A cross-platform curses-based monitoring tool
Project description
Glances - An eye on your system
Glances is a cross-platform curses-based 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, 3.2, 3.3)
psutil >= 0.4.1 (recommended version >= 0.6)
jinja (optional for HTML output)
pysensors (optional for HW monitoring support) [Linux-only]
hddtemp (optional for HDD temperature monitoring support)
batinfo (optional for battery monitoring support) [Linux-only]
setuptools
Installation
PyPI: The simple way
Glances is on PyPI. To install, simply use pip:
pip install GlancesNote:
On Debian/Ubuntu, you need to install first the python-dev package.
On CentOS/Fedora, you need to install first the python-devel package (from the EPEL repository).
To upgrade Glances to the latest version:
pip install --upgrade GlancesLinux
Actually, packages exist for Arch Linux, Fedora / CentOS / RHEL, Debian (Sid/Testing) and Ubuntu (13.04+), so you should be able to install it using your favorite package manager.
FreeBSD
To install the precompiled binary package:
# pkg_add -r py27-glancesTo install Glances from ports:
# cd /usr/ports/sysutils/py-glances/
# make install cleanOS X
OS X users can also install Glances using Homebrew or MacPorts.
Homebrew
$ brew install brew-pip
$ export PYTHONPATH=$(brew --prefix)/lib/python2.7/site-packages
$ brew pip GlancesIf you get the following error:
Error: Failed executing: pip install glances==X.X --install-option=--prefix=/usr/local/XXX/glances/X.X (.rb:)Try to run:
$ pip install glances==X.X --install-option=--prefix=/usr/local/XXX/glances/X.X
$ brew link GlancesMacPorts
$ sudo port install glancesWindows
Windows only support Glances in server mode. Glances will automatically run in server mode on it.
Thanks to Nicolas Bourges, Glances can be easily installed using a Windows installer:
glances-1.6.1-x86.exe (32-bit, md5sum: 13d5be664599f80152f8f1ae47400576)
glances-1.6.1-x64.exe (64-bit, md5sum: a347ec5097d6d4d5039c7233872757a8)
Otherwise, you have to follow these steps:
Install Python for Windows: http://www.python.org/getit/
Install the psutil library: https://code.google.com/p/psutil/downloads/list
Download Glances from here: http://nicolargo.github.io/glances/
Source
To install Glances from source:
$ curl -L https://github.com/nicolargo/glances/archive/vX.X.tar.gz -o glances-X.X.tar.gz
$ tar -zxvf glances-*.tar.gz
$ cd glances-*
# python setup.py installNote:
On Debian/Ubuntu, you need to install first the python-dev package.
On CentOS/Fedora, you need to install first the python-devel package (from the EPEL repository).
Puppet
You can install Glances using Puppet: https://github.com/rverchere/puppet-glances
Usage
Just run:
$ glancesDocumentation
For complete documentation see glances-doc.
License
LGPL. See COPYING for more details.
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