---
title: "Glances can watch docker processes"
description: "Glances is a system monitor with a ton of features, including docker processes."
date: 2022-02-22
published: false
tags:
  - python
template: til
---


Glances is a system monitor with a ton of features, including docker processes.

I have started using portainer to look at running docker processes, its a great
heavy-weight docker process monitor.  glances works as a great lightweight
monitor to just give you the essentials, ( Name, Status, CPU%, MEM, /MAX,
IOR/s, IOW/s, Rx/s, Tx/s, Command)

## install

You will need to install glances to use the glances webui.  We can still use
`pipx` to manage our virtual environment for us so that we do not need to do so
manually or run the risk of globally installed package dependency hell.

``` bash
pipx install glances
pipx inject glances "glances[docker]"
```

You will be presented with this success message.

``` bash
  injected package glances into venv glances
done! ✨ 🌟 ✨
```

## results

Now running glances will also show information about your running docker
containers.

![running glances with docker installed will show your docker processes](https://images.waylonwalker.com/glances-docker.png)

## Links

* [glances docker](https://glances.readthedocs.io/en/catest/docker.html)
* [pipx](https://pipx.pypa.io/stable/)
* [website](https://nicolargo.github.io/glances/)
* [docs](https://glances.readthedocs.io/en/latest/index.html)
* [github](https://github.com/nicolargo/glances)