CentOS/RHEL/Ubuntu: How To Install Glances Monitor

I want to install glances monitor tool on my centos or RHEL system to monitor CPU usage, Memory usage, network state，etc. How Do I install Glances Monitor tools under centos or RHEL operating system? How to use glances monitor tool to monitor system performance?

You need to use “yum install＂command to install glances monitor on centos/rhel system. using “apt-get install” command to install it on ubuntu system.

CentOS/RHEL install glances monitor tool

To install glances monitor tool on your centos or rhel system by running the following command,type:

yum install glances

outputs:

yum install glances

Loaded plugins: product-id, protectbase, rhnplugin

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rhel-x86_64-server-6                                 | 1.5 kB     00:00

rhel-x86_64-server-optional-6                        | 1.5 kB     00:00

0 packages excluded due to repository protections

Setting up Install Process

Resolving Dependencies

--> Running transaction check

---> Package glances.noarch 0:1.7.1-1.el6 will be installed

--> Processing Dependency: python-psutil >= 0.4.1 for package: glances-1.7.1-1.el6.noarch

--> Processing Dependency: python-setuptools for package: glances-1.7.1-1.el6.noarch

--> Running transaction check

---> Package python-psutil.x86_64 0:0.6.1-1.el6 will be installed

---> Package python-setuptools.noarch 0:0.6.10-3.el6 will be installed

--> Finished Dependency Resolution
Dependencies Resolved
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 Package             Arch     Version          Repository              Size

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Installing:

 glances             noarch   1.7.1-1.el6      epel                   107 k

Installing for dependencies:

 python-psutil       x86_64   0.6.1-1.el6      epel                    84 k

 python-setuptools   noarch   0.6.10-3.el6     rhel-x86_64-server-6   336 k
Transaction Summary

============================================================================

Install       3 Package(s)
Total download size: 527 k

Installed size: 843 k

Is this ok [y/N]: y

Downloading Packages:

(1/3): glances-1.7.1-1.el6.noarch.rpm                | 107 kB     00:00

(2/3): python-psutil-0.6.1-1.el6.x86_64.rpm          |  84 kB     00:00

(3/3): python-setuptools-0.6.10-3.el6.noarch.rpm     | 336 kB     00:00

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Total                                       1.8 MB/s | 527 kB     00:00

Running rpm_check_debug

Running Transaction Test

Transaction Test Succeeded

Running Transaction

  Installing : python-psutil-0.6.1-1.el6.x86_64                         1/3

  Installing : python-setuptools-0.6.10-3.el6.noarch                    2/3

  Installing : glances-1.7.1-1.el6.noarch                               3/3

  Verifying  : python-setuptools-0.6.10-3.el6.noarch                    1/3

  Verifying  : python-psutil-0.6.1-1.el6.x86_64                         2/3

  Verifying  : glances-1.7.1-1.el6.noarch                               3/3
Installed:

  glances.noarch 0:1.7.1-1.el6
Dependency Installed:

  python-psutil.x86_64 0:0.6.1-1.el6

  python-setuptools.noarch 0:0.6.10-3.el6
Complete!

Ubuntu install glances monitor tool

issue the following command to install glances monitor tool on Ubuntu system,type:

sudo apt-get install glances

Start glances monitor tool

To use glances monitor tool to monitor system performance, issue the following command to start glances:

glances