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Efficient ways to monitor bandwidth usage?

comXyzcomXyz Member
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Hi everyone,

I will need to use some dedicated servers with limited bandwidth allocated.
What are the efficient ways to monitor the bandwidth usage and stop the servers to avoid bandwidth overages?

Thanks.

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  • ArkasArkas Moderator

    What control panel are you using?

  • comXyzcomXyz Member

    @Arkas said: What control panel are you using?

    I don't use any control panel. The server will run different microservices, most of the services are docker-based.

    I'm thinking of collecting the result from vnstat to a web service and then manually do necessary actions.

  • ArkasArkas Moderator

    there are many options for you to install monitoring services for bandwidth that alert you when you reach a certain limit, even stopping all services if necessary. The options are too many to list.

    for example check here:
    https://www.tecmint.com/linux-network-bandwidth-monitoring-tools/

    Thanked by 1comXyz
  • ralfralf Member

    I use hetrixtools. It monitors many things, and this is one of them.

    Thanked by 3comXyz AXYZE szymonp
  • HotmarerHotmarer Member

    vnstat + bash script to shutdown server when the limit has been reached

    Thanked by 4comXyz lanefu Talistech adly
  • bulbasaurbulbasaur Member

    @Hotmarer said:
    vnstat + bash script to shutdown server when the limit has been reached

    Shutting down seems a bit much?

  • HotmarerHotmarer Member

    @stevewatson301 said:

    @Hotmarer said:
    vnstat + bash script to shutdown server when the limit has been reached

    Shutting down seems a bit much?

    It is better for him to stop the server himself than to have it removed by the service provider.

  • DPDP Administrator, The Domain Guy

    @stevewatson301 said:

    @Hotmarer said:
    vnstat + bash script to shutdown server when the limit has been reached

    Shutting down seems a bit much?

    Yeah that's mean :smiley:

    Or maybe use something like Wonder Shaper.

  • ForhostingForhosting Member, Host Rep
    edited June 2022

    Librenms
    enable the traffic billing in the config and do a cron to the built-in API.
    And set the desired action in your cron once the limit has been reached.

    Thanked by 1Hotmarer
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