Install Atop Ubuntu like an expert with a little assistance from our experts. Read on to find out more. 

At Bobcares, we offer solutions for every query, big and small, as a part of our Server Management Services.

Let’s take a look at how our Support Team helped our customers with installing Atop on Ubuntu.

How to install Atop on Ubuntu

Atop can be described as a full-screen performance monitor that reports activities of processes. Furthermore, it helps us keep a daily log of system activities. Additionally, we can use these logs for debugging, analysis, and even pinpoint the reason behind a system overload.

We can install Atop on Debian-based systems like Ubuntu from default repositories via apt-get command as seen here:

$ sudo apt-get install atop

After that, we have to ensure Atop starts when at system startup with these commands:

systemctl enable atop

We can also use the following command to start Atop

systemctl start atop

According to our Support Team, Atop logs all activities every 600 seconds. We can modify this if we want with the following command:

$ sudo sed 's/600/xx/' /etc/default/atop -i

Remember to replace xx with the new time limit.

However, the interface will update every ten seconds if we run Atop in a terminal.

Additionally, we can use different keys in Atop to sort out the information as per our criteria requirements. For instance:

• -s Scheduling information
• -m Shows Memory consumption
• -d Displays disk utilization
• -v Variable information
• -c Shows command of processes
• -p Displays cumulative per program
• -u Displays cumulative per user
• -n Shows network usage

Let us know in the comments if you run into any trouble installing Atop on Ubuntu. Our Support Team is here to lend a hand.

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Conclusion

Our skilled Support Engineers at Bobcares took us through installing Atop on Ubuntu to help us keep a daily log of system activities. At the end of the day, this comes in handy for debugging, analyzing issues and plenty more.