.TH glances 1 "October, 2015" "version 2.5.1" "USER COMMANDS" .SH NAME glances \- A cross-platform curses-based system monitoring tool .SH SYNOPSIS .B glances .RI [ OPTIONS ] .SH DESCRIPTION Glances is a free (LGPL) cross-platform curses-based system monitoring tool which aims to present a maximum of information in a minimum of space, ideally to fit in a classical 80x24 terminal or higher to have additional information. It can adapt dynamically the displayed information depending on the terminal size. .PP Glances can also work in client/server mode. Remote monitoring could be done via terminal or web interface. .PP This tool is written in Python and uses the psutil library to fetch the statistical values from key elements, like CPU, load average, memory, network, disks, file systems, processes and so on. .SH COMMAND-LINE OPTIONS The command-line options are the following: .TP .B \-h, \-\-help show this help message and exit .TP .B \-V, \-\-version show program's version number and exit .TP .B \-d, \-\-debug enable debug mode (log file is /tmp/glances.log) .TP .B \-C CONF_FILE, \-\-config CONF_FILE path to the configuration file .TP .B \-\-disable-quicklook disable quick look module .TP .B \-\-full-quicklook disable all but quick look and load modules .TP .B \-\-disable-cpu disable CPU module .TP .B \-\-disable-mem disable MEM module .TP .B \-\-disable-swap disable SWAP module .TP .B \-\-disable-load disable LOAD module .TP .B \-\-disable-network disable network module .TP .B \-\-disable-ip disable IP module .TP .B \-\-disable-diskio disable disk I/O module .TP .B \-\-disable-fs disable file system module .TP .B \-\-disable-sensors disable sensors module .TP .B \-\-disable-hddtemp disable HDDTemp module .TP .B \-\-disable-raid disable RAID module .TP .B \-\-disable-docker disable Docker module .TP .B \-\-disable-left-sidebar disable network, disk I/O, file system and sensors modules .TP .B \-\-disable-process disable process module .TP .B \-\-disable-log disable log module .TP .B \-\-disable-bold disable bold mode in the terminal .TP .B \-\-enable-process-extended enable extended stats on top process .TP .B \-\-enable-history enable the history mode (matplotlib needed) .TP .B \-\-path-history PATH_HISTORY set the export path for graph history .TP .B \-\-export-csv EXPORT_CSV export stats to a CSV file .TP .B \-\-export-influxdb export stats to an InfluxDB server (influxdb needed) .TP .B \-\-export-opentsdb export stats to an OpenTSDB server (potsdb needed) .TP .B \-\-export-statsd export stats to a StatsD server (statsd needed) .TP .B \-\-export-rabbitmq export stats to a RabbitMQ server (pika needed) .TP .B \-c CLIENT, \-\-client CLIENT connect to a Glances server by IPv4/IPv6 address or hostname .TP .B \-s, \-\-server run Glances in server mode .TP .B \-\-browser start the client browser (display list of servers) .TP .B \-\-disable-autodiscover disable autodiscover feature .TP .B \-p PORT, \-\-port PORT define the client/server TCP port [default: 61209] .TP .B \-B BIND_ADDRESS, \-\-bind BIND_ADDRESS bind server to the given IPv4/IPv6 address or hostname .TP .B \-\-password define a client/server password .TP .B \-\-snmp-community SNMP_COMMUNITY SNMP community .TP .B \-\-snmp-port SNMP_PORT SNMP port .TP .B \-\-snmp-version SNMP_VERSION SNMP version (1, 2c or 3) .TP .B \-\-snmp-user SNMP_USER SNMP username (only for SNMPv3) .TP .B \-\-snmp-auth SNMP_AUTH SNMP authentication key (only for SNMPv3) .TP .B \-\-snmp-force force the SNMP mode (do not try Glances server) .TP .B \-t TIME, \-\-time TIME set refresh time in seconds [default: 3 sec] .TP .B \-w, \-\-webserver run Glances in web server mode (bottle needed) .TP .B \-q, \-\-quiet run Glances in quiet mode (nothing is displayed) .TP .B \-f PROCESS_FILTER, \-\-process\-filter PROCESS_FILTER set the process filter pattern (regular expression) .TP .B \-\-process-short-name force short name for processes name .TP .B \-\-disable-irix Task's cpu usage will be divided by the total number of CPUs .TP .B \-\-hide-kernel-threads hide kernel threads in process list .TP .B \-\-tree display processes as a tree .TP .B \-b, \-\-byte display network rate in byte per second [default: bit per second] .TP .B \-\-fahrenheit display temperature in Fahrenheit (default is Celsius) .TP .B \-1, \-\-percpu start Glances in per CPU mode .TP .B \-\-fs-free-space display file system free space instead of used .TP .B \-\-theme-white optimize display colors for white background .SH INTERACTIVE COMMANDS You can use the following keys while in Glances: .TP .B ENTER Set the process filter pattern (as a regular expression) .TP .B a Sort process list automatically .TP .B b Switch between bit/s or Byte/s for network I/O .TP .B c Sort processes by CPU usage .TP .B d Show/hide disk I/O stats .TP .B e Enable/disable top extended stats .TP .B f Show/hide file system stats .TP .B F Switch between file system used and free space .TP .B g Generate graphs for current history .TP .B h Show/hide the help screen .TP .B i Sort processes by I/O rate .TP .B l Show/hide log messages .TP .B m Sort processes by MEM usage .TP .B M Reset processes summary min/max .TP .B n Show/hide network stats .TP .B p Sort processes by name .TP .B q Quit .TP .B r Reset history .TP .B R Disable/enable RAID plugins .TP .B s Show/hide sensors stats .TP .B t Sort process by CPU times (TIME+) .TP .B T View network I/O as combination .TP .B u Sort processes by USER .TP .B U View cumulative network I/O .TP .B w Delete finished warning log messages .TP .B x Delete finished warning and critical log messages .TP .B z Show/hide processes stats .TP .B z Show/hide processes list (for low CPU consumption) .TP .B 0 Task's cpu usage will be divided by the total number of CPUs .TP .B 1 Switch between global CPU and per-CPU stats .TP .B 2 Enable/disable left sidebar .TP .B 3 Enable/disable the quick look module .TP .B 4 Enable/disable all but quick look and load module .TP .B / Switch between short name/command line (processes name) .SH EXAMPLES .TP Monitor local machine (standalone mode): .B $ glances .PP Monitor local machine with the Web interface (Web UI): .B $ glances -w .PP Glances web server started on http://0.0.0.0:61208/ .PP Monitor local machine and export stats to a CSV file (standalone mode): .B $ glances --export-csv .PP Monitor local machine and export stats to a InfluxDB server with 5s refresh time (standalone mode): .B $ glances -t 5 --export-influxdb .PP Monitor local machine and export stats to a RabbitMQ server with 5s refresh time (standalone mode): .B $ glances -t 5 --export-rabbitmq .PP Start a Glances server (server mode): .B $ glances -s .PP Connect Glances to a Glances server (client mode): .B $ glances -c .PP Connect Glances to a Glances server and export stats to a StatsD server (client mode): .B $ glances -c --export-statsd .PP Start the client browser (browser mode): .B $ glances --browser .PP .SH EXIT STATUS Glances returns a zero exit status if it succeeds to print/grab information. .PP It returns 2 if it fails to parse its options (missing arguments, invalid value, etc). .SH AUTHOR Glances is written by Nicolas Hennion aka Nicolargo (contact@nicolargo.com)