A cross-platform curses-based monitoring tool
Project description
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Glances is a cross-platform curses-based system monitoring tool written in Python.
It uses the psutil library to get information from your system.
Requirements
python >= 2.6 (tested with version 2.6, 2.7, 3.3, 3.4)
psutil >= 2.0.0
setuptools
Optionals dependencies:
bottle (for Web server mode)
py3sensors (for hardware monitoring support) [Linux-only]
hddtemp (for HDD temperature monitoring support) [Linux-only]
batinfo (for battery monitoring support) [Linux-only]
pymdstat (for RAID support) [Linux-only]
pysnmp (for SNMP support)
zeroconf and netifaces (for the auto discoverer mode)
influxdb (for the InfluxDB export module)
statsd (for the StatsD export module)
pystache (for the action script feature)
docker-py (for the Docker monitoring support) [Linux-only]
Installation
Glances Auto Install script
To install both dependencies and latest Glances production ready version (aka master branch), just enter the following command line:
curl -L http://bit.ly/glances | /bin/bash
or
wget -O- http://bit.ly/glances | /bin/bash
Note: Only supported on some GNU/Linux distributions. If you want to support other distributions, please contribute to glancesautoinstall.
PyPI: The simple way
Glances is on PyPI. By using PyPI, you are sure to have the latest stable version.
To install, simply use pip:
pip install Glances
Note: Python headers are required to install psutil. For example, on Debian/Ubuntu you need to install first the python-dev package.
Note 2: You can also install the following libs in order to use optionnal features:
pip install bottle batinfo https://bitbucket.org/gleb_zhulik/py3sensors/get/tip.tar.gz zeroconf netifaces pymdstat influxdb statsd pystache
To upgrade Glances to the latest version:
pip install --upgrade Glances
If you need to install Glances in a specific user location, use:
export PYTHONUSERBASE=~/mylocalpath
pip install --user Glances
GNU/Linux
At the moment, packages exist for the following GNU/Linux distributions:
Arch Linux
Debian (Testing/Sid)
Fedora/CentOS/RHEL
Gentoo
Slackware (SlackBuild)
Ubuntu (13.04+)
Void Linux
So you should be able to install it using your favorite package manager.
FreeBSD
To install the binary package:
# pkg install py27-glances
To install Glances from ports:
# cd /usr/ports/sysutils/py-glances/
# make install clean
OS X
OS X users can install Glances using Homebrew or MacPorts.
Homebrew
$ brew install python
$ pip install Glances
MacPorts
$ sudo port install glances
Windows
Install Python for Windows: http://www.python.org/getit/
Install the psutil library: https://pypi.python.org/pypi?:action=display&name=psutil#downloads
Install the colorconsole library: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/colorconsole
Install Glances Download Glances from here: http://nicolargo.github.io/glances/
Source
To install Glances from source:
$ curl -L https://github.com/nicolargo/glances/archive/vX.Y.tar.gz -o glances-X.Y.tar.gz
$ tar -zxvf glances-*.tar.gz
$ cd glances-*
# python setup.py install
Note: Python headers are required to install psutil. For example, on Debian/Ubuntu you need to install first the python-dev package.
Puppet
You can install Glances using Puppet: https://github.com/rverchere/puppet-glances
Usage
For the standalone mode, just run:
$ glances
For the Web server mode, run:
$ glances -w
and enter the URL http://<ip>:61208 in your favorite web browser.
For the client/server mode, run:
$ glances -s
on the server side and run:
$ glances -c <ip>
on the client one.
You can also detect and display all Glances servers available on your network or defined in the configuration file:
$ glances --browser
and RTFM, always.
Documentation
For complete documentation see glances-doc.
If you have any question (after RTFM!), please post it on the official Q&A forum.
Gateway to other services
Glances can export stats to: CSV file, InfluxDB and StatsD server.
How to contribute ?
If you want to contribute to the Glances project, read this Wiki page.
There is also a chat dedicated to the Glances’ developpers:
License
LGPL. See COPYING for more details.
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