Can PRTG monitor Linux process details? (Ie CPU, Mem of the individual process)
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Can PRTG monitor Linux processes with more detail such as how much CPU, mem, etc the process is using?
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There's no examples of this? I'm not overly familiar or advanced with linux regarding the best way to approach this solution
Apr, 2013 - Permalink
A general example of how a script running with the SSH Script Sensor might look like, can be found in this article but I'm afraid there is no example for exactly this. Sorry.
Apr, 2013 - Permalink
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Hi,
apart from the sensors described in the Linux Process Monitoring article there is no native sensor which can monitor the desired parameters. However, you might write a script which queries the needed information and use the same with the SSH Script or SSH Script Advanced sensor.
Best regards
Apr, 2013 - Permalink