{"id":11156,"date":"2019-03-09T22:42:07","date_gmt":"2019-03-09T22:42:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/?p=11156"},"modified":"2019-03-09T22:42:07","modified_gmt":"2019-03-09T22:42:07","slug":"13-linux-performance-monitoring-tools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/index.php\/2019\/03\/09\/13-linux-performance-monitoring-tools\/","title":{"rendered":"13 Linux Performance Monitoring Tools"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you\u2019re working as a Linux\/Unix system administrator, sure you know that you must have useful monitoring tools to monitor your computers & systems, monitoring tools are very important in the job of a system administrator or a server webmaster, it\u2019s the best way to keep an eye on what\u2019s going on inside your system.<\/p>\n

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\"Linux<\/a><\/p>\n

13 Linux Performance Monitoring<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Today we\u2019re going to talk about another\u00a013 Linux monitoring tool<\/strong>\u00a0that you may use to do the job.<\/p>\n

21. Glances \u2013 Real Time System Monitoring<\/h4>\n

Glances<\/b>\u00a0is a monitoring tool built to present as much information as possible in any terminal size, it automatically takes the terminal window size it runs on, in other words, it\u2019s a responsive monitoring tool.<\/p>\n

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\"Real<\/a><\/p>\n

Glances<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Features<\/h5>\n
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  1. Licensed under LGPL and written in Python.<\/li>\n
  2. Cross-platform, it works on Windows, Mac, BSD and Linux.<\/li>\n
  3. Available in most Linux official repositories.<\/li>\n
  4. A It gives a lot of information about your system.<\/li>\n
  5. Built using curses.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Read More<\/b>:\u00a0Install Glances on RHEL\/CentOS\/Fedora and Ubuntu\/Debian<\/a><\/p>\n

    22. Sarg \u2013 Squid Bandwidth Monitoring<\/h4>\n

    Sarg<\/b>\u00a0(Squid Analysis Report Generator) is a free & open-source tool which act as a monitoring tool for your Squid proxy server, it creates reports about your Squid proxy server users, IP addresses, the sites they visit beside some other information.<\/p>\n

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    \"Monitor<\/a><\/p>\n

    Sarg Monitors Squid Logs<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

    Features of Sarg<\/h5>\n
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    1. Licensed under GPL 2 and available in many languages.<\/li>\n
    2. Works under Linux & FreeBSD.<\/li>\n
    3. Generates report in HTML format.<\/li>\n
    4. Very easy to install & use.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Read More<\/b>:\u00a0Install Sarg \u201cSquid Bandwidth Monitoring\u201d Tool in Linux<\/a><\/p>\n

      23. Apache Status Monitoring<\/h4>\n

      Apache<\/b>\u00a0Module\u00a0mod_status<\/b>\u00a0is an Apache server module that allows you to monitor the workers status of the Apache server. It generates a report in an easy to read HTML format. It shows you the status of all the workers, how much CPU each one using, and what requests are currently handled and number of working and not working workers.<\/p>\n

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      \"Apache<\/a><\/p>\n

      Apache Status Monitoring<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

      Read More<\/b>:\u00a0Apache Web Server Load and Page Statistics Monitoring<\/a><\/p>\n

      24. Monit \u2013 Linux Process and Services Monitoring<\/h4>\n

      Monit<\/b>\u00a0is a nice program that monitors your Linux & Unix server, it can monitor everything you have on your server, from the main server (Apache, Nginx..) to files permissions, files hashes and web services. Plus a lot of things.<\/p>\n

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      \"Linux<\/a><\/p>\n

      Monit: Linux Process Monitoring<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

      Features of Monit<\/h5>\n
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      1. Free & open-source, released under AGPL and written in C.<\/li>\n
      2. It can be started from the command line interface or via its special web interface.<\/li>\n
      3. Very effective in monitoring all the software on your system and services.<\/li>\n
      4. A nice web interface with beautiful charts for CPU and RAM usage.<\/li>\n
      5. Monit can automatically take actions in emergency situations.<\/li>\n
      6. A lot more..<\/li>\n
      7. <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        Read More<\/b>:\u00a0Install Monit Tool in RHEL\/CentOS\/Fedora and Ubuntu\/Debian<\/a><\/p>\n

        25. Sysstat \u2013 All-in-One System Performance Monitoring<\/h4>\n

        Another monitoring tool for your Linux system.\u00a0Sysstat<\/b>\u00a0is not a real command in fact, it\u2019s just the name of the project, Sysstat in fact is a package that includes many performance monitoring tools like iostat, sadf, pidstat beside many other tools which shows you many statistics about your Linux OS.<\/p>\n

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        \"Sysstat<\/a><\/p>\n

        Sysstat: Linux Statistics Monitoring<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

        Features of Sysstat<\/h5>\n
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        1. Available in many Linux distributions repositories by default.<\/li>\n
        2. Ability to create statistics about RAM, CPU, SWAP usage. Beside the ability to monitor Linux kernel activity, NFS server, Sockets, TTY and filesystems.<\/li>\n
        3. Ability to monitor input & output statistics for devices, tasks.. etc.<\/li>\n
        4. Ability to output reports about network interfaces and devices, with support for IPv6.<\/li>\n
        5. Sysstat can show you the power statistics (usage, devices, the fans speed.. etc) as well.<\/li>\n
        6. Many other features..<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          Read More<\/b>:\u00a0Install Sysstat in Linux<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a020 Useful Commands of Sysstat<\/a><\/p>\n

          26. Icinga \u2013 Next Generation Server Monitoring<\/h4>\n

          Unlike the other tools,\u00a0Icinga<\/b>\u00a0is a network monitoring program, it shows you many options and information about your network connections, devices and processes, it\u2019s a very good choice for those who are looking for a good tool to monitor their networking stuffs.<\/p>\n

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          \"Icinga<\/a><\/p>\n

          Icinga Monitoring Tool<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

          Features of Icinga<\/h5>\n
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          1. Icinga is also free and open-source.<\/li>\n
          2. Very functional in monitoring everything you may have in networking.<\/li>\n
          3. Support for MySQL and PostgreSQL is included.<\/li>\n
          4. Real-time monitoring with A nice web interface.<\/li>\n
          5. Very expendable with modules and extensions.<\/li>\n
          6. Icinga supports applying services and actions to hosts.<\/li>\n
          7. A lot more to discover..<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

            Read More<\/b>:\u00a0Install Icinga in RHEL\/CentOS 7\/6<\/a><\/p>\n

            27. Observium \u2013 Network Management and Monitoring<\/h4>\n

            Observium<\/b>\u00a0is also a network monitoring tool, it was designed to help you manage your network of servers easily, there are 2 versions from it; Community Edition which is free & open-source and Commercial version which costs \u00a3150\/year.<\/p>\n

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            \"Linux<\/a><\/p>\n

            Observium: Linux Network Monitoring<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

            Features of Observium<\/h5>\n
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            1. Written in PHP with MySQL database support.<\/li>\n
            2. Has a nice web interface to output information and data.<\/li>\n
            3. Ability to manage and monitor hundreds of hosts worldwide.<\/li>\n
            4. The community version from it is licensed under QPL license.<\/li>\n
            5. Works on Windows, Linux, FreeBSD and more.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

              Read More<\/b>:\u00a0Observium \u2013 Network Management and Monitoring Tool for RHEL\/CentOS<\/a><\/p>\n

              28. Web VMStat \u2013 System Statistics Monitoring<\/h4>\n

              Web VMStat<\/b>\u00a0is a very simple web application programmer, that provides a real time system information usage, from CPU to RAM, Swap and input\/output information in html format.<\/p>\n

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              \"Web<\/a><\/p>\n

              Web VMStat Tool for Linux<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

              Read More<\/b>:\u00a0Web VMStat: A Real Time System Statistics Tool for Linux<\/a><\/p>\n

              29. PHP Server Monitoring<\/h4>\n

              Unlike the other tools on this list,\u00a0PHP Server Monitoring<\/b>\u00a0is a web script written in PHP that helps you to manage you websites and hosts easily, it supports MySQL database and is released under GPL 3 or later.<\/p>\n

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              \"PHP<\/a><\/p>\n

              PHP Server Monitor<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

              Features<\/h5>\n
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              1. A nice web interface.<\/li>\n
              2. Ability to send notifications to you via Email & SMS.<\/li>\n
              3. Ability to view the most important information about CPU and RAM.<\/li>\n
              4. A very modern logging system to log connection errors and emails that are sent.<\/li>\n
              5. Support for cronjob services to help you monitor your servers and websites automatically.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                Read More<\/b>:\u00a0Install PHP Server Monitoring Tool in Arch Linux<\/a><\/p>\n

                30. Linux Dash \u2013 Linux Server Performance Monitoring<\/h4>\n

                From its name, \u201cLinux Dash<\/b>\u201d is a web dashboard that shows you the most important information about your Linux systems such as RAM, CPU, file-system, running processes, users, bandwidth usage in real time, it has a nice GUI and it\u2019s free & open-source.<\/p>\n

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                \"Linux<\/a><\/p>\n

                Linux Dash Tool<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

                Read More<\/b>:\u00a0Install Linux Dash (Linux Performance Monitoring) Tool in Linux<\/a><\/p>\n

                31. Cacti \u2013 Network and System Monitoring<\/h4>\n

                Cacti<\/b>\u00a0is nothing more than a free & open-source web interface for RRDtool, it is used often to monitor the bandwidth using SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol), it can be used also to monitor CPU usage.<\/p>\n

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                \"Cacti<\/a><\/p>\n

                Cacti Network Monitoring<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

                Features of Cacti<\/h5>\n
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                1. Free & open-source, released under GPL license.<\/li>\n
                2. Written in PHP with PL\/SQL.<\/li>\n
                3. A cross-platform tool, it works on Windows and Linux.<\/li>\n
                4. User management; you may create different users accounts for Cacti.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                  Read More<\/b>:\u00a0Install Cacti Network and System Monitoring Tool in Linux<\/a><\/p>\n

                  32. Munin \u2013 Network Monitoring<\/h4>\n

                  Munin<\/b>\u00a0is also a web interface GUI for RRDtool, it was written in Perl and licensed under GPL, Munin is a good tool to monitor systems, networks, applications and services. It works on all Unix-like operating systems and has a nice plugin system; there are 500 different plugin available to monitor anything you want on your machine. A notifications system is available to send messages to the administrator when there\u2019s an error or when the error is resolved.<\/p>\n

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                  \"Munin<\/a><\/p>\n

                  Munin Network Monitoring<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

                  Read More<\/b>:\u00a0Install Munin Network Monitoring Tool in Linux<\/a><\/p>\n

                  33. Wireshark \u2013 Network Protocol Analyzer<\/h4>\n

                  Also, unlike all the other tools on our list,\u00a0Wireshark<\/b>\u00a0is an analyzer desktop program which is used to analyze network packets and to monitor network connections. It\u2019s written in C with the GTK+ library and released under the GPL license.<\/p>\n

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                  \"Wireshark<\/a><\/p>\n

                  Wireshark Network Analyzer<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

                  Features<\/h5>\n
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                  1. Cross-platform: it works on Linux, BSD , Mac OS X and Windows.<\/li>\n
                  2. Command line support: there\u2019s a command line based version from Wireshark to analyze data.<\/li>\n
                  3. Ability to capture VoIP calls, USB traffic, network data easily to analyze it.<\/li>\n
                  4. Available in most Linux distributions repositories.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                    Read More<\/b>:\u00a0Install Wireshark \u2013 Network Protocol Analyzer Tool in Linux<\/a><\/p>\n

                    These were the most important tools to monitor your Linux\/Unix machines, of course there are many other tools, but these are the most famous.<\/p>\n

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