{"id":6453,"date":"2018-08-29T16:06:31","date_gmt":"2018-08-29T12:06:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.howtoforge.com\/tutorial\/how-to-install-netdata-monitoring-tool-on-ubuntu\/"},"modified":"2018-08-29T16:06:31","modified_gmt":"2018-08-29T12:06:31","slug":"how-to-install-netdata-monitoring-tool-on-ubuntu-18-04-lts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/afaghhosting.net\/blog\/how-to-install-netdata-monitoring-tool-on-ubuntu-18-04-lts\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Install Netdata Monitoring Tool on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Netdata is a free, open source, simple and real-time performance and health monitoring tool with a beautiful web front-end. You can monitor CPU, RAM usage, disk I\/O, network traffic, Postfix and much more using Netdata. Netdata gathers real-time performance data from Linux, FreeBSD, MacOS and SNMP devices quickly and effectively.<\/p>\n<p>In this tutorial, we are going to look at how to install Netdata performance Monitoring tool on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) server.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"requirements\">Requirements<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>A server running Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.<\/li>\n<li>A non-root user with sudo privileges.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"install-netdata\">Install Netdata<\/h2>\n<p>By default, Netdata is available in the Ubuntu 18.04 default repository. You can easily install with the following command:<\/p>\n<p class=\"command\">sudo apt-get install netdata -y<\/p>\n<p>Once Netdata is installed, you can proceed to the next step.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"configure-netdata\">Configure Netdata<\/h2>\n<p>By default, Netdata default configuration file located at \/etc\/netdata\/netdata.conf. Now, open the file and change the server loopback address to your server&#8217;s IP address.<\/p>\n<p class=\"command\">sudo nano \/etc\/netdata\/netdata.conf<\/p>\n<p>Make the following changes:<\/p>\n<pre>[global]&#13; run as user = netdata&#13; web files owner = root&#13; web files group = root&#13; # Netdata is not designed to be exposed to potentially hostile&#13; # networks.See https:\/\/github.com\/firehol\/netdata\/issues\/164&#13; bind socket to IP = 192.168.0.234&#13;\n<\/pre>\n<p>Save and close the file, then restart Netdata service to apply the changes:<\/p>\n<p class=\"command\">sudo systemctl restart netdata<\/p>\n<p>You can check the status of Netdata with the following command:<\/p>\n<p class=\"command\">sudo systemctl status netdata<\/p>\n<p>Output:<\/p>\n<pre>? netdata.service - netdata - Real-time performance monitoring&#13; Loaded: loaded (\/lib\/systemd\/system\/netdata.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)&#13; Active: active (running) since Thu 2018-08-16 06:03:01 UTC; 3min 29s ago&#13; Docs: man:netdata&#13; file:\/\/\/usr\/share\/doc\/netdata\/html\/index.html&#13; https:\/\/github.com\/firehol\/netdata&#13; Main PID: 3317 (netdata)&#13; Tasks: 14 (limit: 2855)&#13; CGroup: \/system.slice\/netdata.service&#13; ??3317 \/usr\/sbin\/netdata -D&#13; ??3350 bash \/usr\/lib\/x86_64-linux-gnu\/netdata\/plugins.d\/tc-qos-helper.sh 1&#13; ??3353 \/usr\/lib\/x86_64-linux-gnu\/netdata\/plugins.d\/apps.plugin 1&#13;\n&#13;\nAug 16 06:03:01 ubuntu1804 systemd[1]: Stopped netdata - Real-time performance monitoring.&#13;\nAug 16 06:03:01 ubuntu1804 systemd[1]: Started netdata - Real-time performance monitoring.&#13;\n<\/pre>\n<h2 id=\"access-netdata-web-interface\">Access Netdata Web Interface<\/h2>\n<p>Netdata is now installed and listening on port <strong>19999<\/strong>. Open your web browser and type the URL http:\/\/192.168.0.234:19999. You will be redirected to the Netdata default dashboard:<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"fancybox\" id=\"img-page1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.howtoforge.com\/images\/how_to_install_netdata_monitoring_tool_on_ubuntu_1804\/big\/page1.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/afaghhosting.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/how-to-install-netdata-monitoring-tool-on-ubuntu-18-04-lts.png\" alt=\"Netdata Monitor interface\" width=\"550\" height=\"295\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Load and Disk Usage<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"fancybox\" id=\"img-page2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.howtoforge.com\/images\/how_to_install_netdata_monitoring_tool_on_ubuntu_1804\/big\/page2.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/afaghhosting.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/how-to-install-netdata-monitoring-tool-on-ubuntu-18-04-lts-1.png\" alt=\"Load and Disk usage monitoring\" width=\"550\" height=\"235\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>RAM and Swap<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"fancybox\" id=\"img-page3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.howtoforge.com\/images\/how_to_install_netdata_monitoring_tool_on_ubuntu_1804\/big\/page3.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/afaghhosting.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/how-to-install-netdata-monitoring-tool-on-ubuntu-18-04-lts-2.png\" alt=\"Monitor RAM and Swap usage\" width=\"550\" height=\"254\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Network Information<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"fancybox\" id=\"img-page4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.howtoforge.com\/images\/how_to_install_netdata_monitoring_tool_on_ubuntu_1804\/big\/page4.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/afaghhosting.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/how-to-install-netdata-monitoring-tool-on-ubuntu-18-04-lts-3.png\" alt=\"Network Traffic\" width=\"550\" height=\"226\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Process<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"fancybox\" id=\"img-page5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.howtoforge.com\/images\/how_to_install_netdata_monitoring_tool_on_ubuntu_1804\/big\/page5.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/afaghhosting.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/how-to-install-netdata-monitoring-tool-on-ubuntu-18-04-lts-4.png\" alt=\"Process Monitoring\" width=\"550\" height=\"264\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Links<\/p>\n<div class=\"authorbox\" readability=\"30\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/afaghhosting.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/how-to-install-netdata-monitoring-tool-on-ubuntu-18-04-lts.jpg\" alt=\"Hitesh Jethva\" title=\"\"> <\/p>\n<p><strong>About Hitesh Jethva<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Over 8 years of experience as a Linux system administrator. My skills include a depth knowledge of Redhat\/Centos, Ubuntu Nginx and Apache, Mysql, Subversion, Linux, Ubuntu, web hosting, web server, Squid proxy, NFS, FTP, DNS, Samba, LDAP, OpenVPN, Haproxy, Amazon web services, WHMCS, OpenStack Cloud, Postfix Mail Server, Security etc.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><b>Share this page:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.howtoforge.com%2Ftutorial%2Fhow-to-install-netdata-monitoring-tool-on-ubuntu%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/afaghhosting.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/how-to-install-netdata-monitoring-tool-on-ubuntu-18-04-lts-5.png\" height=\"20\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.howtoforge.com%2Ftutorial%2Fhow-to-install-netdata-monitoring-tool-on-ubuntu%2F&amp;text=How+to+Install+Netdata+Monitoring+Tool+on+Ubuntu+18.04+LTS&amp;via=howtoforgecom&amp;related=howtoforgecom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/afaghhosting.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/how-to-install-netdata-monitoring-tool-on-ubuntu-18-04-lts-6.png\" height=\"20\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/howtoforgecom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/afaghhosting.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/how-to-install-netdata-monitoring-tool-on-ubuntu-18-04-lts-7.png\" height=\"20\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.howtoforge.com%2Ftutorial%2Fhow-to-install-netdata-monitoring-tool-on-ubuntu%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/afaghhosting.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/how-to-install-netdata-monitoring-tool-on-ubuntu-18-04-lts-8.png\" height=\"20\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Netdata is a free, open source, simple and real-time performance and health monitoring tool with a beautiful web front-end. 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