Although Rockstor’s dashboard provides a quick and instantaneous overview of most of the server’s state, it could be limited for some users who would like to have a more detailed view of the machine’s CPU, RAM, DISK, and NET usage.
Its documentation reads:
netdata is a scalable, distributed, real-time, performance and health monitoring solution for Linux, FreeBSD and MacOS. It is open-source too.
Out of the box, it collects 1k to 5k metrics per server per second. It is the corresponding of running top, vmstat, iostat, iotop, sar, systemd-cgtop and a dozen more console tools in parallel. netdata is very efficient in this: the daemon needs just 1% to 3% cpu of a single core, even when it runs on IoT.
You can find more information and links to demo websites on its website:
Any feedback, comments, and improvements are welcome!
@Flox,
for some reason I cannot see Netdata in the list of Rock-Ons which I can Install.
Is there a way I can either troubleshoot this one or install it manually?
It is normal for the moment as even though the json definition file for this rock-on has been merged, it still needs to be “published” on the back-end for it to be accessible by default from Rockstor’s webUI. I understand there is a vast amount of work being done currently on the backend infrastructure so there’s probably something to do with it.
Upload the file to /opt/rockstor/rockons-metastore/[app].json. Hit update in the Web-UI and install your brand new Rock-On!
Notably, @phillxnet wrote a detailed how-to with step-by-step instructions and screenshots in the thread below:
This should contain all you need, but don’t hesitate to let us know how it goes! Netdata’s functions can be a little particular as it strongly depends on the hardware on which it is run. See the thread below for an example: