https://www.netdata.cloud/tags/updates/Recent content in Updates on NetdataHugoen-usThu, 08 May 2025 12:39:22 +0300https://www.netdata.cloud/blog/split-plugin-packages/Wed, 15 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://www.netdata.cloud/blog/split-plugin-packages/<p>At Netdata, we’re committed to trying to make Netdata work as well as possible for our users. Sometimes though, that means changing things in ways that aren’t exactly seamless. Such a change is coming soon for users of our native DEB and RPM packages, and this blog post will explain what’s happening, why we’re doing it, and what it means for our users.</p> <!-- truncate --> <h2 id="whats-changing">What’s changing?</h2> <p>Starting shortly after the v1.39.0 release of the Netdata Agent, we will be splitting most of our external data collection plugins out to their own individual packages instead of bundling them all in the main <code>netdata</code> package. We already have this type of split for our CUPS and FreeIPMI plugins, and this new change will extend that to also provide separate packages for the following plugins:</p>