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diff --git a/system/glances/README b/system/glances/README index 0169b34e9b..da0a08dc36 100644 --- a/system/glances/README +++ b/system/glances/README @@ -1,20 +1,32 @@ -Glances is a free (LGPL) cross-platform curses-based monitoring tool, -which aims to present a maximum of information in a minimum of space -and ideally fits in a classical 80x24 terminal, or larger for additional -information. +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 information: in +fact it can adapt dynamically the displayed information depending on the +terminal size. -Glances can adapt dynamically the displayed information depending on -the terminal size. It can also work in a client/server mode for remote -monitoring. +This tool can also work in client/server mode. Remote monitoring can be +done via terminal or web interface. -This tool is written in Python and uses the psutil library to fetch the -statistical values from key elements, like CPU, load average, memory, -network, disks, file systems, processes, etc. +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. -Optional dependencies are hddtemp (HHD temperature monitoring support), -pysnmp (SNMP support), matplotlib, netifaces and python3. Others not -available on SBo are bottle (Web server mode), py3sensors (HW monitoring -support), batinfo (battery monitoring support) and zeroconf. +OPTIONAL DEPENDENCIES -NOTE: when launching Glances in a terminal with a bright background, the +Available on SBo: hddtemp (HHD temperature monitoring support), py3sensors +(HW monitoring support), pysnmp (SNMP support), netifaces (auto discoverer +mode), statsd (StatsD export module), matplotlib (generation of graphs from +history data) and python3. + +Not available on SBo: bottle (Web server mode), batinfo (battery monitoring +support), pymdstat (RAID support), zeroconf (auto discoverer mode), influxdb +(InfluxDB export module), pystache (action script feature), docker-py (Docker +monitoring support). + +NOTES + +1) When launching Glances in a terminal with a bright background, the option '--theme-white' is recommended. + +2) For the optional auto discoverer mode, both zeroconf and netifaces +are needed. |