How to Install Collectl on Fedora CoreOS

Collectl is a powerful performance monitoring tool that collects system performance data on your Linux system. It is an open-source utility tool that provides various monitoring features, including CPU, memory, disk, and network. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Collectl on the latest version of Fedora CoreOS.

Prerequisites

• A running instance of Fedora CoreOS
• A sudo user account to install and configure the software.

Installing Collectl on Fedora CoreOS

1. Begin by launching your terminal and use the following command to download and install Collectl:

sudo dnf install collectl

2. Once the command is executed, Collectl should be installed automatically.

Starting Collectl

1. After installation, start Collectl by running the following command:

collectl

This will start Collectl's real-time monitoring in the terminal.

2. You can also take advantage of Collectl's various command-line options to change its behavior. Here are some of the available options:

• -s: Show only certain statistics (e.g., -sCDN for CPU, disk, and network statistics).
• -i: The update interval (in seconds).
• -P: Select a subset of specific processes to monitor.
• -f: Choose a filename to store the collected data.
• -h: Print a list of all available options.

Conclusion

Collectl is a versatile and powerful utility tool that can help you monitor different aspects of system performance. This tutorial has shown you how to install and start using Collectl on your Fedora CoreOS instance. We hope you found it helpful.

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