To install this very useful Linux monitoring tool on your Linux system, firstly add this line to your /etc/apt/sources.lst file.
deb http://apt.izzysoft.de/ubuntu generic universe |
Then download the required GPG key for the apt packages.
wget http://apt.izzysoft.de/izzysoft.asc |
And then add this GPG key to apt.
jason$ sudo apt-key add izzysoft.asc OK |
Then we are ready to install the software packages.
sudo apt install monitorix |
This will setup the software and start the required services to get it working. Now just visit http://localhost:8080/monitorix and the Monitorix page will open.
![Monitorix main page.](https://www.securitronlinux.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Screenshot-at-2016-10-06-104010-300x238.png)
There is not much data yet, but this does work for me now.
![Monitorix graphs. showing some data.](https://www.securitronlinux.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/graphs-300x238.png)
This would be an invaluable server management tool. This is also available over the LAN, enabling someone on a mobile phone or tablet to access the page and see information about the machine at a glance. This is very easy to install and setup, making this a valuable tool to add to a Linux server machine.
![Monitorix gathering some data.](https://www.securitronlinux.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/graphs2-86x300.jpeg)
Documentation: http://www.monitorix.org/documentation.html.
Homepage: http://www.monitorix.org/.