# Glances

![glances.png](https://bookstack.timshome.net/uploads/images/gallery/2023-04/scaled-1680-/q5ZLWCDsVvErlhWH-glances.png)

While not precisely a server management application, Glances does assist in monitoring your server which could help you manage it.

[**Glances**](https://nicolargo.github.io/glances/) is a feature rich, lightweight monitoring tool for a plethora of platforms including GNU/Linux, FreeBSD, OS X and Windows.

Glances can be accessed from a terminal or web interface and provides meaningful statistics and features such as:

<table border="1" id="bkmrk-cpu-load-memory-netw" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; border-width: 1px; border-style: none;"><colgroup><col style="width: 50%;"></col><col style="width: 50%;"></col></colgroup><tbody><tr><td class="align-center" style="border-width: 1px;">CPU Load

</td><td style="border-width: 1px;">Memory

</td></tr><tr><td class="align-center" style="border-width: 1px;">Network interface</td><td class="align-center" style="border-width: 1px;">Process list</td></tr><tr><td class="align-center" style="border-width: 1px;">Disk I/O</td><td class="align-center" style="border-width: 1px;">IRQ / Raid Sensors  
</td></tr><tr><td class="align-center" style="border-width: 1px;">Docker</td><td class="align-center" style="border-width: 1px;">Filesystem</td></tr><tr><td class="align-center" style="border-width: 1px;">Monitor Alarms &amp; Uptime  
</td><td class="align-center" style="border-width: 1px;">System info</td></tr></tbody></table>

You can export all system statistics to CSV, InfluxDB, Cassandra, OpenTSDB, StatsD, ElasticSearch or even RabbitMQ. Glances also provides a dedicated Grafana dashboard.

[![screenshot-wide.png](https://bookstack.timshome.net/uploads/images/gallery/2023-04/scaled-1680-/k5Ui4oB9TgAyYCq2-screenshot-wide.png)](https://bookstack.timshome.net/uploads/images/gallery/2023-04/k5Ui4oB9TgAyYCq2-screenshot-wide.png)

### Installation

There are several installation methods for Glances. While I exclusively use the container methods of installation; you can find all the installation....IN PROGRESS