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diff --git a/system/glances/README b/system/glances/README index d91793e83c..79c22dce72 100644 --- a/system/glances/README +++ b/system/glances/README @@ -1,27 +1,45 @@ -glances is a free (LGPL) cross-platform curses-based system monitoring tool +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 larger for additional data as it can +to fit in a classical 80x24 terminal, or larger for additional data. It can adapt the displayed information dynamically, depending on the terminal size. - -This tool can also work in client/server mode. Remote monitoring can be done -via terminal or web interface. +A client/server mode is also available and remote monitoring can be done via +terminal or a web interface. glances is written in Python and uses the psutil library to fetch statistical -values from key elements, like CPU, load average, memory, network, disks, -file systems, processes, etc. +values from key elements, like CPU, load average, memory, network, disks, file +systems, processes, etc. OPTIONAL DEPENDENCIES -Available on SBo: batinfo (battery monitoring support), bottle (Web server -mode), hddtemp (HHD temperature monitoring support), matplotlib (generation -of graphs from history data), netifaces (IP plugin), py3sensors (HW monitoring -support), pymdstat (RAID support), python3, statsd (StatsD export module), -pysnmp (SNMP support). +* Available on SBo: +batinfo (for battery monitoring support) +bottle (for web server mode) +couchdb (for CouchDB export module) +docker (for Docker monitoring support) +elasticsearch (for Elastic Search export module) +hddtemp (for HDD temperature monitoring support) +matplotlib (for graphical/chart support) +netifaces (for IP plugin) +py-cpuinfo (for Quicklook CPU info module) +py3sensors (for hardware monitoring support) +pymdstat (for RAID support) +python-requests (for Ports plugin) +python-scandir (for Folders plugin) +statsd (for StatsD export module) +pysnmp (for SNMP support) +pyzmq (for ZeroMQ export module) -Not available on SBo: docker-py (Docker monitoring support), influxdb (InfluxDB -export module), pika (RabbitMQ/ActiveMQ export module), py-cpuinfo (Quicklook -CPU info module), pystache (action script feature), zeroconf (auto discoverer -mode). +* Not available on SBo: +bernhard (for Riemann export module) +cassandra-driver (for Cassandra export module) +influxdb (for InfluxDB export module) +nvidia-ml-py (for GPU plugin) +pika (for RabbitMQ/ActiveMQ export module) +potsdb (for OpenTSDB export module) +pystache (for action scripting) +wifi (for wifi plugin) +zeroconf (for autodiscover mode) -NOTE: When launching glances in a terminal with a bright background, the option -'--theme-white' is recommended. +NOTE: When launching glances from a terminal with a bright background, the +option '--theme-white' is recommended. More options are documented in the man +page and in the file glances.conf. |