I think this is good for all servers, but more useful for business. I think I will have a play with it in my lab (proxmox / truenas scale) Thank you :)
Thanks! We plan on doing a lot more work to try take the pain out of alerts and (like everyone else really) figure out easy ways to help with "Alert Fatigue"
@@Netdata I think you guys do a pretty good job on the fatigue front. Once I figured out how to customize the thresholds and disable individual alerts (both easy, not super straight forward the first time, but documentation seems better than when I first started) I only get "extra" alerts when I do something weird to my development environment. You guys have done an amazing job lowering the barrier to monitoring.
Thank you! We are working on a Grafana Data Source Plugin at the moment so once that's ready will be even easier for users to just install Netdata, claim their nodes to Netdata Cloud and then also use the Grafana Netdata Data Source plugin if they also use Grafana. A lot of users use a range of tools so we want to try integrate nice with them all.
Have you integrated NetData and home assistant at all? i.e. bringing all the data into home assistant for automation and logging. Might offer more features/history than the current free version.
I tried to install it on PFsense, but seems to only support the local dashboard. Even went on a deep dive on installing everything it needed manually. I know you use PFsense alot, what do you do/is there a monitoring service you would suggest that covers all platforms?
Thank you, Lawrence, for the Video. I have a question. Does this software also monitor hardware such us CPU temperature? If not, do you recommend any open-source software for that purpose? Thanks.
Hello, I follow your channel, since I identify with most of your services, I wanted to take this opportunity to question the opinion about netdata vs checkmk and congratulations for your contribution.
Has NetData replaced a tool like Zabbix for you? I have been interested in doing this kind of monitoring via a combination of agent and SNMP. Might be an interesting homelab show topic
Right at the beginning he mentioned this isn't a replacement for Zabbix. If you don't want long term data retention I assume this would be fine for a smaller shop. I also don't see any sort of SNMP solution for netdata.
It's simple enough that those with short attention spans can get it up and running without having to understand Prom/PromQL/Grafana? Netdata is a bit nasty under the hood, but it definitely works...
I work in netdata. It's come up a few times and is something we are discussing but afaik it would need quite a bit of refactoring on the backend to make it available like this. I don't think it's been decided fully yet if it is something we will try and offer in some way.
Hey buddy. Been watching you for a long time. Great content. Question with Netdata. On the self hosted local install. Can you add monitoring for remote clients like you can do with NetData Cloud? I'm assuming yes but wanted to make sure before I deploy it. I have some servers located in a NOC that I would like to monitor for another site. Was going to test NetData but dont want to use the Cloud version.
@@LAWRENCESYSTEMS I see, thank you for replying. I was hoping it would atleast have that facility because most other network monitors that do that cost money. Was hoping for a free open source solution like this.
@@LAWRENCESYSTEMS Do you mean I open a web browser on a PC on my network, and type in 192.168.x.x:19999 ? If so, it doesn't connect. I'm not sure Netdata is actually "running"It says "DEPLOYING" on the netdata tab under apps.
With millions of windows PC's and Servers, how could they not build a Windows Netdata agent? No, I don't wanna install on a side system VM on a windows PC or Server.
I'm not impressed. I like the fact that it's a open source software. Other than that, I don't see why would I need this. Prometheus and Grafana still rocks.
Thanks Tom! - big fans of the channel!
Not sure how I've never seen this, but it's very impressive. Thanks for showcasing it! Leaving the like and comment for the algorithm.
Thanks for feeding the algo :) - we got a bump in new visitors and sign ups thanks to this video which is great!!!!
I installed this on my lab 3 days ago and boom Tom with a video.
Not sure how many times I’ve seen netdata and completely overlooked how it works and looks, pleasantly surprised how simple it is… great video!
Why thank you! :)
Thanks! Just what I need for my 100 Days of Homelab tonight.
I love netdata!! Soo many useful datapoints available
We love you too!....and data, lovely lovely data :)
Using it for years, its a great tool.
Hello old friend! :)
Covering running Netdata from a Docker image would have been a nice addition to this great video.
Neat that it is offered, but I don't really have a need to for the extra complexity.
I think this is good for all servers, but more useful for business.
I think I will have a play with it in my lab (proxmox / truenas scale)
Thank you :)
I use netdata mostly for alerts. It basically just works. Any customization of the alerts is kind of obtuse but not terribly hard.
Thanks! We plan on doing a lot more work to try take the pain out of alerts and (like everyone else really) figure out easy ways to help with "Alert Fatigue"
@@Netdata I think you guys do a pretty good job on the fatigue front. Once I figured out how to customize the thresholds and disable individual alerts (both easy, not super straight forward the first time, but documentation seems better than when I first started) I only get "extra" alerts when I do something weird to my development environment. You guys have done an amazing job lowering the barrier to monitoring.
Netdata FTW. Very easy to use. I also use Grafana but it is much more involved to setup and maintain, and NetData is more interactive
Thank you!
We are working on a Grafana Data Source Plugin at the moment so once that's ready will be even easier for users to just install Netdata, claim their nodes to Netdata Cloud and then also use the Grafana Netdata Data Source plugin if they also use Grafana. A lot of users use a range of tools so we want to try integrate nice with them all.
@@Netdata that would be killer. I love grafana as a single-pane-of-glass status page
@@reddyuda cool - we also think it might be useful for mobile access too since we are not quite mobile friendly enough yet (working on it)
Have you integrated NetData and home assistant at all? i.e. bringing all the data into home assistant for automation and logging. Might offer more features/history than the current free version.
You can configure alerts to run a custom script so you can probably send alerts to mqtt or whatever interface you want home assistant to listen on.
Ah man! I was hoping that someone would do a video on Netdata!
Us too!
Waiting for this video
I tried to install it on PFsense, but seems to only support the local dashboard. Even went on a deep dive on installing everything it needed manually. I know you use PFsense alot, what do you do/is there a monitoring service you would suggest that covers all platforms?
Thank you, Lawrence, for the Video. I have a question. Does this software also monitor hardware such us CPU temperature? If not, do you recommend any open-source software for that purpose? Thanks.
This does report on cpu and hdd temps for proxmox. I can’t speak for other os systems but I imagine it would.
Looks like its not natively supported by pfsense. Maybe you can introduce two good companies to each other?
Hello, I follow your channel, since I identify with most of your services, I wanted to take this opportunity to question the opinion about netdata vs checkmk and congratulations for your contribution.
Dunno, have not used checkmk because we have Zabbix
Has NetData replaced a tool like Zabbix for you? I have been interested in doing this kind of monitoring via a combination of agent and SNMP. Might be an interesting homelab show topic
Right at the beginning he mentioned this isn't a replacement for Zabbix. If you don't want long term data retention I assume this would be fine for a smaller shop.
I also don't see any sort of SNMP solution for netdata.
What exactly does Netdata do differently to Prometheus+Grafana?
It's simple enough that those with short attention spans can get it up and running without having to understand Prom/PromQL/Grafana? Netdata is a bit nasty under the hood, but it definitely works...
@@shammyh Can you please elaborate on what you mean with the "nasty" part?
really wish they had netdata on pfsense.
Do they allow you to self host the central dashboard?
Not that I know of
I work in netdata. It's come up a few times and is something we are discussing but afaik it would need quite a bit of refactoring on the backend to make it available like this. I don't think it's been decided fully yet if it is something we will try and offer in some way.
can this tool be used to monitor remote workstations healt and status?
You could pull it all into their dashboard.
As for the IT consulting, do you offer remote hands for said Datacenters? if so what region?
We offer remote support globally.
Hey buddy. Been watching you for a long time. Great content. Question with Netdata. On the self hosted local install. Can you add monitoring for remote clients like you can do with NetData Cloud? I'm assuming yes but wanted to make sure before I deploy it. I have some servers located in a NOC that I would like to monitor for another site. Was going to test NetData but dont want to use the Cloud version.
Each system is independent so you would have to figure out a way to access those installs.
@@LAWRENCESYSTEMS Yeah thats what I was afraid of. Thanks for the info!
I'm still running pfse se and truenas from 3 years ago it won't break
Would it be possible to use this to monitor my networks packet loss over a period of time such as a month and record a report of such activity?
it's not a network monitor.
@@LAWRENCESYSTEMS I see, thank you for replying. I was hoping it would atleast have that facility because most other network monitors that do that cost money. Was hoping for a free open source solution like this.
@@johndarland3633 oss.oetiker.ch/smokeping/
all of my nodes report to the cloud, but only half of them actually have /etc/netdata/netdata.conf to edit. Any idea why?
The location of that file depends on the install process and Linux distribution used.
Could thus run along proxmox ?
Yes
Any idea when they'll support Cloud on PFSense?
I don't use it on pfsense.
Thx !
Two years on, it looks like the free cloud option is history. There are free options but sharply limited.
OK, so I installed it on my TrueNAS Scale server.... but how the hell do I start and use it locally?
Go do the IP of your TrueNAS and port 19999
Added it to my TrueNAS core, anyone know if and how to connect it to the cloud? I've tried running the curl script but it fails.
@@LAWRENCESYSTEMS Do you mean I open a web browser on a PC on my network, and type in 192.168.x.x:19999 ? If so, it doesn't connect. I'm not sure Netdata is actually "running"It says "DEPLOYING" on the netdata tab under apps.
That sounds more like a docker issue with TrueNAS Scale, post in their forums for help.
Bro could oyu share your terminal config / skin ? It's sweet :)
github.com/lawrencesystems/dotfiles
Any free centralized patching software? 😀
You can setup Linux to update automatically ruclips.net/video/ggYDj_gBd30/видео.html
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With millions of windows PC's and Servers, how could they not build a Windows Netdata agent? No, I don't wanna install on a side system VM on a windows PC or Server.
Because they are open source Linux developers.
@@LAWRENCESYSTEMS ok, well yea. I have to swallow that!
Netdata is awesome but its sad to see them go down the hosted/subscription path
I don't understand your comment, the agent is and will continue to be free and open source.
I'm not impressed.
I like the fact that it's a open source software.
Other than that, I don't see why would I need this.
Prometheus and Grafana still rocks.