Provided by: glances_3.4.0.3+dfsg-1_all 
NAME
glances - An eye on your system
SYNOPSIS
glances [OPTIONS]
DESCRIPTION
glances is a cross-platform curses-based 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. It can
also work in client/server mode. Remote monitoring could be done via terminal or web interface.
glances is written in Python and uses the psutil library to get information from your system.
OPTIONS
COMMAND-LINE OPTIONS
-h, --help
show this help message and exit
-V, --version
show program’s version number and exit
-d, --debug
enable debug mode
-C CONF_FILE, --config CONF_FILE
path to the configuration file
--modules-list
display modules (plugins & exports) list and exit
--disable-plugin PLUGIN
disable PLUGIN (comma separated list)
--enable-plugin PLUGIN
enable PLUGIN (comma separated list)
--stdout PLUGINS_STATS
display stats to stdout (comma separated list of plugins/plugins.attribute)
--export EXPORT
enable EXPORT module (comma separated list)
--export-csv-file EXPORT_CSV_FILE
file path for CSV exporter
--export-json-file EXPORT_JSON_FILE
file path for JSON exporter
--disable-process
disable process module (reduce Glances CPU consumption)
--disable-webui
disable the Web UI (only the RESTful API will respond)
--light, --enable-light
light mode for Curses UI (disable all but top menu)
-0, --disable-irix
task’s CPU usage will be divided by the total number of CPUs
-1, --percpu
start Glances in per CPU mode
-2, --disable-left-sidebar
disable network, disk I/O, FS and sensors modules
-3, --disable-quicklook
disable quick look module
-4, --full-quicklook
disable all but quick look and load
-5, --disable-top
disable top menu (QuickLook, CPU, MEM, SWAP and LOAD)
-6, --meangpu
start Glances in mean GPU mode
--enable-history
enable the history mode
--disable-bold
disable bold mode in the terminal
--disable-bg
disable background colors in the terminal
--enable-process-extended
enable extended stats on top process
-c CLIENT, --client CLIENT
connect to a Glances server by IPv4/IPv6 address, hostname or hostname:port
-s, --server
run Glances in server mode
--browser
start the client browser (list of servers)
--disable-autodiscover
disable autodiscover feature
-p PORT, --port PORT
define the client/server TCP port [default: 61209]
-B BIND_ADDRESS, --bind BIND_ADDRESS
bind server to the given IPv4/IPv6 address or hostname
--username
define a client/server username
--password
define a client/server password
--snmp-community SNMP_COMMUNITY
SNMP community
--snmp-port SNMP_PORT
SNMP port
--snmp-version SNMP_VERSION
SNMP version (1, 2c or 3)
--snmp-user SNMP_USER
SNMP username (only for SNMPv3)
--snmp-auth SNMP_AUTH
SNMP authentication key (only for SNMPv3)
--snmp-force
force SNMP mode
-t TIME, --time TIME
set refresh time in seconds [default: 3 sec]
-w, --webserver
run Glances in web server mode (bottle lib needed)
--cached-time CACHED_TIME
set the server cache time [default: 1 sec]
--open-web-browser
try to open the Web UI in the default Web browser
-q, --quiet
do not display the curses interface
-f PROCESS_FILTER, --process-filter PROCESS_FILTER
set the process filter pattern (regular expression)
--process-short-name
force short name for processes name
--hide-kernel-threads
hide kernel threads in process list (not available on Windows)
-b, --byte
display network rate in byte per second
--diskio-show-ramfs
show RAM FS in the DiskIO plugin
--diskio-iops
show I/O per second in the DiskIO plugin
--fahrenheit
display temperature in Fahrenheit (default is Celsius)
--fs-free-space
display FS free space instead of used
--theme-white
optimize display colors for white background
--disable-check-update
disable online Glances version ckeck
INTERACTIVE COMMANDS
The following commands (key pressed) are supported while in Glances:
ENTER Set the process filter
NOTE:
On macOS please use CTRL-H to delete filter.
Filter is a regular expression pattern:
• gnome: matches all processes starting with the gnome string
• .*gnome.*: matches all processes containing the gnome string
a Sort process list automatically
• If CPU >70%, sort processes by CPU usage
• If MEM >70%, sort processes by MEM usage
• If CPU iowait >60%, sort processes by I/O read and write
A Enable/disable Application Monitoring Process
b Switch between bit/s or Byte/s for network I/O
B View disk I/O counters per second
c Sort processes by CPU usage
C Enable/disable cloud stats
d Show/hide disk I/O stats
D Enable/disable Docker stats
e Enable/disable top extended stats
E Erase current process filter
f Show/hide file system and folder monitoring stats
F Switch between file system used and free space
g Generate graphs for current history
G Enable/disable GPU stats
h Show/hide the help screen
i Sort processes by I/O rate
I Show/hide IP module
+ Increase selected process nice level / Lower the priority (need right) - Only in standalone mode.
- Decrease selected process nice level / Higher the priority (need right) - Only in standalone
mode.
k Kill selected process (need right) - Only in standalone mode.
K Show/hide TCP connections
l Show/hide log messages
m Sort processes by MEM usage
M Reset processes summary min/max
n Show/hide network stats
N Show/hide current time
p Sort processes by name
P Enable/Disable ports stats
q|ESC|CTRL-C
Quit the current Glances session
Q Show/hide IRQ module
r Reset history
R Show/hide RAID plugin
s Show/hide sensors stats
S Enable/disable spark lines
t Sort process by CPU times (TIME+)
T View network I/O as combination
u Sort processes by USER
U View cumulative network I/O
w Delete finished warning log messages
W Show/hide Wifi module
x Delete finished warning and critical log messages
z Show/hide processes stats
0 Enable/disable Irix/Solaris mode
Task’s CPU usage will be divided by the total number of CPUs
1 Switch between global CPU and per-CPU stats
2 Enable/disable left sidebar
3 Enable/disable the quick look module
4 Enable/disable all but quick look and load module
5 Enable/disable top menu (QuickLook, CPU, MEM, SWAP and LOAD)
6 Enable/disable mean GPU mode
9 Switch UI theme between black and white
/ Switch between process command line or command name
F5 Refresh stats in curses user interface
LEFT Navigation leff through process sort
RIGHT Navigation right through process sort
UP Up in the processes list
DOWN Down in the processes list
In the Glances client browser (accessible through the --browser command line argument):
ENTER Run the selected server
UP Up in the servers list
DOWN Down in the servers list
q|ESC Quit Glances
CONFIGURATION
No configuration file is mandatory to use Glances.
Furthermore a configuration file is needed to access more settings.
LOCATION
NOTE:
A template is available in the /usr{,/local}/share/doc/glances (Unix-like) directory or directly on
GitHub.
You can put your own glances.conf file in the following locations:
────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Linux, SunOS ~/.config/glances/, /etc/glances/,
/usr/share/docs/glances/
────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
*BSD ~/.config/glances/,
/usr/local/etc/glances/,
/usr/share/docs/glances/
────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
macOS ~/Library/Application
Support/glances/,
/usr/local/etc/glances/,
/usr/share/docs/glances/
────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Windows %APPDATA%\glances\glances.conf
┌──────────────┬───────────────────────────────────────┐
│ │ │
--
SYNTAX │ │ │
--
LOGGING │ │ │
--
EXAMPLES
Monitor local machine (standalone mode):
$ glances
Monitor local machine with the web interface (Web UI), run the following command line:
$ glances -w
and open a Web browser with the returned URL
Monitor local machine and export stats to a CSV file:
$ glances –export csv –export-csv-file /tmp/glances.csv
Monitor local machine and export stats to a InfluxDB server with 5s refresh time (also possible to export
to OpenTSDB, Cassandra, Statsd, ElasticSearch, RabbitMQ and Riemann):
$ glances -t 5 –export influxdb
It is also possible to export stats to multiple endpoints:
$ glances -t 5 –export influxdb,statsd,csv
Start a Glances server (server mode):
$ glances -s
Connect Glances to a Glances server (client mode):
$ glances -c <ip_server>
Connect to a Glances server and export stats to a StatsD server:
$ glances -c <ip_server> –export statsd
Start the client browser (browser mode):
$ glances –browser
AUTHOR
Nicolas Hennion aka Nicolargo <contact@nicolargo.com>
COPYRIGHT
2023, Nicolas Hennion
3.4.0.3 May 20, 2023 GLANCES(1)