FULL LINUX MONITORING APP

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chriscambridge
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FULL LINUX MONITORING APP

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GLANCES:

Full Monitoring of:
  • CPU
  • GPU
  • HDD
  • NETWORK
  • MEMORY
  • SWAP SPACE
  • UPTIME
  • ETC
Glances is fully open source

Full installation guide here:

https://github.com/nicolargo/glances/bl ... README.rst

(At the end of the post is the steps I used to setup Glances on Mint and Ubuntu)

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This is with full lm-sensors and Nvidia information:

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This is without lm-sensors and Nvidia (full) information

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STEPS I USED TO INSTALL ON LINUX MINT AND UBUNTU

- INSTALL LM-SENSORS

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sudo apt install lm-sensors
- DETECT SENSORS

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sudo sensors-detect
- GET REQUIRED HEADERS

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sudo apt-get install python-dev
- INSTALL PYTHON SETUPTOOLS

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sudo apt-get install python-setuptools
- INSTALL PIP

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sudo apt update

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sudo apt install python-pip
- INSTALL PIP WHEEL

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pip install wheel
- INSTALL GLANCES

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curl -L https://bit.ly/glances | /bin/bash
MENU:

PRESS F FOR SENSORS VIEW
PRESS 2 FOR SIDE BAR
damienh
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Re: FULL LINUX MONITORING APP

Post by damienh »

Awesome, thanks Chris. I’ll check this out. I’m using the built in monitor plus nmon and psensor currently. I think you had mentioned nmon previously. It was the only way I could see CPU clock speeds.
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Re: FULL LINUX MONITORING APP

Post by damienh »

I’m always interested in better monitoring apps!
chriscambridge
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Re: FULL LINUX MONITORING APP

Post by chriscambridge »

Yeah no problem, if people say they find stuff useful then I'll keep posting, if not I'll just keep all these goodies to myself.

I have been using nmon (for cpu freq), nvidia-smi (for gpu info), and psensor (for cpu/gpu/hd utilisation and temps).

But I'm now moving all my systems back into a server rack (36U) so I want to keep a close eye on cpu/gpu temps and any possible throttling, and obviously doing that via a single application is much easier/better.

Also the option that glances offers of being able to monitor everything via a webpage or app looks excellent; not that I have actually tested any of these just yet.
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