Netdata¶

Netdata provides real-time performance and health monitoring for your DiskStation with an interactive web dashboard.

Package Information¶

Property	Value
Package Name	netdata
Upstream	github.com/netdata/netdata
License	GPLv3

Prerequisites¶

DSM 7.0 or newer
For per-process disk I/O monitoring: SSH access (see Post-Install)

Installation¶

Install netdata from Package Center. The web dashboard is available at http://your-nas:19999 and appears in the DSM main menu.

Post-Install¶

Enable Process Monitoring (Optional)¶

Per-process disk I/O monitoring requires apps.plugin to run with elevated privileges. DSM 7 blocks setuid binaries from unsigned packages, so this must be applied manually after install:

netdata-fix

This prompts for your DSM password, applies the fix, and tells you to restart the package. It only needs to be run once per install or upgrade.

Verify It's Running¶

synopkg status netdata

The dashboard at http://your-nas:19999 should load immediately.

Configuration¶

Netdata Cloud¶

To connect this node to Netdata Cloud for multi-node monitoring:

Go to http://your-nas:19999 and click Sign In or Sign Up
Follow the on-screen prompts to claim the node

Stock vs User Config¶

Netdata ships with a complete stock configuration at /var/packages/netdata/target/usr/lib/netdata/conf.d/. User overrides can be placed in /var/packages/netdata/var/etc/netdata/.

Runtime Data Locations¶

Data	Location
Configuration (user)	`/var/packages/netdata/var/etc/netdata/`
Database	`/var/packages/netdata/var/cache/netdata/dbengine/`
Logs	`/var/packages/netdata/var/log/netdata/`
Registry/GUID	`/var/packages/netdata/var/lib/netdata/`

Service Management¶

Start: Package Center or synopkg start netdata
Stop: Package Center or synopkg stop netdata
Logs: /var/packages/netdata/var/log/netdata/ and /var/packages/netdata/var/netdata.log

Troubleshooting¶

Disk I/O not showing per process¶

Run netdata-fix from SSH, then restart the package.