[OPNsense] Connect agent to netdata cloud fails with "Install type: custom"

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After installation of netdata in OPNsense using the plugin os-netdata (or net-mgmt/netdata) I want to connect this agent to Netdata Cloud.

Based on this installation instruction I run this command:
curl https://my-netdata.io/kickstart.sh > /tmp/netdata-kickstart.sh && sh /tmp/netdata-kickstart.sh --claim-token -<token> --claim-rooms <room> --claim-url https://app.netdata.cloud

This fails with following error:
ABORTED Found an existing netdata install at /usr/local, but the install type is 'custom', which is not supported, refusing to proceed.

Verifying installation type is confirmed:

# netdata -W buildinfo | grep 'Install type:'
Install type: custom

Question:
How must I proceed to connect an agent to netdata cloud with this installation type?

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Unfortunately you can’t use the netdata package from OPNsense repository with Netdata cloud. It’s built without support for this option. You can see it by yourself using the command

netdata -W buildinfo

I don’t know the reasons for this decision; trying to find the port maintainer.

I’d suggest you to

  • build netdata agent package from the ports on FreeBSD (do not forget to turn on the cloud support during configuration);
  • copy the package to your OPNsense and install it with pkg add;
  • claim it using netdata-claim.sh -token=My_Token -rooms=My_Rooms -url=https://app.netdata.cloud

Voila!

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Moving this thread under “Help” category, this may interests many other users.

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I did IT!!!

all on opnsense:

  1. fetch https://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:13:amd64/latest/All/psmisc-22.16_1.pkg
  2. pkg add psmisc-22.16_1.pkg

this will ad pidof that is required. (and other useless stuff but i don’t found a way to get only pidof

than
3) pkg install bash e2fsprogs-libuuid git curl autoconf automake pkgconf liblz4 libuv json-c cmake gmake

it will install lot of stuff (list found from here: Install Netdata on FreeBSD | Learn Netdata)

than used the curl from netdata cloud

  1. curl https://my-netdata.io/kickstart.sh > /tmp/netdata-kickstart.sh && sh /tmp/netdata-kickstart.sh --claim-token my_tocken --claim-url https://app.netdata.cloud

the scrit will find that you need to build, it will take some time but will work and will connect to the online version.