Identity

Unit: netdata.service
Config: /etc/netdata/netdata.conf, override dir /etc/netdata/
Plugin dirs: /usr/libexec/netdata/plugins.d/ (internal), /etc/netdata/python.d/ (Python collectors), /etc/netdata/go.d/ (Go collectors)
Logs: journalctl -u netdata, /var/log/netdata/error.log, /var/log/netdata/access.log, /var/log/netdata/debug.log
User: netdata (runs as its own system user)
Web dashboard: http://localhost:19999
Install (one-liner): wget -O /tmp/netdata-kickstart.sh https://get.netdata.cloud/kickstart.sh && sh /tmp/netdata-kickstart.sh
Distro install: apt install netdata / dnf install netdata (older package versions — prefer kickstart for current release)

Key Operations

Operation	Command
Status	`sudo systemctl status netdata`
Check dashboard	`curl -s http://localhost:19999/api/v1/info \| python3 -m json.tool`
Simple dashboard ping	`curl -sI http://localhost:19999`
Check claimed status (Cloud)	`sudo netdata-claim.sh -status` or `cat /var/lib/netdata/cloud.d/claimed_id`
Reload config (no restart)	`sudo kill -USR1 $(pidof netdata)` — reloads health alarms; full config requires restart