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@@ -125,8 +125,8 @@ Today](https://registry.my-netdata.io/api/v1/badge.svg?chart=netdata.registry_se ![](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 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: +To install Netdata from source on any Linux system (physical, virtual, container, IoT, edge), including all dependencies +required to connect to Netdata Cloud, and get _automatic nightly updates_, run the following as your normal user: ```bash # make sure you run `bash` for your shell 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 diff --git a/packaging/installer/methods/kickstart-64.md b/packaging/installer/methods/kickstart-64.md index 8cd72a6c97..7a9e7ff6eb 100644 --- a/packaging/installer/methods/kickstart-64.md +++ b/packaging/installer/methods/kickstart-64.md @@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ This page covers detailed instructions on using and configuring the installation This method uses a pre-compiled static binary to install Netdata on any Intel/AMD 64bit Linux system and on any Linux distribution, even those with a broken or unsupported package manager. -To install Netdata from a binary package and get _automatic nightly updates_, run the following as your normal user: +To install Netdata from a static binary package, 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-static64.sh) diff --git a/packaging/installer/methods/kickstart.md b/packaging/installer/methods/kickstart.md index 2cdc52a334..5c26b349d8 100644 --- a/packaging/installer/methods/kickstart.md +++ b/packaging/installer/methods/kickstart.md @@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ custom_edit_url: https://github.com/netdata/netdata/edit/master/packaging/instal This page covers detailed instructions on using and configuring the automatic one-line installation script named `kickstart.sh`. -This method is fully automatic on all Linux distributions. To install Netdata from source and get _automatic nightly -updates_, run the following as your normal user: +This method is fully automatic on all Linux distributions. 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) |