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===============================
Glances - An eye on your system
===============================
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Summary
=======
**Glances** is a cross-platform monitoring tool which aims to present a
large amount of monitoring information through a curses or Web
based interface. The information dynamically adapts depending on the
size of the user interface.
.. image:: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nicolargo/glances/develop/docs/_static/glances-summary.png
It can also work in client/server mode. Remote monitoring could be done
via terminal, Web interface or API (XML-RPC and RESTful). Stats can also
be exported to files or external time/value databases.
.. image:: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nicolargo/glances/develop/docs/_static/glances-responsive-webdesign.png
Glances is written in Python and uses libraries to grab information from
your system. It is based on an open architecture where developers can
add new plugins or exports modules.
Requirements
============
- ``python>=3.4``
- ``psutil>=5.3.0`` (better with latest version)
- ``defusedxml`` (in order to monkey patch xmlrpc)
*Note for Python 2 users*
Glances version 4 or higher do not support Python 2.
Please uses Glances version 3 if you need Python 2 support.
Optional dependencies:
- ``batinfo`` (for battery monitoring)
- ``bernhard`` (for the Riemann export module)
- ``bottle`` (for Web server mode)
- ``cassandra-driver`` (for the Cassandra export module)
- ``chevron`` (for the action script feature)
- ``couchdb`` (for the CouchDB export module)
- ``docker`` (for the Docker monitoring support) [Linux/macOS-only]
- ``elasticsearch`` (for the Elastic Search export module)
- ``graphitesender`` (For the Graphite export module)
- ``hddtemp`` (for HDD temperature monitoring support) [Linux-only]
- ``influxdb`` (for the InfluxDB version 1 export module)
- ``influxdb-client`` (for the InfluxDB version 2 export module) [Only for Python >= 3.6]
- ``kafka-python`` (for the Kafka export module)
- ``netifaces`` (for the IP plugin)
- ``py3nvml`` (for the GPU plugin)
- ``pika`` (for the RabbitMQ/ActiveMQ export module)
- ``potsdb`` (for the OpenTSDB export module)
- ``prometheus_client`` (for the Prometheus export module)
- ``py-cpuinfo`` (for the Quicklook CPU info module)
- ``pygal`` (for the graph export module)
- ``pymdstat`` (for RAID support) [Linux-only]
- ``pysnmp`` (for SNMP support)
- ``pySMART.smartx`` (for HDD Smart support) [Linux-only]
- ``pyzmq`` (for the ZeroMQ export module)
- ``requests`` (for the Ports, Cloud plugins and RESTful export module)
- ``scandir`` (for the Folders plugin) [Only for Python 3.4]
- ``sparklines`` (for the Quick Plugin sparklines option)
- ``statsd`` (for the StatsD export module)
- ``wifi`` (for the wifi plugin) [Linux-only]
- ``zeroconf`` (for the autodiscover mode)
Installation
============
There are several methods to test/install Glances on your system. Choose your weapon!
PyPI: The standard way
----------------------
Glances is on ``PyPI``. By using PyPI, you will be using the latest
stable version.
To install Glances, simply use ``pip``:
.. code-block:: console
pip install --user glances
*Note*: Python headers are required to install `psutil`_, a Glances
dependency. For example, on Debian/Ubuntu you need to install first
the *python-dev* package (*python-devel* on Fedora/CentOS/RHEL).
For Windows, just install psutil from the binary installation file.
*Note 2 (for the Wifi plugin)*: If you want to use the Wifi plugin, you need
to install the *wireless-tools* package on your system.
By default, Glances is installed without the Web interface dependencies.
To install it, use the following command:
.. code-block:: console
pip install --user 'glances[web]'
For a full installation (with all features):
.. code-block:: console
pip install --user 'glances[action,browser,cloud,cpuinfo,docker,export,folders,gpu,graph,ip,raid,snmp,web,wifi]'
To upgrade Glances to the latest version:
.. code-block:: console
pip install --user --upgrade glances
The current develop branch is published to the test.pypi.org package index.
If you want to test the develop version (could be instable), enter:
.. code-block:: console
pip install --user -i https://test.pypi.org/simple/ Glances
Glances Auto Install script: the easy way
-----------------------------------------
To install both dependencies and the latest Glances production ready version
(aka *master* branch), just enter the following command line:
.. code-block:: console
curl -L https://bit.ly/glances | /bin/bash
or
.. code-block:: console
wget -O- https://bit.ly/glances | /bin/bash
*Note*: This is only supported on some GNU/Linux distributions and Mac OS X.
If you want to support other distributions, please contribute to `glancesautoinstall`_.
Docker: the fun way
-------------------
Glances containers are availables. You can use it to monitor your
server and all your other containers!
Get the Glances container:
.. code-block:: console
docker pull nicolargo/glances:alpine-latest-full
The following tags are availables:
- *alpine-latest-full* for a full Alpine Glances image (latest release) with all dependencies
- *latest-full* for a full Debian Glances image (latest release) with all dependencies
- *alpine-latest* for a basic Alpine Glances (latest release) version with minimal dependencies
- *latest* for a basic Debian Glances image (latest release) with minimal dependencies
- *alpine-dev* for a basic Alpine Glances image (development branch) with all dependencies
- *dev* for a basic Debian Glances image (development branch) with all dependencies
You can also specify a version (example: *alpine-3.2.7-full*).
Run last version of Glances container in *console mode*:
.. code-block:: console
docker run --rm -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock:ro --pid host --network host -it nicolargo/glances:latest-full
Additionally, if you want to use your own glances.conf file, you can
create your own Dockerfile:
.. code-block:: console
FROM nicolargo/glances:latest
COPY glances.conf /etc/glances.conf
CMD python -m glances -C /etc/glances.conf $GLANCES_OPT
Alternatively, you can specify something along the same lines with
docker run options (notice the `GLANCES_OPT` environment
variable setting parameters for the glances startup command):
.. code-block:: console
docker run -v `pwd`/glances.conf:/etc/glances.conf -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock:ro --pid host -e GLANCES_OPT="-C /etc/glances.conf" -it nicolargo/glances:latest-full
Where \`pwd\`/glances.conf is a local directory containing your glances.conf file.
Run the container in *Web server mode*:
.. code-block:: console
docker run -d --restart="always" -p 61208-61209:61208-61209 -e GLANCES_OPT="-w" -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock:ro --pid host nicolargo/glances:latest-full
GNU/Linux
---------
`Glances` is available on many Linux distributions, so you should be
able to install it using your favorite package manager. Be aware that
when you use this method the operating system `package`_ for `Glances`
may not be the latest version.
Note: The Debian package (and all other Debian-based distributions) do
not include anymore the JS statics files used by the Web interface
(see ``issue2021``). If you want to add it to your Glances installation,
follow the instructions: ``issue2021comment``.
FreeBSD
-------
To install the binary package:
.. code-block:: console
# pkg install py38-glances
To install Glances from ports:
.. code-block:: console
# cd /usr/ports/sysutils/py-glances/
# make install clean
macOS
-----
If you do not want to use the glancesautoinstall script, follow this procedure.
macOS users can install Glances using ``Homebrew`` or ``MacPorts``.
Homebrew
````````
.. code-block:: console
$ brew install glances
MacPorts
````````
.. code-block:: console
$ sudo port install glances
Windows
-------
Install `Python`_ for Windows (Python 3.4+ ship with pip) and
then run the following command:
.. code-block:: console
$ pip install glances
Android
-------
You need a rooted device and the `Termux`_ application (available on the
Google Play Store).
Start Termux on your device and enter:
.. code-block:: console
$ apt update
$ apt upgrade
$ apt install clang python
$ pip install bottle
$ pip install glances
And start Glances:
.. code-block:: console
$ glances
You can also run Glances in server mode (-s or -w) in order to remotely
monitor your Android device.
Source
------
To install Glances from source:
.. code-block:: console
$ wget https://github.com/nicolargo/glances/archive/vX.Y.tar.gz -O - | tar xz
$ cd glances-*
# python setup.py install
*Note*: Python headers are required to install psutil.
Chef
----
An awesome ``Chef`` cookbook is available to monitor your infrastructure:
https://supermarket.chef.io/cookbooks/glances (thanks to Antoine Rouyer)
Puppet
------
You can install Glances using ``Puppet``: https://github.com/rverchere/puppet-glances
Ansible
-------
A Glances ``Ansible`` role is available: https://galaxy.ansible.com/zaxos/glances-ansible-role/
Usage
=====
For the standalone mode, just run:
.. code-block:: console
$ glances
For the Web server mode, run:
.. code-block:: console
$ glances -w
and enter the URL ``http://<ip>:61208`` in your favorite web browser.
For the client/server mode, run:
.. code-block:: console
$ glances -s
on the server side and run:
.. code-block:: console
$ 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:
.. code-block:: console
$ glances --browser
You can also display raw stats on stdout:
.. code-block:: console
$ glances --stdout cpu.user,mem.used,load
cpu.user: 30.7
mem.used: 3278204928
load: {'cpucore': 4, 'min1': 0.21, 'min5': 0.4, 'min15': 0.27}
cpu.user: 3.4
mem.used: 3275251712
load: {'cpucore': 4, 'min1': 0.19, 'min5': 0.39, 'min15': 0.27}
...
or in a CSV format thanks to the stdout-csv option:
.. code-block:: console
$ glances --stdout-csv now,cpu.user,mem.used,load
now,cpu.user,mem.used,load.cpucore,load.min1,load.min5,load.min15
2018-12-08 22:04:20 CEST,7.3,5948149760,4,1.04,0.99,1.04
2018-12-08 22:04:23 CEST,5.4,5949136896,4,1.04,0.99,1.04
...
or in a JSON format thanks to the stdout-json option (attribute not supported in this mode in order to have a real JSON object in output):
.. code-block:: console
$ glances --stdout-json cpu,mem
cpu: {"total": 29.0, "user": 24.7, "nice": 0.0, "system": 3.8, "idle": 71.4, "iowait": 0.0, "irq": 0.0, "softirq": 0.0, "steal": 0.0, "guest": 0.0, "guest_nice": 0.0, "time_since_update": 1, "cpucore": 4, "ctx_switches": 0, "interrupts": 0, "soft_interrupts": 0, "syscalls": 0}
mem: {"total": 7837949952, "available": 2919079936, "percent": 62.8, "used": 4918870016, "free": 2919079936, "active": 2841214976, "inactive": 3340550144, "buffers": 546799616, "cached": 3068141568, "shared": 788156416}
...
and RTFM, always.
Documentation
=============
For complete documentation have a look at the readthedocs_ website.
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, ``JSON`` file, ``InfluxDB``, ``Cassandra``, ``CouchDB``,
``OpenTSDB``, ``Prometheus``, ``StatsD``, ``ElasticSearch``, ``RabbitMQ/ActiveMQ``,
``ZeroMQ``, ``Kafka``, ``Riemann``, ``Graphite`` and ``RESTful`` 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 developers:
.. image:: https://badges.gitter.im/Join%20Chat.svg
:target: https://gitter.im/nicolargo/glances?utm_source=badge&utm_medium=badge&utm_campaign=pr-badge&utm_content=badge
Donation
========
If you like this open-source project, you can become a sponsor.
See the Github sponsors_ page (one-time or monthly tier available).
Or send me some bitcoins: 185KN9FCix3svJYp7JQM7hRMfSKyeaJR4X
Author
======
Nicolas Hennion (@nicolargo) <nicolas@nicolargo.com>
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:target: https://twitter.com/nicolargo
License
=======
Glances is distributed under the LGPL version 3 license. See ``COPYING`` for more details.
.. _psutil: https://github.com/giampaolo/psutil
.. _glancesautoinstall: https://github.com/nicolargo/glancesautoinstall
.. _Python: https://www.python.org/getit/
.. _Termux: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.termux
.. _readthedocs: https://glances.readthedocs.io/
.. _forum: https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en#!forum/glances-users
.. _wiki: https://github.com/nicolargo/glances/wiki/How-to-contribute-to-Glances-%3F
.. _package: https://repology.org/metapackage/glances/packages
.. _sponsors: https://github.com/sponsors/nicolargo
.. _issue2021: https://github.com/nicolargo/glances/issues/2021#issuecomment-1197831157
.. _issue2021comment: https://github.com/nicolargo/glances/issues/2021#issuecomment-1197831157
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