cState is a lightweight system resource monitor written in Python. It allows you to track your system's CPU usage, memory usage, disk usage, and network traffic in real-time through a simple web interface. In this tutorial, we will go through the steps to install cState on FreeBSD Latest.
Before installing cState, make sure you have the following prerequisites installed on your FreeBSD system:
You can install these packages using the following command:
sudo pkg install python3 py37-pip
Once you have installed the prerequisites, you can proceed to install cState using pip. Follow the steps below to install cState:
sudo pip3 install --upgrade cstate
This will install the latest version of cState on your FreeBSD system.
The next step is to start the cState service. You can start the service with the following command:
sudo cstate
This will start the cState service, and you should see a message indicating that the service is running. By default, the service listens on port 11000.
With the service running, you should be able to access the cState web interface by visiting http://<hostname>:11000 in your web browser.
cState comes with a configuration file that you can use to customize various aspects of the application. The configuration file is located at /usr/local/etc/cstate/config.yml.
You can edit this file to modify the port number on which cState listens or to add authentication to the web interface.
That's it! You now have cState installed and running on your FreeBSD system. cState makes it easy to monitor your system resources in real-time, and its lightweight nature means that it won't bog down your system. Try it out and see how it can help you improve your system's performance!
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