https://djismgaming.github.io/tags/metrics/ Recent content in Metrics on djismgaming's tech home Hugo en-us Sun, 04 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://djismgaming.github.io/blog/install-glances-for-gethomepage-dev-stats/ Sun, 04 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://djismgaming.github.io/blog/install-glances-for-gethomepage-dev-stats/ <h1 id="install-glances-and-keep-it-running-for-showing-gethomepagedev-system-stats">Install glances and keep it running for showing gethomepage.dev system stats</h1> <p>This will make the <code>glances</code> application run in the background on every reboot and provide the necessary metrics for homepage.</p> <p>Install pip:</p> <div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" style="color:#f8f8f2;background-color:#272822;-moz-tab-size:4;-o-tab-size:4;tab-size:4;-webkit-text-size-adjust:none;"><code class="language-bash" data-lang="bash"><span style="display:flex;"><span>sudo apt install python3-pip </span></span></code></pre></div><p>Install glances with pip for this user:</p> <div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" style="color:#f8f8f2;background-color:#272822;-moz-tab-size:4;-o-tab-size:4;tab-size:4;-webkit-text-size-adjust:none;"><code class="language-bash" data-lang="bash"><span style="display:flex;"><span>pip install --user <span style="color:#e6db74">&#39;glances[web]&#39;</span> </span></span></code></pre></div><p>Re source your <code>.profile</code> for the new executable for <code>glances</code> to be in your current environment:</p> <div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" style="color:#f8f8f2;background-color:#272822;-moz-tab-size:4;-o-tab-size:4;tab-size:4;-webkit-text-size-adjust:none;"><code class="language-bash" data-lang="bash"><span style="display:flex;"><span>source ~/.profile </span></span></code></pre></div><p>Update the crontab to run glances at startup without web UI but able to share system metrics (no web UI to make it more efficient):</p>