Netdata is distributed, real-time, performance and health monitoring for systems and applications. It is a highly optimized monitoring agent you install on all your systems and containers. Netdata provides unparalleled insights, in real-time, of everything happening on the systems it runs on (including web servers, databases, applications), using highly interactive web dashboards. It can run autonomously, without any third party components, or it can be integrated to existing monitoring toolchains (Prometheus, Graphite, OpenTSDB, Kafka, Grafana etc). Netdata is fast and efficient, designed to permanently run on all systems (physical & virtual servers, containers, IoT devices), without disrupting their core function. Netdata is free, open-source software and it currently runs smoothly on Synology NAS, Linux, FreeBSD, and MacOS. Are you tired of complicated guides? Do you want something quick and easy? Well today I will teach you how to install Netdata on your Synology NAS in less than 30 seconds directly through the Task Scheduler option. It’ll be over in a couple of seconds and it’s essentially child’s play. No terminal required for the installation.
STEP 1
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STEP 2
Install Docker via Synology “Package Center”.
STEP 3
Go to Control Panel / Task Scheduler / Create / Scheduled Task / User-defined script. Follow the instructions in the image below.
STEP 4
Once you click on User-defined script, a new window will open. Follow the instructions below:
- General: In the Task field type in “Netdata“. Uncheck the “Enabled” option. Select root User.
- Schedule: Select Run on the following date then select “Do not repeat“.
- Task Settings: Check “Send run details by email“, add your email then copy paste the code below in the Run command area. After that, click OK.
docker run -d --name=netdata \ -p 19999:19999 \ -v /proc:/host/proc:ro \ -v /sys:/host/sys:ro \ -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock:ro \ -e PGID=0 \ --cap-add SYS_PTRACE \ --security-opt apparmor=unconfined \ --restart always \ netdata/netdata
STEP 5
After you click OK on STEP 4 a new warning pop up window will open. Click OK.
STEP 6
After you click OK on STEP 5, select your “Netdata” Task then click the “Run” tab. You will be asked to run Netdata – click Yes. Follow the instructions in the image below.
STEP 7
Go back to STEP 1 or you will deal with karma 🙂
STEP 8
The installation process can take up to a few seconds. It will depend on your Internet speed connection. Now open your browser and type in http://Synology-ip-address:19999/
You can also easily monitor your Synology NAS RAM and CPU consumption, as well as other parameters with Netdata. In addition to this, Netdata allows you to monitor the same parameters of other Docker containers installed on your Synology NAS, all in real time.
Enjoy Netdata!
Note: If you want to run the Netdata container over HTTPS, check out my guide on How to Run Docker Containers Over HTTPS.
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This post was updated on Tuesday / February 14th, 2023 at 3:41 AM