Install Error | Netdata | Page 1

hidden olive Oct 27, 2023, 11:33 PM

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I'm trying to install on my Windows 11 system but always getting this error using both curl and wget, I've also followed the steps

wget -O /tmp/netdata-kickstart.sh https://my-netdata.io/kickstart.sh && sh /tmp/netdata-kickstart.sh --nightly-channel --claim-token [TOKEN] --claim-rooms [ROOM] --claim-url https://app.netdata.cloud

At line:1 char:69
+ ... s://my-netdata.io/kickstart.sh > /tmp/netdata-kickstart.sh && sh /tmp ...
+                                                                ~~
The token '&&' is not a valid statement separator in this version.
    + CategoryInfo          : ParserError: (:) [], ParentContainsErrorRecordException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvalidEndOfLine

junior vale Oct 27, 2023, 11:38 PM

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You can't run Linux Bash scripts on Windows nor does Windows understand &&

hidden olive Oct 27, 2023, 11:43 PM

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Then why is it in the install guide for Windows?

nova sierra Oct 28, 2023, 8:08 PM

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since when does netdata itself run on windows?

wheat loom Oct 28, 2023, 8:10 PM

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hidden olive Then why is it in the install guide for Windows?

Which install guide?

hidden olive Oct 28, 2023, 8:11 PM

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nova sierra Oct 28, 2023, 8:11 PM

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netdata requires a posix system to run on. what you can install on windows are collectors and expose those to netdata running on linux

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I'm assuming because WSL might be a bit finnicky

wheat loom Oct 28, 2023, 8:14 PM

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nm, I see the idea is that a Prometheus exporter runs on the WIndows host and a DIFFERENT machine running netdata scrapes that prometheus data

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for some reason I recall people running the agent in a a WSL container

nova sierra Oct 28, 2023, 8:15 PM

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it'd probably work

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my guess is, it's a lot easier to just say "look, we don't have a windows build, just put the agent on a linux machine"

wheat loom Oct 28, 2023, 8:16 PM

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yeah, I agree. The instructions for the "add node" really do suck though 😛

nova sierra Oct 28, 2023, 8:16 PM

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than to say "oh windows, sure...just get wsl2, docker and go through hoops to maybe get it working"

wheat loom Oct 28, 2023, 8:16 PM

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yah, totally

nova sierra Oct 28, 2023, 8:18 PM

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would that even work for win server?

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surely there's no wsl for server, no?

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so you'd have to go hyperv and run the agent in a vm

wheat loom Oct 28, 2023, 8:18 PM

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i have no idea tbh. containers are supported on some versions with Hyper-V so it's possible. I havent tried it though

nova sierra Oct 28, 2023, 8:19 PM

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that'd be equivalent to "just run the agent on a linux machine"

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oh hyperv can container

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I didn't know that

wheat loom Oct 28, 2023, 8:19 PM

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yeah, think it was 2019 that brought it in

nova sierra Oct 28, 2023, 8:19 PM

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that's something

wheat loom Oct 28, 2023, 8:20 PM

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i use WSL etc heavily on Windows 11 (linux on server-side) and tbh I doubt anyone would want to deploy WSL on server (if they were sane, that is)

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(having administered Hyper-V infrastructure in my previous incarnation)

nova sierra Oct 28, 2023, 8:23 PM

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yea, neither would I, then again nor would I use windows, let alone win server xd

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