Tutorial: How to Install pyDash on Windows 10

Introduction

pyDash is a Python web application for monitoring your servers. It provides a web-based dashboard for monitoring your server’s CPU usage, disk usage, and memory usage, as well as other helpful metrics. This tutorial will guide you through the process of installing pyDash on Windows 10.

Prerequisites

Before installing pyDash, you will need to have the following:

Step 1: Install Dependencies

Before installing pyDash itself, we need to install a few dependencies.

  1. Open Command Prompt as Administrator.
  2. Run the following command:
    pip install flask flask-bootstrap psutil
    

Step 2: Download pyDash

  1. Download the pyDash source code from its GitHub page: https://github.com/k3oni/pydash/archive/master.zip
  2. Extract the downloaded ZIP file to a location on your machine.

Step 3: Start pyDash

  1. Open Command Prompt and navigate to the extracted pyDash directory.
  2. Run the following command to start pyDash:
    python run.py
    
  3. Navigate to http://localhost:5000 in a web browser to view the pyDash dashboard.

Conclusion

Congratulations! You have successfully installed pyDash on your Windows 10 machine. You can now use it to monitor your server's performance.

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