sysdock 1.2.1

SysDock — Linux / EC2 monitoring agent with live terminal dashboard and Docker metrics

SysDock

Linux / EC2 monitoring agent with a live terminal dashboard, accurate Docker metrics, and a pip-installable CLI.

pip install sysdock
sysdock          # opens the live dashboard — like htop, but more

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Features

• 🖥 Live terminal dashboard — CPU per-core, RAM, disk, network, processes, Docker, security
• 🐳 Accurate Docker metrics — CPU %, memory, network I/O per container (matches docker stats)
• 📊 htop-accurate readings — CPU sampled at 1s interval; RAM uses htop's exact formula
• 🌐 HTTP metrics API — JSON snapshot + live SSE stream on one port
• 🔒 Security panel — Falco events, SSH failures, fail2ban status
• ⚡ Zero config — works on any Linux distro, Python 3.6+

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Install

# From PyPI
pip install sysdock

# With Docker SDK (richer container stats)
pip install "sysdock[docker]"

# With everything
pip install "sysdock[all]"

# From source
git clone https://github.com/Kavyvachhani/SysDock.git
cd SysDock
pip install -e .

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Quick Start

sysdock              # open live dashboard (default — no subcommand needed)
sysdock dash         # same as above
sysdock start        # start metrics HTTP server on :5010
sysdock status       # one-shot snapshot (rich table)
sysdock status --json               # raw JSON
sysdock status --section docker     # Docker only
sysdock check        # verify all dependencies

On EC2 — one-step install

sudo bash install.sh          # auto-installs Python, pip, sysdock + systemd service

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HTTP API

curl http://localhost:5010/health
curl http://localhost:5010/
curl -N http://localhost:5010/stream   # live SSE stream

Endpoint	Description
GET /	Full JSON snapshot — all metrics
GET /stream	Server-Sent Events — pushes every 5s
GET /health	{"status": "ok"}

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Metric Accuracy

Metric	Method
CPU %	1-second sampling (matches htop)
RAM used	total − free − buffers − cached (htop formula)
Docker CPU	(cpu_delta / sys_delta) × nCPUs × 100 (matches docker stats)
Docker memory	Subtracts inactive_file (cgroups v2) / cache (cgroups v1)

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CLI Reference

sysdock             → live dashboard (default)
sysdock dash        → live dashboard (with --refresh option)
sysdock start       → HTTP metrics server [--port 5010] [--host 0.0.0.0]
sysdock status      → snapshot [--section system|disk|processes|network|docker|security|all] [--json]
sysdock check       → dependency check
sysdock install     → systemd service (requires root)
sysdock uninstall   → remove service (requires root)
sysdock --version   → 1.1.0

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Project Structure

SysDock/
├── pyproject.toml              pip package config (entry point: sysdock)
├── setup.py                    legacy pip fallback
├── MANIFEST.in
├── install.sh                  one-step Linux installer
├── test_sysdock.py             self-test suite
├── SETUP_GUIDE.md              full setup + PyPI publishing guide
├── EC2_DEPLOY_GUIDE.md         EC2 transfer + test + deploy guide
└── infravision_agent/
    ├── cli.py                  sysdock CLI (auto-launches dashboard)
    ├── server.py               HTTP server on port 5010
    ├── collectors/
    │   ├── system.py           CPU / RAM / load / uptime
    │   ├── disk.py             partitions + I/O
    │   ├── processes.py        top processes
    │   ├── network.py          interfaces + connections
    │   ├── docker_collector.py container stats (SDK + CLI fallback)
    │   └── security.py         Falco / SSH / fail2ban
    └── display/
        └── dashboard.py        Rich live TUI dashboard

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Compatibility

Distro	Status
Ubuntu 20.04 / 22.04 / 24.04	✅
Debian 10 / 11 / 12	✅
Amazon Linux 2 / 2023	✅
CentOS 7 / Stream 8 / 9	✅
RHEL 7 / 8 / 9	✅
Alpine Linux	✅
Arch Linux	✅

Python 3.6 – 3.12. Requires Linux /proc filesystem.

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Security Note

When exposing the HTTP API, restrict port 5010 to your monitoring server only:

aws ec2 authorize-security-group-ingress \
  --group-id sg-xxxxxxxxxx \
  --protocol tcp --port 5010 \
  --cidr <monitoring-server-ip>/32

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License

MIT © 2026 Kavyvachhani