Install a Web-based monitoring tool on Ubuntu 14.10: Linux-Dash

Install a Web-based monitoring tool on Ubuntu 14.10: Linux-Dash

Linux-Dash is a low-cost monitoring dashboard for GNU/Linux machines. You can install it! The Linux Dash interface provides a detailed view of all key information on your server, including RAM, disk usage, network, installed software, users, and running processes. All information is divided into several categories. You can jump to any category by clicking the button in the homepage toolbar. Linux Dash is not the most advanced monitoring tool, but it is very suitable for users looking for flexible, lightweight, and easy to deploy applications.

 

Functions of Linux-Dash

• Monitor server information using a beautiful Web-based dashboard Interface
• Monitor RAM, load, run time, disk configuration, users, and many other system statuses in real time as required
• Apache2/nginx + PHP-based servers are supported.
• Click and drag to rearrange controls
• Supports multiple types of linux servers

 

Current Control List

• General information
• Average Load
• RAM
• Disk usage
• User
• Software
• IP
• Network rate
• Online status
• Processor
• Logs

 

Install Linux-Dash on Ubuntu server 14.10

First, you need to confirm that you have installed Ubuntu LAMP server 14.10, () and then you need to install the following package:

1. sudo apt-get install php5-json unzip

After installing this module, You need to enable this module in apache2. Therefore, you need to use the following command to restart the apache2 server:

1. sudo service apache2 restart

Now you need to download the linux-dash installation package and install it:

1. wget https://github.com/afaqurk/linux-dash/archive/master.zip
2. unzip master.zip
3. sudo mv linux-dash-master/ /var/www/html/linux-dash-master/

Next, you need to use the following command to change the permission:

1. sudo chmod 755/var/www/html/linux-dash-master/

Now you can access http: // serverip/linux-dash-master. You should see the output similar to the following: