Installing cAdvisor on POP! OS Latest

cAdvisor is an open source project developed by Google for monitoring resource usage and performance of containers. In this tutorial, we will learn how to install cAdvisor on POP! OS Latest.

Prerequisites

Before installing cAdvisor, you need to make sure that the following requirements are met:

• POP! OS Latest is installed on your system
• Docker is installed and running on your system
• You have access to the command line

Installation Steps

Follow the steps below to install cAdvisor on POP! OS Latest:

1. Open a terminal window.

2. Create a directory for cAdvisor to store its data:

sudo mkdir -p /var/lib/cadvisor

3. Pull the cAdvisor Docker image:

sudo docker pull google/cadvisor:latest

4. Start the cAdvisor container:

sudo docker run \
  --volume=/:/rootfs:ro \
  --volume=/var/run:/var/run:rw \
  --volume=/sys:/sys:ro \
  --volume=/var/lib/docker/:/var/lib/docker:ro \
  --volume=/var/lib/cadvisor:/var/lib/cadvisor:rw \
  --publish=8080:8080 \
  --detach=true \
  --name=cadvisor \
  google/cadvisor:latest

This command will start the cAdvisor container and expose it on port 8080.

5. Access the cAdvisor web interface.

Open a web browser and visit http://localhost:8080 to access cAdvisor's web interface.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed cAdvisor on POP! OS Latest.

Conclusion

cAdvisor is a powerful tool that can help you monitor the resource usage and performance of your containers. With this tutorial, you now have cAdvisor up and running on your POP! OS Latest system.

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