# Offline Installation of Netdata **URL:** \ **Category:** Help\ **Created:** [February 24, 2023, 12:21pm UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/offline-installation-of-netdata/3892 "2023-02-24T12:21:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kubilayodine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ac91a4/32.png) [@kubilayodine](https://community.netdata.cloud/u/kubilayodine)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2023, 12:21pm UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/offline-installation-of-netdata/3892/1 "2023-02-24T12:21:57Z")
Hi, We were using netdata agent in our environment with following version. # netdata -v netdata v1.18.1 But we wanted to install new version of netdata in order to test it. We have followed instructions from the offical documents for offline installation of netdata. > **[Install Netdata on Offline Systems | Learn Netdata](https://learn.netdata.cloud/docs/netdata-agent/installation/linux/offline-systems)** > > Install the Netdata Agent on offline/air gapped systems to benefit from real-time, per-second monitoring without connecting to the internet. We have first prepared files with following command and then transferred them to the offline nodes from our local machines. wget -O /tmp/netdata-kickstart.sh [https://my-netdata.io/kickstart.sh](https://my-netdata.io/kickstart.sh) && sh /tmp/netdata-kickstart.sh --prepare-offline-install-source ./netdata-offline And then basically we have used “install.sh” script as it is described. Installation is completed but installation is done to the “/opt” directory instead of “/etc” directory. That’s why netdata commands do not work. We believe installation is not healthy in this way. Previously, we were using “–local-files” option with kickstart.sh script and we were specifying netdata tar ball, checksum file, go.d plugin tarball and config files with netdata 1.18 version. But “–local-files” option does not work with the current kickstart.sh/netdata\_installar.sh for netdata 1.38 version. Do you have any comments on this case ? How can we specify specific tarbal of specific netdata version without “–local-files” option? Thank you in advance all. ---
**Author:** ![Manolis\_Vasilakis](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/community.netdata.cloud/manolis_vasilakis/32/820_2.png) [@Manolis\_Vasilakis](https://community.netdata.cloud/u/Manolis_Vasilakis)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2023, 12:51pm UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/offline-installation-of-netdata/3892/2 "2023-02-24T12:51:45Z")
Hi @kubilayodine What distribution are you using? I’m guessing kickstart decided that a static install (what you get in /opt) is the best for this case. Installation is ok using this way in fact, nothing being “less” than an install on system directories. ---
**Author:** ![kubilayodine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ac91a4/32.png) [@kubilayodine](https://community.netdata.cloud/u/kubilayodine)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2023, 6:54am UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/offline-installation-of-netdata/3892/3 "2023-02-27T06:54:54Z")
Hi Manolis, Can we specify installation path during the offline install ? For instance, we want to try specifing installation path to “/etc/netdata”. ---
**Author:** ![Manolis\_Vasilakis](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/community.netdata.cloud/manolis_vasilakis/32/820_2.png) [@Manolis\_Vasilakis](https://community.netdata.cloud/u/Manolis_Vasilakis)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2023, 1:34pm UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/offline-installation-of-netdata/3892/4 "2023-03-02T13:34:36Z")
Hi @kubilayodine We will have a look about the –local-files and offline installation for 1.38.1, not sure yet what’s going on there. The static install that you got now though, can only be installed on /opt/. ---
**Author:** ![kubilayodine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ac91a4/32.png) [@kubilayodine](https://community.netdata.cloud/u/kubilayodine)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2023, 10:01am UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/offline-installation-of-netdata/3892/5 "2023-03-03T10:01:36Z")
Hi, It gives following error when I try to use “–local-files” option with current kickstart.sh. [root@compute08 netdata\_offline]# bash kickstart.sh --local-files /tmp/netdata\_offline/netdata-v1.38.1.tar.gz /tmp/netdata\_offline/sha256sums.txt /tmp/netdata\_offline/go.d.plugin-v0.50.0.linux-amd64.tar.gz /tmp/netdata\_offline/config.tar.gz /tmp/netdata\_offline/install-required-packages.sh --dont-wait kickstart.sh: line 34: cd: kickstart.sh: Not a directory ABORTED Unrecognized option ‘–local-files’. If you intended to pass this option to the installer code, please use either --local-build-options or --static-install-options to specify it instead. For community support, you can connect with us on: - GitHub: [netdata/netdata · Discussions · GitHub · GitHub](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/discussions) - Discord: [Netdata](https://discord.gg/5ygS846fR6) - Our community forums: [https://community.netdata.cloud/](https://community.netdata.cloud/) ---
**Author:** ![Tasos\_Katsoulas](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/community.netdata.cloud/tasos_katsoulas/32/1344_2.png) [@Tasos\_Katsoulas](https://community.netdata.cloud/u/Tasos_Katsoulas)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2023, 4:09pm UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/offline-installation-of-netdata/3892/6 "2023-03-08T16:09:42Z")
@kubilayodine following up on this thread, let me clarify the followings. 1. We support an offline installation with the `--prepare-offline-install-source [OUTPUT_FOLDER]` option (download the latest kickstart script into the guest machine) 2. This gives you an archive with all of our static builds (for multiple [supported architectures](https://learn.netdata.cloud/docs/installation/platform-support-policy#static-builds)) for a specific release channel inside the `[OUTPUT_FOLDER]` 3. This option mutates any other options (mostly the install options) except of the `--stable-channel`, `--nightly-channel` ( this is the default). You can double down the channel for the artifacts you downloaded by checking the file `[OUTPUT_FOLDER]/channel` As far as this. > bash kickstart.sh --local-files /tmp/netdata\_offline/netdata-v1.38.1.tar.gz /tmp/netdata\_offline/sha256sums.txt /tmp/netdata\_offline/go.d.plugin-v0.50.0.linux-amd64.tar.gz /tmp/netdata\_offline/config.tar.gz /tmp/netdata\_offline/install-required-packages.sh --dont-wait > kickstart.sh: line 34: cd: kickstart.sh: Not a directory > > ABORTED Unrecognized option ‘–local-files’. If you intended to pass this option to the installer code, please use either --local-build-options or --static-install-options to specify it instead. If you offload the offline installation archive into the target (offline) node. You can either use the install.sh or the kickstart with the `--offline-install-source [FOLDER_OF_THE_ARCHIVE]`. Prefer`install.sh` which actually calls the kickstart (already present) with the `--offline-install-source` option (this is the new option, instead of the `--local-files` you used). Hope I helped.