# \#update **URL:** https://community.netdata.cloud/tag/update/106.md [Latest](https://community.netdata.cloud/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.netdata.cloud/categories.md) · [Tags](https://community.netdata.cloud/tags.md) --- ## [Unable to update Netdata agent on AlmaLinux 8 (binpkg-rpm) - "Package manager did not fully update Netdata](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/unable-to-update-netdata-agent-on-almalinux-8-binpkg-rpm-package-manager-did-not-fully-update-netdata/7978)
**Author:** [@microvax](https://community.netdata.cloud/u/microvax)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2026, 10:54am UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/unable-to-update-netdata-agent-on-almalinux-8-binpkg-rpm-package-manager-did-not-fully-update-netdata/7978 "2026-05-25T10:54:40Z")
Hi everyone, I am trying to update my Netdata agent to the latest version on an AlmaLinux 8 server, but the update keeps failing. Currently, my dashboard shows a red alert stating that the agent is below version v2.9.0… --- ## [SNMP Configuration on top of v2.7.0-119-nightly agents](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/snmp-configuration-on-top-of-v2-7-0-119-nightly-agents/7822)
**Author:** [@jgeorg02](https://community.netdata.cloud/u/jgeorg02)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2025, 12:50pm UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/snmp-configuration-on-top-of-v2-7-0-119-nightly-agents/7822 "2025-11-05T12:50:45Z")
Hello! My netdata agent upgraded recently and I just realized that my snmp configuration is no longer working properly. My main issue is not that it’s included in the metrics but that it’s not adding my own charts whic… --- ## [kickstart.sh failing on \`netdata : Depends: netdata-dashboard but it is not going to be installed\`](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/kickstart-sh-failing-on-netdata-depends-netdata-dashboard-but-it-is-not-going-to-be-installed/7769)
**Author:** [@comeh](https://community.netdata.cloud/u/comeh)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2025, 11:24am UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/kickstart-sh-failing-on-netdata-depends-netdata-dashboard-but-it-is-not-going-to-be-installed/7769 "2025-09-03T11:24:00Z")
Suggested template: Problem/Question cmd: ~/kickstart.sh –dont-wait –disable-cloud –disable-telemetry –no-updates delta: ‘0:00:35.743456’ end: ‘2025-08-21 09:29:58.076957’ msg: non-zero return code rc: 1 start: ‘… --- ## [Unreachable alerts caused by Netdata version update](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/unreachable-alerts-caused-by-netdata-version-update/7347)
**Author:** [@Richard\_Barrantes](https://community.netdata.cloud/u/Richard_Barrantes)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2025, 8:00pm UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/unreachable-alerts-caused-by-netdata-version-update/7347 "2025-02-21T20:00:30Z")
Hello Team, I would like to know if there is a setting we can manage to disable the automatic deployment of Netdata versions on our nodes. This is triggering alerts that wake us up in the middle of the night due to fals… --- ## [Netdata v2.2.0 broke php-fpm graphs](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/netdata-v2-2-0-broke-php-fpm-graphs/7181)
**Author:** [@route-dist](https://community.netdata.cloud/u/route-dist)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2025, 6:55am UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/netdata-v2-2-0-broke-php-fpm-graphs/7181 "2025-02-05T06:55:05Z")
Problem/Question We’ve been doing sone php-fpm tuning lately. In the last day or so we noticed short, semi-sporadic patches of data not coming through to the php-fpm graphs. The periods of “empty data” lasts between 15s … --- ## [upgrade from Netdata 2.1.1 to 2.2 fails on Debian Bookwurm on Raspberry PI (ARM)](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/upgrade-from-netdata-2-1-1-to-2-2-fails-on-debian-bookwurm-on-raspberry-pi-arm/7188)
**Author:** [@Nick\_de\_Bray](https://community.netdata.cloud/u/Nick_de_Bray)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2025, 8:32am UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/upgrade-from-netdata-2-1-1-to-2-2-fails-on-debian-bookwurm-on-raspberry-pi-arm/7188 "2025-01-27T08:32:10Z")
Problem/Question Via the netdata cloud dashboard I am urged to upgrade Netdata from 2.1 to 2.2 Relevant docs you followed/actions you took to solve the issue Using the advised kickstart command I tried upgrading Enviro… --- ## [Love for pfSense (FreeBSD)](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/love-for-pfsense-freebsd/7149)
**Author:** [@SpeeDj](https://community.netdata.cloud/u/SpeeDj)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2025, 8:32pm UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/love-for-pfsense-freebsd/7149 "2025-01-19T20:32:13Z")
Problem/Question Installing pfSense netdata results in a critical alert for Agent 1.43.2 being the last viable version for FreeBSD/pfSense. Is there a way to install the 2.x version of netdata so that I can bring my env… --- ## [Prometheus exporting error: Due to HELP and TYPE in format=prometheus\_all\_hosts](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/prometheus-exporting-error-due-to-help-and-type-in-format-prometheus-all-hosts/6116)
**Author:** [@meghnamscs](https://community.netdata.cloud/u/meghnamscs)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2024, 9:23pm UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/prometheus-exporting-error-due-to-help-and-type-in-format-prometheus-all-hosts/6116 "2024-12-26T21:23:50Z")
Problem/Question I recently updated my Netdata Parent and Children nodes to v2 and I’m unable to export netdata parent and child metrics to influxdb using telegraf. I point telegraf to get data from the Netdata API endp… --- ## [Netdata autoupdate causes kernel, glibc, etc. to update?](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/netdata-autoupdate-causes-kernel-glibc-etc-to-update/6110)
**Author:** [@eddyg](https://community.netdata.cloud/u/eddyg)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2024, 8:18pm UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/netdata-autoupdate-causes-kernel-glibc-etc-to-update/6110 "2024-12-20T20:18:36Z")
It appears that Netdata’s auto-update mechanism can somehow trigger other non-Netdata-related updates. I have Netdata installed on an Ubuntu 24.04 server, using the official Netdata repo as an apt source. # cat /run/re… --- ## [unable to upgrade from v1.45.0-106 to 1.46 on old ubuntu](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/unable-to-upgrade-from-v1-45-0-106-to-1-46-on-old-ubuntu/5914)
**Author:** [@Bernd](https://community.netdata.cloud/u/Bernd)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2024, 8:48am UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/unable-to-upgrade-from-v1-45-0-106-to-1-46-on-old-ubuntu/5914 "2024-10-23T08:48:50Z")
My Netdata lives on an very old Ubuntu bionic netdata is installed at /opt/netdata /opt/netdata/bin/netdatacli version netdata v1.45.0-106-ge85be29fc Which command would be the correct? Some of my tries: wget -O /… --- ## [TMPDIR problem with cron updates](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/tmpdir-problem-with-cron-updates/5899)
**Author:** [@kimmo](https://community.netdata.cloud/u/kimmo)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2024, 5:44pm UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/tmpdir-problem-with-cron-updates/5899 "2024-10-11T17:44:12Z")
Every night cron runs i get message from cron.daily/netdata-updater Problem is that we have /tmp secured such that there cannot be files executed, so we use TMPDIR=/home/netdata\_tmp in this netdata-updater cron. After c… --- ## [Unable to update (Ubuntu 24.04.1)](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/unable-to-update-ubuntu-24-04-1/5897)
**Author:** [@Robert\_Lanzke](https://community.netdata.cloud/u/Robert_Lanzke)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2024, 2:40pm UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/unable-to-update-ubuntu-24-04-1/5897 "2024-10-10T14:40:52Z")
I’m having trouble updating: running apt upgrade gives me errors now. Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done Reading state information... Done Calculating upgrade... Done The following upgrades h… --- ## [Unable to update Mac client to 1.45](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/unable-to-update-mac-client-to-1-45/5283)
**Author:** [@mcdent](https://community.netdata.cloud/u/mcdent)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2024, 3:47pm UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/unable-to-update-mac-client-to-1-45/5283 "2024-05-21T15:47:52Z")
I am trying to update the MacOS Netdata client from 1.44 to 1.45, to take advantage of new features. My Mac is running Darwin server1.local 19.6.0 Darwin Kernel Version 19.6.0: Mon Aug 31 22:12:52 PDT 2020; root:xnu-61… --- ## [Advice on self-hosted, self-deployed, no internet, monitoring of multiple servers](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/advice-on-self-hosted-self-deployed-no-internet-monitoring-of-multiple-servers/3200)
**Author:** [@Forza](https://community.netdata.cloud/u/Forza)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2024, 5:34am UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/advice-on-self-hosted-self-deployed-no-internet-monitoring-of-multiple-servers/3200 "2024-02-14T05:34:56Z")
Hi, Thanks for Netdata. It is great with lots of monitoring (and alerts) options. :slight\_smile: I want to see if I can deploy netdata on some virtualised servers and create a central machine to store the metrics on as… --- ## [Tried uninstalling netdata, it failed](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/tried-uninstalling-netdata-it-failed/4793)
**Author:** [@Tudvari](https://community.netdata.cloud/u/Tudvari)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2023, 4:03pm UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/tried-uninstalling-netdata-it-failed/4793 "2023-11-17T16:03:34Z")
Hi guys, I always have issues with updating NetData on one of my instances and while I manage to update this time, but the version didn’t update in the cloud dashboard. Then I did a system reboot and now it’s offline. … --- ## [changing execution time of automatic nightly upgrades](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/changing-execution-time-of-automatic-nightly-upgrades/4786)
**Author:** [@Luis\_Johnstone](https://community.netdata.cloud/u/Luis_Johnstone)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2023, 2:29pm UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/changing-execution-time-of-automatic-nightly-upgrades/4786 "2023-11-15T14:29:39Z")
I’m running Netdata nightlies installed via the one-liner bash script and I was wondering whether it was possible to configure when the updates occur each day? I see there is a config file: /etc/netdata/netdata-updater… --- ## [Switch from nightly build to stable](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/switch-from-nightly-build-to-stable/3269)
**Author:** [@amit](https://community.netdata.cloud/u/amit)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2023, 2:50pm UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/switch-from-nightly-build-to-stable/3269 "2023-10-19T14:50:56Z")
Hello, I believe the recommended version of the netdata agent is to run stable, as opposed to nightly builds, in a production environment. We use the agent in conjunction with NetData Cloud. What is the recommended way… --- ## [E: Unable to locate package netdata-plugin-systemd-journal](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/e-unable-to-locate-package-netdata-plugin-systemd-journal/4608)
**Author:** [@flojo](https://community.netdata.cloud/u/flojo)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2023, 3:22pm UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/e-unable-to-locate-package-netdata-plugin-systemd-journal/4608 "2023-08-23T15:22:59Z")
Problem/Question Getting the error “Unable to locate package netdata-plugin-systemd-journal” when trying to update / install the newest version of Netdata. Relevant docs you followed/actions you took to solve the issue W… --- ## [Packaging changes for external collectors in our native DEB/RPM packages.](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/packaging-changes-for-external-collectors-in-our-native-deb-rpm-packages/4235)
**Author:** [@Austin\_Hemmelgarn](https://community.netdata.cloud/u/Austin_Hemmelgarn)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2023, 11:00am UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/packaging-changes-for-external-collectors-in-our-native-deb-rpm-packages/4235 "2023-06-06T11:00:41Z")
As previously outlined on our blog, we are splitting external data collection plugins to their own packages in our native DEB/RPM packaging repositories. Users of our native packages are encouraged to read the blog post… --- ## […some of your live nodes are running on a version below the recommended version (v1.37.1). --- but there's no update offered](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/some-of-your-live-nodes-are-running-on-a-version-below-the-recommended-version-v1-37-1-but-theres-no-update-offered/3620)
**Author:** [@thomasmerz](https://community.netdata.cloud/u/thomasmerz)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2022, 9:56am UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/some-of-your-live-nodes-are-running-on-a-version-below-the-recommended-version-v1-37-1-but-theres-no-update-offered/3620 "2022-12-13T09:56:05Z")
Thank you for this reminder I got: “We’re reaching out to let you know that some of your live nodes are running on a version below the recommended version (v1.37.1).” But when I check, there’s no update available: Up… --- ## [After some struggles to update netdata agent, finally it got updated, but now the service fails to start.](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/after-some-struggles-to-update-netdata-agent-finally-it-got-updated-but-now-the-service-fails-to-start/3229)
**Author:** [@Tudvari](https://community.netdata.cloud/u/Tudvari)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2022, 2:39pm UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/after-some-struggles-to-update-netdata-agent-finally-it-got-updated-but-now-the-service-fails-to-start/3229 "2022-09-29T14:39:31Z")
Hi guys, I have a Debian 10 which was running I think 1.34.0 up until now, I think the install type was legacy-build. But I got notified that I should update it as soon as possible. So I tried using the kickstart scri… --- ## [Upgrade Error](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/upgrade-error/2825)
**Author:** [@hellreturn](https://community.netdata.cloud/u/hellreturn)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2022, 3:27pm UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/upgrade-error/2825 "2022-09-04T15:27:10Z")
Hello, Getting below for upgrade: … Connecting to my-netdata.io (my-netdata.io)|104.21.13.159|:443… connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response… 200 OK Length: unspecified \[application/octet-stream\] Saving to: … --- ## [Why is netdata reloading?](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/why-is-netdata-reloading/3138)
**Author:** [@amit](https://community.netdata.cloud/u/amit)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2022, 8:31am UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/why-is-netdata-reloading/3138 "2022-07-29T08:31:49Z")
Hello, We’ve noticed that some agents on the VMs we monitor with netdata seem to reload without any real indication as to why they are doing so. On what seems like a side note, when the agents reload, there is a small … --- ## [Custom settings oberwritten after recent Netdata update](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/custom-settings-oberwritten-after-recent-netdata-update/3099)
**Author:** [@finalwebsites](https://community.netdata.cloud/u/finalwebsites)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2022, 9:18am UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/custom-settings-oberwritten-after-recent-netdata-update/3099 "2022-07-11T09:18:09Z")
Hi, yesterday I updated my servers including Netdata (all of them are based on Ubuntu). Like I do (almost) every month. This morning I noticed that I get alerts about these events: web\_log\_1m\_successful web\_log\_1m\_r… --- ## [Netdata updater saturating RAM and CPU](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/netdata-updater-saturating-ram-and-cpu/2635)
**Author:** [@FloDus](https://community.netdata.cloud/u/FloDus)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2022, 3:36pm UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/netdata-updater-saturating-ram-and-cpu/2635 "2022-03-31T15:36:12Z")
HI all, I have had an issue on my server which took me quite a long time to find. Since multiple month, I have a RAM/CPU usage issue on my OVH server every morning, starting at 6:30 am, Paris time. After a lot of sear… --- ## [i have problem when i update new code update](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/i-have-problem-when-i-update-new-code-update/2721)
**Author:** [@mayavadee\_it\_solutio](https://community.netdata.cloud/u/mayavadee_it_solutio)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2022, 1:38pm UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/i-have-problem-when-i-update-new-code-update/2721 "2022-03-31T13:38:01Z")
when i updated new code for update netdata agent by wget -O /tmp/netdata-kickstart.sh https://my-netdata.io/kickstart.sh && sh /tmp/netdata-kickstart.sh and this is error code below. — Using /tmp/netdata-kickstart-t5h… --- ## [claim fails with "ERROR: FAILED TO UPDATE NETDATA : You are running this script as user with uid 0. We recommend to run this script as root (user with uid 0)](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/claim-fails-with-error-failed-to-update-netdata-you-are-running-this-script-as-user-with-uid-0-we-recommend-to-run-this-script-as-root-user-with-uid-0/2703)
**Author:** [@dvh](https://community.netdata.cloud/u/dvh)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2022, 7:30pm UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/claim-fails-with-error-failed-to-update-netdata-you-are-running-this-script-as-user-with-uid-0-we-recommend-to-run-this-script-as-root-user-with-uid-0/2703 "2022-03-29T19:30:14Z")
Problem/Question I am very new to netdata, and I am having trouble “claiming” a new node into .cloud. the local agent works fine, and I can see the dashboard and such. I have created a working .cloud account. when I u… --- ## [Updated the agent, Cloud UI still says that they need to be updated](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/updated-the-agent-cloud-ui-still-says-that-they-need-to-be-updated/2598)
**Author:** [@Tudvari](https://community.netdata.cloud/u/Tudvari)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2022, 11:16am UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/updated-the-agent-cloud-ui-still-says-that-they-need-to-be-updated/2598 "2022-03-28T11:16:24Z")
Environment Debian 10 Problem/Question I’ve noticed the alert on the Cloud UI that I need to update a few nodes’ agents: So I clicked on the link and then looked up my install type: INSTALL\_TYPE='legacy-build' So …