Need a quick way to monitor your system’s health? Whether you're a developer, system admin, or DevOps engineer, Netdata gives you instant access to performance metrics — with just one Docker command.

In this post, I'll show you how to set up Netdata in seconds and use it to monitor CPU, memory, disk, and even Docker containers — all from a beautiful web UI.

🚀 Step 1: Run Netdata via Docker

Open your terminal and run the following command:

docker run -d --name=netdata -p 19999:19999 netdata/netdata

This command pulls the official Netdata image, runs it in the background, and binds port 19999.

🌐 Step 2: Access the Dashboard

Once the container is running, visit:

http://localhost:19999

You’ll instantly see real-time charts of your system’s health — including CPU, memory, disk I/O, network traffic, and more.

🔍 What You Can Monitor

Netdata auto-detects a wide range of system resources:

Metric	Description
CPU Usage	Per-core and total CPU performance
Memory	RAM usage, swap usage, caches
Disk I/O	Reads/writes, latency, space usage
Network	Bandwidth, errors, dropped packets
Docker	Running containers, resource usage
Processes	Top processes by CPU or memory usage

📊 Explore Charts and Alerts

Netdata features:

⚠️ Built-in alerts with thresholds
📈 Interactive time-series graphs
📊 Custom dashboards for deeper insight

You can also explore logs and metrics directly from /var/log/netdata inside the container.

🛑 To Stop the Container

When you're done monitoring, stop the container using:

docker stop netdata
docker rm netdata

✅ Summary

Netdata gives you powerful system monitoring out of the box — no config, no database, no stress. Just run a container, open your browser, and you’re monitoring your system in real time.

Monitor Your System in Seconds with Netdata and Docker