# Deploy Glances with Easypanel

URL: /templates/glances

Glances is a cross-platform, real-time system monitoring tool designed to offer a unified view of your system's performance and health. It provides an intuitive interface that displays critical information, including CPU usage, memory, disk I/O, network activity, and more. Built to work seamlessly on Linux, macOS, Windows, and ARM-based systems, Glances is highly extensible with plugins and supports remote monitoring via a web-based UI or API. With its open-source foundation, Glances ensures transparency and flexibility, making it a perfect choice for individuals and teams looking for a lightweight yet powerful monitoring solution.

## Installation notes

To use Glances with Podman, you can mount a bind volume "/run/user/1000/podman/podman.sock:/run/user/1000/podman/podman.sock".

## Benefits

### Real-Time System Monitoring

Glances provides a detailed and real-time overview of system performance metrics, ensuring you stay informed about your system's health.

### Cross-Platform Support

Glances works seamlessly on Linux, macOS, Windows, and ARM-based systems, offering flexibility for diverse environments.

### Extensible and Customizable

With plugins and configuration options, Glances can be tailored to suit your specific monitoring needs.

### Remote Monitoring

Monitor systems remotely using the web interface, API, or third-party integrations.

### Open Source and Transparent

Glances is open source, ensuring users can audit, modify, and extend the tool as needed.

## Features

### Unified Monitoring Dashboard

Displays key performance metrics, including CPU, memory, disk usage, network traffic, and more, in a single view.

### Remote Access

Access Glances remotely using its web-based UI or RESTful API.

### Threshold-Based Alerts

Configure alerts based on thresholds to get notified about critical system issues in real-time.

### Plugin Support

Extend functionality with plugins for additional metrics or integrations with other tools.

### Multi-Platform Integration

Integrates with tools like Docker, Podman, and Kubernetes for container monitoring.

## Configuration

- `appServiceName` (App Service Name, required): glances

- `appServiceImage` (App Service Image, required): nicolargo/glances:4.5.0.4

## Services

- glances: app (nicolargo/glances:4.5.0.4)

## Resources

- [Website](https://nicolargo.github.io/glances/)

- [Documentation](https://glances.readthedocs.io/en/stable/)

- [GitHub](https://github.com/nicolargo/glances)

- [Template source](https://github.com/easypanel-io/templates/tree/main/templates/glances)