Netdata Docs
Welcome! Youโve arrived at Netdata's documentation.
Below, you'll find links to solution- and action-based docs for Netdata's many features and capabilities. Think of it as the table of contents to becoming an experting in using Netdata to monitor and troubleshoot systems and infrastructure.
Netdata is a monitoring, visualization, and troubleshooting solution for systems, containers, and applications. The free and open-source monitoring Agent works in collaboration with Netdata Cloud to deliver both single-node and infrastructure monitoring on a single pane of glass.
Collect everything, visualize metrics, troubleshoot complex performance problems, and make Netdata's per-second metrics work with your existing monitoring stack, entirely for free.
Get Netdata
Sign up for Netdata Cloud and install the open-source Agent on your nodes. Claim and connect your nodes to Netdata Cloud for seamless, scalable, and granular infrastructure monitoring.
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Learn NetdataOverview
Learn about Netdata's core features, how it's different, and how it integrates with your existing monitoring stack.
Quickstart
Get a quiqck introduction into how you'll visualize metrics and troubleshoot issues using Netdata's tools based how many nodes you need to monitor.
Configure
Learn how to set up the Netdata Agent on one or more nodes to maximize the immediate value you get from monitoring your systems, containers, and applications.
Collect
Learn what per-second metrics Netdata can collect using its 300+ built-in collectors, full compatibility with Prometheus endpoints, and zero configuration.
Visualize
Follow our guides on interacting with Netdata's visualizations and creating new dashboards so you can quickly drill down on anomalies and discover their root cause.
Monitor
Leverage Netdata's health watchdog and hundreds of pre-configured alarms to receive notifications on your favorite platforms whenever an anomaly affects the health or performance of your infrastructure.
Store
Netdata's distributed data architecture simplifies how you store metrics and dramatically reduces the cost compared to centralizing per-second metrics in one place. Configure your nodes to store the metrics you need.
Export
Send Netdata's metrics to other time-series databases to extend and improve your monitoring stack with per-second metrics. Archive or correlate metrics using other platforms.
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Reference docsAgent
Comprehensive documentation for the free, open-source Netdata monitoring Agent.
Cloud
Details on Netdata Cloud's features, administrative options, and customizing your Cloud experience.
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Contribute to NetdataTo learn more about contributing to an open-source Netdata project, see our contribute doc.