Info
Performance monitoring is an important skills in Linux. In most cases, you need to be able to measure the following:
- CPU.
- Memory.
- Disk.
- Network. The above can be affected by various resources and service in the system eg number of processes running, users, RAM etc.
What you will learn
This scenario the various default commands that can be used to measure performance in a Linux system. We will cover the following tools.
- Top
- lsof
- ps
- iotop
- netstat
- ss
- free
- vmstat
- uptime
- w
- pmap
- strace
- /proc/
Scenario Pre-requisites
It is recommended, but not necessary to be familiar with the following concepts: - basic Linux usage
However, it is still possible to follow the mission and complete the assessment by learning as you go.
Technical Details
This scenario contains one virtual machine.
