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author | Joel Hans <joel@netdata.cloud> | 2019-07-17 11:51:26 -0700 |
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committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2019-07-17 11:51:26 -0700 |
commit | 65196fdf06a2047f24cf2030399dd22202a14d03 (patch) | |
tree | bec7e52b48d8c53083e6d14cf0cf706a7207fdae /README.md | |
parent | 986e468df600019ffcff5da0b206e09202ac7e40 (diff) |
Change default installation to stable in documentation (#6388)
* Update default installation procedure to use --stable-channel
* Small typographic fixes
* Fixing mixup with kickstart64 script
* Updated install instructions to keep nightly as default and instead warn about nightlies
* Removed extra 'the'
* Added new text for nightly vs stable
Diffstat (limited to 'README.md')
-rw-r--r-- | README.md | 14 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 6 deletions
@@ -74,22 +74,24 @@ When you install multiple Netdata, they are integrated into **one distributed ap *in the last 24 hours:*<br/> [![New Users Today](https://registry.my-netdata.io/api/v1/badge.svg?chart=netdata.registry_entries&dimensions=persons&after=-86400&options=unaligned&group=incremental-sum&label=new%20users%20today&units=null&value_color=blue&precision=0&v42)](https://registry.my-netdata.io/#menu_netdata_submenu_registry) [![New Machines Today](https://registry.my-netdata.io/api/v1/badge.svg?chart=netdata.registry_entries&dimensions=machines&group=incremental-sum&after=-86400&options=unaligned&label=servers%20added%20today&units=null&value_color=orange&precision=0&v42)](https://registry.my-netdata.io/#menu_netdata_submenu_registry) [![Sessions Today](https://registry.my-netdata.io/api/v1/badge.svg?chart=netdata.registry_sessions&after=-86400&group=incremental-sum&options=unaligned&label=sessions%20served%20today&units=null&value_color=yellowgreen&precision=0&v42)](https://registry.my-netdata.io/#menu_netdata_submenu_registry) ## Quick Start +![](https://registry.my-netdata.io/api/v1/badge.svg?chart=web_log_nginx.requests_per_url&options=unaligned&dimensions=kickstart&group=sum&after=-3600&label=last+hour&units=installations&value_color=orange&precision=0) ![](https://registry.my-netdata.io/api/v1/badge.svg?chart=web_log_nginx.requests_per_url&options=unaligned&dimensions=kickstart&group=sum&after=-86400&label=today&units=installations&precision=0) -You can quickly install Netdata on a Linux box (physical, virtual, container, IoT) with the following command: +To install Netdata from source on any Linux system (physical, virtual, container, IoT, edge) and keep it up to date with our **nightly releases** automatically, run the following: -```sh +```bash # make sure you run `bash` for your shell bash -# install Netdata, directly from github sources +# install Netdata directly from GitHub source bash <(curl -Ss https://my-netdata.io/kickstart.sh) ``` -![](https://registry.my-netdata.io/api/v1/badge.svg?chart=web_log_nginx.requests_per_url&options=unaligned&dimensions=kickstart&group=sum&after=-3600&label=last+hour&units=installations&value_color=orange&precision=0) ![](https://registry.my-netdata.io/api/v1/badge.svg?chart=web_log_nginx.requests_per_url&options=unaligned&dimensions=kickstart&group=sum&after=-86400&label=today&units=installations&precision=0) + +To learn more about the pros and cons of using *nightly* vs. *stable* releases, see our [notice about the two options](packaging/installer/README.md#nightly-vs-stable-releases). The above command will: -1. install any required packages on your system (it will ask you to confirm before doing so), -2. compile it, install it and start it +- Install any required packages on your system (it will ask you to confirm before doing so) +- Compile it, install it, and start it. More installation methods and additional options can be found at the [installation page](packaging/installer/#installation). |