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| === Installing vnstat === | === Installing vnstat === | ||
| + | vnstat is a console-based network traffic monitor. It keeps a log of hourly, daily and monthly network traffic for the selected interface(s). The traffic information is analyzed from the proc filesystem. That way vnStat can be used even without root permissions. | ||
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| First you will need to install the epel repository | First you will need to install the epel repository | ||
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| You will then need to create a database for the tool: | You will then need to create a database for the tool: | ||
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| + | Create the user first: | ||
| + | <sxh bash> | ||
| + | chsh -s /bin/bash vnstat | ||
| + | </ | ||
| + | Create the database: | ||
| <sxh bash> | <sxh bash> | ||
| runuser -l vnstat -g vnstat -c '/ | runuser -l vnstat -g vnstat -c '/ | ||
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| ===Stats overview=== | ===Stats overview=== | ||
| + | ^ Value ^ Description ^ | ||
| + | | rx | Total Received | | ||
| + | | tx | Total Transmitted | | ||
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| <sxh bash> | <sxh bash> | ||
| vnstat -i eth0 | vnstat -i eth0 | ||
| + | </ | ||
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| + | Example: | ||
| + | <sxh bash> | ||
| + | Database updated: Mon Feb 29 12:31:07 2016 | ||
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| + | eth0 since 02/26/16 | ||
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| + | rx: 2.52 GiB tx: 2.55 GiB total: | ||
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| vnstat -i eth0 -d | vnstat -i eth0 -d | ||
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| + | Example output: | ||
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