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author | Joel Hans <joel@netdata.cloud> | 2020-06-26 07:47:15 -0700 |
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committer | Austin S. Hemmelgarn <austin@netdata.cloud> | 2020-07-01 09:58:45 -0400 |
commit | 8fad3b91c0b4b4a151e8ed78f9091847b7c9b0cf (patch) | |
tree | 9d39f8be96c172cc370f20a01304c44231a20fcd /packaging/installer/README.md | |
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diff --git a/packaging/installer/README.md b/packaging/installer/README.md index 705978b405..b22e99d053 100644 --- a/packaging/installer/README.md +++ b/packaging/installer/README.md @@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ _actively_ contributing to Netdata's future. This method is fully automatic on all Linux distributions, including Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, CentOS, and others. -To install Netdata from source and get _automatic nightly updates_, run the following as your normal user: +To install Netdata from source, including all dependencies required to connect to Netdata Cloud, and get _automatic +nightly updates_, run the following as your normal user: ```bash bash <(curl -Ss https://my-netdata.io/kickstart.sh) @@ -190,6 +191,33 @@ To install the Agent on certain CentOS and RHEL systems, you must enable non-def PowerTools, to gather hard dependencies. See the [CentOS 6](/packaging/installer/methods/manual.md#centos-rehel-6-x) and [CentOS 8](/packaging/installer/methods/manual.md#centos-rehel-8-x) sections for more information. +### Access to file is not permitted + +If you see an error similar to `Access to file is not permitted: /usr/share/netdata/web//index.html` when you try to +visit the Agent dashboard at `http://NODE:19999`, you need to update Netdata's permissions to match those of your +system. + +Run `ls -la /usr/share/netdata/web/index.html` to find the file's permissions. You may need to change this path based on +the error you're seeing in your browser. In the below example, the file is owned by the user `netdata` and the group +`netdata`. + +```bash +ls -la /usr/share/netdata/web/index.html +-rw-r--r--. 1 netdata netdata 89377 May 5 06:30 /usr/share/netdata/web/index.html +``` + +Open your `netdata.conf` file and find the `[web]` section, plus the `web files owner`/`web files group` settings. Edit +the lines to match the output from `ls -la` above and uncomment them if necessary. + +```conf +[web] + web files owner = netdata + web files group = netdata +``` + +Save the file, [restart the Netdata Agent](/docs/getting-started.md#start-stop-and-restart-netdata), and try accessing +the dashboard again. + ### Multiple versions of OpenSSL We've received reports from the community about issues with running the `kickstart.sh` script on systems that have both |