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**`kickstart.sh` is the recommended way of installing Netdata.**
This script works on all Linux distributions and macOS environments, by detecting the optimal method of installing Netdata directly to the operating system.
This script works on all Linux distributions, by detecting the optimal method of installing Netdata directly to the operating system.
## What does `kickstart.sh` do?
The `kickstart.sh` script does the following after being downloaded and run using `sh`:
- Determines what platform you’re running on.
- Checks for an existing installation, and if found updates that instead of creating a new installation.
- Attempts to install Netdata using our [official native binary packages](/packaging/installer/methods/packages.md).
- If there are no official native binary packages for your system (or installing that way failed), tries to install using a [static build of Netdata](/packaging/makeself/README.md) if one is available.
- If no static build is available, installs required dependencies and then attempts to install by building Netdata locally (by downloading the sources and building them directly).
- Installs `netdata-updater.sh` to `cron.daily`, so your Netdata installation will be updated with new nightly versions, unless you override that with an [optional parameter](#optional-parameters-to-alter-your-installation).
- Prints a message whether installation succeeded or failed for QA purposes.
## Installation
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### anonymous telemetry
By default, the Agent is sending anonymous telemetry data to help us take identify the most common operating systems and the configurations Netdata Agents run. We use this information to prioritize our efforts towards what is most commonly used by our community.
By default, the Agent is sending anonymous telemetry data to help us identify the most common operating systems and the configurations Netdata Agents run. We use this information to prioritize our efforts towards what is most commonly used by our community.
- `--disable-telemetry`
Disable anonymous statistics.
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```
If the script is valid, this command will return `OK, VALID`.
## What does `kickstart.sh` do?
The `kickstart.sh` script does the following after being downloaded and run using `sh`:
- Determines what platform you’re running on.
- Checks for an existing installation, and if found updates that instead of creating a new installation.
- Attempts to install Netdata using our [official native binary packages](/packaging/installer/methods/packages.md).
- If there are no official native binary packages for your system (or installing that way failed), tries to install using a [static build of Netdata](/packaging/makeself/README.md) if one is available.
- If no static build is available, installs required dependencies and then attempts to install by building Netdata locally (by downloading the sources and building them directly).
- Installs `netdata-updater.sh` to `cron.daily`, so your Netdata installation will be updated with new nightly versions, unless you override that with an [optional parameter](#optional-parameters-to-alter-your-installation).
- Prints a message whether installation succeeded or failed for QA purposes.
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