vnstat
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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.
First you will need to install the epel repository
You can then install the tool with
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yum install vnstat |
You will then need to create a database for the tool:
Create the user first:
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chsh -s /bin/bash vnstat |
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runuser -l vnstat -g vnstat -c '/usr/bin/vnstat -u -i eth0' |
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chsh -s /sbin/nologin vnstat |
Stats overview
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
| rx | Total Received |
| tx | Total Transmitted |
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vnstat -i eth0 |
Daily Stats
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vnstat -i eth0 -d |
Example output:
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day rx | tx | total | avg. rate------------------------+-------------+-------------+--------------- 02/26/16 1.12 GiB | 1.14 GiB | 2.26 GiB | 219.79 kbit/s 02/27/16 1.37 GiB | 1.39 GiB | 2.76 GiB | 267.79 kbit/s 02/28/16 7.09 MiB | 12.27 MiB | 19.36 MiB | 1.84 kbit/s 02/29/16 17.41 MiB | 10.16 MiB | 27.57 MiB | 5.08 kbit/s------------------------+-------------+-------------+---------------estimated 33 MiB | 19 MiB | 52 MiB | |
Real time view
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vnstat -i eth0 -l |
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