Glances on Raspberry Pi

🔍 Key Features

• Real-time monitoring: CPU, memory, disk I/O, network usage
• Cross-platform: Linux, Windows, macOS, Raspberry Pi
• Web-based interface: Remote access via browser
• Command-line interface: Lightweight and fast
• Plugin architecture: Docker, sensors, and more
• Alert system: Threshold-based warnings
• Export options: Files, databases, InfluxDB, Grafana

🚀 Docker Installation Steps

1. Update your system
   sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y
2. Install Docker
   

   curl -fsSL https://get.docker.com -o get-docker.sh
   sudo sh get-docker.sh

3. Install Docker Compose
   sudo apt install docker-compose-plugin
4. Add your user to the Docker group
   sudo usermod -aG docker $USER
5. Enable Docker at boot
   sudo systemctl enable docker
6. Reboot
   sudo reboot
7. Test Docker
   docker run hello-world

📁 Setup Glances

mkdir ~/docker
mkdir ~/docker/glances

🧾 Docker Compose File

In ~/docker/glances create docker-compose.yml

services:
  glances:
    image: nicolargo/glances:3.4.0-full
    container_name: glances
    restart: unless-stopped
    pid: host
    network_mode: host
    environment:
      - GLANCES_OPT=-w
    volumes:
      - /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock:ro 

▶️ Start Glances

From within ~/docker/glances run:

📜 View Logs

🌐 Access Web Interface

Open your browser and go to http://<your-pi>:61208