Target:
This howto is intended for beginners.
From linux shell you can make various checks on a server. There are simple commands (but very powerful) that allow an efficient analysis of a server to test problems or performance.
I will list some of the many existing commands (for each one would need a howto…).
It would be interesting to integrate it with the ideas of all.
Premise:
For many of the following commands must be enabled rpmforge and EPEL repository (disable it at the end!)
wget http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/6/x86_64/epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm
rpm -Uvh epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm
wget http://pkgs.repoforge.org/rpmforge-release/rpmforge-release-0.5.3-1.el6.rf.x86_64.rpm
rpm -Uvh rpmforge-release-0.5.3-1.el6.rf.x86_64.rpm
rpm --import http://apt.sw.be/RPM-GPG-KEY.dag.txt
Process Control:
top
Install:
No need to install
Command:
top
Standard program to check processor activity in real time. Lists the use of ram and cpu for every user processes.
htop
Installation:
yum install htop
Command:
htop
As top but more user friendly. Permit filter by process, user…
ps
Installation:
No need to install
Command:
ps aux
ps -fp $(pgrep -d, http)
It lists the active processes. With the appropriate parameters it allows to monitor specific processes.
kill, killall
Installation:
No need to install
Command:
kill -9 1234
killall -9 clamd
This command is used to terminate one or more processes.
Kill requires one or more pid (separated by space); killall terminates the process by name
Network Control:
iftop
installation:
yum install iftop
Command:
iftop
Very intuitive utility to verify the use of server’s bandwidth. It identifies source and destination IP
tcptrack
Installation:
yum install tcptrack
Command:
tcptrack -i eth0
Captures network packets and determines the use of bandwidth for each IP / service
iptraf:
Installation:
yum install iptraf
Command:
iptraf
Network traffic tool. Displays for each interface tcp, udp, icmp and non IP traffic identifying source and destination.
tcpdump
Installation:
No need to install
Command:
tcpdump -i eth0
tcpdump -i eth0 > file.txt
Useful program to capture the real-time network traffic
netstat
Installation:
No need to install
Command:
netstat -r
netstat -lnp
netstat -a |grep ssh
Very useful network tool. Depending on the switch, you can check the settings or analyze the listening processes.
trafshow
Installation:
yum install trafshow
Command:
trafshow -i eth0
trafshow -n -i eth0 tcp
Monitoring network traffic in real time
File control:
lsof
Installation:
No need to install
Command:
lsof
lsof |grep "stringa"
lsof +D /var/log/
Command line utility used to list information about the files that are opened.
iotop
Installation:
yum install iotop
Command:
iotop
iotop -o
Program to monitor in real time the disk activity. It identify the processes that cause it.
With -o parameter displays only the processes that generate traffic, hiding inactive.
smbstatus
Installation:
No need to install if samba is installed
Command:
sbmstatus
Command that lists the files opened by samba share
