Environment
Problem/Question
centos 7 yum install netdata but no config files?
What I expected to happen
yum install netdata -y
systemctl start netdata
error message:
journalctl -xe|less
Feb 08 10:48:07 1.hdp.dc.xyz systemd[1]: Starting Real time performance monitoring...
-- Subject: Unit netdata.service has begun start-up
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
--
-- Unit netdata.service has begun starting up.
Feb 08 10:48:07 1.hdp.dc.xyz systemd[1]: Started Real time performance monitoring.
-- Subject: Unit netdata.service has finished start-up
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
--
-- Unit netdata.service has finished starting up.
--
-- The start-up result is done.
Feb 08 10:48:07 1.hdp.dc.xyz netdata[80874]: CONFIG: cannot load user config '/etc/netdata/netdata.conf'. Will try the stock version.
Feb 08 10:48:07 1.hdp.dc.xyz netdata[80874]: 2021-02-08 10:48:07: netdata INFO : MAIN : CONFIG: cannot load user config '/etc/netdata/netdata.conf'. Will try the stock version.
Feb 08 10:48:07 1.hdp.dc.xyz netdata[80874]: 2021-02-08 10:48:07: netdata INFO : MAIN : CONFIG: cannot load stock config '/usr/lib64/netdata/conf.d/netdata.conf'. Running with internal defaults.
Feb 08 10:48:07 1.hdp.dc.xyz netdata[80874]: 2021-02-08 10:48:07: netdata INFO : MAIN : CONFIG: cannot load cloud config '/var/lib/netdata/cloud.d/cloud.conf'. Running with internal defaults.
Feb 08 10:48:07 1.hdp.dc.xyz netdata[80874]: 2021-02-08 10:48:07: netdata FATAL : netdata : Cannot cd to directory '/etc/netdata' # : No such file or directory
Feb 08 10:48:07 1.hdp.dc.xyz netdata[80874]: 2021-02-08 10:48:07: netdata INFO : MAIN : EXIT: netdata prepares to exit with code 1...
Feb 08 10:48:07 1.hdp.dc.xyz netdata[80874]: 2021-02-08 10:48:07: netdata INFO : MAIN : EXIT: cleaning up the database...
Feb 08 10:48:07 1.hdp.dc.xyz netdata[80874]: CONFIG: cannot load stock config '/usr/lib64/netdata/conf.d/netdata.conf'. Running with internal defaults.
Feb 08 10:48:07 1.hdp.dc.xyz netdata[80874]: 2021-02-08 10:48:07: netdata INFO : MAIN : Cleaning up database [0 hosts(s)]...
Feb 08 10:48:07 1.hdp.dc.xyz netdata[80874]: 2021-02-08 10:48:07: netdata INFO : MAIN : EXIT: removing netdata PID file '/var/run/netdata/netdata.pid'...
Feb 08 10:48:07 1.hdp.dc.xyz netdata[80874]: 2021-02-08 10:48:07: netdata ERROR : MAIN : EXIT: cannot unlink pidfile '/var/run/netdata/netdata.pid'. (errno 2, No such file or directory)
Feb 08 10:48:07 1.hdp.dc.xyz netdata[80874]: 2021-02-08 10:48:07: netdata INFO : MAIN : EXIT: all done - netdata is now exiting - bye bye...
Feb 08 10:48:07 1.hdp.dc.xyz netdata[80874]: CONFIG: cannot load cloud config '/var/lib/netdata/cloud.d/cloud.conf'. Running with internal defaults.
Feb 08 10:48:07 1.hdp.dc.xyz netdata[80874]: Cannot cd to directory '/etc/netdata'
Feb 08 10:48:07 1.hdp.dc.xyz netdata[80874]: EXIT: netdata prepares to exit with code 1...
Feb 08 10:48:07 1.hdp.dc.xyz netdata[80874]: EXIT: cleaning up the database...
Feb 08 10:48:07 1.hdp.dc.xyz netdata[80874]: Cleaning up database [0 hosts(s)]...
Feb 08 10:48:07 1.hdp.dc.xyz netdata[80874]: EXIT: removing netdata PID file '/var/run/netdata/netdata.pid'...
Feb 08 10:48:07 1.hdp.dc.xyz netdata[80874]: EXIT: cannot unlink pidfile '/var/run/netdata/netdata.pid'.
Feb 08 10:48:07 1.hdp.dc.xyz netdata[80874]: EXIT: all done - netdata is now exiting - bye bye...
Feb 08 10:48:07 1.hdp.dc.xyz systemd[1]: netdata.service: main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Feb 08 10:48:07 1.hdp.dc.xyz systemd[1]: Unit netdata.service entered failed state.
Feb 08 10:48:07 1.hdp.dc.xyz systemd[1]: netdata.service failed.