# How to Install Dstat Monitoring Tool on Arch Linux

> URL: https://www.atlantic.net/dedicated-server-hosting/how-to-install-dstat-monitoring-tool-on-arch-linux/ | Published: 2023-03-20 | Updated: 2023-11-15 | Author: Hitesh Jethva

Dstat is a versatile tool used for monitoring several system resources such as CPU, Memory, Network, Processes, and more. It is a great replacement for older tools such as vmstat, iostat, mpstat, netstat, and ifstat. It displays system resources in a real-time. Dstat is written in Python and allows you to export a generated result in an Excel sheet If you are looking for an all-in-one system resource monitoring tool, then Dstat is the right choice for you.

In this post, we will show you how to install and use the Dstat monitoring tool on Arch Linux.

## Step 1 – Configure Repository

By default, the default repository is outdated in Arch Linux, so you will need to modify the default mirror list. You can do it by editing the mirror list configuration file:

```
nano  /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
```

Remove all lines and add the following lines:

```
## Score: 0.7, United States
Server = http://mirror.us.leaseweb.net/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 0.8, United States
Server = http://lug.mtu.edu/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
Server = http://mirror.nl.leaseweb.net/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 0.9, United Kingdom
Server = http://mirror.bytemark.co.uk/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 1.5, United Kingdom
Server = http://mirrors.manchester.m247.com/arch-linux/$repo/os/$arch
Server = http://archlinux.dcc.fc.up.pt/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 6.6, United States
Server = http://mirror.cs.pitt.edu/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 6.7, United States
Server = http://mirrors.acm.wpi.edu/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 6.8, United States
Server = http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 7.1, India
Server = http://mirror.cse.iitk.ac.in/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
## Score: 10.1, United States
Server = http://mirrors.xmission.com/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch
```

Save and close the file, then update all the package indexes with the following command:

```
pacman -Syu
```

## Step 2 – Install Dstat

By default, the Dstat utility is included in the Arch Linux default repository. You can install it using the following command.

```
pacman -S dstat
```

Once Dstat is installed, you can see all Dstat options with the following command.

```
dstat --help
```

You should see the following screen.
 ![Dstat help page](https://www.atlantic.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/p1-1.png)

## Step 3 – How to Use Dstat to Monitor System Resources.

To display the CPU usage information, run the following command.

```
dstat -c
```

You should see the following screen.
 ![cpu usage](https://www.atlantic.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/p1-8.png)
 To display the memory usage information, run the following command.

```
dstat -m
```

You should see the following screen.
 ![dstat memory usage](https://www.atlantic.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/p3-5.png)
 To display CPU usage with load average, run the following command.

```
dstat -cl
```

You should see the following screen.
 ![dstat cpu usage](https://www.atlantic.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/p4-3.png)
 To display the most expensive CPU process with the most expensive memory process, run the following command.

```
dstat --top-cpu-adv --top-latency --top-mem
```

You should see the following screen.
 ![most expensive cpu usage](https://www.atlantic.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/p5-3.png)
 To display to CPU and Memory consuming processes, run the following command.

```
dstat -c --top-cpu -dn --top-mem
```

You should see the following screen.
 ![dstat cpu and memory consuming processes](https://www.atlantic.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/p6-5.png)
 If you want to display the time, CPU, mem, and system load stats with a one-second delay between 5 updates, run the following command.

```
dstat --time --cpu --mem --load  1 5
```

You should see the following screen.
 ![dstat laod status](https://www.atlantic.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/p7-4.png)
 To list all available Dstat plugins, run the following command.

```
dstat --list
```

You should see all plugins on the following screen.
 ![list dstat plugins](https://www.atlantic.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/p8-3.png)
 To display information in vmstat format, use the following command:

```
dstat --vmstat
```

You should see the following screen.
 ![vmstat](https://www.atlantic.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/p9-3.png)
 To display the output without color, run the following command.

```
dstat --nocolor
```

## Conclusion

In this post, we showed you how to install and use Dstat to monitor server performance and system resources via the command line. You can now use Dstat on [dedicated server hosting](https://www.atlantic.net/dedicated-server-hosting/) from Atlantic.Net!