Whether you need to watch basic usage stats or need more advanced functionality, these guides will help you deploy open source server monitoring solutions on your Linux cloud server. The Linode Longview tool also offers system metrics and graphing, which can be used in conjunction with any of these monitoring tools, or with the Linode Manager email alerts to keep an eye on your system.
This guide provides an introduction to the installation and basic setup of Graphite together with Grafana on Ubuntu 14.04.
This guide shows how to install and configure Graylog2, a log management and analysis tool with Elasticsearch and MongoDB, on Debian 9 server.
This guide shows you how to install and configure Icinga 2 and Icinga Web 2 on Debian to monitor your Linode services and performance.
Nagios is a widely used tool for monitoring systems and services.
Install and configure OSSEC HIDS on Debian 7
Improve uptime with Monit Server Monitoring. Monit will watch you system around the clock, and respond to out-of-the-norm events by following your instructions.
A collection of guides for installing and configuring the Logwatch utility.
This guide shows how to configure Icinga 2 to monitor remote systems on your Linode
Use Nagios to monitor services and send status updates on your Debian 5 (Lenny).
Use Nagios to monitor services and send status updates on your Gentoo Linode.
Use Nagios to monitor services and send status updates on your Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid) Linode.
Use Nagios to monitor services and send status updates on your Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick) Linode.
Use Nagios to Monitor Services and Send Status Updates on Ubuntu 12.04 (Precise Pangolin).
Use Logwatch to generate digests and analyze your server logs
Use logwatch to monitor system logs and generate reports.
Use logwatch to monitor system logs and generate reports.
Use Logwatch to monitor system logs and generate reports.
Use logwatch to monitor system logs and generate reports.
Use Logwatch to monitor system logs and generate reports.
Use logwatch to monitor system logs and generate reports.
This guide shows how to use Graphite to monitor server data and connect it to Grafana for an informative, customizable, graphical interface.
Monitor resource usage through the powerful server monitoring tool Cacti on Debian 5 (Lenny).
Cacti is a powerful server monitoring solution that uses SNMP to track resource usage on Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid).
Keep track of vital system statistics and troubleshoot performance problems with Munin on Debian 6 (Squeeze).
Keep track of vital system statistics and troubleshoot performance problems with Munin on Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid).
Keep track of vital system statistics and troubleshoot performance problems with Munin on Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty
A collection of guides that introduce and support the use of Nagios.
Deploy Cacti, a Powerful Server-monitoring Solution That Uses SNMP to Track Resource Usage on Ubuntu 12.04.
Use the vmstat tool to monitor your system's virtual memory usage.
How to use top to monitor a server's performance.
