Install Netdata on Synology
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The good news is that our
one-line installation script
works fine if your NAS is one that uses the amd64 architecture. It
will install the content into /opt/netdata
, making future removal safe and simple.
Run as netdata user​
When Netdata is first installed, it will run as root. This may or may not be acceptable for you, and since other
installations run it as the netdata
user, you might wish to do the same. This requires some extra work:
Create a group
netdata
via the Synology group interface. Give it no access to anything.Create a user
netdata
via the Synology user interface. Give it no access to anything and a random password. Assign the user to thenetdata
group. Netdata will chuid to this user when running.Change ownership of the following directories:
chown -R root:netdata /opt/netdata/usr/share/netdata
chown -R netdata:netdata /opt/netdata/var/lib/netdata /opt/netdata/var/cache/netdata
chown -R netdata:root /opt/netdata/var/log/netdataRestart Netdata
/etc/rc.netdata restart
Create startup script​
Additionally, as of 2018/06/24, the Netdata installer doesn't recognize DSM as an operating system, so no init script is installed. You'll have to do this manually:
Add this file as
/etc/rc.netdata
. Make it executable withchmod 0755 /etc/rc.netdata
.Add or edit
/etc/rc.local
and add a line calling/etc/rc.netdata
to have it start on boot:# Netdata startup
[ -x /etc/rc.netdata ] && /etc/rc.netdata startMake sure
/etc/rc.local
is executable:chmod 0755 /etc/rc.local
.
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