How to Monitor your web server bandwidth usage with vnstat

How to Monitor your web server bandwidth usage with vnstat

To use nethogs on a Ubuntu/Debian server or desktop it is easy. First start by installing it using the command:

apt-get install -y nethogs

The you can use it this way:

# Start nethogs on the default network interface
nethogs
# Specify which network interface and to refresh every 1 second
nethogs -d1 eth0

If you want to try vnstat you have to start the compilation of the data and then you can use it or you can check the Live traffic.

apt-get install -y vnstat

Now to use it execute the command line:

#Show live trafic
vnstat -l
# Start monitoring the trafic
vnstat -u -i eth0
# Check your daily traffic (but you need to start   the monitoring and gather the data before you can use it)
vnstat -d
# Monthly
vnstat -m

Start the service to collect the data.

service vnstat start

 

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