Does Netdata consume a lot of resources?

No, it is designed to be very lightweight; it even suits entry-level VPS.

Do you need an external service?

No. Netdata runs entirely on your server. Netdata Cloud (free) is optional for aggregating several nodes.

Monitor your infrastructure.

Netdata

Free real-time monitoring — per-second metrics, zero configuration.

512 MB RAM 1 vCPU Port 19999 Available

Source code

Tech stack

Netdata Agent

Minimum RAM512 MB

Minimum CPU1 vCPU

Default port19999

Compatible OSubuntu-24.04

Netdata is the easiest open-source monitoring tool to deploy: a single command and you immediately get hundreds of metrics per second (CPU, RAM, disk, network, processes, Docker containers, databases…), with no configuration at all.

On your ServOrbit VPS, Netdata is ideal for monitoring your server's health in real time for free and receiving alerts before an incident affects your users. Lightweight, it consumes very few resources.

Key features

Per-second metrics (1 s resolution), not per-minute

Automatic detection of hundreds of services and containers

Ready-to-use interactive dashboards, no configuration

Built-in alerts (email, Slack, Telegram, Discord…)

Very low CPU/RAM footprint

Health monitoring and anomaly detection via machine learning

When to use this solution?

1

Server monitoring

View your VPS's CPU, RAM, disk and network live, by the second.

2

Docker monitoring

Automatically track containers (Coolify, n8n, databases…) with no configuration.

3

Proactive alerts

Get notified as soon as a metric crosses a threshold, before an outage.

Deploy Netdata on your VPS

Guide optimized for ServOrbit Cloud VPS.

01

Install Netdata

A single command: wget -O /tmp/netdata-kickstart.sh https://get.netdata.cloud/kickstart.sh && sh /tmp/netdata-kickstart.sh. The dashboard is available on port 19999.

02

Secure access

Place Netdata behind a reverse proxy (Caddy) with authentication, or restrict port 19999 with a firewall.

03

Configure alerts

Edit /etc/netdata/health_alarm_notify.conf to enable email, Slack or Telegram notifications.

Frequently asked questions

Yes, Netdata Open Source is entirely free and self-hosted on your VPS, with no metric limit.

Complementary solutions

Monitoring & Observability

Activate Netdata on your infrastructure.

Dedicated Cloud VPS — IPv4 included, European datacenter, support included. Your data never leaves your server.

Recommended configuration: 512 MB RAM · 1 vCPU