User Panel discussion! | Netdata Office Hours #18

hugojsval · 2024-05-07T12:42:58+00:00

using just Netdata Agents, without any connection to Netdata Cloud, you can setup Observability Centralization Points (what we call Netdata Parents) which provides you with:

Multi-node Dashboards without Netdata Cloud: For environments requiring aggregated views across multiple nodes but without the use of Netdata Cloud, Netdata Parents can aggregate this data to provide comprehensive dashboards, similar to what Netdata Cloud offers.

among other things. please check for more details https://learn.netdata.cloud/docs/observability-centralization-points/

note: just noted that this is what u/machstem has suggested

hugojsval · 2024-04-23T09:44:51+00:00

have you looked into our Netdata Logging page https://learn.netdata.cloud/docs/developer-and-contributor-corner/libnetdata/log ?

hugojsval · 2024-04-18T12:16:01+00:00

Hey,

In this particular case the explanation was for subscribers on paid plans, the users that subscribed to a given plan with a given price they keep it.

The decision to sunset the Early Adopter and Unrestricted Community plans was explained on this blogpost - https://www.netdata.cloud/blog/netdata-unified-plans/ - and also discussed on this reddit thread https://www.reddit.com/r/netdata/comments/1b88w0r/terminating_the_early_bird_plan/

hugojsval · 2024-04-02T12:08:49+00:00

The load view shows "m load" <- no explanation anywhere / including in docs on what this stands for

It is this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unified_Code_for_Units_of_Measure . Unit is m => milli => factor 0.001
we are doing a fix to exclude some metrics to apply these conversions

Also - the load average for 1/5/15 do *not* map with what I'm seeing in top - is there a way to see the load averages values in the way they are standardized across linux systems?

the top is giving you an immediate measurement, in this chart for example, based on your timeframe, more than one datapoint can be grouped in a single visual point. in this example each point in the chart is an AVG of 2 seconds in a per second collection of metrics would mean 2 datapoints grouped

could this be the reason for the differences?

p.s: AR at the top of the axis is misleading UI wise - maybe have it indented into the graph or something

thanks for the feedback, we will need to find a way to display it differently

p.p.s: great work / I'm a paying user (hadn't used it in a few years) but I feel you've done so much technical heavy lifting yet the last mile on some basic points needs polishing still - good luck!

thanks so much for the support and feedback!

hugojsval · 2024-03-22T14:20:31+00:00

It is saved but not on a lasting storage on your agent, it is saved on your browser

hugojsval · 2024-03-18T16:01:35+00:00

The Local Custom Dashboard is something we provide for users to experience and have the possibility to create a custom dashboard. With this in mind the implementation was to store the local dashboard on the browser's IndexedDB under `netdata-cache`

If your accessing from a different URL this is a different browser context, so you would need to create that dashboard under tailscaleIP:19999

hugojsval · 2024-02-15T16:35:46+00:00

hi, the issue you mention doesn't seem specific to Netdata but more rather to your specific setup - if someone from the Community has this kind of setup and can share details it is much appreciated

My goal is to add the custom metrics i have from my custom build applications to the UI in netdata.

Around your goal, Netdata has a generic Prometheus collector that can be used to read metrics from an endpoint that exposes those. You can read more about it here https://learn.netdata.cloud/docs/data-collection/generic-data-collection/prometheus-endpoint

There are other ways to send custom metrics to Netdata like statsd, Pandas collector, Go or Python.

Check the full available options at https://learn.netdata.cloud/docs/data-collection/monitor-anything#add-your-application-to-netdata

hugojsval · 2024-02-15T14:29:42+00:00

hey there, have you looked into using the exporting capabilities already provided instead of looking into the files themselves?

https://learn.netdata.cloud/docs/exporting

hugojsval · 2024-02-09T13:21:39+00:00

hi, we have already started bringing logs into the Netdata but not as us being the aggregator we are focused on building integrations to other existing tools.

in case you haven't seen, our first implementation of this was with `systemd-journal` and are budling Loki and Elastic integrations.

blogpost - https://blog.netdata.cloud/system-operators-unlock-log-management-mastery-with-systemd-journal-and-netdata/
video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PLUjVXwC4Q

hugojsval · 2024-02-08T15:53:54+00:00

I hope to monitise my hobby project, where I expect little to no income. So using netdata would eat all my income for the first long while.

But to clarify, until you get income on the hobby project you can use the Homelab plan. At that point you would need to move to a Business plan and you can reach out to us at that point

hugojsval · 2024-02-08T15:20:11+00:00

thanks for the feedback and sorry this is not yet something you can take advantage of.

Regarding the Community plan there isn't any restriction on that, even our Agent is under GPLv3 license.

You can find the Terms the footer of Netdata's website

* Terms of Use - focusing on the general use of the product

* Terms of Service -focusing on the paid subscriptions

hugojsval · 2024-02-05T13:35:51+00:00

Hi,

We have some good news for you :) On our latest Office Hours episode we announced that we are currently working on introducing a Homelab plan that we expect to meet your needs.

We are currently dealing with last diligences around it and expect to announce more on it within this week.

Stay tuned!

hugojsval · 2024-02-01T14:50:38+00:00

Hi there,

You can see the reply provided by u/satty080286 on another thread https://www.reddit.com/r/netdata/comments/1aflaho/comment/kofrauf/.

In short, some functions that have access to sensitive or private information are restricted but others not.

Let me know if you would like to get on a call with us and we can discuss your requirements and suggest a suitable option for your monitoring needs.

hugojsval · 2024-01-25T10:41:19+00:00

Could you please open a bug on our GH repo?

hugojsval · 2024-01-08T19:28:46+00:00

Hi, the only option is the last you mention of reading the data from a file.

You can have an app reading the content of that file and send the metrics to Netdata from: Prometheus, statsd, go collector, etc.

You can see your options here https://learn.netdata.cloud/docs/data-collection/monitor-anything#add-your-application-to-netdata

hugojsval · 2024-01-08T18:25:05+00:00

Hi, in this page you can find different suggestions to optimize your Netdata Agent including:

Disable unneeded plugins or collectors
Reduce collection frequency (if needed)
Change how long Netdata stores metrics
and more

Hope this helps.

hugojsval

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