In this first part of a two-part blog series, you will learn about Ethereum Nodes, how to monitor a system that runs go-ethereum (Geth) with Netdata in under five minutes, and the "ins and outs" of monitoring go-ethereum. This series was created because we realize that running a node is no small feat as it requires increasingly more and more resources to store the state of the blockchain and quickly process new transactions. Disclaimer: Although we use Netdata, this guide is generic. We talk about metrics that can be surfaced by many other tools, such as Prometheus/Grafana or Datadog.

In this guide you'll learn: introduction to Ethereum Nodes, what is Netdata, how to monitor a system that runs go-ethereum (Geth), how to monitor go-ethereum (Geth)