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Netdata

Real-time infrastructure monitoring platform

Alternative to: grafana, prometheus, zabbix, datadog

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Netdata is an open-source, real-time infrastructure monitoring platform. Monitor, detect, and act across your entire infrastructure.

Netdata Docker Compose example

Self-host Netdata on your own server, homelab, or VPS starting from this Docker Compose example. It runs Netdata in Docker containers using the official netdata/netdata:stable image, with persistent volumes and automatic restarts preconfigured. Review the environment variables and adjust them to your setup, save the file as compose.yml (or docker-compose.yml), and start the stack with docker compose up -d.

services:
  netdata:
    image: netdata/netdata:stable
    pid: host
    network_mode: host
    restart: unless-stopped
    cap_add:
      - SYS_PTRACE
      - SYS_ADMIN
    security_opt:
      - apparmor:unconfined
    volumes:
      - netdataconfig:/etc/netdata
      - netdatalib:/var/lib/netdata
      - netdatacache:/var/cache/netdata
      - /:/host/root:ro,rslave
      - /etc/passwd:/host/etc/passwd:ro
      - /etc/group:/host/etc/group:ro
      - /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro
      - /proc:/host/proc:ro
      - /sys:/host/sys:ro
      - /etc/os-release:/host/etc/os-release:ro
      - /var/log:/host/var/log:ro
      - /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock:ro
      - /run/dbus:/run/dbus:ro

volumes:
  netdataconfig:
  netdatalib:
  netdatacache:

Prefer a managed setup? WinterFlow installs, configures, and updates Netdata for you using this same Docker Compose configuration.