Glances monitoring for Raspberry Pi (RPi-Monitor alternative)

For years I've used the RPi-Monitor app to monitor my Raspberry Pi, but like the torrent client replacement, I'm trying something new this year. I found the glances project, you can find it on GitHub:

https://nicolargo.github.io/glances/

The GUI looks like this in the terminal, and on WebUI as well:

It looks different from the other monitoring solutions, but I think it's worth a try.

Installation

1. Install pip (Package Installer for Python)
   sudo apt install python3-pip
   
   
2. Preinstall some packages for glances
   sudo apt-get install gcc python3-dev
   
   
3. Install glances
   sudo pip install --user 'glances[web]'
   
   
4. Start web interface
   sudo /root/.local/bin/glances -w
   
   
5. Open the WebUI in your browser
   http://<IPADDRESS>:61208
   
   
6. Create a systemd service file
   sudo nano /usr/lib/systemd/system/glances.service
   
   
7. Put these lines into this file
   [Unit]
Description=Glances
After=network.target

[Service]
ExecStart=/root/.local/bin/glances -w
Restart=on-abort
RemainAfterExit=yes

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
   
   
8. Start and enable the service
   sudo systemctl daemon-reload && sudo systemctl enable glances.service && sudo systemctl start glances.service
   
   
9. That's all, done.
   
   

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