# Newbe questions

**URL:** <https://community.netdata.cloud/t/newbe-questions/3706>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [January 4, 2023, 5:15pm UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/newbe-questions/3706 "2023-01-04T17:15:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![1113](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/community.netdata.cloud/1113/32/2512_2.png) [@1113](https://community.netdata.cloud/u/1113)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2023, 5:15pm UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/newbe-questions/3706/1 "2023-01-04T17:15:10Z")

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Hi,  
I have some questions about Netdata.

1. Netdata doesn’t have a centralized configuration. All nodes need to be configured separately. If I need Notifications to Telegram or another channel, I need to configure all nodes separately.
2. For monitoring SNMP devices I need to install a Netdata instance with configured SNMP collector?

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![Luis\_Johnstone](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/community.netdata.cloud/luis_johnstone/32/151_2.png) [@Luis\_Johnstone](https://community.netdata.cloud/u/Luis_Johnstone)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2023, 11:02pm UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/newbe-questions/3706/2 "2023-01-04T23:02:03Z")

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Hi @1113

1. Yes, correct. With the exception of the cloud-based email notifications.  
You can configure each node using config files. I use Ansible for this purpose and you can find a bunch of stuff on Github to get you started.  
e.g.  
[GitHub - netdata/ansible: Official Ansible playbook for installing Netdata.](https://github.com/netdata/ansible)

If you do get stuck then let us know.

1. Correct. You will then get an “snmp” node under the overview for that node.  
So you don’t need a node dedicated to SNMP collection as it’s just parasitic on the node.