psmonitor

Note: The master branch is an update from python2 to python3. The python2 branch corresponds to the earlier version that goes along with the previous article.

The code here corresponds to the new article

Monitor a server using psutil (python) + MongoDB + JavaScript for graphics

The data capture program runs in a cron job, inserting new data into a Mongodb capped collection.

Requires

* mongodb installation
* pymongo python package
* psutil python package
* python 3.x
* NodeJS (example server included)

Run psmonitor.py in a cron job, something like this to run every 5 minutes::

*/5 * * * * /usr/local/bin/python /path/to/load_data.py