete| | `python`|for most of the external plugins| | `python-yaml`|used for monitoring **beanstalkd**| | `python-beanstalkc`|used for monitoring **beanstalkd**| | `python-dnspython`|used for monitoring DNS query time| | `python-ipaddress`|used for monitoring **DHCPd**
this package is required only if the system has python v2. python v3 has this functionality embedded| | `python-mysqldb`
or
`python-pymysql`|used for monitoring **mysql** or **mariadb** databases
`python-mysqldb` is a lot faster and thus preferred| | `python-psycopg2`|used for monitoring **postgresql** databases| | `python-pymongo`|used for monitoring **mongodb** databases| | `nodejs`|used for `node.js` plugins for monitoring **named** and **SNMP** devices| | `lm-sensors`|for monitoring **hardware sensors**| | `libelf`|for monitoring kernel-level metrics using eBPF| | `libmnl`|for collecting netfilter metrics| | `netcat`|for shell plugins to collect metrics from remote systems| *Netdata will greatly benefit if you have the above packages installed, but it will still work without them.* Netdata DB engine can be enabled when these are installed (they are optional): | package | description| |:-----:|-----------| | `liblz4` | Extremely fast compression algorithm, version r129 or greater| | `Judy` | General purpose dynamic array| | `openssl`| Cryptography and SSL/TLS toolkit| *Netdata will greatly benefit if you have the above packages installed, but it will still work without them.* Netdata Cloud support may require the following packages to be installed: | package | description |:--------:| ----------------------- | `cmake` | Needed at build time if you aren't using your distribution's version of libwebsockets or are building on a platform other than Linux | `openssl` | Needed to secure communications with the Netdata Cloud *Netdata will greatly benefit if you have the above packages installed, but it will still work without them.* ### CentOS / RHEL 6.x On CentOS / RHEL 6.x, many of the dependencies for Netdata are only available with versions older than what we need, so special setup is required if manually installing packages. CentOS 6.x: - Enable the EPEL repo - Enable the additional repo from [okay.network](https://okay.network/blog-news/rpm-repositories-for-centos-6-and-7.html) And install the minimum required dependencies. ### CentOS / RHEL 8.x For CentOS / RHEL 8.x a lot of development packages have moved out into their own separate repositories. Some other dependencies are either missing completely or have to be sourced by 3rd-parties. CentOS 8.x: - Enable the PowerTools repo - Enable the EPEL repo - Enable the Extra repo from [OKAY](https://okay.network/blog-news/rpm-repositories-for-centos-6-and-7.html) And install the minimum required dependencies: ```sh # Enable config-manager yum install -y 'dnf-command(config-manager)' # Enable PowerTools yum config-manager --set-enabled powertools # Enable EPEL yum install -y epel-release # Install Repo for libuv-devl (NEW) yum install -y http://repo.okay.com.mx/centos/8/x86_64/release/okay-release-1-3.el8.noarch.rpm # Install Devel Packages yum install autoconf automake curl gcc git cmake libuuid-devel openssl-devel libuv-devel lz4-devel make nc pkgconfig python3 zlib-devel # Install Judy-Devel directly yum install -y http://mirror.centos.org/centos/8/PowerTools/x86_64/os/Packages/Judy-devel-1.0.5-18.module_el8.1.0+217+4d875839.x86_64.rpm ``` ## Install Netdata Do this to install and run Netdata: ```sh # download it - the directory 'netdata' will be created git clone https://github.com/netdata/netdata.git --depth=100 --recursive cd netdata # run script with root privileges to build, install, start Netdata ./netdata-installer.sh ``` - If you don't want to run it straight-away, add `--dont-start-it` option. - You can also append `--stable-channel` to fetch and install only the official releases from GitHub, instead of the nightly builds. - If you don't want to install it on the default directories, you can run the installer like this: `./netdata-installer.sh --install /opt`. This one will install Netdata in `/opt/netdata`. - If your server does not have access to the internet and you have manually put the installation directory on your server, you will need to pass the option `--disable-go` to the installer. The option will prevent the installer from attempting to download and install `go.d.plugin`. ## Optional parameters to alter your installation `netdata-installer.sh` accepts a few parameters to customize your installation: - `--dont-wait`: Enable automated installs by not prompting for permission to install any required packages. - `--dont-start-it`: Prevent the installer from starting Netdata automatically. - `--stable-channel`: Automatically update only on the release of new major versions. - `--nightly-channel`: Automatically update on every new nightly build. - `--disable-telemetry`: Opt-out of [anonymous statistics](/docs/anonymous-statistics.md) we use to make Netdata better. - `--no-updates`: Prevent automatic updates of any kind. - `--reinstall`: If an existing install is detected, reinstall instead of trying to update it. Note that this cannot be used to change installation types. - `--local-files`: Used for [offline installations](offline.md). Pass four file paths: the Netdata tarball, the checksum file, the go.d plugin tarball, and the go.d plugin config tarball, to force kickstart run the process using those files. This option conflicts with the `--stable-channel` option. If you set this _and_ `--stable-channel`, Netdata will use the local files. ### Connect node to Netdata Cloud during installation Unlike the [`kickstart.sh`](/packaging/installer/methods/kickstart.md) or [`kickstart-static64.sh`](/packaging/installer/methods/kickstart-64.md) methods, the `netdata-installer.sh` script does not allow you to automatically [connect](/claim/README.md) your node to Netdata Cloud immediately after installation. See the [connect to cloud](/claim/README.md) doc for details on connecting a node with a manual installation of Netdata. ### 'nonrepresentable section on output' errors Our current build process unfortunately has some issues when using certain configurations of the `clang` C compiler on Linux. If the installation fails with errors like `/bin/ld: externaldeps/libwebsockets/libwebsockets.a(context.c.o): relocation R_X86_64_32 against '.rodata.str1.1' can not be used when making a PIE object; recompile with -fPIC`, and you are trying to build with `clang` on Linux, you will need to build Netdata using GCC to get a fully functional install. In most cases, you can do this by running `CC=gcc ./netdata-installer.sh`. ## What's next? When you're finished with installation, check out our [single-node](/docs/quickstart/single-node.md) or [infrastructure](/docs/quickstart/infrastructure.md) monitoring quickstart guides based on your use case. Or, skip straight to [configuring the Netdata Agent](/docs/configure/nodes.md). Read through Netdata's [documentation](https://learn.netdata.cloud/docs), which is structured based on actions and solutions, to enable features like health monitoring, alarm notifications, long-term metrics storage, exporting to external databases, and more. [](<>)