cAdvisor is an open-source monitoring and performance analysis software. It is capable of tracking resource usage of containers and analyzing their performance metrics. In this tutorial, we will cover the steps to install cAdvisor on Manjaro operating system.
To install cAdvisor, we need to have Docker installed on the system. Docker is an open-source platform that delivers software applications in containers. You can install Docker on Manjaro by running the below command in the terminal.
sudo pacman -S docker
After installing Docker, we need to start the Docker service. You can start it by running the following command in the terminal.
sudo systemctl start docker
We can easily install cAdvisor using Docker. Run the below command in the terminal to install cAdvisor.
sudo docker run \
--volume=/:/rootfs:ro \
--volume=/var/run:/var/run:ro \
--volume=/sys:/sys:ro \
--volume=/var/lib/docker/:/var/lib/docker:ro \
--volume=/dev/disk/:/dev/disk:ro \
--publish=8080:8080 \
--detach=true \
--name=cadvisor \
google/cadvisor:latest
This command will pull the latest version of the cAdvisor image from Docker Hub and start the cAdvisor service in a container.
You can verify the installation by accessing the cAdvisor web interface. Open your favorite web browser and go to the URL http://localhost:8080. You will see the cAdvisor dashboard.
In this tutorial, we have learned how to install cAdvisor on Manjaro Linux. cAdvisor is a useful tool for monitoring and analyzing the performance of containers. By following the above steps, you can easily install and use cAdvisor on your Manjaro system.
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