System Monitoring Tool The system monitoring tool project is a Python program that periodically monitors the system's resources such as CPU usage, memory usage, and disk usage, and displays the data in a user-friendly way on the terminal. It also logs the data to a file for future reference.
The program uses various Python libraries such as psutil, which provides an easy-to-use interface to retrieve information on system utilization (CPU, memory, disks, network, sensors) in a portable way, and prettytable, which allows you to display the data in a well-formatted table.
Moreover, this project provides a way to run the program as a service using systemd in Linux. This ensures that the program is automatically started when the system boots up and is always running in the background.
Installation and Execution:
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Download the project code from the GitHub repository.
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Make sure you have Python installed in your environment, if not visit the official Python website at https://www.python.org/downloads/, download and run the installer for your operating system, and follow the instructions in the installer to complete the installation.
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To insall PSUTIL, open the termial and type:
pip install psutil -
To insall MATPLOTLIB, open the termial and type:
pip install matplotlib -
Open a terminal and navigate to the directory where you downloaded the code.
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Create a new systemd service file using the following command:
sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/system_monitor.service
7.Copy and paste the following code into the file:
[Unit]
Description=System Monitor
[Service]
ExecStart=/usr/bin/python3 /path/to/system_monitor.py
Restart=always
User=<your_username_here>
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
Replace /path/to/system_monitor.py with the path to your system_monitor.py script, and replace <your_username_here> with your username.
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Save and close the file.
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Start the service using the following command:
sudo systemctl start system_monitor.service -
Check that the service is running:
sudo systemctl status system_monitor.service -
Execute the following command to start the script:
python3 system_monitor.py -
To stop the systemd service, execute the following command:
sudo systemctl stop system_monitor.service -
To stop the application press Ctrl + C on the terminal.