Monitor Hardware Ubuntu Server
Indicator sysmonitor once installed and run it displays cpu and ram usage on your top panel.
Monitor hardware ubuntu server. Note that ubuntu server edition only supports amd64 arm power8 linuxone and z systems. Simply install the package in bold using the terminal. It comes pre installed some linux distributions such as ubuntu by default otherwise install it as shown. Before you install psensor you need to install and configure lm sensors a command line utility for hardware monitoring.
Home server monitoring with monit in addition you can also monitor hardware status hdd temperature fan speed smart health cpu temperature motherboard temperature etc. Gnome environments we will use the front end sensors applet kde we will use the ksensors package xfce environments we will use the xfce4 sensors plugin package for the lm sensors interface we can use the xsensors package. It works with most newer systems. It is powerful scalable reliable and customizable software despite being complex to configure.
It allows you to access information from temperature voltage and fan speed sensors. You can check what is running in your system sort them by ram usage or cpu load and press the end process button on the bottom right to kill the selected highlighted entry from the list. This package contains programs to help you set up and read data from lm sensors. Rest everything is currently ok.
Sudo apt get install gnome system monitor the first tab of the system monitor is dedicated to process management. Lm sensors is a hardware health monitoring package for linux. In the picture below hdd health and ssd health are waiting for the smart test to complete. Below are five different ways to monitor system resource usage in ubuntu from panel based indicator applets to applications installed by default.
You ll also need a cd drive usb port or internet connection for the installation itself. Sudo apt get install lm sensors. Sudo apt install lm sensors hddtemp. Glances monitor cpu and gpu temperature 2.
If you want to measure hard disk temperature you need to install hddtemp as well. Install psensor on ubuntu 18 04 and 16 04. You will also need a graphics card and a monitor capable of displaying at least 640x480 resolution.