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diff --git a/docs/quickstart.rst b/docs/quickstart.rst index 1d4ec024..70b047a9 100644 --- a/docs/quickstart.rst +++ b/docs/quickstart.rst @@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ Quickstart ========== -This page gives a good introduction in how to get started with Glances. -Glances offers 3 modes: +This page gives a good introduction to how to get started with Glances. +Glances offers three modes: - Standalone - Client/Server @@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ Note: It will display one line per stat per refresh. Client/Server Mode ------------------ -If you want to remotely monitor a machine, called ``server``, from +If you want to remotely monitor a machine called ``server``, from another one, called ``client``, just run on the server: .. code-block:: console @@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ To start the central client, use the following option: .. note:: - Use ``--disable-autodiscover`` to disable the auto discovery mode. + Use ``--disable-autodiscover`` to disable the auto-discovery mode. When the list is displayed, you can navigate through the Glances servers with up/down keys. It is also possible to sort the server using: @@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ client, the latter will try to grab stats using the ``SNMP`` protocol: client$ glances -c @snmpserver .. note:: - Stats grabbed by SNMP request are limited and OS dependent. + Stats grabbed by SNMP request are limited and OS-dependent. A SNMP server should be installed and configured... @@ -152,14 +152,14 @@ Web Server Mode .. image:: _static/screenshot-web.png -If you want to remotely monitor a machine, called ``server``, from any +If you want to remotely monitor a machine called ``server``, from any device with a web browser, just run the server with the ``-w`` option: .. code-block:: console server$ glances -w -then on the client enter the following URL in your favorite web browser: +then, on the client, enter the following URL in your favorite web browser: :: @@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ then on the client enter the following URL in your favorite web browser: where ``@server`` is the IP address or hostname of the server. -To change the refresh rate of the page, just add the period in seconds +To change the refresh rate of the page, add the period in seconds at the end of the URL. For example, to refresh the page every ``10`` seconds: @@ -181,10 +181,10 @@ Here's a screenshot from Chrome on Android: .. image:: _static/screenshot-web2.png -How to protect your server (or Web server) with a login/password ? +How do you protect your server (or Web server) with a login/password ? ------------------------------------------------------------------ -You can set a password to access to the server using the ``--password``. +You can set a password to access the server using the ``--password``. By default, the login is ``glances`` but you can change it with ``--username``. @@ -192,8 +192,8 @@ If you want, the SHA password will be stored in ``<login>.pwd`` file (in the same folder where the Glances configuration file is stored, so ~/.config/glances/ on GNU Linux operating system). -Next time your run the server/client, password will not be asked. To set a -specific username you can use the -u <username> option. +Next time you run the server/client, password will not be asked. To set a +specific username, you can use the -u <username> option. It is also possible to set the default password in the Glances configuration file: |