> A “Parent” is a Netdata Agent, like the ones we install on all our systems, but is configured as a central node that receives, stores and processes metrics data from other Netdata “Child” nodes in our infrastructure...
Just to mention there is this doc too that also tries to explain various deployment strategies
e.g. stand alone: https://learn.netdata.cloud/docs/architecture/deployment-str...
https://learn.netdata.cloud/docs/architecture/deployment-str...
and just dont have to claim the nodes to Netdata Cloud if you don't want to.