Netdata Agent

The Netdata Agent is the open-source daemon that collects, stores and visualizes metrics on every monitored node. This hub groups blog posts about the agent itself: its dashboard, its long-term storage and how deployments scale with it.

Product

Live Tab - Real-Time Netdata Functions

Get real-time access to Netdata Functions on any agent node: process explorers, database monitoring, network topology & more. See the live demo today!

Monitoring Agents For Accurate Production Insights

Netdata Agents deliver per-second visibility, built-in ML, predictable pricing, and AI troubleshooting for fast, accurate production insights. Book a demo!

Infrastructure Monitoring Solutions | Product Suite

Explore Netdata's complete product suite: Agents, Parents, Cloud SaaS, On-Premises, UI, and Mobile Apps. Enterprise-grade monitoring at any scale.

Academy

What Is Edge Monitoring? Edge Observability Explained

How per-node collection, storage, and alerting eliminate the central telemetry bottleneck

Real-Time Windows Server Monitoring Best Practices

The latest strategies for real-time observability, system and infrastructure optimization.

FreeBSD Monitoring

Learn everything about monitoring & troubleshooting FreeBSD, what metrics are important to monitor and why, and how to monitor FreeBSD with Netdata.

Case Studies

Transforming critical software development

Enhanced observability and real time metric correlation

Blog

Secrets Management: Remove Credentials From Configs

Reference secrets from env vars, files, commands, or Vault/AWS/Azure/GCP in your collector configs.

Monitoring Netdata Restarts: A Reliable Solution

How we built a scalable, cost-efficient solution to capture every restart and diagnose critical issues in real time.

Long-Term Data Storage and Retention in Netdata

Understand multi-tiered database engine for efficient long-term metric storage

Native Windows Agent: Real-Time Windows Monitoring

Let's transform the way Windows Machines are beeing monitored.

Important Changes to the Netdata Agent Dashboard

Upcoming changes to the Netdata Agent Dashboard

How to automate adding nodes to rooms in Netdata?

Practical examples of automating room assignment

Decentralized Monitoring Explained

Clarifying Decentralization: Unpacking The Essentials In Monitoring & Observability

Anomaly Rate By Type

Deep Dive into Understanding and Managing Unusual System Behavior

Release 1.41: Brand-New UI For Agents & Parents

Introducing New Enhancements for Optimal System Monitoring

Netdata Parents (Streaming and Replication)

Enhancing Data Reliability and Accessibility Across Networks

Release 1.40: Summary Tiles, Silencing & ML Tweaks

Advancing Monitoring with Latest Features and Updates

Infinite Scalability: Monitoring Without Limits

How Netdata Scales Without Limits

Upcoming Changes to Plugins in Native Packages

Streamlining Plugin Management for Enhanced Performance

Windows Server Monitoring Improvements

Enhancing Insights into Windows Environments with New Features

Introducing Netdata Functions (↑ Top)

Extending Monitoring with Customizable Functions

Release 1.38: Dramatic Performance & Stability Gains

What’s New: Enhancements and Features in the Latest Update

How To Mute Alerts During Maintenance Windows

Ensuring Relevant Alerts Without Disrupting Operations

Using Pandas In Python: Data Analysis & Performance Insights

Extending Monitoring to Environmental Data for Insightful Correlations

Why is data replication important?

Ensuring Data Availability and Integrity Across Systems

Introducing the Netdata Source Plugin for Grafana

Enhancing Visualization and Analysis with Grafana Integration

Metric Correlations on the Agent

Discovering Relationships for Better Troubleshooting Insights

Anomaly Advisor: Unsupervised Anomaly Detection

Revolutionizing Monitoring with AI

Netdata Cloud’s New Architecture

Building for Scalability and Performance and Reliability

Netdata v1.31.0

Unveiling New Features and Improvements for Comprehensive Monitoring

Netdata 1.30.0

Exploring New Features and Enhancements in the Latest Release

Netdata Year in Review 2020

Reflecting on Achievements and Milestones in a Transformative Year

Centralize Infrastructure With Alarm Notifications

Streamlining Incident Management for Faster Response Times

Netdata’s dashboard: open by default and secure by design

Navigating and Customizing for Optimal Monitoring Experience

The reality of Netdata’s long-term metrics storage database

Balancing Performance with Historical Data Insights

Netdata Agent v1.25 & Cloud Enhancements

Elevating Cloud Monitoring with Latest Agent Upgrades

Release 1.23: Kubernetes & eBPF Observability

What’s New: Deepening Insights and Enhancing Usability

Release 1.18: What’s new with the database engine?

Introducing New Innovations and Improvements for Comprehensive Monitoring

How and why we’re bringing long-term storage to Netdata

Enhancing Data Retention

Other

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